right thats it, next video is going to be a hyperactive sony campaign video.

I just found it and subscribed. Very informative videos that actually focus on photography for a change

@@MartinCastein 😂👍

Same here! And I'm very glad Martin's channel is growing. It's well deserved. Cheers! //Rick

thank you!

I have a D610 and battery grip. I managed to buy a reasonably priced 50mm f1.4 for it and a cheap 28-80mm G, too.

Glad it was helpful!

yeah they are very editable but they do need editing, the straight from camera look is good still but they take editing really nicely the files.

And the d600 defect of oil rather have a 610, D700 or 810.

​@@unbroken1010After all this years most of the cameras that have the problem are serviced or never had the issue. Yes it was a big problem back then but now unless you are very unlucky you can get any D600 without any issue. Mine never had this issue.

@@Decimalminimal then I guess you need to have the buyer prove it was serviced to make sure you don't get a dud

@@unbroken1010 Sure :) . If not it stil a gamble. But still most cameras back then after a few thousand shoots the oil issues were minimum to none. Still a great camera.

yeah they do overexpose and i under expose 0.7 and you can actually set this in the yellow menu on the pencil menu to make it a permanent setting which is what i do on mine. this means its overwriting the built in default zero point for exposure. maybe i should make a shorts video on this.

yeah i agree the terms filmic is really overused but im not sure what else to call it really. i dont have enough experience with the d850 to say anything but from what ive seen its probably the best dslr ever made.

i would definitely go for the d850 in this situation i think it will be brilliant for you

Hope you enjoy it!

ohhhh very nice!

ohhhh id not mix systems like that personally, get an eos r as a backup instead. youll have a hard time matching looks otherwise. unless you just want one then get one haha

@@MartinCastein Thanks Martin.

Why on earth you need 6k pictures at a concert? That's unhinged, I get great stuff under 200 exposures. That's nuts 🤪

if you do landscapes the d810 might suit you better as may its better focus system.

Really, weird first I heard of the 610 with such problems

@@unbroken1010 just regular dust spots though. No oil.

i think if you know then its obvious but if you dont then you are fighting against all the marketing to find out. its a great camera isnt it.

not really the best for that, buffer is too small and focus not great for fast action.

@@MartinCastein Are there any other older cameras that you like for action, or is that a case where newer is better because of the improved focus and tracking?

well i think its actually a very good camera, i owned it for a while, if you like the idea go for it.

as far as i know the same so buy either, d610 fixed any oil issues but honestly i think nikon fixed it on most of the d600 cameras as well and then had to rebrand to save the series. I think it only affected the first batch, its a nikon thing.

youll probably just end up back at the d610 because you will be swapping one thing thats nice to have(autofocus on the sony) vs something you cant replicate(d610) but like me, you will probably have to go through this process yourself to confirm it, id just suggest if you get the a6400 keep the d610, because at first you will be so happy with the focus then you eventually turn back to the d610, probably.

My feeling with the d600 series is it’s very lens dependent, I’ve never had any issue on the newer g lenses personally.

@@MartinCastein i will give you that. the 50mm f1.4g was a lens that focused reliably. You could say the d610 became unable to do what i needed it to. hence the move to the d810. i kept that camera 5 years. now shooting mirrorless nikon.

all applies yes, same camera.

That’s a shame

hahaha yes this is good idea!

@@MartinCastein thx for considering it! Either single brand or multibrand. Then we'd know your preferences!

Get the Nikon 50mm 1.4g

I found that as well. One thing I did realise though was that the metering was actually pretty good on this camera. So if I framed it through the viewfinder, then used the back screen (or even through the viewfinder) just to get the metering right, the images were almost always right straight out of camera, or easily editable due to a great dynamic range. :)

Thanks!

I will check later for you, i was given it by the makers about 10 years ago, i cant remember why, i will check though.

@hywel3143 it’s by imo if you google imostrap it’s really good actually, I have two of them. Very well made.

@@MartinCastein Thank you!

i dont think they do, now im thinking about it i feel like there might have been at some stage. but no i dont think so, hope thats a crystal clear answer for you.....

That put me off buying one and I ended buying a Canon 6D. Nikon lost out by their appalling way of treating their customers as I spent a fortune on Canon glass and now I’m stuck with Canon.

yeah i remember it well, i think nikon were fixing it as they were releasing them, its just what i think based on feedback from people, i think later batches werent affected.i bought 4 and they were all fine, they had to rebrand the fix as the d610. nikon have always been awful at stuff like this. i think most are fixed now anyway. could always go for a d610 to be sure though, which is what id do now, its just i have this 1 d600 left from my original batch of 4 for weddings.

⁠Well Martin I need to stop watching your videos just before I go to sleep. Last night I dreamt I had two weddings to photograph on more or less the same afternoon. I had a Nikon F5 and a Hasselblad but I realised I didn’t have enough Fuji 400H for each camera and I was in a bit of a panic and the light was fading too. Funnily enough I did a wedding many, many years ago for a couple on a shoestring budget. I shot only two or three rolls of film on my battered Rolleicord . So roughly 36 exposures to choose from. I think a lot of wedding photographers would have nightmares if they were restricted to three rolls of 120 film. I know I would. The groom at this wedding became a good friend but not until a couple of decades later when he moved into a house a few doors down from me. I had completely forgotten I had photographed his wedding until I was on a mammoth negative scanning session and found the original negatives and thought “wait a minute, that looks like…”. It was him. You could have knocked me over with a feather but we had a good laugh about it. 😂 BTW, I’m not hankering after a Nikon D600 again. No dedicated back button focus? I’m using a second hand but minted Nikon D200 just now. I feel the files from this camera is the closest I can get to a film experience. I have the disadvantage of growing up as a film photographer, so digital leaves me a bit cold and film is stupidly expensive now.

