Why we love the D600: Nikon's put the stunning image quality of a full-frame sensor into a compact and user friendly body. The D600 has the power of a D800 in the body of a D7000 and we can't stop making images with it.

This amazing, 24.3-megapixel, full-frame DSLR camera will take serious and enthusiastic photographers to the professional level without requiring a second mortgage on their house. The D600s FX-format CMOS sensor captures every detail in lifelike sharpness, and its EXPEED 3 processing system manages all that data with remarkable speed and accuracy, enabling up to 5.5 fps continuous shooting at full resolution. Having a full-frame camera also eliminates crop factor, making a 24mm lens an actual 24mm lens!

Despite its relatively low cost when compared to the D800, the D600 provides many serious features, including a customizable 39-point AF system with wide-area coverage, 100% viewfinder coverage and full HD video capture with an option to record uncompressed footage via HDMI. It also features an impressive ISO range of 100 to 6400 (expandable down to 50 and up to 25,600) that allows photographers to shoot crystal clear images in extreme low-light situations. And if thats not enough, the D600s i-TTL compatible pop-up flash opens up new shooting possibilities.

For those who require pro-level 1080p HD videos, the D600 offers selectable frame rates of 30p, 25p or 24p and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression. It also allows you to bend time with 720p HD at 60p, 50p or 30p for ultra-smooth video playback of fast-moving subjects, or create slow-motion footage during post processing. Added creative options are available with manual exposure control, fulltime AF with face priority and subject tracking. Dedicated inputs are also available for stereo mic and headphones.

An optional WU-1b Wireless Adapter provides Wi-Fi compatibility for easier sharing of your photos to your smartphone or tablet. You can also install Nikons free Wireless Mobile Adapter Utility and remotely control the D600 while viewing and shooting what your camera sees from your smartphone or tablet.

From the Manufacturer:

If you've been looking to take your passion to the next level with full-frame HD-SLR performance, your wait is over. The Nikon D600 gives the power of a pro-level Nikon FX-format camera—stunning full-frame images, cinema-quality 1080p videos, superior low-light performance, blazing fast framing and burst rates, wireless photo sharing and much more in a compact, lightweight HD-SLR camera body. Optimized for full-frame shooting and versatility, streamlined for compactness and value, the D600 will fuel your passion like never before.

FX-Quality Images and HD Videos
The D600's 24.3 megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor captures every detail with lifelike sharpness. Its EXPEED 3 processing system manages all that data with remarkable speed and accuracy, enabling up to 5.5 frames-per-second (fps) continuous shooting at full resolution. And the low-light performance synonymous with Nikon allows you to shoot crystal clear images from ISO 100 to 6400, expandable down to 50 and up to 25,600 for extreme situations.

Highly Accurate AF System for Superior Sharpness
39 focus points with wide-area AF coverage offer endless compositional possibilities to capture razor-sharp images and HD videos whether shooting through the viewfinder or with the LCD Monitor. Nine cross-type sensors and seven center focus points work all the way down to f/8 for extended AF functionality with teleconverters and long-reach lenses. When shooting photos or HD video in Live View, Nikon's responsive contrast-detect AF activates for accurate fulltime autofocusing.

Flawless Metering and Onboard Intelligence
The D600 delivers consistently beautiful images and HD videos, thanks to Nikon's intelligent Scene Recognition System with 3D Color Matrix Metering II. Its 2,016 pixel RGB sensor evaluates every scene, taking into account brightness, contrast, subject distance and the scene colors, all within the time it takes to press the shutter release button. That data is then referenced against an onboard image database for consistently accurate exposures, auto white balance, i-TTL flash and subject-tracking autofocus performance.

Pro-level 1080p HD Video Recording Features
Shoot 1080p HD videos with selectable frame rates of 30p, 25p or 24p and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression. Bend time with 720p HD at 60p, 50p or 30p for ultra-smooth video playback of fast moving subjects, or create slow-motion footage during post processing. Maintain your creative vision with manual exposure control, fulltime AF with face-priority and subject tracking, dedicated inputs for a stereo mic and headphones, still image exporting, and much more.

Optional Wi-Fi Camera Control and Mobile Photo Sharing
With Wi-Fi compatibility, the D600 makes sharing photos even easier. Connect the optional WU-1b Wireless Adapter (sold separately) and wirelessly transfer photos to your smartphone, tablet or any compatible Wi-Fi enabled device. Use your smartphone to instantly upload your shots to the web or email them to a friend. Install Nikon's free Wireless Mobile Adapter Utility and remotely control the D600—see what the camera sees from your smartphone or tablet and fire off shots!

Nikon i-TTL Compatible Pop-up Flash
The D600's built-in pop-up flash opens up new shooting possibilities—and not just in low-light situations. Even well lit subjects can benefit from a balanced fill flash for extra depth and dimension. And since the D600's flash integrates with Nikon's i-TTL system, it can act as a Commander and communicate crucial exposure information to two groups of remote flashes across three channels for accurate lighting and exceptional results.

