Today was all about the new Leica products but I still have a quick update on the Nikon D600 – I can now raise the probability of the D600 release before Photokina to 80%. Note that some of the specs may still be inaccurate or incomplete.
Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2012/05/10/nikon-d600-probability-now-at-80.aspx/#ixzz1uXoDXjfv
Some new Nikon D600 specs in addition to what I reported two week ago (new specs are on top, marked in bold):
39 AF points (with an option of 11 AF points)
5 fps (same as the D700, the D800 has 4fps)
2 SD card slots with Eye-fi support
Build-in retouching images functionality
Built-in flash with sync speed of 1/250s
Two user settings: U1 and U2
Fn button
GPS
HD video
The sensor inside the D600 will probably be 24MP (made by Sony, modified by Nikon)
The new camera will be marketed as an entry level full frame camera
Auto DX crop mode
In-camera RAW editor
Built in time-lapse functionality
Possibly with build-in HDR
Possibly with integrated GPS
New external battery grip
To be released this summer
The D600 will probably not have an internal AF motor, which means it will work only with AF-S lenses (just like the D3200 and D5100)
The price of the D600 is rumored to be very low – maybe as low as $1500
Announcement before Photokina (September 2012)
One or more low-priced f/4 lenses will be announced with the D600. For example, Nikon recently filed a patent for a 24-70mm f/3.5-4.5 full frame lens which seems to be designed for a cheaper FX DSLR body
At that point I feel comfortable to raise the [NR] probability for the Nikon D600 to 60%. Some of the listed specs may still be inaccurate, but I think I got the most part correct.
Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2012/05/09/more-nikon-d600-specs.aspx/#ixzz1uXo4paPG
Here are few more details about the rumored full frame Nikon D600 DSLR camera. As I already mentioned, any information so far in future cannot be considered as reliable:
The price of the D600 is rumored to be very low – maybe as low as $1500.
The sensor inside the D600 will probably be 24MP (made by Sony, modified by Nikon).
The D600 will probably not have an internal AF motor, which means it will work only with AF-S lenses (just like the D3200 and D5100).
The D600 will have HD video.
Announcement before Photokina (September 2012).
One or more low-priced f/4 lenses will be announced with the D600. For example, Nikon recently filed a patent for a 24-70mm f/3.5-4.5 full frame lens which seems to be designed for a cheaper FX DSLR body.
The above image was published earlier on the Chinese photography forum xitek.com – it could be fake, I don’t know. Update: the strap is fake, here is the original image.
For some reason Google has captured several appearances of the phrase “Nikon D600″ on the main nikon.com website:
Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/26/more-nikon-d600-rumors.aspx/#ixzz1uXnx3v4t
On several occasions in the past, Nikon representatives mentioned that the D800 is not the replacement of the D700 but “a whole new category of camera”. There are rumors of a new, cheaper full frame DSLR camera from Nikon that will be called D600. Here are the preliminary specs:
Unknown MP count at that point
The new camera will be marketed as an entry level full frame camera
Auto DX crop mode
Dual SD card slots
In-camera RAW editor
Built in time-lapse functionality
There will be no build-in HDR feature
Possible integrated GPS
New external battery grip
To be released this summer
As usual, information about products that will be released several months in the future are not very reliable, so I would rate this rumors at 40% probability for now. If this turns out to be true, it will change the whole dynamic in the Nikon product line – maybe we will end up with three DX models D3x00, D5x00 and a high end D7x00 (all with 4 digits names) and the rest will be full frame cameras – D600, D800, D4 (with 1 and 3 digits names). I still believe that Nikon will release two more DSLR cameras in 2012.
Read more on NikonRumors.com: http://nikonrumors.com/2012/04/25/another-full-frame-dslr-on-the-horizont-nikon-d600.aspx/#ixzz1uXne3YBA