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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 151867" data-attributes="member: 9240">Absolutely right, Marcel.  I think he's just a leftover from film days when that was the only way you looked behind the mirror/shutter.As for the foam producing dust, perhaps.  But I suspect that it's no different than the foam in the D7000/D7100, so why would it be a problem in one and not the other?  That said, the mirror slap in both cameras is not unsubstantial, and as Marcel pointed out in a post a month or two back the use of the Q shutter mode can provide a measurable improvement in sharpness (my D600 is in Q mode by default, as was/is my D7000 when used).  There is evidence that the shutter itself may be producing the dust as scrape-wear marks have been seen in some (Dave has a post about it under this forum).</blockquote>