D750 Image Quality Over The D600

Davoxt

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Hi From Australia

I have had my D600 for a couple of years now, Its been a great camera but I have the itch for an upgrade (don't we all).

I am into landscape photography as you can see from my attachment a photo of Townsville Queensland, so is the D750 image much of an upgrade in image quality all should I spend the extra and go straight to he D810.

Cheers
Davoxt
 

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480sparky

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I once had the opportunity to borrow a D800 for a weekend, which I pitted against my D600.

For my type of shooting, I couldn't see any appreciable difference. Yeah, maybe the D800 or 810 or 750 might have a bit more dynamic range, but I couldn't justify spending that kind of scratch for it.
 

ShootRaw

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I don't feel you will have a boost in image quality with either D750 or D800...But you will have other benefits for getting a D750..Better focusing system, Iso performance, etc...If you shoot people for a living then you will be super happy with the D750 over the D600...I would even choose the D750 over the 800 series as well..The D750 is that good...
 

rocketman122

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Hi From Australia

I have had my D600 for a couple of years now, Its been a great camera but I have the itch for an upgrade (don't we all).

I am into landscape photography as you can see from my attachment a photo of Townsville Queensland, so is the D750 image much of an upgrade in image quality all should I spend the extra and go straight to he D810.

Cheers
Davoxt


I think if you do video and if you shoot in low light, youll definitely see an improvement. other than that, shooting up to iso 3200 and landscape pictures, the DR is very good in the D600 (I think nikon FF sensors have amazing DR compared to other MFR). send it in to nikon, get a D610, sell, then upgrade to the D750. youre going to take a huge hit to jump to the D750 bcause you can find them refurbed for $1400 or so new.not worth it unless u need the wifi, excellent video with power exposure adjustment, much faster AF which can focus to -3ev, the tilting screen, higher than 3200 iso, and 1 FPS. otherwise the D600 will do just as well. invest in glass. the D600 is a great camera when its not spewing oil.
 

J-see

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I have the D750 and can't complain about quality but when landscape is what you do, the D810 should outperform it. Most pixels usually wins.

It's the better cam for that. The question is; how much money is the quality difference worth to you?
 
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jay_dean

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Why not consider a D800? A great camera for your specialist area, and mint second-hand ones are selling for less than half the price of a D810 (in the UK they are anyway). Just a thought
 

gqtuazon

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Hi From Australia

I have had my D600 for a couple of years now, Its been a great camera but I have the itch for an upgrade (don't we all).

I am into landscape photography as you can see from my attachment a photo of Townsville Queensland, so is the D750 image much of an upgrade in image quality all should I spend the extra and go straight to he D810.

Cheers
Davoxt

"Itch" is sometimes a bad thing which is fueled by curiosity until you try it yourself. Your Kilometer may vary.

For the most part with regards to landscape photographers, the DR may or may not be visible. Camera bodies come and go. Get the D750 if the features appeals to you to get rid of the NAS (for a short period of time).
 

BackdoorArts

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I've said this a bunch of times about the D750 - it's a step up in IQ, particularly when you're dealing with high ISO and the need to pull dynamic range out of a single photo. But, with that said, under most normal shooting conditions it is not an appreciable jump to warrant moving from a D600/610 to the D750, but it's appreciable enough that if budget isn't a concern that I would definitely recommend buying the D750 over the D600/610 (though it would seem that the D610's are now incredibly priced and more than worth the going rate).

I wholeheartedly disagree with the assertion that the "D810 should outperform it. Most pixels usually wins." More pixels can have the opposite impact on IQ depending on the situation, and if you're shooting landscapes, particularly at small apertures for maximum depth of field, small pixels and small apertures can cause a loss of sharpness. I've all but abandoned my D800 in favor of the D750 and D610, and only still have it because it's not worth me taking the nearly 50% hit on the sale, so I'll keep it for those rare moments where studio resolution is an absolute requirement. But that said, the lack of anti-aliasing filter will also give a boost to sharpness, so it does win when used to take advantage of that. The file sizes are a consideration with your computer, both in terms of processing and storage, so be ready to buy more disk space, because it fills up fast, particularly if you're going into Photoshop and saving Tiff or PSD files.
 

J-see

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Same size sensor yet 36 vs 24Mp. Native ISO 64 vs 100. Me thinks when it comes to landscape that is called outperforming.

