Comments on: Time-Lapse of Dust Accumulating on Nikon D600 Sensor

By: RepublicWay

RepublicWay — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:20:00 +0000

Oh and I do want to add that i also use a Canon 1DX….

By: RepublicWay

RepublicWay — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:17:00 +0000

Hmm. My Olympus e-5 is dust free….Fail on NIKON’s part for sure. Olympus gets slammed here pretty good on this site. I call it Karma. Enjoy your dusty D600′s :P

By: Björn Lubetzki

Björn Lubetzki — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:48:00 +0000

Okay, let’s say there are only 10-20% of users that clean their sensor themselves. A average price for a sensor cleaning is about 50-60€ (yes, it’s that much). One has to do it a few times, let’s say 3-4 times. Let’s assume the worst. 60€ per cleaning and 4 cleanings till the camera is at a point where the problem, which shouldn’t be there in the first place, is completely gone. This means a person has to spend 240€ extra, just to get rid of a problem that could have been resolved through better testing?!? I am a Nikon fanboy but even I have to say that this is kinda ridiculous. The person could have bought a cheap lens for that kind of money…….

By: Nat Medija

Nat Medija — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:41:00 +0000

It’s been just a little more than a month since I have my D600. I’ve taken about 1200 photos so far varying from family photos, still life, and landscapes. I haven’t really noticed any dust in my photos until I started inspecting the sensor because of this recent news. Lo and behold, as I did the same tests on mine I saw the same pattern. The thing is, you really have to go out of your way of taking a photo of a white wall, set the lens out of focus, set it at f/22, and then increase the contrast in the final photo. How often will I be in the same situation? Probably 0. The closest thing is when I’m on the beach or landscape photography with plenty of sky.

I bought a Sony A77 over the summer and returned it. But at that time, I had way more worse dust on the sensor on the first 10 frames! I can even see it on my photos taken at f/11.Yesterday, I wet cleaned the D600 sensor with Eclipse solution and the swabs, and blow air it with Rocket-Air and I could see the sensor looks great again. But seriously though, I shouldn’t be doing this for another 2,000 to 3,000 photos or so, unless I’m constantly swapping lenses in a dusty environment. Or if I plan to have an all day session shooting at f/16 with plenty of sky. For the type of photos I take 99% of the time, the dust problem on the D600 isn’t going to bother me. Overall, I’m very happy with the camera. One of the reasons I bought the D600 is the quality of image an FX sensor provides at 24MP. The other reason is that with a full-frame sensor, you get the nice blur effect even at f/4 (at which you don’t worry of dust rendering in your photo).

By: Theo Olfers

Theo Olfers — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:42:00 +0000

Why? There is a filter sitting in front of your sensor, there is nothing to destroy, it’s the same as the UV filter story, the stores hope that you’re going to them for cleaning, you don’t even need a real swap (sensor cleaning stuff, the new money maker).

By: Barbara Garner

Barbara Garner — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:49:00 +0000

Is it acceptable for Nikon to make this mistake? No.

Is it the end of the world? No.

I got some sensor swabs and cleaning solution. Two minutes later it was solved.

By: Kyle Clements

Kyle Clements — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:14:00 +0000

It’s not just scratching your sensor – it’s voiding your warranty that some of us wish to avoid.

I’m sure I could clean this myself – but then if something else goes wrong in a few months, I’m out of luck.

By: Corey Melton

Corey Melton — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:17:00 +0000

total shame, bleh

By: Spy Black

Spy Black — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:23:00 +0000

There’s no doubt the D600 is doing more than most cameras, but the entire issue is really blown out of proportion. I bet if you take any brand new camera and do this kind of testing, you’re going to find a similar situation, although probably less so than you’re seeing on the D600. It’s only because the D600 is doing more than others has this issue been noticed. No one ever noticed this kind of stuff simply because no one has looked for this issue before, because you’re simply not going to notice it for the most part.

By: Roman

Roman — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:28:00 +0000

It is funny how Nikon users are defending the company :) The true is you can live with many issues like dust on sensor, milky lenses with CA etc. But when you pay certain amount of money you should expect to get certain quality product.