my D600 is off to Nikon; the oil spots have become a real nuisance...i hope they replace the shutter mechanism (so i can say i have a D610 )
i was a bit surprised to see some color fringing here (granted it was near full tilt)...it doesn't really bother me but i didn't remember seeing them when i tested it withe D700...
I posted this image in another forum -- but since it's one of my first true landscape images from my recently acquired D600, I'm posting here again. So far, I love this camera. It has great dynamic range, and seems to take sharp pictures. I'm still learning the camera -- but I don't anticipate needing to upgrade for a long time.
It has great dynamic range, and seems to take sharp pictures. I'm still learning the camera -- but I don't anticipate needing to upgrade for a long time.
I was thinking the same until the dust issue became very annoying to me (fixed twice).
ytwong wrote:
I was thinking the same until the dust issue became very annoying to me (fixed twice).
Dust doesn't bother me. Every DSLR I have owned has gotten dust on the sensor. My D200 looked terrible after only 200 shots. I think dust is typically a result of changing lenses. Which is bound to happen. But I am not thrilled about oil. My D7000 had oil spots. I cleaned it and it was fine. My D600 had a few spots but nothing obvious in 99.9% of the photos. I cleaned it and it is fine. I guess I'll see what happens in the long run, but so far, I am love with the images it produces. And that rates kind of high on my list of what I want out of a camera.
Gregstx wrote:
Dust doesn't bother me. Every DSLR I have owned has gotten dust on the sensor. My D200 looked terrible after only 200 shots. I think dust is typically a result of changing lenses. Which is bound to happen. But I am not thrilled about oil. My D7000 had oil spots. I cleaned it and it was fine. My D600 had a few spots but nothing obvious in 99.9% of the photos. I cleaned it and it is fine. I guess I'll see what happens in the long run, but so far, I am love with the images it produces. And that rates kind of high on my list of what I want out of a camera....Show more →
unfortunately, the oil residue problem is serious; see this image. i didn't make a big deal out of it in the beginning when i saw the spots appearing in the images at small apertures...but now it's gotten to a point that simple cloning is not enough ...so i sent mine to Nikon for repair...the good news is that there's been reports that Nikon *sometimes* replaces the shutter mechanism that gets rid of the problem entirely.
The oil on mine has gotten bad too, and my is a freakin re-furb. I don't know if they replaced the shutter but I would love to be able to find out. If they did, they certainly didn't clean the sensor. I mostly shoot at night so I hadn't noticed until I did some day landscapes a while back.
Same location as well, top left corner. No warranty left but im hoping a cleaning solution will fix it.
If it is just dust, I would think an Artic Butterfly of similar would be best. And dust is a problem that every DSLR faces. It isn't exclusively a D600 issue. If it is oil spots like my D7000 had, I would recommend Sensor Swabs pre-moistened with Eclipse solution. It was very easy, quick, inexpensive and produced great results.
My favorite from an informal shoot with my neighbors. I promised I'd take them out for a shoot the first snow we got. They braved the snow/cold/wind for about two hours!
Just returned my D7100 to get a D600 for an absolutely stupid price. Took it out for a spin yesterday and I'm quite impressed. The old 24-50 AF doesn't do too badly either.
The Falls by Mawz, on Flickr
D600, 24-50 f3.3-4.5 AF
nice capture of the East Duffins Creek waterfall flowing out of a nearly 200 year old mill dam which held back the water to run a sawmill. The water flowed downstream into a second mill pond which then was used to power a grist mill.
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