Nikon D200 Advice

[rob020880]

Is anyone out there using a Nikon D200? I keep trying to take photos but they all come out washed out and very blue. I do not have a macro lense but am using the Nikkor DX 18-200mm.

I was hoping someone might be able to tell me how to set the camera to get decent actually representative photos.

Thanks!

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

You are going to want to buy a macro lens, as that is the whole point of a DSLR. An 18-200mm lens is convenient and all, but it doesn't really SHINE at anything. Specialization in small areas with particular lenses is what DSLR's are all about. Convince and small amounts of equipment is what point and shoot cameras (basically non-DSLRs) are all about.
For the blueness in your image you will want to shoot in RAW format. This is an image classification like TIFF or JPEG. Using RAW you should easily be able to edit the blue right out and make the colors in the tank look like they are supposed to. This means you need to edit your images though and I don't think Nikon even gives free editing software (shame on them or shame on me for being wrong about that). You may need to buy Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, or a similar editing program which can handle RAW files.