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Maybe...

When I got my D1 I considered the DX sensor to be a temporary expedient until Nikon figured how to make a proper size sensor. Well they did that with the excellent D3 or D700.

I would rather get a good 'old' D3 than a new very high pixel density D400 12 to 15 Meg pixels are plenty in my opinion. The extra large image files and horrid gritty noise I see in these small pixel images puts me right off. I would rather have larger soft pixels more like film grain.

Almost all my lenses are FX capable so I am ready to switch any time if the right body comes along. But affording it might be a different matter... :rofl:



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Robert wrote: Maybe...

When I got my D1 I considered the DX sensor to be a temporary expedient until Nikon figured how to make a proper size sensor. Well they did that with the excellent D3 or D700.

I would rather get a good 'old' D3 than a new very high pixel density D400 12 to 15 Meg pixels are plenty in my opinion. The extra large image files and horrid gritty noise I see in these small pixel images puts me right off. I would rather have larger soft pixels more like film grain.

Almost all my lenses are FX capable so I am ready to switch any time if the right body comes along. But affording it might be a different matter... :rofl:

Wonder how the D600 compares to the D3?



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I'd say it is probably a little better in the IQ range and the noise will be a little better as well.

The D600 should be a small step up from the D3 so maybe the same as a D3S.
It does have newer VLSI technology but maybe the higher MP count will dull the effect of the better electronics.



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re: Wonder how the D600 compares to the D3
Grab hold of these two camera's side by side (or any single-digit D camera), and the D600 feels like a wet piece of cardboard.
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One point for the D600: Nikon has included an Ai-ring for use of older lenses, but otherwise it is aimed and consumers.

 




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Gilbert Sandberg wrote:
Eric,
re: Wonder how the D600 compares to the D3
Grab hold of these two camera's side by side (or any single-digit D camera), and the D600 feels like a wet piece of cardboard.
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One point for the D600: Nikon has included an Ai-ring for use of older lenses, but otherwise it is aimed and consumers.


Not sure what that makes the D7000, if the D600 is wet cardboard?

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Eric,
I cannot remember ever holding a D7000 camera, sorry.
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It's partly because we have got used to the larger heavier form factor but the D600 is a similar size to the old F2 in the film days (before my photographic time but I held one in a used camera store recently).

 




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richw wrote:
It's partly because we have got used to the larger heavier form factor but the D600 is a similar size to the old F2 in the film days (before my photographic time but I held one in a used camera store recently).

Good point.

I was a Canon shooter pre digital. Before the EOS revolution the bodies were similarly small...unless you added a motor drive .



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