Nikon D 600 Review
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1. and DX formats and the 16 9 aspect ratio again at three resolution settings RAW NEF images are captured at 6016x4016 pixels in either 36 bit or 42 bit RGB colour and either lossless compressed or compressed RAW JPEG capture is possible with all JPEG compression levels Video Recording Full HD 1920x1080 pixels at 25 or 24 fps PAL progressive and 16 9 aspect ratio HD 1280x720 pixels at 50 or 25 fps progressive and 16 9 aspect ratio MPEG 4 AVC H 264 compression Mono sound recording with auto manual adjustable levels Stereo microphone in put and headphone output provided Clip duration limited to 29 minutes and 59 seconds at normal quality 12 Mbps up to 20 minutes at high quality 24 Mbps File size limit is 4 0 GB Video Features Index marking time lapse recording auto flicker detection uncompressed 8 bit RAW data output via HDMI connection Recording Media Two slots for SD SDHC SDXC UHS 1 compliant memory cards Overflow Backup and RAW Primary JPEG Secondary file management modes Continuous Shooting Up to 57 frames at 5 5 fps in JPEG large fine mode up to 16 frames in RAW mode 14 bit lossless compressed Low speed continuous shooting mode can be set from 1 0 to 5 0 fps Up to 100 JPEG large fine frames at 5 5 fps is possible when shooting in the DX format White Balance TTL measurements using the 2016 pix els RGB metering sensor Auto manual control with 12 presets and four cus2. Image size Image area JPEG compression The menu system is the same as that used in all Nikon s current top end D SLRs which means it s logical in its layout and very easy to navigate 42 eye Colour Outline Colour Sketch Miniature Effect and Select Colour The D600 also has the same Quick Retouch setting which automatically boosts the saturation and contrast with the choice of Low Normal and High settings The other offerings in the Retouch Menu include straighten ing distortion control perspective control red eye correction adjustments to colour balance using RGB histograms for guidance trimming B amp W con version with the option of either sepia or cyano type toning skylight or warm filter effects image overlay for two RAW files with the capacity to bal ance the exposures as required resizing in camera RAW to JPEG conversion and basic movie editing This involves the simple trimming of the start or end points or the saving of selected frames as JPEGS Many of the editing functions for stills are adjustable and of course the effects can be previewed For the in camera conversion of RAW files to JPEGs the adjustable parameters are dis played alongside the thumbnail image and it s Simply a case of using the camera s four way Multi Selector control pad to navigate through them and change any settings as desired The exposure com pensation adjustm
3. Pixels The D600 gets off to a good start with its fully weather proofed bodyshell which comprises magne sium alloy top and bottom plates but a GRP front panel So it s not quite a full metal jacket but it s still at the tougher end of the construction qual ity scale And it s stuffed with higher end goodies starting with its 24 7 megapixels total CMOS sensor which is a Nikon ised ver sion of the Sony SLT A99 s imager The imaging area is 35 9x24 0 mm so the pixel size is just a shade under six microns which bodes well for perfor mance aspects such as the signal to noise ratio and the image dynamic range In the D600 of course the sensor is mated with Nikon s latest generation Expeed 3 processor which means colour sharpness and noise reduction are all dictated by Nikon s own algorithms and so will be different from the A99 s output The effec tive pixel count is 24 3 million giving a maximum image size of 6016x4016 pixels RAW files can be processed at 12 bits or 14 bits compressed or with The main mode dial locks on a setting as does the selector for the drive modes located below it lossless compression The D600 will automatically switch the APS C format when one of Nikon s DX lenses Is fitted cropping the image area to 24x16 mm and dropping the resolution to 10 5 megapixels The other image sizes offered on both the D800 and D4 aren t available The sensitivity range is equivalent to ISO 1
4. function available in the D600 s Retouch Menu This creates a new file and very helpfully provides both a preview and a comparison with the original The D600 also has in camera correction for lens aberrations Vignette control and Auto Distortion Control are selectable from the main Shooting Menu while correction for lateral chromatic aberra tions is always applied automatically with JPEG cap ture It works by compensating for the differences in the resolving index for each colour wavelength rather than just correcting for any colour fringing at a contrast edge Consequently it s particularly effec tive at eliminating the chromatic aberrations that occur at the edges of the frame when shooting with older wide angle lenses The correction for bright ness fall off can be set to Low Normal or High while the distortion correction is simply either on or off Both only work with either D type or G type Nikkor lenses Both high ISO and long exposure noise reduc tion is provided the former with four settings High Normal Low or Off although Off doesn t actually mean off because noise reduction is automatically applied with any of the boosted sensitivity settings The D600 has the same expand ed Retouch Menu as the D800 which includes a growing number of special effects such as Fish SHOOTING MENU Reset shooting menu Storage folder File naming Role played by card in Slot 2
