I bought a new D600 when they first came out. It had the oil spots and I sent it to Nikon for cleaning but the oily goo came back after a short while. By the time I sent it back for a second time the D610 was out so Nikon sent me a new 610 and that solved all my issues. It has worked flawlessly ever since. I have every Nikon I’ve ever bought since my first one a: D70. Sometimes I; “get out the old camera” and shoot it for a day or so for kicks. The D610 never fails to bring a smile to my face. The D6 is especially wonderful, as is, the D800e. I find the portraits of people are outstanding to this day. Thanks for the review.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

It sucks to hear that your D600 was affected but I'm glad Nikon took care of it with the d610! Oh the D800e is very neat I do want to get one of those later to review. If I remember right it was their first one without an AA filter right? The trendsetter!

I see two differences. The CCD camera has an orange cast (or the CMOS has a blue cast) since those are the complementary colors, approximately. The other difference is due to the color depth of the new sensor. Imagine a camera that can show two shades of blue and a camera that can show two million shades of blue. When you use the two million shades of blue camera, you can smoothly transition from slightly blue clear to blue so deep it looks black and see no dividing lines. With the two color rendering camera, you will see the light shade of blue and then the dark shade of blue with a sharp dividing line. Of course it is not as extreme in the real world case. On DXOMARK, the Portrait score is color depth. For the D600 the score is 25.1 and for the D200 it is 22.3 (photons to photos gives the exact same measures), and these numbers represent the number of bits in color rendition that are discernable. In the bokeh, the colors are very similar in many places, so you are seeing banding due to three fewer bits of color depth.

I have the D610 and D700. I like the more modern features on the D610 but the colors are different on the D700. I think portraits are better with the D610 but flowers and landscapes look better on the D700. IMO. Thanks for the video!

I picked up a D600 with all the cables, manuals, software, 2 remotes and the original carton for $283 USD. It had a 40050 shutter count and it appears to be well taken care of. I don’t see any issues with dust or oil and based on the shutter count, this would have been an issue a long time ago. So far, images are very very good.

@Mr50mmish

7 күн бұрын

That's awesome! A great price! Hope you enjoy it!

You are very concise in your summation of this great camera. The top and back plate is magnesium alloy with the rest being mainly polycarbonate but tough as a squirrels 🐿️ nuts 🥜. The pictures from it are outstanding and make it one of the best cameras Nikon has ever made. I got my one in 2012 at launch with the kit 24 to 85 mm lens and battery grip and it fits like a glove. I am only a simple enthusiast photographer who just loves taking photographs , but have never experienced the oil spot problem touch wood. I can imagine that the D700 is an amazing piece of kit it has legendary status. In finishing I wish you big success with your channel Sir because it is of an understandable high standard level with none of the hype.

I bought a second hand D600 about a month ago now, for around 330 EUR, including 1 year warranty. I love the camera. No shutter oil issues here. The camera is a joy to work with and the results are, for a camera of over 12 years old, still stunning. It's a serious upgrade compared to the D70 I had before. The D600 renewed my love for photography that had been slumbering for a few years unfortunately.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Thats very excellent to hear! I'm glad the camera helped wake up your love of photography! It really is an awesome camera to this day still.

@CreateTimeToListen

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr50mmish It absolutely is. I could recover some lenses I still had lying around from my old F80 (which I also used at my D70) which made it a no brainer to invest in, compared to a new mirrorless fullframe option. I hope this one can serve me for another decade. ;-)

I had the D750 it being like the D600 an excellent camera but after dipping my toes into the world of mirrorless I decided after hearing about the D700 decided to purchase one. It may be an older camera but the colour produced from the D700 sensor is so good! I have a D810 as well but 99% of the time i use the D700. Excellent colour, small file sizes and so easy to edit the raw files.

I bought one of these about 18months ago, on the offchance that the shutter had been replaced, and it was cheap. Plus, I wanted a way to use a drawerful of old Nikon glass from manual days, and most of the Nik DSLRs don't allow for that. This was the cheapest way of doing it. So far, I'm quite happy with it. The 24Mp is more than enough for my needs and I don't see me rushing out to buy anything larger any time soon.

