So I got to play around with a D600 today @ Henry's. Here are my thoughts on the camera. I'm going to be comparing a lot of it to the D7000, because that's my current camera.
AF:
The AF seems slightly quicker than the D7000. I tried the AF in a room where they turn off several lights. It wasn't completely dark, but I focused on a darker area. The focus hunted for about 0.5 second, but then locked on without a problem. Focus point setup is the same as the D7000, no surprise there.
Viewfinder:
Nice, big and bright. Since I've never shot with a full frame camera before. I shocked at how much empty space there is on the top, bottom and sides. The AF points are more towards the middle of the viewfinder. That makes total sense due to bigger FF sensor.
Handling, button layout:
Pretty much the exact same as the D7000, except for the buttons on the right side of the rear LCD. The D-pad is smaller than the d7000's, but I like how they have the lock AF point switch surrounding the d-pad. I like the smaller d-pad, but if you have bigger hands, you might not be too fond of it. The lock switch on the mode dial is great imo. I've accidently, knocked the mode dial from Aperture Priority to Manual many times on the d7000. Weight and size of the D600 is virtually the same as the D7000. I didn't notice much of a difference when handling the camera.
NEF Raw files from the two test shots I did, where 30 and 29 MB. I inserted a 16GB sdhc card. It showed 29x shots. Sorry I wasn't really paying attention, but remembered it was 290 something. That was NEF Raw files, and not jpeg. Not sure if it was in 12bit or 14bit Raw though.
I would recommend this camera to any D7000 user that wants to upgrade to FF. It feels so natural to me as a D7000 owner. I'm ready to buy this Camera, but not sure if I have the funds yet thought.
Anyways, here are some test shots if you're interested.
Shot 1, with Focus Point. 85 1.8g @ f1.8
testshot1 by
phuviano, on Flickr
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testshot1crop by
phuviano, on Flickr
Shot 2, with focus point. 85 1.8g @ f4
testshot2 by
phuviano, on Flickr
100% crop
testshot2crop by
phuviano, on Flickr
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