If we still see much of that difference in the processed shot is another topic.
 

hark

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Same size sensor yet 36 vs 24Mp. Native ISO 64 vs 100. Me thinks when it comes to landscape that is called outperforming.

If we still see much of that difference in the processed shot is another topic.

Sure...a 36 megapixel camera sounds terrific and it allows an incredible amount of detail, but hand-holding a 36 megapixel camera will magnify the slightest movements if a photographer isn't completely steady. From what I understand, if someone's steadiness when hand-holding isn't spot on, it can be more noticeable on a 36 megapixel camera than on a 24 mp camera.
 

J-see

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Sure...a 36 megapixel camera sounds terrific and it allows an incredible amount of detail, but hand-holding a 36 megapixel camera will magnify the slightest movements if a photographer isn't completely steady. From what I understand, if someone's steadiness when hand-holding isn't spot on, it can be more noticeable on a 36 megapixel camera than on a 24 mp camera.

Yes but those that do purely landscape usually tripod every shot.

Some outperform others in specific situations but aren't necessarily "better" overall. My D3300 outperforms my D750 for about the same reason; if I need to crop shots, the crop sensor works in its advantage and it has more pixels in the same area and thus shows more details. In macro as an example it really shows. But even with that advantage, it can't take 20% of the shots I take with the D750 simply because it requires more light and has a worse ISO performance. But in specific situations, it does better.

If you do only one thing, it is best to buy what excels in that one thing. If more, the game changes.
 

aroy

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If Landscapes are more than 75% of your shots, then a higher pixel count along with better DR helps. That is one of the reasons that Landscape photographers gravitate towards Medium Format - More pixels, much better DR.

But do you need so many pixels? You may if you print big, otherwise a 24MP is quite a lot - 20 inch long side at 300DPI, is a decent print size. At 7360 pixels the 800/810 gives you 24.5 inches. But you gain a lot in high ISO, better AF (though I see not advantage in that for Landscapes), and a low ISO option for those long exposure scenarios. Here is a DXO comparison of 750, 610 and 810
Nikon D750 vs D810 vs D610: Nikon D810 still the king of DSLR image quality - DxOMark
 

BackdoorArts

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Same size sensor yet 36 vs 24Mp. Native ISO 64 vs 100. Me thinks when it comes to landscape that is called outperforming.

If we still see much of that difference in the processed shot is another topic.

That's numbers, that's not photos, but if you want to spew numbers then $3299 should always outperform $2299, so why not include that?

If performance was based on numbers games would never be played.
 

Rick M

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Unless you need to crop a lot, I bet you'll never see a difference. If you just want a new body, I'd get a D750. I'd love to see samples from each in a gallery, processed the same, I'll bet no one could tell them apart.
 

J-see

Senior Member
That's numbers, that's not photos, but if you want to spew numbers then $3299 should always outperform $2299, so why not include that?

If performance was based on numbers games would never be played.

Numbers equal detail. ISO is numbers too but I got the D750 especially for those numbers.
 

rocketman122

Senior Member
24MP is more than enough for landscapes. and like BDH said, take into consideration file sizes. get extra storage and a fast SSD and enough ram to edit as well. invest in glass.

And I was wrong. grey market cameras are now selling for $1200. damn thats low. yours is D600, so youre looking at $700-850 used for yours.
 

davoxxxt

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Thank you all for your great advice but once I held that D810 in my hands it was done and dusted I just had to have it.
Cheers
Davoxt
 

Scott Murray

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Hi From Australia

I have had my D600 for a couple of years now, Its been a great camera but I have the itch for an upgrade (don't we all).

I am into landscape photography as you can see from my attachment a photo of Townsville Queensland, so is the D750 image much of an upgrade in image quality all should I spend the extra and go straight to he D810.

Cheers
Davoxt
I use a D600 and D800E, love them both.
 

AC016

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I think if you do video and if you shoot in low light, youll definitely see an improvement. other than that, shooting up to iso 3200 and landscape pictures, the DR is very good in the D600 (I think nikon FF sensors have amazing DR compared to other MFR). send it in to nikon, get a D610, sell, then upgrade to the D750. youre going to take a huge hit to jump to the D750 bcause you can find them refurbed for $1400 or so new.not worth it unless u need the wifi, excellent video with power exposure adjustment, much faster AF which can focus to -3ev, the tilting screen, higher than 3200 iso, and 1 FPS. otherwise the D600 will do just as well. invest in glass. the D600 is a great camera when its not spewing oil.

The sensor in the D600, is a Sony sensor.
 
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