Comments on: D600 Sensor Dust Issues

By: Gebuesch

Gebuesch — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:40:59 +0000

Nikon released something that could be read as a confession.

Nikon USA:
https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/18180

Nikon Europe:
https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55647

Do you have made any further operating experience with this? Do
they just clean it, do they change it or do they just change
parts? How long does it take to get it back?

By: Lottel

Lottel — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:14:47 +0000

Has the oil and dust settled yet on the d600?

By: Roger Cicala

Roger Cicala — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:55:02 +0000

Francois, we don’t have new stock (Winter is slow in the rental business) but the ones we have, after a few months use, seem to have normal dust much like other cameras.

By: François

François — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:37:06 +0000

Any news about the problem ? Do these D600 still get dust at the same rate after many cleanings ? Did you get new D600 ? If yes, do they have the same problem, or is it fixed ? Many thanks

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 04:42:42 +0000

I bought two D600′s in the last week. One was from Costco and it had a lot of artifacts on the sensor. Unfortunately, I did not document the serial number since I returned it. Scanning Adorama I bought one refurbished because it saved me some serious bucks and I figured if it was refurbished, surely they must have addressed these issues. No luck, even a D600 refurbished camera with the serial 304xxxx has the issue, although not nearly as bad as a new one. I upgraded from a D90 but what a shame I have to worry about this. I love the camera so far but this is crazy. I feel like I paid more and have less. I know that’s dumb because it buries my D90 but at least with my D90 I wasn’t hunting for crazy artifacts in post. I wrote Nikon to see what they say. Luckily for me I live near a huge Nikon repair facility so i am hoping they tell me to just drive it over for a cleaning.

By: KK

KK — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:31:44 +0000

Jakethe, I bought my D600 28 days ago from B&H. It’s serial number starts is 306XXXX. I’m afraid the “dust” is there and very visible. It may go back to B&A. I have two more days to decide. Other than the dust issue, I love this camera. The pictures coming out of it are simply quite extraordinary.

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Paris — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:44:15 +0000

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By: JaketheSnake

JaketheSnake — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:09:07 +0000

Roger, thanks a lot for your response. I guess, Nikon has acknowledge it in some ways. I think they are doing something to fix it but would not admit it as those people who have bought it might start sending it back for a newer one. Please update us with your findings once you have bought newer ones. More power to you and your company.

By: Arek

Arek — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:45:59 +0000

@EricD thanks for detailed explanation.

I’m one of these waiting for the problem to get resolved, happy to hear any news on D600. I know for some people this is an over exagerated problem, but I have D90 with 18K shots made, never cleaned the sensor and I cannot find any single dust particle when making the test. Thus not happy with new camera bringing me more trouble..

In the meantime the price of D600 goes down down down

By: Roger Cicala

Roger Cicala — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:03:56 +0000

Jakethe, we haven’t in quite a while. Winter is slow and we don’t start up purchasing until mid March.