@Mr50mmish

23 күн бұрын

Awesome to hear the D600 worked out for ya! Yeah the D600 is an excellent way to us Nikon manual glass!

I have an early D600 that did develop the oil spot issue and I sent it back for Nikon shutter replacement. I have put close to 100,000 frames through it since the service and all is good and it is still going strong. If buying used look inside the tripod screw socket on the bottom of the camera and if you see black Sharpie marker inside the screw socket then it has had the shutter replaced.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Oh nice! That's an awesome tip!

@wingofwinter888

19 күн бұрын

ah thx u for the tips

Good show,very helpful and informative,thanks

I have one that my old man got around 2013 knowing about and watching for the oil issue. Luckily it's never come up and the camera still works superbly. Just killer image quality and a wonderful viewfinder in a relatively compact camera.

Thank you for your review. I’m not convinced that D600/D610 is a clear winner over D700. A couple of practical differences that make D600/D610 better: AutoISO implementation, Active D-Lighting now works with Contrast. But D700 feels like a different kind of beast. It has a dedicated AF-ON button, it has 1/8000s shutter speed it is a more solid body. I used D610 as my only camera for 8(?) years, and I have it along with a D700 with me now. To me, the best bargain on a full-frame Nikon is a D3/D3s. Now, these beasts are from a different league altogether. Totally agree with you on a D200. 👍

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Ah I do agree the d3/d3s are awesome bargains now a days and if I remember right the sensor the same or very similar to the d700.

@mistergiovanni7183

13 күн бұрын

I have a D700 and I have a D3S. The truth is that although they say that the sensor is similar between both cameras, yes both have 12 MPX but they are worlds apart. The D700 generates soft and deep natural colors, achieves tones that I do not see in other cameras. Editing the D700 files is easy and the editing is minimal. As it is "soft" sometimes you have to barely touch the contrast and intensity if, for example, there is a very cloudy sky. On the other hand, the D3S generates files that even for my taste are quite warm, saturated and contrasted. RAW files already look edited when you first see them. I can simulate in editing making a D700 files like a D3S, but I can't do the opposite. Since the D700 is so special, I wonder whether to buy the D600 or have another D700 as a backup.

I have 2, D600 bodies and they work out just fine. The trick to getting a good used one is to look for a shutter count between 5K and 10K. Any shutter / sensor problems would have manifested by then. The D700 does live up to the hype. If you want the D700 experience but a much lower price, try a D300 APSC camera. You can get one in great shape for $120 to $150. The D300 is the best deal for a used camera out there. I have 7 of them because you just can't get enough of a good thing.

@thequarantinecatholic

2 ай бұрын

Love my D300 =)

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Nice. Yeah I am sure one of these days I'll pick a d700 up!

Great video mate I own a d700 , and a d200 and d300 and they are all brilliant cameras which when they were new I couldn’t afford to own when new now they are much more affordable, after your review I might well look for a d600 being lighter to carry 😊👍🏻

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Nice! Sounds like an excellent trio you got there. If you do get the d600 hopefully you will like it as much as I do!

I had a D610 for years (9years) no complaints except the amateur viewfinder got to me. Exchanged the D610 for a D800 with the proper viewfinder. Great upgrade also in image quality

Hi, I got 2 of the D600. Awesome pictures made with these cameras.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

They are excellent cameras!

When I was starting out with photography, I bought a used D600 as my first full frame camera with a 50mm lens and thoroughly enjoyed it for many years. I was fortunate enough to not have been exposed to the oil issue and learned a lot about the aspects of photography as I was starting out as a beginner. Unfortunately adulting got in the way and sold it as I didn't have a lot of downtime to shoot around as much as I used to. The D600 is a great value camera for those who are getting into Full Frame or photography in general.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Ah that's pretty good that you didn't get the oil issue. Think you'll hope back into photography at some point though?

@davidgaritta9195

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr50mmish I actually have the Nikon ZF with the 40mm F2 kit lens. The size is perfect for travel/street and love the retro dials. I miss having a camera with me so I got this set and loving it.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

@@davidgaritta9195 that's awesome! Haha I thought you had bowed out of it. I know for a while in my life I did have an extended hiatus from the hobby!

