Make sure this fitsby entering your model number. 24.3MP full-frame CMOS sensor 39-point AF system (9 cross-type) ISO 100-6400 expandable up to 25,600 3.2 inch LCD with 921,000 dots Full 1080p HD video 5.5 frames per second continuous shooting 100% viewfinder coverage
I purchased this camera about 2 weeks ago and have shot one wedding and two portrait sessions on it since receiving. I own the D7000, and have rented the D700 for all my weddings over the past year. Ive also used the D700 and D3S while second shooting for other photographers. I didnt purchase one in hopes of a D700S coming out and finally decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and buy the D600. The 24 megapixel files take some getting used to, esp after the 12 and 16 megapixel files I was working with before. I will say, a wedding photographer does NOT need a D800. Theres no way to quickly and efficiently handle files that large. 36 megapixels is way overkill. If you are doing commercial or landscape photography, sure, knock yourself out with the D800. The D600 feels a lot different in my hands compared to the D700. It is heavier than I expected, but still lighter than the D700. The quiet shutter function is awesome for church ceremonies. I did buy an off brand grip to help balance the weight when using large lenses. The dynamic range is like nothing Ive ever seen. I have photos from my last wedding that have beautiful details in the highlights and shadows that would not have been in shots taken by either of the previous cameras Ive used. The time lapse function is pretty neat. I tried it out this past weekend and really enjoyed it. I have not had any issues with dust or oil spots. Knock on wood. The focus is great, the resolution is great, and all in all it makes beautiful photos in a very compact and lightweight body. I am going to wait a while to see what Nikon decides to come up with, but I anticipate I will be buying another one of these this fall.
David Goodwin
5
Shutter oil issues aside - this is a fantastic camera. I moved to Nikon from the Canon 7D to this. Its night and day. * Focusing - the focus system works almost flawlessly. My Canon I had front and back focus issues. Here, with 6 more megapixels - its more in focus and more details show, the final images are incredibly detailed. I love it! * Shadow noise - On my old Canon, if I boosted shadows or lifted the exposure more than 1 stop - FORGOT it. Noise was insane. On the D600 the noise level is consistent - when I boost shadows it has the same level of noise as the mid or high brightness areas had. The detail is not lost. No strange vertical or horizontal noise. Just a clean, consistent image. * Shutter noise - Compared to my Canon 7D its quiet. Noticeably. CONS * No exposure preview on the live preview display. Live preview stinks compared to what Canon is doing.
Arren
5
great photo quality at an affordable price. Unfortunately, there are some trade offs. 1/200 max hotshot sync and 1/4000 max shutter speed. It has not stopped me from capturing amazing images, but know that those are very serious trade offs if you are looking for specific type of capture. The build does feel cheaper than the d800, and it is not as sturdy. However, i cannot tell the difference on day to day images side by side with the d800. I would highly reccomend this camera if you are deciding to get this or the d800 and are on a budget. Even if you are not, it might be a better idea to get this and a better piece of glass than the d800 for most purposes.
Roxana Mirabal
5
I love this camera. Ive had it for over a year now and I can say that it has allowed me to produce professional results and charge for my photography. It is a great first full sensor camera to have, and a great value for the money. I have no regrets. My camera did not have any dust problems either. I think it is also an excellent second camera to have if you shoot professionally and need a back up camera. This camera is not perfect, however, and here are the two reasons why I would spend twice the money for a d800: 1. The focal points in this camera are all concentrated in a small area in the center of the screen. This is supper irritating to me. I find it limiting in composition. Yes, you can focus, lock, and reframe, but Im not good at doing that. I want to assign my focal point anywhere I want to and shoot. This camera wont let me do that. 2. Noise at higher ISO. I live in Alaska and its pretty dark here during the winter. I find myself pushing this camera to the limits of its ISO. Sometimes I go too far and get noise. Overall it is an excellent camera. I would not spend the $3,000.00 for a better one unless you have outgrown this one and find yourself repeatedly needing the features it lacks. If youre not trying to get professional results in really, really, low light, and if you have mastered the lock and reframe technique, theres no need to spend twice as much. Also, this camera is super light and small. I like that because I have small hands and the glass is already heavy enough.