5. lenses as slow as f8 0 primarily to accommodate users of the 2 0x teleconverter While the lower end Nikon APS C format D SLRs have long ago abandoned the built in autofocusing mode it s retained on the D600 even if most of the high performance Nikkors are now AF S lenses with their own focusing drives Exposure control is based on Nikon s 2016 pixel RGB sensitive sensor which drives the 3D Colour Matrix Metering Il multi zone measurement and the alternative centre weighted average and spot St The comprehensive monochrome read out panel supplements an information display shown in the D600 s LCD monitor screen modes As on all the higher end Nikon D SLRs the centre weighted metering has a variable diameter centre spot or can be switched to make fully aver aged measurements The standard set of PASM exposure control modes are supplemented with a set of 19 subject scene programs which includes believe it or not one for Blossom as well as settings for high key and low key exposure adjustments The manual exposure overrides comprise an AE lock up to 5 0 EV of compensation and auto bracketing either for available light exposures flash exposures or a combination of both The bracketing sequences are limited to either two or three frames Er ON TRIAL Bun colour temperature can be set manually from 2500 to 10 000 degrees Kelvin Up to four custom white balance measurements can be m
6. recording of a file to both cards or the separate recording of either RAW and JPEG files or still images and video clips A monochrome LCD read out panel is retained on the top plate and the optical viewfinder uses a proper glass pentaprism to give approximately 100 degree scene coverage in the 35mm format AS we ve now come to largely take for granted from Nikon the handgrip is exceptionally comfortable and the control ergonomics are largely faultless It feels right and works intuitively but the bad news is that it is just different enough to the D800 to make swapping between the two rather less than seamless The main mode dial locks on its settings as does the drive mode selector located below it which includes positions for mirror lock up and quiet shutter release There s a dedicated video Start stop button adjacent to the shutter release and as on the D800 there s a dedicated live view button which incorporates a switch for selecting the still or video modes If so desired however the shutter release button can be configured for video start stop Also lifted straight from the D800 is the simpli fied AF mode selector located at the base of the lens mount which comprises an AF MF switch and a button in the centre for cycling through the operation and area modes using either the front or rear input wheels The D600 actually runs on the same EN EL15 lithium ion battery pack as the D800 and there s an optional
7. 00 to 6400 with extensions to ISO 50 and 25 600 at either end The Expeed 3 processor enables continuous shooting at up to 5 5 fps at full resolution and Full HD video recording at 25 fos progressive scan or 24 fos with MPEG 4 H 264 compression There are high quality and normal modes corresponding to 24 Mbps and 12 Mbps respectively Like both the D4 and D800 the D600 delivers a clean uncompressed HD video feed to its HDMI connector and has both a stereo audio input and a stereo output so Nikon is also hoping to maximise its appeal to video makers It also gets the index marking facility and the time lapse mode but it lacks the very handy Power Aperture control The built in microphone is monaural but as is also the case when an optional stereo mic is connected the recording level can be manually adjusted or set to auto attenuation and set of level meters appears in the monitor screen Focus And Exposure In terms of its camera control systems the D600 isn t in the same league as the either D800 or the D4 but it hardly slums it either Autofocusing is via the same 39 point system as used in the D7000 with the capacity to configure the Dynamic Area mode to nine 21 or the full 39 points and 3D Tracking Low light sensitivity extends to EV 1 0 at ISO 100 which isn t as good as the D800 s EV 2 0 Nine of the focus points are cross type arrays and the seven most central points still work with
8. ON TRIAL Currently the most affordable D SLR with a 35mm sized sensor the D600 will undoubtedly convince many to move up from the APS C format even if it does involve replacing lenses The kit zoom is Nikon s FX format 24 85mm zoom which of course is still a 24 85mm zoom on the D600 One Size Fits A NIKON D600 More affordable D SLRs with 35mm sized sensors were always an inevitability but will they work for pros and if so why pay more for a higher end model Report by Paul Burrows o who s going to say it first No matter how happy you might be with your APS C format D SLR it s fair bet you ve secretly been yearning for a return to the 35mm image size C mon be honest now Of course many working photographers happily kissed good bye to all that mucking around with focal length magnifica tion factors ages ago courtesy of Nikon s D3 series and the D70 or Canon s EOS 1Ds models and most popularly the EOS 5D family A few canny souls latched onto the bargain of the century that was Sony s A900 and frankly once you re back in the 35mm fold you never look back 40 And now virtually overnight there are three new D SLRs with 35mm sized sensors selling for under 3000 In fact Nikon s D600 and its Canon rival the EOS 6D are selling at under 2500 and what s the betting they ll sneak under 2000 once the initial rush of buyers dies down Is this the beginnin
