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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 182928" data-attributes="member: 9240">The D600 is barely a year old, and no replacement for the D700 has emerged, so don't hold your breath.&nbsp; The sensor problem, which is in reality a shutter mechanism issue, has been addressed and corrected via warranty, and likely in current production D600's.&nbsp; Yes, it's a shame that it exists, but it's reared its head in all recent consumer grade Nikons at some level, and can be remedied in home with wet cleanings.&nbsp; I would have no hesitation buying one again, even with my body spending nearly 6 weeks back at the shop over the course of 2 shutter replacements.&nbsp; It's that good!!&nbsp; If you go with a larger retailer, like B&amp;H or Adorama, there's a good chance that stock has moved through and current inventory is recent production (acknowledgement of the issue happened in February, so we're 1/2 year out).&nbsp; If you unfortunately get one with a bad shutter, get it replaced and you've still got a warranted camera.&nbsp; Or, if you prefer, buy a refurb, save some money, and tack on a little to extend the Nikon 90-day warranty to 2 years.&nbsp; 24 MP's is just about perfect, the sensor improvements since the D700 are remarkable, and you can still crop down and get almost the same number of pixels as the D700.I'm not knocking the D700, but it isold technology.&nbsp; You can get a refurb for under $1600 at Adorama ($1860 with a great 24-85mm lens), and tack on $10 for their VIP membership and you automatically extend the refurb warranties by a year.&nbsp; Sort of a no brainer if you ask me.&nbsp; And your computer should be more than fine with the 24MP files (I can attest that even my latest generation Macbook Pro with 16Gig of RAM coughs occasionally with stacked D800 files).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 182928, member: 9240"] The D600 is barely a year old, and no replacement for the D700 has emerged, so don't hold your breath. The sensor problem, which is in reality a shutter mechanism issue, has been addressed and corrected via warranty, and likely in current production D600's. Yes, it's a shame that it exists, but it's reared its head in all recent consumer grade Nikons at some level, and can be remedied in home with wet cleanings. I would have no hesitation buying one again, even with my body spending nearly 6 weeks back at the shop over the course of 2 shutter replacements. [B][I]It's that good!![/I][/B] If you go with a larger retailer, like B&H or Adorama, there's a good chance that stock has moved through and current inventory is recent production (acknowledgement of the issue happened in February, so we're 1/2 year out). If you unfortunately get one with a bad shutter, get it replaced and you've still got a warranted camera. Or, if you prefer, buy a refurb, save some money, and tack on a little to extend the Nikon 90-day warranty to 2 years. 24 MP's is just about perfect, the sensor improvements since the D700 are remarkable, and you can still crop down and get almost the same number of pixels as the D700. I'm not knocking the D700, but it [B][I]is[/I][/B]old technology. You can get a refurb for under $1600 at Adorama ($1860 with a great 24-85mm lens), and tack on $10 for their VIP membership and you automatically extend the refurb warranties by a year. Sort of a no brainer if you ask me. And your computer should be more than fine with the 24MP files (I can attest that even my latest generation Macbook Pro with 16Gig of RAM coughs occasionally with stacked D800 files). [/QUOTE]

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