Chandler
5
This camera just makes you look like a pro...The reason I say the reviews (around the web) said it was for pros is not because they said non-pros cant use it but they all read like only pros would want it. Meaning they seemed written in a language that touted things on the camera I didnt even understand. I wondered if it would be too much for me, a non-pro, to handle. Or would it just exceed all my expectations and make me understand what all the hype was about as well? I jumped. It exceeded expectations. If it broke next year Id buy the same exact camera. I doubt Ill want another camera for years no matter what the future ones do. Just take a photo of something that appears, to your eye, to be lost in shadow and watch what this does, for example. It astounds. When it came time to pick a new camera that is more current (you can buy an optional piece for this and it will wirelessly upload photos to an iphone or ipad not only for editing, but to share on social networks, with friends and family, on blogs etc easily) I was a bit overwhelmed but I do endless research before picking any expensive new item and no matter if I was reading photography magazines, consumer reviews, or professional reviewers reviews it seemed everyone was literally blown away by this new Nikon. Best Buy sold out right when they brought it in. Ive personally owned many Nikons over the years. When I was majoring in art at college my photography professor raved about Nikon bodies and lenses and I fell in love right then. Ive upgraded a few times but none held a candle to this one. This Nikon puts many things that were formerly only in bodies twice the price or twice the size into this compact (well, compared to many pro cameras at least) body. Many pro writers of camera reviews actually rated this far above those 2-3 times the price so I mean that literally. The one mention that interested me the most was its ability to perform well in low light. I always had a huge flash on my other Nikons which doesnt make for easy travel and while I have no doubt a professional likely still would, for me I wanted to be able to use the flash on the camera...as long as it worked well, without attaching one. I took photos yesterday in a building with no windows and only indirect light and the room looked incredibly well lit. In fact, Ive been taking endless photos everywhere. I took photos in a CAVE and it lit up. That was a huge test. (This wasnt a place Id normally take a nice camera...but its in my backyard! Oddly, we own a cave.) And I see why in my research for this camera that I just couldnt find a hater among any professional reviewer at the time. Everyone seemed to say it outperformed cameras they couldnt dream it would outperform. It seemes to have a bizarre mind of its own its so good. Yesterday I wanted to take some product photos. Ive done this many times over the years but the comparison in color was just amazing. I couldnt take a bad photo. What the non-pro will love is the camera thinking for you. The past Nikons Ive owned all had a few "scene" buttons...Not only can you do some manual things or put the camera on automatic, but you could get more specific and pick, for example, "portrait" and get soft lighting and a focus on the person yet soft focus in the background automatically...well this has those buttons too but Nikon has expanded the buttons so literally anything you want to take a picture of you have no need to think about the lighting, the focus, the aperture, or the shutter speed to get the best effects...because the camera will do it for you. SCENE SETTINGS: Lets say your dog is doing something really funny...pick the "pet portrait" scene button and you can easily capture fast movement yet a soft focus background. If you are a food blogger or simply want to capture your Thanksgiving meal you just made, choose "food" and you get very well lit, bright photos just like you see in magazines. Incidentally, if you are taking a picture of something that you want to bring out the colors of and its not a well lit situation or you want the colors to even appear richer than they are, this is a good button to use even if its not food because of what it does. I consider it my "vivid" button Choose the "child" scene if you want the above vivid colors in the clothing and the scene but soft skin. Seriously. Pick "landscape" scene for landscapes in the daylight. This is another favorite of mine because I consider my backyard the prettiest spot on earth at times. But mainly its an easy button to keep on when you travel and get all the right shots and I have an upcoming honeymoon which is why I chose the new camera in the first place. Pick "sports" for fast shutter speeds and to freeze motion...if your kid is playing football or soccer and you dont want them to be a blur in every photo, you can actually capture them all day long in freeze frame. Have your kid jump in the air and get amazing shots...it freezes the action without you having to think about setting the shutter speed or ever even needing to know what shutter speed means. This setting allows you to take continuous shots right after each other. Set the camera on continuous release mode with one click and instead of taking single clicks it does the fast shots just like the pro sports photographers without you ever having to learn a thing about how to do it the pro way. Pick "close up" for close up shots like a bee on a flower Capture NYC as you see it...Pick "night landscape" and you automatically reduce noise and unnatural colors normally seen in night photos. Take a picture of a neon sign with this and then with most other cameras and compare...you dont get the noise and blur around the lighting. Street lamps and neon and lights in windows against the night sky are suddenly clean and beautiful. Night portrait is just the opposite. It gives the person in the portrait main focus but the night lights and objects are in soft focus behind them. Have the lights out and your kid is blowing out the candles on the cake? Choose "candlelight" scene. Want to take a picture of a black item with a black background? Choose low key. White on white kind of purposefully washed out? Choose high key "Autumn colors" brings them out best. "Blossum" is your setting for that field of bluebonnets. If you want to capture birthday parties, game nights, and family events, you pick "party indoors" and suddenly Chuck E Cheeses