Nikon D200 Digital Camera with 18-200mm Lens "contrasty" Questions

...It would be useful to know which lens you are using. Have you tried aiming the AF area to a contrasty spot? If you aim at something which is not contrasty enough the AF cannot focus. It can ...

...question...the Nikon flash system fires the flash when the camera thinks the picture will be too contrasty without the flash. You can Google for "fill flash" to learn more. This is usually ...

and learn how to use your exposure compensation. The meter in the camera is easily fooled in bright contrasty conditions, so if you are getting consistantly darker shots outdoors increase the exposure

...for backlit I live/work in Samoa, S. Pacific where the sun is VERY bright and most subjects are contrasty and backlit. I have a new Coolpix s200 and am frustrated that when I set the flash to the ...

...will search for a while to find something. In darker areas such as indoors, low light, or low contrasty areas your Olympus will also take longer to focus due to the contrast issue. Many cameras ...

...on a digital camera, because they were one of the first camera companies to learn how to tame the contrasty CCD that actually takes the picture in these digital cameras.... OoW. repair price for ...

...up nicely. I know zero about this camera. I'd advise you to take some shots of some detailed, contrasty type subjects and see if you get better focus. If not the camera may need repair. Or, ...

...Additionally, DSLR cameras (esp. if you shoot RAW) produce images that are less saturated and contrasty compared to the blown out photos produced by point and shoot cameras. You have a ...

Automatic Focus doesn't always work AF only work if aimed at something contrasty. If you point your canera at a white wall you will hear your AF work madly without results.