Type: Single-lens reflex digital camera

Lens Mount: Nikon F bayonet mount

Picture Angle: Nikon FX format

Effective Pixels: 24.3 million

Sensor Size: 35.9mm x 24.0mm

Image Sensor: Format FX

Image Sensor Type: CMOS

Total Pixels: 24.7 million

Dust-reduction system: Image sensor cleaning

Dust-Off Reference Photo: Yes

Image Area (pixels):
FX-format
(L) 6,016 x 4,016
(M) 4,512 x 3,008
(S) 3,008 x 2,008
DX-format
(L) 3,936 x 2,624
(M) 2,944 x 1,968
(S) 1,968 x 1,312

File Format:
Still Images JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant; can be selected from Size Priority and Optimal Quality
JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant with fine (approx 1:4), Normal (approx 1:8) or Basic (approx 1:16) Compression
NEF (RAW): Lossless Compressed, Compressed or Uncompressed 12 or 14 bit
TIFF (RGB)

Picture Control:
Landscape
Monochrome
Neutral
Portrait
Standard
User-customizable Settings
Vivid

Storage Media: SD, SDHC, SDXC

Card Slot: 2 Secure Digital (SD)

File System:
Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0
DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)
EXIF 2.3 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras)
PictBridge

Viewfinder: Eye-level Pentaprism Single-Lens Reflex Viewfinder

Viewfinder Frame Coverage:
FX (36x24): 100% Horizontal and 100% Vertical Approx.
DX (24x16): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical Approx.

Viewfinder Magnification: 0.70x Approx.

Viewfinder Eyepoint: 20.6mm (-1.0m¯¹)

Viewfinder Diopter: Adjustment Built-in diopter adjustment (-3 to +1 m¯¹)

Focusing Screen: Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark VIII with AF Area Brackets (grid lines can be displayed)

Reflex Mirror: Quick-return type

Lens Aperture: Instant-return type

Depth-of-field Control: Yes

Lens Compatibility at a Glance***: AF-S or AF lenses fully compatible, Metering with AI lenses

Compatible Lenses: AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and DX lenses (using DX 24 × 16 1.5x image area), AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (A and M modes only).
IX NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses cannot be used.

Shutter Type: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane

Shutter Speed: 1/4000 to 30 sec.
Bulb

Fastest Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec.

Slowest Shutter Speed: 30 sec.

Flash Sync Speed: Up to 1/200 sec. Synchronizes with shutter at 1/250s or slower

Bulb Shutter Setting: Yes

Shutter Release Modes:
Continuous low-speed [CL] mode; 1-5 frames per second
Continuous high-speed [CH] mode; 5.5 frames per second
Mirror-up [Mup] mode
Quiet Shutter Release
Self-timer mode
Single-frame [S] mode

Continuous Shooting Options:
FX-format
CH: Up to 5.5 frames per second
CL: Up to 1-5 frames per second
Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution 5.5 frames per second

Self-timer: 2, 5, 10, 20 sec. Timer duration electronically controlled

Exposure Metering System: TTL exposure metering using 2,016-pixel RGB sensor

Metering Method:
Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8mm circle in center of frame
Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses)
Spot: Meters 4mm circle (about 1.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point

Metering Range:
0 to 20 EV (3D color matrix or center-weighted metering)
0 to 20 EV (spot metering)

Exposure Meter Coupling: CPU, AI

Exposure Modes:
Aperture-Priority (A)
Manual (M)
Programmed auto with flexible program (P)
Shutter-Priority (S)

Exposure Compensation: ±5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV

Exposure Bracketing: 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV

Exposure Lock: Yes

Mirror Lock Up: Yes

ISO Sensitivity:
ISO 100 - 6400
Lo-1 (ISO 50)
Hi-1 (ISO 12,800)
Hi-2 (ISO 25,600)

Lowest Standard ISO Sensitivity: 100

Highest Standard ISO Sensitivity: 6400

Lowest Expanded ISO Sensitivity: Lo-1 (ISO 50 equivalent)

Highest Expanded ISO Sensitivity: HI-2 (ISO 25,600 equivalent)

Expanded ISO Sensitivity Options: Hi-1 (ISO-12,800 equivalent) in 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV; Hi-2, (ISO-25,600 equivalent) 1 EV

Long Exposure Noise Reduction: Yes

High ISO Noise Reduction: Low, Normal, High, Off

Active D-Lighting: Auto, Extra High, High, Normal, Low, Off

D-Lighting Bracketing:
2 frames using selected value for one frame
3–5 frames using preset values for all frames

Single-point AF Mode: Yes

Dynamic AF Mode: Number of AF points: 9, 21, 39 and 39 (3D-tracking)

