Category Archives: Nikon D600

New book: Mastering the Nikon D600

By [NR] admin | Published: December 7, 2012

The just announced Mastering the Nikon D600 book is now available for pre-order on Amazon (pre-order options for international readers: UK, Germany, France, Canada and Japan). Book description:

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The Nikon D600 sensor doesn’t get any more oil spots after 3000 shots

By [NR] admin | Published: November 29, 2012

Few updates on the Nikon D600 oil spots issue. The good news is that no new oil spots get accumulated over time as reported today by LensRentals: “Things are definitely better. Where 20 of 20 cameras required cleaning 6 weeks ago, only 11 of 20 did this time (our average for all SLRs would be about 5 of 20). Like […]

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Meike MK-D600 is a cheap alternative battery grip for Nikon D600

By [NR] admin | Published: November 28, 2012

Meike released their new MK-D600 battery grip for Nikon D600. The original Nikon MB-D14 grip costs $274.95. You can get the MK-D600 for around $70 on eBay. Additional images:

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Time-lapse video of the Nikon D600 dust accumulation problem

By [NR] admin | Published: November 21, 2012

The time-lapse video below shows the dust accumulation problem with a brand new Nikon D600. Note that the lens was never changed during this test – so this is not really dust coming from the outside, but internal particles accumulated around the same upper left portion of the sensor: This is what the author of the video wrote about […]

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Good deal: Nikon D600 price drop and more

By [NR] admin | Published: November 18, 2012

B&H has a pretty good deal on the Nikon D600 right now (this offers ends on November 24th): $100 instant savings Includes free: Lowepro Rezo 170 AW Camera Shoulder Bag, SanDisk 16 GB SDHC Memory Card Extreme Pro Class 10 UHS-I, Pearstone EN-EL15 Lithium-Ion Battery Pack ($114.83 Total Value) 2% rewards back $300 mail-in rebate with purchase of […]

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Dpreview confirms the dust spots issue on the Nikon D600 sensor

By [NR] admin | Published: November 13, 2012

In their just published review of the Nikon D600, dpreview did mention the sensor residue issue that was reported also by many [NR] readers:

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Nikon D600 teardown

By [NR] admin | Published: November 8, 2012

The website ifixit.com published their detailed instructions and pictures on how to teardown a Nikon D600 camera. Here is their conclusion:

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Upcoming firmware updates for Nikon D600 and D800

By [NR] admin | Published: November 8, 2012

Nikon is currently working on new firmware updates for the D600 and D800 cameras. The D600 update will contain a fix for the Live View aperture bug (currently you cannot change the aperture in Live View during video). The D800 update will fix the focus priority bug (with AF-ON in Live View changing the aperture causes the screen to […]

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