D600 test video shows dust/oil problem may be temporary

pedroj

Senior Member
I'm not going Full Frame and if I was I definitely would not buy the D600....

I don't understand how Nikon would want to put a product out in the market place with a problem..
 

Eye-level

Banned
Dust has been the bain of photographers since the beginning and always will be no matter what. Oil has usually been a lens aperture blade related problem. Crap on a sensor on a brand new camera model is people trying to maximize profit for shareholders at the consumers expense. That kind of thing is going to bite them in the @ss at some point I bet you. You won't find much dust inside my F2 (and it is easily cleaned out) and you won't find any oil on the aperture blades of my lenses or the film plane of my camera. It is 37 years old too! :)

I find it very amusing how they say this problem is "temporary"...yeah right.
 

stmv

Senior Member
seems to be a trend of fine machines getting black eyes, the D800, D7000 with focus issues, and now this oil issue. The primary issue of the digital versus film, is that the film cameras got a fresh roll of film all the time, so even if some dust existed, not on the film being advanced at the moment.
 

Eye-level

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Oh brand new film cameras had technical and maintenance issues too and a speck of dust (not necessarily in the camera either) can scratch every negative in a roll. But like you say seems like that list includes every new camera made by Nikon. Makes me wonder what goes on with the P&S models.
 

Sambr

Senior Member
I'm not going Full Frame and if I was I definitely would not buy the D600....

I don't understand how Nikon would want to put a product out in the market place with a problem..

That's too bad. In the past two years I purchased a D7000 - no issues D800 - no issues left, right & center focus perfectly - D4(just got it) so far no issues. Prior to these the D200, D300, D700, no issues with them other than I wore the rubber grips of the D700 replaced them myself for $30.00. I still own & use these cameras on a daily, weekly basis without any problems. Remember folks Japan had an earthquake, Tsunami, & a radiation scare all within days of each other Nikon's factories were right in the middle of it all. I am NOT surprised some quality control slipped during the recovery period and some products were rushed to market(remember shareholders) I will continue to buy Nikon regardless. Nikon has always treated me with care & respect. I know that once again Nikon QC will be 2nd to none. Meanwhile instead of complaining I am out there having fun with the world's best camera(as eyelevel put it)
 

Eye-level

Banned
Zeiss cameras were fine machines technically speaking so were the Leica M2's and M3's but they became so cumbersome that the F blew them out of the water with it's reliability. If Nikon keeps half @ssing this stuff they will be supplanted too. I know I wouldn't be happy with anything less than perfection if I spent 2 grand on a D600. That is a lot of darn money. All of the older DSLR models seem to be very robust and the issues they had/have were very minor so why can't they have the same sort of QC with the new ones?
 

Sambr

Senior Member
I have no doubt. Nikon will sort it out and by the next release(D400 maybe) it will all be in the past. Not to worry :) In fact I am buying a "Red D3200" for my wife for Christmas. :)
 

pedroj

Senior Member
I have no doubt. Nikon will sort it out and by the next release(D400 maybe) it will all be in the past. Not to worry :) In fact I am buying a "Red D3200" for my wife for Christmas. :)

Will they really sort it out....At the moment they are denying there is a problem....
 

Marcel

Happily retired
Staff member
Super Mod
Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's not oil. I did get some dust in while I was away on vacation and hadn't brought my rocket blower nor wet cleaning pads. When I came back, I started with the blower and some dust wouldn't move. So, I just got a DRY swab cleaner that was supposed to be used wet, made one light pass on the sensor followed by a few blows from the Rocket and my sensor is clean as new. If it had been oil, it would have smeared.

For me, it's not a problem.
 

wysiwyg

Senior Member
That's too bad. In the past two years I purchased a D7000 - no issues D800 - no issues left, right & center focus perfectly - D4(just got it) so far no issues. Prior to these the D200, D300, D700, no issues with them other than I wore the rubber grips of the D700 replaced them myself for $30.00. I still own & use these cameras on a daily, weekly basis without any problems. Remember folks Japan had an earthquake, Tsunami, & a radiation scare all within days of each other Nikon's factories were right in the middle of it all. I am NOT surprised some quality control slipped during the recovery period and some products were rushed to market(remember shareholders) I will continue to buy Nikon regardless. Nikon has always treated me with care & respect. I know that once again Nikon QC will be 2nd to none. Meanwhile instead of complaining I am out there having fun with the world's best camera(as eyelevel put it)

Sam, thats probably the most sensible thing said about this issue, we do forget what 2011 was like for the industry (Canon too suffered badly) ... I have a friend who bought a brand new canon 60D less than a week ago, and he is also having dust issues !! We are not alone :)
 

Rick M

Senior Member
I think it would be a shame to miss out on enjoying any great camera due to a minor issue. As stated before, would any owners of the D800 or D7000 care to do without those great cameras? Our constant obsession with perfection may lead to chronic disappointment. What will we do if another perfect camera is never produced???
 

Rick M

Senior Member
BTW, I just checked my shutter count and I am at 1371. I blew off the senor twice during the first 100 shots. Over 1200 shots later, I have two little dust specks, only visible over f16. I use only primes now and change lenses in the field regularly.
 
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