Auto-area AF Mode: Yes

Autofocus System: Nikon Multi-CAM 4800 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection

Detection Range: -1 to 19 EV (ISO 100, 68°F/20°C)

Lens Servo Autofocus:
(AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status
Manual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used

AF-area mode:
9, 21 or 39 point Dynamic-area AF
Auto-area AF
Single-point AF
3D-tracking (39 points)

Focus Lock:
Focus can be locked by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF)

Focus Modes:
Auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A)
Continuous-servo (AF-C)
Face-Priority AF available in Live View only and D-Movie only
Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder
Normal area
Single-servo AF (AF-S)
Wide area

Maximum Autofocus: Areas/Points 39

Autofocus Sensitivity: -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)

Autofocus Fine Tune: Yes

Built-in Flash: Yes

Flash Bracketing: 2 to 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV

Built-in Flash Distance: 39 ft. (ISO 100)

X-Sync Speed: 1/200

Top FP High Speed Sync: Up to 1/4000

Flash Control: TTL: i-TTL flash control using 2,016-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash and SB-910, SB-900, SB-700, or SB-400; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix and center-weighting metering, standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR with spot metering

Flash Sync Modes:
Front-curtain sync (normal)
Rear-curtain sync
Red-Eye reduction
Red-Eye reduction with slow sync
Slow sync

Flash Compensation: -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV

Flash-ready indicator: Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit such as SB-910, SB-900, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX or SB-50DX is fully charged

Accessory Shoe: Yes

Nikon Creative Lighting System: (CLS) CLS Supported

White Balance:
Auto
Choose color temperature (2500K–10000K)
Cloudy
Direct Sunlight
Flash
Fluorescent (7 types)
Incandescent
Preset manual (up to 4 values can be stored)
Shade

White Balance Bracketing: 2 or 3 exposures

Live View Shooting: Photography Live View Mode
Movie Live View Mode

Live View: Lens servo Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AF-F)
Manual focus (MF)

Live View AF-area mode:
Face-priority AF
Wide-area AF
Normal-area AF
Subject-tracking AF

Live View Autofocus: Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)

Live View Scene Auto Selector:
Auto mode
Auto (flash off) mode

Movie Metering: TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

Movie Maximum recording time:
20 minutes at highest quality
29 minutes 59 seconds at normal quality

Movie File Format: MOV

Movie Video Compression: H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding

Movie Audio recording format: Linear PCM

Movie:
HD 1,920x1,080 / 30 fps
HD 1,920x1,080 / 25 fps
HD 1,920x1,080 / 24 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 60 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 50 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 30 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 25 fps

Movie Audio:
Built-in microphone, monaural
External stereo microphone (optional)

Monitor Size: 3.2 in. diagonal

Monitor Resolution: 921,000 Dots

Monitor Type: Wide Viewing Angle TFT-LCD

Monitor Angle of View: 170-degree wide-viewing angle

Monitor Adjustments:
Brightness, 5 levels
Brightness control using ambient brightness sensor

Virtual Horizon Camera Indicator: Yes

Playback Functions:
Auto Image Rotation
Full-Frame and Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar)
Highlights
Histogram Display
Image Comment
Movie Playback
Movie Slideshow
Playback with Zoom
Slideshow

In-Camera Image Editing:
Color Balance
Color Outline
Color Sketch
D-Lighting
Distortion Control
Edit Movie
Filter Effects
Fisheye
Image Overlay
Miniature Effect
Monochrome
NEF (RAW) Processing
Perspective Control
Quick Retouch
Red-Eye Correction
Resize
Selective Color
Side-by-Side Comparison
Straighten
Trim

Image Comment: Yes

Interface:
Accessory Terminal: Remote Cord: MC-DC2 (available separately); GPS unit: GP-1 (available separately)
HDMI output: Type C mini-pin HDMI connector
Headphone Connector
Hi-speed USB
Stereo Microphone Input

Wi-Fi Functionality:
Eye-Fi Compatible
WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adapter(sold separately)

GPS:
GP-1 GPS unit (sold separately)
GP-1A GPS unit(sold separately)

Save/Load Camera settings: Yes

Total custom Settings: 50

My Menu: Yes with customization

Recent Settings: Yes

Supported Languages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norweigan, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings: Yes

World Time Setting: Yes

Battery / Batteries: EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery

Battery Life (shots per charge): 900 shots per charge (Battery Life) (CIPA)

AC Adapter:
EH-5b AC Adapter
Requires EP-5B Power Supply Connector

Battery Charger: MH-25 Quick Charger

Tripod Socket: 1/4 in.

Approx. Dimensions:
Width: 5.6 in. (141mm)
Height: 4.4 in. (113mm)
Depth: 3.2 in. (82mm)

Approx. Weight: 26.8 oz. (760g)
camera body only

Operating Environment: 0–40 °C (+32–104 °F)