The size of the picture in viewfinder of DCS 200 is near of the size of 24x36 and to obtain the equivalent focal length in 24x36, it is necessary to divide the focal by 2,5. A 28 m with DCS 200 is equivalent to a 70 mm in 24x36. To visualize pictures taken, it is necessary to unload the content of the hard disk on a microcomputer via the integrated SCSI interface. DCS 200 does not comprise integrated LCD monitor screen. It is possible to take a picture every 2,5 seconds.
Batteries allow to take a hundred of pictures.
The initial sale price was 7000. This camera uses the same CCD chip that DCS 100 but color filtration of the CCD elements was issued from DCS 220. It is built from the Nikon N90 with a correction coefficient of 1 ,65. It can store images on hard disk or card PCCard Type III and can take 6 images at 2,5 images by second. This camera has also a SCSI connection.