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I cannot say this 100% because I've never used on a D600 but on my D800e and D7100 the 24mm PC-E lens will hit the big securing screw on the flash at a certain amount of rotation (one way). So you may have to rotate the other way when needed. It's no biggie, but sometimes the lens feels upside down. The 45mm & 85mm PC-E lenses don't have this problem.
As far as having the tilt & shift on the same axis, many landscape photographers do this. I did it myself, or to avoid any potential warranty issues Nikon will do it for around $100.
Some people (who I don't think own the lens) state "why bother" as far as the same axis, as the depth of field is great enough with the 24mm lens that no tilt is necessary. I've found that's not true, the more you use the lens the more useful it becomes, and particularly with the new higher resolution Nikon sensors, you generally don't want to exceed f/11-f/13 or so due to diffraction. And, this misses the point, particularly when shooting a landscape where you want everything sharply in focus, from the near to the far (perhaps a nice foreground element right in your face - inches away), which is to create a plane of sharp focus at a low aperture, like f/3.5 - f/5.6 or so, avoid diffraction, and maintain a lower ISO in your images. Usually anything I shoot now with my tilt-shifts is at f/3.5 or f/5.6. An interesting fact also is the amount of tilt needed is fact dependent on how close you have the lens to the ground. Being set up for a shot one foot off the ground requires completely different, and more aggressive tilt than a shot taken five feet off the ground. For fun practice, mount the lens on your camera, on a tabletop tripod and experiment using a ruler, or playing cards across the table. Practice bringing everything into sharp focus... Or vice versa, tilt upwards and isolate one small detail...
They are fun yet expensive lenses, and take a little patience & practice to work with. I ALWAYS use live view on my D800e and often zoomed 100% focusing far/then near/far/then near again.... The 24mm and 45mm PC-E lenses are my "goto" lenses for landscapes anymore. Almost everything I shoot, as far as a landscape photography now is with one of them. Don't forget, they are manual focus.
Which one is better? The 24mm is good for single shots. The 45mm is also good for single shots, but I also use it when building a pano. I don't do many panos with the 24mm. They are kind of exotics as far as Nikon lenses though, usually bought when everything is in order and focal lengths are already covered. So for some it will be fun, and others it will be a nightmare...
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