Nikon Nuvis 200 (1999)
The Nikon Nuvis 200 is an Advanced Photo System (APS) compact camera introduced in 1999, near the end of APS's short life. Nikon's own product history page lists it under 1999. It was part of the Nuvis line of stylish point-and-shoots. It's small and light, roughly 108.5 x 62.5 x 33 mm and 170 g, with a plastic body that was commonly available in champagne.
The lens is a 24-48mm f/4.5-8.4 Nikon Zoom Lens with Macro capability, with two aspherical elements. That 24-48mm range works out to roughly 30-60mm in 35mm terms, and the macro mode gets you as close as 60 cm. The built-in flash has red-eye reduction, and the owner's manual documents a slow-sync flash mode. Power comes from a single CR2 lithium battery.
What's known about the Nuvis 200 comes mostly from Nikon's spec page and from classified listings. A service manual (77 pages) and a parts list (16 pages) are floating around, so the camera was at least documented for repair. Used prices are modest. Listings on Russian classifieds ranged from about 800 to 4,280 rubles, and one US dealer listed a "Good" condition body at $49.95.
The format is the bigger problem. APS film was discontinued in the 2000s, and as one manual page on butkus.org bluntly puts it, the format "died by its own hand" around 2006. You can't easily get the film processed today, which has turned this and every other APS camera into a collector's item rather than a daily shooter. The Nuvis 200 is a compact, automatic, zoom-equipped camera that did what it was designed to do.
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