Quote Originally Posted by Franglais
The real advantage of the new sensor is that it has a more gentle reponse to light with more open shadows and less tendency to burn out the highlights. The D70 metering system was good already but the D200 one is better.
That's good information - whether it applies or not. Remind us all that the number of pixels isn't the whole story. The quality of the information that each one collects is important - maybe more important. So you're pretty sure it's the same sensor as the D200 uses?