I own a D610 and the only thing I am not fond of is it's lack of an exposure meter in the top LCD. I love the images it produces and will probably never sell it.

I just bought a minty, boxed D610. Seems pretty good so far. I think it is on a par with the canon 6D mk1 (which I thought was a really excellent and very usable camera.) Both are bargains I reckon. I don’t currently have a D700, but I have a D3S, D3X, & D200 (& I love them.)

I bought a D600 when they first came out and still have it. I think it is a very good camera. Mine did have the oil spots, but I cleaned the sensor and the spots did not return. In reality, there were only a couple of very small spots, but they could be seen when stopped down. Awesome camera!

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

It's good to hear that the issue isn't actually too bad!

Not only is the D600 one of Nikon's best used DSLR camera values, it's one of Nikon's best overall camera's period. Great image quality, dynamic range, size/weight, plus dual card slots. I do agree the AF system is nothing special, but still adequate. I have both the 6D and D600 and I think the D600 is the superior camera overall by a wide margin. I also have the sensor oil issue on mine, while annoying, I was able to solve the problem by getting a HQ sensor cleaning kit that wiped all of the oil speckles away. Just use this issue to your advantage and save some $$$.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's an awesome camera. That sucks, the sensor oil on yours how often do you tend to have to clean it?

@craigmckernan4056

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr50mmish Cleaned it once after I got it (used copy) thoroughly and haven't needed to since. The oil spots are slowly coming back, but I haven't felt the need to clean it again after several thousand photos. These oil spots differ from sensor dust accumulation in several ways. 1 - They're pretty small spots, much smaller than dust spots, and only appear in the upper corner of the frame. 2 - Since they're so small, you can really only see them when you're shooting something stopped down closer to f/8 on a bright clear background (like a clear sky). If you shoot wide open or less than f/4, they're not visible at all.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

@@craigmckernan4056 ah, cool, that's good to know that it's not a huge deal if it does show up! Thanks!

fixed D610 FTW, I would dispute "D700 hype" wording.

I had a new D600 but it suffered badly from the oil on the sensor problem. Here in the UK we did not get the offer to exchange for a new D610 like in the US. Nikon Europe replaced the shutter with the one designed for the D610 free of charge. The camera was fine after that but I sold it and bought a D810 which is a superb camera.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Ah, well it does seem like the d610's only real update from the d600 was the shutter so, of call that a ghost d610! Do you still shoot the d800?

@TwizyMan

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr50mmish Yes I use the D810 and a D500 as my main cameras. I recently also bought an as new D850 which is to my mind the best DSLR EVER! I will never part with the D500 as it together with the Canon EOS 7D mk2 are the perfect wildlife cameras. The extra reach with the crop sensor cameras when using long lenses is so useful.

How about the D500? I plan to swap it with a Sony RX100 VII.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

The D500 seems like a very competent APS-C camera. Since it's the successor to the D300 ergonomics looked excellent. The sensor on it looks like it's quite nice and it's video capabilities is very good although it can only record 4k using a 1.5x crop from it's already cropped sensor so there is that to consider. I haven't used one before so I can't directly comment. But it looks nice.

Can you please make a video comparing the aps-c and fullframe cameras in the budget range? I want to see what a normal non hyperactive youtuber would say.

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Haha. That is actually a video idea I had, not sure when I'll get to it as there are a few scripts in the works but it is an idea! Especially now that I have a kind of reasonable bank of cameras haha.

@cleanlens

2 ай бұрын

@@Mr50mmish Thanks. Your yt channel is refreshing, keep it up!

which one better for autofocus d600, d610, and 5d mark ii? its for shooting on wedding

@Mr50mmish

19 күн бұрын

Likely the D610 or D600 (they are the same module but the D610 has some minor updates to the camera overall). The 5D2 system is really basic, even for the time it was launched. It's a 9 point with 6 assist points and only the centre is a cross type with remaining points being single line type.

