D600

[WDI 1998]

The Tokina is a good value for its build quality and optics. It's not as wide as I'd like it to be but it's considerably cheaper then the 14-24 Nikon lens, although that is the BEST wide lens on the market, period.

As for the walk around, eh... I'd pass on that lens. Honestly, the tail end of the focal length is hardly used. You either want a dedicated portrait lens or something that is a little better quality. If you can boost your budget a bit the 24-70 f2.8 is the way to go, but you're looking a 600 dollar increase.

Budget is an issue. I am trying to get the most bang for my buck so to speak. I will continue to look and see what is out there.

 

[ddbowdoin]

Budget is an issue. I am trying to get the most bang for my buck so to speak. I will continue to look and see what is out there.

I hear yah... we all play that game.

 

[stuart]

Wow a scene wheel? That is odd on a FF camera.

Yup, has the scene wheel as its classed as a consumer camera by Nikon, hence that layout instead of the pro button layout. That is one thing that is a slight annoyance in that theyve put it in that line up, as be a pain getting to learn the layout of it compared to my D300.

 

[fractal]

Anybody with a D600 have these problems? I was actually getting close to buying one after reading this thread and many other reviews, then I found this article...

The Nikon D600 Has Sensor Dust Issues​

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• Roger Cicala · Oct 22, 2012

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Read more at http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/22/the-nikon-d600-has-sensor-dust-issues/#GO3kBR3sGJiMRJPG.99​

 

[thomas998]

Anybody with a D600 have these problems? I was actually getting close to buying one after reading this thread and many other reviews, then I found this article...

The Nikon D600 Has Sensor Dust Issues

• Roger Cicala · Oct 22, 2012

Read more at http://www.petapixel.com/2012/10/22/the-nikon-d600-has-sensor-dust-issues/#GO3kBR3sGJiMRJPG.99

Well that makes it easier to go for the D800... though the thought of buying more hard drives to store photos isn't good.

 

[ddbowdoin]

Well that makes it easier to go for the D800... though the thought of buying more hard drives to store photos isn't good.

agh, go cloud based.... cheaper and more reliable if you ask me

 

[thomas998]

agh, go cloud based.... cheaper and more reliable if you ask me

Sorry will never go cloud based. To much of a risk... I've heard of a large company that went under in the past and the customers only had a very limited amount of time to copy off their data... needless to say the servers couldn't handle the massive load of people and a lot ended up never getting all their data.

I prefer to make a backup on a hard drive and then keep the memory chips secure in a fire proof safe.

 

[NowInc]

There are some cloud services that have been around for a long time that arent going anywhere. Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Amazon...just to name a few. I understand the apprehension of using them..but keep this in mind. I have had FAR MORE hard drives (internal and external) fail me than I have had cloud services go bad for me.

 

[ddbowdoin]

Sorry will never go cloud based. To much of a risk... I've heard of a large company that went under in the past and the customers only had a very limited amount of time to copy off their data... needless to say the servers couldn't handle the massive load of people and a lot ended up never getting all their data.

I prefer to make a backup on a hard drive and then keep the memory chips secure in a fire proof safe.

There are some cloud services that have been around for a long time that arent going anywhere. Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Amazon...just to name a few. I understand the apprehension of using them..but keep this in mind. I have had FAR MORE hard drives (internal and external) fail me than I have had cloud services go bad for me.

Amazon and Google... if those companies fail the world is truly ending

 

[thomas998]

There are some cloud services that have been around for a long time that arent going anywhere. Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Amazon...just to name a few. I understand the apprehension of using them..but keep this in mind. I have had FAR MORE hard drives (internal and external) fail me than I have had cloud services go bad for me.

I've had my share of hard drives die too. I usually have at least one back up of every hard drive I have, and have yet to be forced to go back to any memory chips. I just don't trust a cloud service, not only could it vanish but I have no control over who might gain access.

 

[ddbowdoin]

I've had my share of hard drives die too. I usually have at least one back up of every hard drive I have, and have yet to be forced to go back to any memory chips. I just don't trust a cloud service, not only could it vanish but I have no control over who might gain access.

I can see that for sensitive documents... but we're talking images and unless you're a contracted full time pro working for Time or Nat Geo... wouldn't say you have much to worry about.