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To potential D600 buyers

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Posted by Peter_LO: Tue Oct 16th, 2012 09:13

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I got a D600 kit last week and am still struggling to like it.

Image quality is excellent as you may expect from its spec. In fact, the resolution is so high that it out-resolves the kit lens, 24-85 VR, from time to time. Color is on par with D3x, if not better.

But ease of operation is another story, and I'd advise potential D600 buyers to have a hands-on before buying it.

I don't mind the changes in button/dial position, but the mode dial highly praised by KR is difficult to use in the dark. I know I can get used to it so it doesn't matter. What annoys me is how the camera handles brightness of scenes darker than the metering range. For other cameras I have, the meter still works reliably even if "LO" is displayed until the exposure time hits 30". And what I need to do then is to choose a higher ISO to shorten the exposure time. D600's meter, however, gives up and sets its value at 0EV, no matter how much darker the scene or how high the iso may be.

I'm not sure if this is a bug, or just a "feature" that is used to distinguish D600 from higher models. But it's annoying.

Posted by jk: Tue Oct 16th, 2012 11:14

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Thanks for the information Peter.

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Posted by Peter_LO: Wed Oct 17th, 2012 07:57

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One more bug/feature discovered today: turning on flash won't disable auto-iso automatically.

Posted by jk: Wed Oct 17th, 2012 14:11

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Peter_LO wrote:
One more bug/feature discovered today: turning on flash won't disable auto-iso automatically.
Not sure if it is a bug as sometime you want the flash to have more 'range' so auto-ISO not disabled would allow this to work.

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Posted by Peter_LO: Wed Oct 17th, 2012 20:21

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True, I'm not sure too, but this makes switching cameras between shots difficult as other Nikon bodies behave in a different way. :-(

Posted by Dave Groen: Wed Oct 17th, 2012 20:43

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I would vote for "not a bug". I regularly use auto-iso with flash, especially when I'm near or beyond its range. If there's not enough flash power, the camera automatically cranks up the iso to compensate. This behavior was consistent for my D700 and D800.

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Posted by Peter_LO: Wed Oct 17th, 2012 21:13

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Hmm, perhaps Nikon has made some changes in newer bodies. I double checked that last night with D3 and D200 and when I turned on the flash, either internal or external, auto-iso was disabled automatically. I raised this concern because D600 chose iso 5000 for a close up shot of which the subject was only 24 inches away,

Posted by ttreppa: Thu Oct 18th, 2012 07:27

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Auto ISO? Did I miss something in the book for my D3X? I use flash and 4oo ISO but Auto ISO sounds like a good idea especially since now and then I forget to change back to my correct indoor setting. I photos shoot other places and change my settings and sometimes I forget to change back. :sssshh:

Terry Treppa

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Posted by jk: Thu Oct 18th, 2012 09:15

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These cameras are so complex and with so many features for all types of photography that it is difficult to know everything about the cameras.

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Posted by blackfox: Wed Oct 24th, 2012 06:24

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ttreppa wrote:
Auto ISO? Did I miss something in the book for my D3X? I use flash and 4oo ISO but Auto ISO sounds like a good idea especially since now and then I forget to change back to my correct indoor setting. I photos shoot other places and change my settings and sometimes I forget to change back. :sssshh:

Terry Treppa

i use auto iso 95% of the time ,its the one feature on nikons that really does what it says on the tin ,i used and discarded it with canon as unreliable but nikons system really does work giving some weird unheard of iso readings but always accurate and with the added advantage of hardly missing a shot

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