{"id":6442,"date":"2012-09-19T20:44:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T20:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2012-09-20T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T15:15:46","slug":"exciting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=6442","title":{"rendered":"Exciting news……"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There has been, understandably, a great deal of interest in the D600 and it was made even more exciting when DXO released their test of the new camera’s sensor. \u00a0After my test yesterday I was not shocked to see that it was rated in third place of all sensors tested, right after the D800 and D800E!!! \u00a0I have added a link for you here:<\/p>\n

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After yesterday’s test, I’ve shot a good deal more and have some additional thoughts!<\/p>\n

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(1.) \u00a0The D600 is very similar to the D7000 in one important way, the shutter release is very soft and predictable, and the D600 is, along with the D7000 very quiet. \u00a0Every time I’ve used the D7000 over the last few years, I’ve really enjoyed it’s handling, and I’m convinced that the same tactile pleasure will exist with the D600.<\/p>\n

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(2.) \u00a0The Bracketing function is a little different but still very usable, three shots at .3, .7, 1, 2, or 3 stop differences. \u00a0So three shots at \u00a0a 2 stop increments would be a 5 stop range, I will run some tests, but I feel it will be good for most HDR applications. \u00a0I hand held a three shot HDR in terrible light and I was thrilled with the results, admittedly not a great shot but the camera handled it \u00a0well! \u00a0Below that shot is a very close crop on the license plate, shows just how much this sensor resolves!<\/p>\n

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That is a 100% crop out of a handheld HDR shot!!! \u00a0Pretty amazing….<\/p>\n

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(3.) \u00a0If you’ve ever carried a pro camera body you know how heavy it an be at the end of the day, the D600 will be a lot easier to carry all day!<\/p>\n

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(4.) \u00a0The menu options have been very enhanced in the new model, with lots of cool features that will make the camera easy to use in the field. \u00a0The U1 and U2 settings let you set up special camera settings for different kinds of photographic situations that can now be selected at the turn of the dial! \u00a0In addition the Auto ISO works very well and can be set up for your style of shooting.<\/p>\n

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(5.) \u00a0While the D800 certainly has more resolution, images from the new D600 are both very clean, and exceptionally sharp, rivaling the D800.<\/p>\n

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It is not my policy to tell my friends and readers what they should buy, but I feel confident that those that need a full frame camera will definitely want to give a D600 a spin before deciding, I’ll give it the highest praise I can give a product, I’ll be spending my own money for one….<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n

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  There has been, understandably, a great deal of interest in the D600 and it was made even more exciting when DXO released their test of the new camera’s sensor. \u00a0After my test yesterday I was not shocked to see that it was rated in third place of all sensors tested, right after the D800 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles","category-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6442"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6451,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6442\/revisions\/6451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}