Camera armor protective skin for Nikon D200 camera

What are the pros and cons of using one of these protective skins - one of my friends is eyeing one, and he asked me what I thought. I'm not familiar with them, so thought I'd ask. I can see where it might protect one's camera against the elements, but would it also potentially introduce condensation into the camera?

Thanks,

Nancy

I have never heard of a protective skin, but it sounds like the old leather cases that cameras used to have. When I bought my D200 the salesman told me it was "sealed" from the elements, unlike the D70s I had. I still put my camera inside my shirt or jacket when I'm out to give it extra protection, for whatever that's worth. I also bought a $50 plastic zip up case to use in the rain. It's clutzy but useful because it has places to put your arms inside with the camera.
Hope this helps.
Jean Heffernan

I agree. One of this camera's "selling points" touted by Nikon was that it has a sealed body. For extra protection I use either a hotel shower cap or an Optech lens wrap. An appropriately sized wrap will easily cover the body with a 70-200/2.8 lens.

The people selling these things don't tout them as protection from the elements so much as protection from EVRYTHING. They are not skins, they are thick, very flexible rubber armor that your camera fits inside of. They must be stretched to put them on. I would think the biggest benefit of these is that tey provide shocjk absorbtion. Especially after people (my wife included) trashed TWO 105 microNikkors (in one day) when they dropped the attached cameras on the tiled floor.

I didn't know this was made for the D200, I have it for my D80.