D600 - First Impressions

[GeorgeM]

I'm very happy with my D600 so far. Subjectively, I like the images more than those from my D90 and a great deal more than those produced by my E510. I did have to return the D600 for a replacement the day after I bought it. There was a focus problem in that the camera reported focus acheived, but the resulting images were way out of focus. There was also a fuzzy black bar at the bottom of each image. That was caused by a small mirror (not the main one) that was stuck in the down position.

Our old guy, Cody. Taken with the good D600 and a Tamron 90mm f/2.8.

cody_DSC0312 by gmontjr, on Flickr

The stuck mirror. The main mirror is up.

_DSC5222 by gmontjr, on Flickr

[PhotoByTrace]

My turn to add the "ME TOO" to this thread.
I took the plunge and got my D600 early in the new year. Unfortunately work has been silly-busy so I still only have 350 photos worth of experience. LOVE the difference a full-size sensor makes to my depth of field and wide-angle framing (I suspect I may not be quite so fond of the "shortness" I encounter when I go out to 200mm though). LOVE the virtual horizon for my landscapes once I worked out a shortcut to it. The size fits my little hands perfectly. I've paired it with the 16-35mm f/4 to start with and am really enjoying the camera-lens combo. The only negatives so far... I find the focus area a tad small. I'd read in the reviews that it was from the D7000 which I'd played with and liked, what I didn't consider was that it becomes a smaller area on a full-frame. When I'm shooting wide angle on the tripod I'm using hyperfocal distance so won't have impact; but it will be a bit more limiting with the dog photos. But still, more cross-sensors than the D90, so still more flexibility than I'm used to. The second negative is that I already have the dreaded dust bunny problem I'll be living with that for a little while as I'm not quite ready to send it away just yet. I've attached a couple of images from my first two outings with it.

[GeorgeM]

My turn to add the "ME TOO" to this thread.
I took the plunge and got my D600 early in the new year. Unfortunately work has been silly-busy so I still only have 350 photos worth of experience. LOVE the difference a full-size sensor makes to my depth of field and wide-angle framing (I suspect I may not be quite so fond of the "shortness" I encounter when I go out to 200mm though). LOVE the virtual horizon for my landscapes once I worked out a shortcut to it. The size fits my little hands perfectly. I've paired it with the 16-35mm f/4 to start with and am really enjoying the camera-lens combo. The only negatives so far... I find the focus area a tad small. I'd read in the reviews that it was from the D7000 which I'd played with and liked, what I didn't consider was that it becomes a smaller area on a full-frame. When I'm shooting wide angle on the tripod I'm using hyperfocal distance so won't have impact; but it will be a bit more limiting with the dog photos. But still, more cross-sensors than the D90, so still more flexibility than I'm used to. The second negative is that I already have the dreaded dust bunny problem I'll be living with that for a little while as I'm not quite ready to send it away just yet. I've attached a couple of images from my first two outings with it.

Love the second image. Nice work!

[PhotoByTrace]

Thanks George.
This was the 2nd image before I cloned out the dust spots in the top left...

[AB26]

Hi Trace,

Nikon sensors are very robust and you need not fear cleaning it yourself. Just follow the rules. http://www.bythom.com/cleaning.htm

[Hazeb1]

Just took the plunge on a D600 this past weekend... A stuck shutter/mirror on my D5100 twisted my arm to upgrade ;-) Now I can use my FX glass (24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8) as it was intended.. Having fun shooting ATM, will post some pics soon.