p.2 #2 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
Diavolo wrote:
dj, me going from a D300s to a D600, what do you think the drawbacks will be? I'd lose some FPS, two I believe, the AF button and of course the 1.5 reach and I will have to sell my 17-55 and get a replacement. Is there anything else I would be losing?
Positives, far far superior low light performance, more MP, better sensor. What else do you think?
I don't think much else other than you're going to have to buy FX lens equivalents. On the positive side, you also gain a wider perspective as a 35mm lens is actually a 35mm lens and not 52.5mm lens on DX. I thought of going up from my D7000 but I wouldn't immediately be able to replace my Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and Nikon 18-200mm with their full frame equivalents.
p.2 #3 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
Diavolo wrote:
dj, me going from a D300s to a D600, what do you think the drawbacks will be? I'd lose some FPS, two I believe, the AF button and of course the 1.5 reach and I will have to sell my 17-55 and get a replacement. Is there anything else I would be losing?
I don't have a d300 but I did notice that if you look at the specs of the D600 compared to all Nikon cameras it is the closest in size to the D300 series.
p.2 #4 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
jonrock wrote:
I don't think much else other than you're going to have to buy FX lens equivalents. On the positive side, you also gain a wider perspective as a 35mm lens is actually a 35mm lens and not 52.5mm lens on DX. I thought of going up from my D7000 but I wouldn't immediately be able to replace my Tokina 11-16 f2.8 and Nikon 18-200mm with their full frame equivalents.
do you really need to replace your DX lenses right away? the crop mode of the D600 is 16mp no? that doesn't sound to bad to me. same as my D7000.
p.2 #5 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
One thing that I noticed in the specs was only 3 shots bracketing, I was thinking this would be my landscape body, not that I use bracketing much, but to have 1-9 available like d800 is more enticing
p.2 #6 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
do you really need to replace your DX lenses right away? the crop mode of the D600 is 16mp no? that doesn't sound to bad to me. same as my D7000.
I think I saw in the Nikon info that the D600 automatically "sees" DX lenses, and I would assume if that's the case, it would auto crop for them. I understand that the SB700 flash will do the same.
That makes me wonder if there will ever be a D400.
p.2 #7 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
Big Appa wrote:
I think I saw in the Nikon info that the D600 automatically "sees" DX lenses, and I would assume if that's the case, it would auto crop for them. I understand that the SB700 flash will do the same.
That makes me wonder if there will ever be a D400.
Ed
If it "auto crops", does this mean you can't manually put it in crop mode?
p.2 #9 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
do you really need to replace your DX lenses right away? the crop mode of the D600 is 16mp no? that doesn't sound to bad to me. same as my D7000.
Big Appa wrote:
I think I saw in the Nikon info that the D600 automatically "sees" DX lenses, and I would assume if that's the case, it would auto crop for them. I understand that the SB700 flash will do the same.
That makes me wonder if there will ever be a D400.
Ed
leighton w wrote:
If it "auto crops", does this mean you can't manually put it in crop mode?
I answered my own question, yes you can. Cool video too.
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p.2 #16 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
MikeW wrote:
One thing that I noticed in the specs was only 3 shots bracketing, I was thinking this would be my landscape body, not that I use bracketing much, but to have 1-9 available like d800 is more enticing
It should allow more, but at least those three shots can now be more than one stop apart. More often than not I need a two or three shot bracket with more than one stop separation. I only use five shots or more because of the one-stop limitation and that just fills the card quicker and takes longer.
p.2 #17 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
Diavolo wrote:
dj, me going from a D300s to a D600, what do you think the drawbacks will be? I'd lose some FPS, two I believe, the AF button and of course the 1.5 reach and I will have to sell my 17-55 and get a replacement. Is there anything else I would be losing?
Positives, far far superior low light performance, more MP, better sensor. What else do you think?
You're not losing the 1.5 reach because most of what is lost by having a bigger sensor is made up for by having twice as many pixels. In terms of pixels per duck the d300 only has about a twelve percent advantage for a given focal length and the d600 can make better use of wider focal lengths or allow more scope for loose framing.
The d600 ought to be a good camera. My long fingers will probably prefer a larger body to hang on to comfortably but that pretty much means a D4 which doesn't have a sufficient gain in pixel count to replace my D3s. Most people will love the d600 except for the file sizes and perhaps the sd cards. I haven't yet seen what it's low light performance is like but I suspect that it won't be as good as my d3s unless I down sample and that is contrary to the way I work with Lightroom - I don't want to create new files when I can just create new edit lists in Lr. The d600 iq is probably more like the d300s in terms of noise and DR in low light and in that case you're less likely to feel any loss.
p.2 #20 · Since so many asking about D600 vs D700...
Hey thanks for the feedback everyone... I have limited time here tonight but I will try to get back to individual questions in this thread soon...
I spent the afternoon today in Niagara Falls area killing an hour or two with the D600 and just two lightweights... the 28G and 85G. I came away VERY impressed with the D600, and also with the IQ the reasonably priced G's crank out. I wasn't initially too smitten with the 28, but it's slowly winning me over now...
Bottom line is that this camera body is really shaping into being exactly what I was after with it... a smaller lighter FX travel / landscape / studio / 2nd body cam to my heavier primary bodies.
Some random snaps from our short outing today... all pretty much straight out of camera. Sadly at this size they likely won't give you full feel for the detail they are capturing...
Posting this one because people curious about the 85G may want to check out the bokkeh highlights in this one. Sure ain't the Zeiss 100, but nonetheless I really enjoy the new 85. It's light, but a solid size, focusses smoothly, renders nice colors, and blends smoothly even if it isn't exactly rounded blade bokkeh in heavy contrast OOF areas... http://www.djsphoto.ca/img/s4/v62/p1141091874-6.jpg
And since Justin asked about hockey... not sure I'll get around to much D600 hockey in the next while. Truthfully the D3S will still be my go-to for paid sports work, and I don't shoot much hockey that isn't under contract of some sort, but here's some farting around I did for 2 minutes at my son's practice the night I got the D600... ISO3200 and honestly some quick grabs with no setup or concern... SOOC...
