New nikon user from Canada

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luwindo

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Just switched to Nikon coming from Pentax after 7 years.
Got tired waiting for FF from Pentax and decided to get a D600 after finding one used for a great price.

Looking forward to learn more about nikon gear
 
Marcel

Marcel

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Welcome to Nikonites. I hope you enjoy your D600 as much as I do mine. I find it's a great camera with fantastic IQ.
 
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fotojack

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luwindo said:
Just switched to Nikon coming from Pentax after 7 years.
Got tired waiting for FF from Pentax and decided to get a D600 after finding one used for a great price.

Looking forward to learn more about nikon gear
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Well you certainly came to the right place. :) Welcome to Nikonites. Ummm...you say you're from Canada. Could you narrow that down a bit...which province? :)
 
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luwindo

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Marcel said:
Welcome to Nikonites. I hope you enjoy your D600 as much as I do mine. I find it's a great camera with fantastic IQ.
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IQ is fantastic but I'd be lying if I say that there are no few quirks (bad ISO button placement, no EV or metering button on the BG, and some interface difference between pentax and nikon)
 
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fotojack

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luwindo said:
IQ is fantastic but I'd be lying if I say that there are no few quirks (bad ISO button placement, no EV or metering button on the BG, and some interface difference between pentax and nikon)
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Well...it's not so much bad ISO button placement. It's more of your getting used to where THIS one is. :) I was a Pentax K1000 shooter, and I had to get used to all the different things on my Nikons. Takes a little time, but you'll get used to it. :)
 
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luwindo

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fotojack said:
Well...it's not so much bad ISO button placement. It's more of your getting used to where THIS one is. :) I was a Pentax K1000 shooter, and I had to get used to all the different things on my Nikons. Takes a little time, but you'll get used to it. :)
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Its not bad when working in AV since one of the dials can be set to adjust ISO, but when working in Manual mode and with a heavy lens I usually have my left hand to support the lens and that means I have to take my off the VF to change the ISO.

D600 has great customization options but there are a few things that I don't understand.
Like zooming in playback mode using the dial instead of the button or if I want to see shooting info/histogram I have to go to reduced image preview with the info filling up the screen instead of just having it as an overlay like this: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2008_reviews/pentax_k20d/k20d_play.jpg http://www.photographyreview.com/channels/photographyreview/data/images/pentaxk10d_display4.jpg.

Another weird omission is not being able to save images in folders with the date as the folder name.

No EV comp / ISO / Metering buttons on the BG are weird too....but the joystick is nice to have

Those above are my biggest quirks from otherwise a fine camera, I can get used to the rest except for the ISO button.

I really wish the BKT or record button can be re-assigned to ISO button, maybe someone here is a programmer and can create a "hacked" firmware :p
 
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