John,
They have added 3 intermediate ISO settings between ISO 800 and 1600.
Kudos to Nikon for not forgetting its existing customer base. This isn't too surprising since they have already done a similar thing for the D70s -> D70, but it remains pretty much unique in the industry.
Regards,
Bernard
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It is also nice that Nikon has continued to use its original throat; it makes me happy to be able to use my lenses on both film and sensor. Their decision to allow the D200 to accept non-chipped optics was cool - as far as I can understand the Theory of Evolution (according to Nikon), the lesser cameras may not be given this facility because their likely owners probably have no arsenal of existing lenses.
If you cast your minds back to the introduction of the cheapish Nikon FM for a moment: it allowed the use of non-AI'd lenses. I bought one, just for the higher flash synch which I figured could be useful now and then. When the FM2 came out with even higher synch I traded up to discover that this was no longer the case: it would not take the old lenses without damage; the little linkage at the side of the mount which on the FM allowed the old lenses to fit wasn't going to play with me any more. Shit! In one fell swoop Nikon had effed up big time - half my optics were no longer of any damn use with it! I have a feeling that Nikon was taught a valuable lesson by that boo boo.
Whether the time will come when Nikon will have to ape Hasselblad's new departure I don't know; if it does, then that's their call to make and mine to evaluate.
Ciao - Rob C