9. ade and stored for future recall White balance bracketing adjust ments can be in five ten or 15 mired increments over the amber to blue colour range but only over sequences of two or three frames unlike the D800 which offers up to nine frames of adjustments Colour Contrast And Corrections As far as the image processing functions go the D600 doesn t depart much from the D800 s original recipe starting with a set of six Picture Control On paper the differences look greater than they are in practice and while the D800 undoubtedly has the edge in some areas the fact that the D600 is around a grand cheaper helps redress the balance Like the D800 the D600 has a built in pop up flash but there isn t a PC terminal to supplement the hotshoe However the built in unit s repertoire extends to slow speed sync second curtain sync manual power adjustment all the way down to 1 128 and serving as the commander for wireless TTL set ups The maximum sync speed is 1 200 sec ond and the full shutter speed range is 30 1 4000 second Nikon says the shutter assembly has been tested to 150 000 cycles The white balance control options are pretty close to those offered on the D800 starting with two auto correction modes one normal and the other designed to maintain warmer tones when shooting under incandescent lighting The standard automatic correction has a range of 3500 to 8000 degrees Kelvin There s a choice of 12 p
10. ally based on the brightness range in the scene The D600 delivers an uncom pressed video feed to its HDMI output and has both a stereo audio input and an output Replay function buttons double as short cut keys to the main capture adjustments for ISO white balance and image quality The button with the paintbrush icon accesses the Retouch Menu in replay mode or the Picture Control presets in the camera s capture mode ON TRIAL Additionally smoothing adjustments which work on the combined edges can be set to High Normal or Low HDR capture can be Set to self cancel after execution or continue until manually cancelled The Active D Lighting processing options are the same as on the D800 so there is a choice of Low Normal High Extra High or Auto settings However the ADL auto bracketing sequence is again reduced to either two or three shots only whereas the D800 also has a five shot setting Nikon s ADL processing essentially works like the Shadow Highlight adjustment in Photoshop and combines exposure and tone curve adjustments to optimise brightness and dynamic range but without the provision for precise manual control The Active part of the function s title indicates the corrections are performed at the point of cap ture So this additional processing will reduce the continuous shooting speed but the alternative is to process the image in camera later using the D Lighting
11. ents are reduced to a maximum of 2 0 EV CUSTOM SETTING MENU Reset custom settings co meres a Autofocus sali O Metering exposure 1 c Timers AE lock Shootina display He CHUCMIEML f Controls Movie The Custom menu provides access to a total of 50 settings We might have been bedazzled by the D800 but remem ber that 24 megapixels is still a whole lot of resolution and the D600 puts it all to good use in terms of its image detailing definition and dynamic range Memory card bay has dual slots for SD SDHC SDXC types both with UHS 1 support g rt a a T ho E a Lia C4 i T GF A C In The Hand Size wise the D600 is quite similar to the APS C format D7000 but it s closer to the D800 in terms of both the styling and the control layout The major difference is a return to a main mode dial instead of the D800 s cluster of short cut keys for ISO white balance image quality settings and exposure brack eting set up These duties are moved to become alternate functions for the replay buttons on the back panel The bracketing set up button moves to the lens mount binnacle The D600 has the same 8 1 cm LCD monitor screen with a resolution of 921 600 pixels and an anti reflection layer and it also has dual memory card slots except both are for SD SDHC SDXC types with UHS 1 speed support The dual card manage ment options include auto overflow switching back up i e the simultaneous
12. er provided Flash Built in pop up unit with GN 12 power ISO 100 Auto fill in red eye reduction front rear sync and slow Speed sync modes Commander mode for wireless TTL control of compatible external flash units External flash units connect via hotshoe Flash compensation range of 3 0 to 1 0 EV in 1 3 or stop increments and flash bracketing up to three frames Manual control down to 1 128 of full power Additional Features Magnesium alloy polycarbonate bodyshell sealed against dust and moisture auto exposure bracketing over three frames AE flash bracketing depth of field preview AE lock exposure adjustments in either 1 3 or stop increments variable delay and multi shot self timer two to 20 seconds up to nine frames mirror lock up quiet shutter mode audible signals wired remote control terminal wireless remote control 50 custom functions DIGITAL SECTION Sensor 24 7 million pixels CMOS with 35 9x24 0 mm area Sensitivity equivalent to ISO 100 6400 extendable to ISO 50 and 25 600 Focal Length Increase None Formats Resolution Three JPEG compression settings 1 4 1 8 and 1 16 and lossless compressed compressed or uncompressed RAW files Three resolution settings at 3 2 aspect ratio 6016x4016 4512x3008 and 3008x2008 pixels Three resolution settings in DX format 24x16 mm 3936X2624 2944x1968 and 1968x1312 pixels Additionally Still images can be captured in the movie mode in the FX