@wingofwinter888

19 күн бұрын

@@Mr50mmish ah i see. i keep debating my self for days for which one i should buy for wedding hahah because this is my 1st exp as 2nd shooter. i learned photography using 450D, so im used to with ancient autofocus points. but reviewers keep saying about the contrast detecting autofocus in d600 is no good in low light, so im worry hahaha. those 2 prices almost similar in here, but 5d mk2 only has 1 card, but if d600/d610 has better autofocus, i probably will be buying d600. thx you for your reply sir.

@Mr50mmish

19 күн бұрын

@@wingofwinter888 No problem! The D600 might be not as good compared to contemporary cameras but it is leaps better than the 5d2! Hopefully the wedding shoot goes well! Goodluck!

@alwynsmit3546

10 күн бұрын

Don't listen to people who tell you the focus system of the 5dii is junk. Yes, the outer points are not good, but man, that center point is very very good. In low light is where the difference will depend on which lens you attach. So the question you should be asking yourself is, what glass am I going to get with my budget. That D600 will struggle in low light when not using the AF assist lamp & using glass that is not top notch.

@wingofwinter888

9 күн бұрын

@@alwynsmit3546 im planning to go with 50mm f1.8 and 35mm f2. yeah the autofocus in low light got me worry too hahaha i can do focus and recompose, learning with my old 450D, i can manual focus too because the kit has broken autofocus so for years im in manual. my daily camera is nx300 with kit lens and em5 mk2 with kit lens hahaha i know the limit of their autofocus. this is why im concern about the autofocus of 5d mkii and d600 because i never shot with full frame before. im leaning a bit to d600 because it has dual memory card slot.

So D500 was APS-C and this is full frame... What's with Nikon and naming conventions?

@Mr50mmish

2 ай бұрын

Yeah it's kind of odd. I can get the logic. The D500 is the actual successor to the D300s many many years later. They probably skipped the D400 numbering for luck reasons. 4 being not a lucky number in many Asian culture. D600 is slotted below the d700 series because it had a more simplified control scheme and a worse AF module. Haha overall an odd naming scheme but workable.

I disagree with the AF being a BIG step up from the D90. I owned a D90 & a D7000. The D7000 is the same AF module as the D600, just adjusted for FX. With my D90 I rarely struggled with focus. When I got the D7000, I valued the 39 points up from the 11 in the D90. But that's where the awesomeness ended. In low light especially, the D7000 struggled & even shooting a subject in shade, would prove difficult for the D7000. People often think the number of focus points matter most, but that's not the case here. If Nikon did better with the AF, the D7000 would have gone down in history as the best APS-C body ever & the D600 would have been even nearer to perfect.

@Mr50mmish

10 күн бұрын

Odd. Is it possible there was something funky with your D7000? It's not just number of points that's up, the number of cross type points and their distribution make it pretty useful compared to AF modules that only have the 1 centre cross type. Now I do admit I don't tend to massively tax the AF modules when I shot as it's a lot of fairly static objects and I'm not shooting sports lately. So I'm probably not the best example of a AF stress tester. That said when using the D200 (same AF module as the D90) I don't have a problem with that either, but I haven't directly compared AF performance. The only difference is that I am more comfortable using the D600's cross type sensors around the module. That said maybe I should have a better look at MultiCam1000!

@alwynsmit3546

9 күн бұрын

@@Mr50mmish I had three different bodies. Yes, THREE. As you said yourself, you're not the best example of AF stress testing it. Now, I'm not saying it is totally unusable. What I am saying is, it was unreliable in low light without the AF assist lamp & even then, it wasn't perfect. It had a beautiful sensor & so does the D600, but Nikon really messed up with that AF system. Heck, they even put that in the DF. Also a beautiful sensor. I'm just not a fan of that AF module.

I bought the Nikon D600 when it first came out… Totally disappointed not just with the camera, but with Nikon the company!!!! Basically I will never buy a camera whenever it first hits the market, it better to wait 3-5 years.

Constantlzy looking down at your script is not cool

@Mr50mmish

Ай бұрын

Haha that is true, might be time to buy a teleprompter