place looks way better. Actually anything indoors does. This is like the "food" button allowing indoor things not to be tempered with poor lighting but it can be used for far away objects and the whole room whereas the "food" button is better on those close up pictures like the plate in front of you (although it works fine for most far away things too. I use both of these a bunch) Normally light reflects off sand and snow but this camera wont allow you to have to sit and think about how to fix it. Just put it on "sand/snow" and it fixes it for you. It captures the brightness of outdoor white scenes well but doesnt over illuminate anything either. I have a huge wall of white limestone in my backyard that I used this on as well. Typically dusk and dawn are ruined even on auto exposure on cameras. You have to learn how to capture them and even then its hard and most cameras make the flash go off just because its night time and the effect is lost. The "dusk and dawn" setting preserve the rich colors in the weak light of dusk and dawn and turn the flash off automatically "Sunset" preserves the deep hues so you can finally perfectly capture the scene and the flash stays off "Portrait" makes the person in sharp focus but the scenes behind them in soft focus and their skin soft. If you want this look, like I used for a piece of fruit hanging from a tree, in other things you can use it as well...anything where you want the main item to be sharp in focus and the background to be in soft focus works. Now that may sound like lots of buttons but the above are not buttons at all. You just turn the dial to "scene" and then when you push the "info button" you can pick which scene you are photographing...and it keeps it there until you change it. So, for example, if you are traveling and its going to be outdoor landscapes all day, you just keep it on there and dont think about it until you feel like turning the dial to the dusk button and then the sunset button, for example. You can go back and forth from the auto button, for example, to the scene button all day long and it will remain on your last chosen scene. Sure you can play with shutter and aperture or keep it on auto but this does even more thinking for you. For example, keeping it on auto also means the flash will go off anytime its low light. But choosing "sunset" means it will adjust its settings to preserve the colors and also not wash them out with a flash. So, this makes the camera amazing for pro OR novice. I felt a bit worried it would be too "pro" for me in reading the reviews because it appeared to be the only people who were buying it...I wanted the best but I didnt want something I couldnt use because Im not a pro on any of the latest camera bells and whistles. It turns out its very user friendly but the book brings clarity in one day to all it can do just by reading it. Its like pro camera class in a few hours time so nothing is left out. Sure you can just read one chapter but you can honestly learn the whole camera by reading the book. For example, if you read the pages on "high dynamic range" (HDR) you discover that if you are taking a photo of something that has high contrast like a building thats black marble against a white sky, you can set it on HDR...It will take one photo that focuses on the dark details then a second photo that focuses on highlights and combine the two together so you see every last detail in the building. Something like that is not going to be used in every picture but its thinkgs like this in the book that make it interesting. You can also use it to make creative shots like taking a photo of "Big Tex" then the Ferris Wheel at the Texas State Fair. What you wind up with is a super cool shot of them both combined and overlapping in one photo. I choose this example because I actually won a photo contest once when I did just that...but that was a far more complicated process with an older camera. This makes it something you dont have to think about. Youll also learn other things like time lapse photography that breaks it down into simplicity...so I do suggest reading things like this in the book. The camera does so much that youll wow yourself with what you have when you do and youll surely miss out if you dont. There is even a setting that allows you to take pictures QUIETLY if you are sneaking photos in those "photos prohibeted" spots. Yep it does. And it has a setting for "flash prohibited" spots too you can set it on so no flash goes off no matter what. Like in a theater and Broadway show. Have bad eyesight and cant see the focus bracket? This camera does so much that you can actually adjust THAT. You move a dial until they are in full focus on the disply as seen by your individual vision. Thats what I mean about finding out all it does...Id never figure that one out on my own without having done some reading. Incidentally, I highly suggest getting the camera body WITH the 24-85mm lens. Especially if you arent a pro who wants to be swapping out lenses...this way you get close up shots and full-room shots without missing a beat and just turning the lens dial. You are also in charge of cropping your own shots before you upload them because you stand wherever you want and then crop what you want by turning the lens rather than walking forward or backward etc. Plus the VR in this lens means "vibration reduction". If you are in car using your Nikon or on an African safari in jeep you set it on vibration reduction and it actually takes that into account to still give you great shots! While I got this primarily for the camera, I have to say the videos are equally as gorgeous. The Nikon lens is so great and the video capability so crisp that they are the best Ive personally ever taken and Ive had some great video cameras before. Plus having it built in is just amazing for travel or, Im sure, kids sporting events or a wedding. The things you want a video of like the toast you get, then the still photos you get as well. With just one camera. One really awesome camera. Is it "a bit much" for someone who is a non-pro? It can make you feel like one and certainly take pics like one and as an artist, my camera has always been very important to me...It captures life and art and things like my honeymoon I can live through forever with great photos so its an expense that is one I deem "worth it"...it turns a hobby into pure bliss. You cant put a price on that.
