tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post6440328623285344826..comments2023-05-26T09:52:30.568-04:00Comments on This Old Blog: A Change in Attitude Towards the Nikon D600Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-47988394012514467552012-10-05T13:33:07.917-04:002012-10-05T13:33:07.917-04:00"Its a lot of money to spend..."
Oh yes ..."Its a lot of money to spend..."<br />Oh yes and the question is also, how many more cameras do you intend to buy? If you Know that a body and three lenses are all you will want for the next decade, go for it. If its - in absolute terms - far to much money to spend on one single camera, then dont.<br /><br />Oh well, thats what the brain says. The other part doesnt stop to remind one that the last shirt will have no pockets. <br /><br />At least, thats the way with me. So I just spent $ 190something on two basque berets (a french and a spanish one), to be delivered from New Zealand. Even thoug I already own a dozen and still have only one head. Granted, not the same price range, but thats about 20% of the months net wages. I still dont regret it and am sure that you will decide wisely and be happy about it.<br />Alexhttp://www.outdoor-professionell.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-56174162678294495852012-10-04T23:35:06.881-04:002012-10-04T23:35:06.881-04:00Your reaction is an outlier from what I routinely ...<i>Your reaction is an outlier from what I routinely hear.</i><br /><br />Sometimes "outlier" is my middle name.<br /><br /><i>...you can put the door at a 45 degree angle and it will come off with a light tug.</i><br /><br />And that's what I remember happening.<br /><br /><i>If you pop the flash up and flex it, it will twist. The D800 is the same, but the 7D will not.</i><br /><br />My E-3 didn't either, or at least not as much.<br /><br /><i>You need to like the camera(s) you choose. There's no argument about that. But the D600 is better than what you've seen.</i><br /><br />You're right about that. The reason I go into a big-box store like Best Buy is precisely because it's out and it gets hammered on. It's one thing to judge a camera that's kept behind a counter and pulled out, another to look at one that's been aged at an accelerated rate by the constant rough handling of thousands over a short period of time.<br /><br />Perhaps I'm being unfairly and overly critical. But it's a lot of money to spend, regardless of brand, at this level. And your D800 did feel better in my hands, a lot better. And it costs much more than the D600 like you said. I knew I should have never touched that camera...Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-33404365938275714832012-10-04T22:59:29.941-04:002012-10-04T22:59:29.941-04:00I've probably shown the D600 to fifteen or twe...I've probably shown the D600 to fifteen or twenty people over the past week, everyone I work with has been checking it out, and one – a Canon user – has been practically glued to it. I've used it quite a bit, and drilled with it for about half an hour today with your experience in mind. Your reaction is an outlier from what I routinely hear.<br /><br />• The port on the bottom of the camera is supposed to be sealed with a tight rubber cover. On the one you used it has either been removed to prevent it from walking off or it should have been. It's a good enough fit, with an overlapping edge, that it won't be a problem in the rain or if the camera gets splashed. The D800 is the exact same, and the D700 had an "L" shape cover in the same style. I usually just leave mine off, but would cover it or use the battery pack in the rain.<br /><br />• Nikons have a removable battery door. I don't know why, since no accessories need the door to be removed, but you can put the door at a 45 degree angle and it will come off with a light tug. If the D600 that you tried did this, it's not a defect; if it came off otherwise, then it has been damaged. Coming from Olympus, especially the E-1 with its all-metal and all-interlocked construction the D700 and D800 have both been a step down in terms of construction quality, but it has made no difference over the years of using those cameras. I won't stick the Nikons in a fountain, which I've done with my E-1, but they're good enough.<br /><br />• If you pop the flash up and flex it, it will twist. The D800 is the same, but the 7D will not. But I'd never noticed that until I tried it today, and can't say that I'm concerned. <br /><br />I'd happily put the D600's build quality up against the 5D2, which is its closest competitor in terms of price, although it beats the Canon in photographic matters. Yes, it's essentially a D7000 with a brain transplant – and it has put up the third-best-ever sensor results from DxOmark, assuming you count the D800 and D800E as different cameras, and no, despite also having a 100% pentaprism it's not as well-built as the D800. But you could buy both the D600 and the D7000 for what one of those cameras cost – which option costs Nikon more to make?<br /><br />Of course, Sony knows a thing or two about camera sensors; DxO ranks the NEX7 in a tie with the 5D3, D3, and D3200. I've used it and like it, and it's not significantly bigger with the 18-55 than a m4/3 with the 14-42. And the Olympus E-M5, with the best-ever 4/3 sensor, is ranked by DxO between the original 5D and the Nikons D90 and D5000, which is nothing to sneeze at. And I'm sure that the sensor isn't everything.<br /><br />You need to like the camera(s) you choose. There's no argument about that. But the D600 is better than what you've seen.Matthew Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-58807961382861711742012-10-04T10:11:45.002-04:002012-10-04T10:11:45.002-04:00That's interesting. Yes, that is the exact loc...That's interesting. Yes, that is the exact location. At the store that piece was removed. The slot was open. I guess the question was how it wound up being open at the store and where the cover went. The photo of the cover doesn't look at that good.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-79609023809402171492012-10-04T07:26:00.336-04:002012-10-04T07:26:00.336-04:00Fifth picture from the top, the long slit at the l...Fifth picture from the top, the long slit at the lower edge,I suppose?<br />http://www.letsgodigital.org/de/34159/nikon-d600/<br />Its hard to believe, that they "weatherproof" a camera and leave such an opening. Water will creep anywhere, thats its nature.Alexhttp://www.outdoor-professionell.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-58473599146866221122012-10-04T06:51:26.758-04:002012-10-04T06:51:26.758-04:00Yes. A thin rectangular hole running parallel with...Yes. A thin rectangular hole running parallel with the back edge, sunk into the base, with an exposed rectangular connector at the bottom of this rectangular hole sticking back out.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-43712294704908293372012-10-04T01:45:57.134-04:002012-10-04T01:45:57.134-04:00Wow. Thanks for the heads-up Bill. One more camera...Wow. Thanks for the heads-up Bill. One more camera without in-body IS is out of the game then...Wolfgang Lonienhttp://wolfgang.lonien.de/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-30456703323070500302012-10-04T00:47:23.091-04:002012-10-04T00:47:23.091-04:00Bill, what do you mean with "open connector&q...Bill, what do you mean with "open connector"? Like "a hole in the sealed casing with elevtric connections exposed to the elements"? Alexhttp://www.outdoor-professionell.denoreply@blogger.com