Nikon D600 sets high bar for sensor image quality

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The A99 is one of our priority. But before there will be Canon EOS 6D and Canon EOS 700D.

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Hi there!

deepakv2u: Can you tell me how you got these 30-35 dust spots on your sensor?
I am taking pictures for years as a pro photographer and never had any dust spots on my sensor. How come you got so many on yours in that short time??


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Istvan

Might be because DXO Tests the sensor raw output and not the camera. And the sensor is indeed very good.

As for your problem with the D7000, it is not really a problem, new sensors are tuned up to be more sensitive.

So using base iso like 200 or 100 is often pulled, and not the real sensor ISO, so it tends to "over expose", but that's the idea getting more photons in order to get more information on the darker areas of the image and so less noise.

Knowing that, if you're shooting raw, you are able to recover about a stop and a half of highlights dynamic range anyway (except if the highlights are really blown up), so it's all right.

If you dislike the output and do not wish to toy with the raw, just use the center weighed average measure, aim at your subject and use AEL to lock the exposure setting and compensate by minus 0.7 ev it should do the trick.
Just a question of getting used to the gear.

Anyway for careful exposure, nothing is more reliable than a spot or an area measure, global average measure are rarely good, either too conservative or to prone to highlights clipping. IMO

Wow go Nikon go!!! HA HA    Trouble is it's not real world.

How does DXO explain low light performance when the 600 is bad @ iso 3200 and not usable after that??  and they say its basically the best W T F ?   



No good DXO, even your own tests show different to you results and scores.  Oh no Nikon dose not do well no worries we'll post it as the BEST - yeah  ;D

The 800 again noise is worse than others and all that res ? what did they do with it?  Every real world testing and my own tells and shows why Nikon are cheaper and why they are semi pro cameras.    DXO should put the coolpix camera as top dog ! score of 120 ha ha 

1) The tendency to overexpose cannot be judged by some images published on the internet.  Unless the images were taken under controlled conditions the result reflects the knowledge of the user more than the qualities of a camera.  If you want real world tests of the D600 and other cameras I suggest you look at www.dpreview.com

2) Correct exposure is a function of the camera's light meter system not the sensor.  A camera with the worst sensor in the world could have the most accurate metering system and produce perfectly exposed images, albeit of limited quality due to the bad sensor.  The opposite situation is also possible.

3) Regardless of the DXO mark, the only real test for a camera is in the hands of the user.  There is no “bad” camera among current crop of advanced semi-pro and professional DSLR’s  no matter what make you look at.  The decision comes down to which feature sets at a given budget are the best fit for your specific needs.  At any one time there will always be one manufacturer that has just leapfrogged the rest and be at the top of technical ratings like DXO Mark, but the real world implications of this are for 99,9% of the photographers out there, just a curiosity, not relevant in real world terms.

4) Last but not least I'll tell you my personal experience with the D600.  After 4 years using a D300 which is a fantastic camera I switched to a D600 and it is so much better than the D300 as to consider it in a different league.  And BTW it does not overexpose.  It has the most accurate meter I have had to date.  My previous cameras have been D100, D80 and D300.

Can DXOMark be trusted at all in the first place ? !

Are their results biased, falsified or bribed ?

It seems that the results favors Nikon/Canon and pushes down on Sony !
WHY ?

>:( :(

@DXOMARK No, DXOMark (the website) has always very good results for Sony non SLT cameras. Their NEX range are among highest rated. SLT has an evil dark mirror that is causing loads of noise kick in. Nothing wrong with the sensor itself. If you like Sony and hate higher noise on SLT, try NEX .. NEX6 came with a a very good kit lens 16-50mm, very nice and compact. See NEX-5 (any variant) or NEX-7 results, too good.

And no they are not favoring Canon, Canon FF and APSC DSlrs are always getting lower scores here comparative to Nikon or Pentax, for some obvious reasons. Also primarily because they are using Sony sensors.

I still think there is something wrong with their test setup, which exagarate on some parameters too much?!? maybe!

...die D600 gibt es seit einer Woche, schon ist sie getestet.
Die 1Dx gibt es viele Monate - wo bleibt der Test dieser Kamera?

Who said it was "affordable for consumers"?
It's affordable to high end enthusiasts.

Are you crazy?

This camera beats out the Canon 5D MKIII in price by a longshot and matches it in performance. The Canon 5D MKII is still selling for 1.5K to 2K USD, the price of the D600. The MKII was THE De-facto "budget" full frame DSLR.

You think Nikon is doing people a disservice here?...

Really? I'm a consumer and I'm ordering one This coming Tuesday...So what does that say. ;D