Wow what were the chances of that! I have a very similar recurring nightmare where I turn up to a wedding can’t find my memory cards and 10% battery life left, had this dream many times I think this is a common theme with wedding photographers!

Ohhh could well be

what an excellent collection!

​@@MartinCastein , You push me to test and shoot 😂. Pat Domingo too. Glad to admire your arts.

Sell the d850? Thats the best they've ever made

yeah i wouldnt sell the d850

@@MartinCastein , Ok ! I will try to keep it into my collection :D

only seemed to affect early batches of them, i bought 4 with no issues.

exclude the d850, i think its very good.

different sensor and raw processing.

i think it was an early batch and nikon fixed it for free, probably some about with the issue still, i bought 4 and never had a problem.

both are good options, the iso on the 6d is better than the d600, d600 has better focus overall and better dynamic range and more friendly to shooting auto iso in aperture priority, 2 memory card slots vs 1 on the 6d. Plus nikon has an excellent 1.8g prime range that canon cant touch. So my choice for weddings would be the d600 always for weddings. 20mm 1.8g 35mm 1.8g and 85mm 1.8g, add a used 24-70 2.8g the non VR version and 2 x d600. you can do a lot with that setup and a couple of flashes.

Thank you for your advice

Sorry for the continuous question is it ok to buy a D600 with the shutter replace and currently have 136000 clicks on it going for 400 Cdn? Should I buy it, or should I wait?

hahahah sorry!

@MartinCastein I'm thinking of getting the 85 1.8G and using the setup for portraits. Are there any lenses you have a soft spot for on the D600 Martin. Thanks for your time.

The 85 1.8g and 35 28 1.8g and 50mm 1.4g 70-200 2.8vrii

Quite different, the d810 is better as a camera I prefer the d600 files pretty easily

@@MartinCastein thank you

I loved my D70. I finally got rid of it for more megapixels (I think marketing got to me), but mostly because my old eyes needed a larger rear screen. By the way, I still have a D2X, and at ISO 100, I'll put its images up against anything. The image quality is amazing.

Yes John those older Dxx bodies are excellent, i have the d60, i will share some pictures some time. I should make a video about that actually. my second shooter shot a wedding on it once with me. great sensors.

@@MartinCastein - Picked up an excellent D40 last year. Such a fun little thing to shoot with for the price of a deluxe pizza.

I’m not a professional by any means but I am considering selling some of my other later gear because the end result (the picture) is often as good.. Maybe I’ll just keep my D70 canon RP and Olympus EPL 1 and work on my composition skills!!

yep

yes thats right, its a very different colour range to the raw files though.

they were mostly fixed and it seemed to only affect the first batch or so but yes still some caution needed.

It was an overblown issue. You clean the sensor and keep shooting. It resolves itself over time anyway.

Only affected first batch and was mostly fixed for free.

@@MartinCastein Still an absolute must know before buying this camera used imo.

hahahahaha! sorry!

My friend has 5D II and me D200...so could You explain little more your stance ...Thank You

hahahaha!

i had 4 of them and never had any issues with focus nor did my second shooter. I think a lot of this comes from "camera reviewers"

hahahahah that really made me laugh!

When are you going to do a video with a Canon 40d ?? Would love to see that video!!! Like this video!!!

i felt more like it was the first batch, because from what I can see it seems like nikon fix a problem without admitting to it, i dont know that for a fact it justs seems that way to me. Then the fallout was so bad they had to rebrand it with the d610 badge on the fixed cameras. As someone that was really into this range at the time when it came out there was a lot of talk of it being fixed but the d610 was just a branding thing to regain trust. I cant really disagree with anything you are saying as such. Screwing up the first batch of a product is almost a product release strategy for them.

@@MartinCasteinCorrect Martin. I had it on pretty good authority back in the day from someone who worked for Nikon that it was not a design fault, more a manufacturing issue. Only affected a relatively small number of bodies from the earlier production run. They were initially selling like hot cakes and QA was basically insufficient. “Dust” was an added issue only because all camera bodies collect dust, but once you mix dust with a little oil it becomes a significantly bigger problem to remove. The rebrand was just that, the name D600 having been completely sullied. Great camera, Nikon could and should have handled it all very differently, although in the end they did do everything they could, including repairing out of warranty bodies. Though in most cases, given a certain number of actuations, a thorough clean was really all that was needed. Only a very small number had a replacement shutter mechanism fitted. If you do find one used now, it will almost certainly (99.9%) have already been fixed, or much more likely, it never had a problem in the first place. And it will most likely be a bargain. And for disclosure, I only shoot Canon DSLR so I have no vested interest in Nikon at all. Just wanted to share in case it helps allay any fears. Cheers.

this is the reason D600 is so cheap. People are scared of it because of this bad publicity. Great new for me! I got them real cheap even back then! Only some cameras the first batch or two was affected...and Nikon replaced the shutters for all affected ones and fixed all issues for free...essentially turning them into D610. I have owned 2x D600 since 2013 or so ...they are still perfect!

My D600 has the oil spots issue. Got a HQ sensor cleaning kit for Visibledust and I saw a dramatic improvement right away with the images, the spots slowly crawl back after more use but it's hardly ever an issue for me. The value of the D600 you get on the used market now is amazing.

yes exactly the same

Thank you a lot.