More Nikon D600 rumors
Here are few more details about the rumored full frame Nikon D600 DSLR camera. 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.
For some reason Google has captured several appearances of the phrase "Nikon D600" on the main nikon.com website:
Read more on NikonRumors.com: More Nikon D600 rumors | Nikon Rumors
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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.
References:
1. More Nikon D600 rumors | Nikon Rumors
2. Another full frame DSLR on the horizon: Nikon D600 | Nikon Rumors