J. Spears
5
I absolutely love this camera. I upgraded from a Nikon D90 and really appreciate the full format sensor. I am able to use all of my older film lenss with this camera and now the size is not being cropped. A few of the dials are in different places but that is to be expected. I was able to use it with little trouble and Im sure after having it a month I will not even have to think about where the buttons have moved as it will be automatic. Its great that this camera offers space for two memory cards and you can use them for back-up, overflow or one for RAW and the other JPEG for faster writing. At this time I have only had this camera for three weeks but have nothing bad to say about it. I cant wait for my next big trip. I keep coming up with ridiculous things to photograph so Ill have an excuse to use it. Its not overly heavy and I have shot for over an hour without noticing any problems with the weight. Battery life is long (up to 900 shots). This camera has everything the more expensive pro Nikon cameras have but for a cheaper price in a more compact and lightweight body. It cant be beat.
HAITHAM-01
5
High quality JPEG images at default settings Outstanding low and high ISO performance in both JPEG and Raw files Fast, responsive camera when adjusting settings Wide dynamic range Raw files Consistently pleasing metering and white balance results Very solid build quality and good ergonomics / handling Very good video specification and output Dual SD card slots Built-in flash can act as Commander for multi-flash setups Comprehensive camera customization options DX crop mode in both stills and video modes 100% viewfinder coverage with high magnification Well-designed, easily accessible menu system In-camera raw processing Dual axis virtual horizon Ability to output uncompressed HD video to an external recorder Manual audio control for both recording and monitoring 3.5mm Stereo mic and headphone inputs Auto ISO selection can be linked to lens focal length Using 100 days About up 800 shots No oil/dust spots Thank you
L. K. Fink Jr.
5
After using waterproof Olympus Tough Stylus cameras for several years while my many Nikon cameras and lenses for film languished, I made the plunge for the D600. I considered the D800, but after reading a few reviews, it was clear that the newer D600 might be the correct "compromise." It is a relatively steep learning curve, but can be accomplished with a little effort and the investment of money and time are well worth it. I took the package that included the 28–300 mm Nikon lens and despite the weight, feel it was the right combination for the nature, landscape, portrait, and bird photos I use it for. The vibration reduction works far better than I expected for on-the-wing bird photos while sitting in a sea kayak with no tripod. It is amazingly fast to accommodate a sudden takeoff by a bird from the water and I have to follow birds flight, adjust focus and exposure (automatically), and hope for a decent shot. I have had it only 3–4 weeks and have been rewarded with excellent results. Id recommend this for anyone wanting to move up from point and shoot cameras to getting serious results. My biggest issue so far is getting the correct focus on the subject of interest—lots of competition in the frame, but there are options for that to explore.
Brad Conner
5
What can you say about this thing that hasnt already been said? I cant agree more with those who have fallen in love with this camera. Just the other day I was looking through some pictures and was marveling at how far the tech has come since my d70 back in the day. My biggest complaint is that they switched the zoom out and zoom in buttons on us; drives me nuts! Also, the battery life doesnt seem to be as amazing as it was on my d300. Its still very good, but not *that* good. I cant recommend this thing enough however. Its been a great camera for me both personally and in the wedding photography side of things. 5/5!!
