Posted by David Sewell on September 21, 2012 at 12:24 PM
I have been waiting to buy a new camera body for a while, and yesterday took delivery of a new Nikon D600. Maybe I will write a little bit more about my impressions when I have taken a few more pictures. Today I was interested in putting it to the test, despite the day being a very gloomy one in north Kent.
I was gobsmacked at my available choice of subjects - long tailed tits, snipe and, best of the lot, a water rail. The water rail was in a gloomy place on a gloomy day, but even so I am impressed with the camera's abilities to cope when I had to use 800 ISO, and should probably have gone higher.
Cropped about 50% so that I could be sure I wasn't getting away with too much!
Anyhow, so far so good, and hopefully the processing will be a little better still once Adobe start supporting the D600.
An impressive shot of a very elusive bird David. They love the muck don't they. Processing appears a little bit light on my screen but easily solved (perhaps new glasses for me would do it!!!?).
Posted by Bob Johnson on September 21, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Not so bad for Nikon David
Bob
Posted by Nick Mckeown on September 21, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Was only reading about the D600 today at lunchtime. Its specs look pretty impressive. Cracking image of a very, very elusive bird David and considering the crop those 24MP have certainly proved their worth. Look forward to more images and your thoughts. TFS!
Hi David, considering the techs ie 1/100sec it's a good image, with good detail where it counts. I would look to pushing the ISO to get more shutter speed, if it's like the others from the Nikon range it can take it, likewise I'm very impressed with the 1DX and high ISO. At ISO 2500 the print quality looks like ISO200 at A3.
You could use a luminosity mask to overall tone the whole image, as it is quite bright/light and this helps soften the overall colour and makes for a more pleasing image, however the grass does go a rather vibrant green, so some selective work might be required. Great to see the advancements in technology enhancing and allowing us greater flexility in shooting, look forward to more from you.
TFS
Steve
Posted by John Robinson on September 22, 2012 at 6:17 AM
Nits covered . Why did you go for this camera David ?
JR
Posted by David Sewell on September 22, 2012 at 7:09 AM
John,
Over the next twelve months I am planning to visit Borneo, Australia and New Zealand. I wanted a new camera that I had a chance to get used to before those trips come up. I considered the D7000 and the D800 as well as this model. I rejected the D7000 because it is only 16Mp and is about to be replaced. It was a closer thing with the D800, but the relatively slow number of frames per second was not attractive to somebody who does quite a bit of flight photography, and would like to do more.
I'll write more about whether I made a good choice or not when I am more used to the camera.
David
Posted by Phil Ellard on September 22, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Nikon have released some attractive cameras of late and ive heard good things of the d600 already sure you made a great choice. It will do you proud on your trips if this shot is anything to go. Adobe will upgrade RAW support very soon i am sure
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 22, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Looks like a good start, David. First impressions of the D600 seem to be very good. Wish I could afford to switch to Nikon
Andy...
Posted by Paul Whippey on September 22, 2012 at 3:36 PM
A great photo David, the D600 looks like a nice body.
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 23, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Yes I agree that Nikon are releasing some interesting cameras at the moment. The image looks a bit too light but apart from that is good.
Posted by Neil Burton on September 23, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Hanging on to Canon for now, because the only way is up as they say ;) (or is that it gets worse before it gets better? :( )
Discussion
11 repliesI was gobsmacked at my available choice of subjects - long tailed tits, snipe and, best of the lot, a water rail. The water rail was in a gloomy place on a gloomy day, but even so I am impressed with the camera's abilities to cope when I had to use 800 ISO, and should probably have gone higher.
Cropped about 50% so that I could be sure I wasn't getting away with too much!
Anyhow, so far so good, and hopefully the processing will be a little better still once Adobe start supporting the D600.
Thanks for looking.
David
Nikon D600, 600mm Nikon, 1.7x Nikon converter, 800 ISO, 1/100th @ f7.1
Bob
Nick.
You could use a luminosity mask to overall tone the whole image, as it is quite bright/light and this helps soften the overall colour and makes for a more pleasing image, however the grass does go a rather vibrant green, so some selective work might be required. Great to see the advancements in technology enhancing and allowing us greater flexility in shooting, look forward to more from you.
TFS
Steve
JR
Over the next twelve months I am planning to visit Borneo, Australia and New Zealand. I wanted a new camera that I had a chance to get used to before those trips come up. I considered the D7000 and the D800 as well as this model. I rejected the D7000 because it is only 16Mp and is about to be replaced. It was a closer thing with the D800, but the relatively slow number of frames per second was not attractive to somebody who does quite a bit of flight photography, and would like to do more.
I'll write more about whether I made a good choice or not when I am more used to the camera.
David
Looks like a good start, David. First impressions of the D600 seem to be very good. Wish I could afford to switch to Nikon
Andy...
Nice one, great bird for a test!