The Nikon D200 is a pretty big handful – lots of switches and menu options. I bought the Blue Crane Digital DVD “Introduction to the Nikon D200″ at San Jose Camera to help learn how to operate it.
This professionally-produced DVD is a combination of a male model lecturing, Nikon D200 close-up photos, and demo photos. The script is thorough and well-written, though could use more humor.
I found the chapter on white balance to be clear and especially helpful. They included a cool video of a block of carbon glowing at different temperatures to illustrate Kelvin light temperature.
The only negatives I can think of are that it is a Region 1 coded DVD (Region 0, no region coding, would be preferable), and it would be nice if there were on-screen navigation controls to rewind the previous explanation if needed. More humor would be nice, too.
The DVD plays fine on both Windows and Mac OS X and is about 90 minutes long. They also produce DVDs on a dozen other popular cameras, plus inBrief quick reference guides.