13. g of the end for APS C Well it s not quite that straight forward because If you ve invested a bit in good quality APS C format lenses and bear in mind this was Nikon s emphasis for a long time then you probably won t want to dump them at a loss This perhaps is more of a consideration for ama teurs but even if you elect to simply re equip with a couple of the staples for starters say a 24 70mm f2 8 and a 70 200mm f2 8 you re still looking at a reasonable outlay And yet there is so much going for the bigger sensor in the end it s going to be hard to resist Nikon has been careful to make sure the D600 isn t a junior D800 but it still brings a high level of features and specifications to a lower price point We heralded the D800 as the best value D SLR on the market but the D600 is giving it a Serious run here even if it lacks the superlative performance edge of its big brother Nikon really doesn t pull many punches with the D600 It obviously doesn t have the same ultra high res sensor as the D800 and it uses mostly ear lier generation control systems but in terms of the total package It s arguably equally appealing In fact for some users the D800 may well be too much camera especially in terms of the bigger file sizes its generates and the extra demands these subse quently place all the way along the workflow The leaner D600 may well be a better fit for some applications Working The
14. ge comments input up to 36 characters auto image orientation adjustable image display time slide show 4 9 72 thumbnail displays playback Zoom up to 38x in FX format Retouch Menu for in camera editing D Lighting Red Eye Correction Trim Monochrome Filter Effects Co lour Balance Image Overlay RAW Processing Resize QUICK Retouch Straighten Distortion Control Fish Eye Colour Outline Colour Sketch Perspective Control Miniature Ef fect Selective Colour Edit Movie Side By Side Comparison May be fitted with optional Wireless Mobile Adapter WU 1b and GP 1 GPS receiver Power One 7 0 volt 1900 mAh rechargeable lithium ion battery pack EN EL15 type Optional MB D14 battery grip accepts one EN EL15 li ion pack or six AA size batteries alkaline NIMH or lithium Dimensions WXHxD Body only 141 0x113 0x82 0 mm Weight Body only 760 grams without battery pack or memory card Price Body only 2479 estimated average street price Distributor Nikon Australia Pty Ltd telephone 1300 366 499 or visit www nikon com au ps M NIL ne a or iPad Androl PC Mac ProPhoto DA mmm TOUCH US PINCH US WE VE GONE ALL DIGITAL 7 rca TRALIAN HI F Buy single issues or special PRO PHOTO HE three Issue bargain bundles USTRALIAN INR through AVHUD h AYHUD COM Au or Wwww zinio com ProPhoto Z p H E ALL THE BEST F FROM THIS YEAR S THIS Y EAR peat On eesti
15. omati cally and either as single points or in groups 9 21 39 Points re orientated for vertical shooting Auto area AF mode automatically determines subject type and selects the focus point One shot and continuous modes both with a predictive function 3D Tracking mode Sensitivity range is EV 1 19 ISO 100 AF assist provided by built in illuminator AF micro adjustment for individual lenses up to 20 AF assist provided by built in illuminator Contrast detection AF in live view and video modes Metering 2016 pixel RGB 3D Color Matrix II centre weighted average with variable diameter weighting 8 0mm 12mm 15mm or 20mm full average spot 4 0mm 1 5 and I TTL flash via 2016 pixel sensor Meter ing ranges are 3D Color Matrix Il and C W average EV O to 20 spot EV 2 to 20 f1 4 ISO 100 Exposure Modes Continuously variable program with shift shutter priority auto aperture priority auto metered manual i TTL auto flash and manual flash 19 subject scene modes Shutter Electronically controlled vertical travel focal plane type 30 1 4000 second plus B Flash sync up to 1 200 second Exposure compensation up to 5 0 EV in 1 3 or stop increments Viewfinder Coverage 100 vertical horizontal Magni fication 0 70x 50mm lens at infinity LCD displays and LED focus point indicators Standard focusing screen has AF zones and on demand grid lines Eyepiece strength adjustment and built in shutt
16. oming up to 38x and a Slide show with variable image display times The live view screens include a virtual horizon dual axis i e roll and pitch level display and a framing grid but another curiosity no real time histogram so one isn t available when shooting video either Speed And Performance Like its 35mm format siblings the D600 Is very much an old school D SLR but that s no bad thing in terms of being able to pick the thing up select whatever settings you want and start shoot ing You can fly these things without going near the user s manual although it s worth noting here that the D600 s book of words is actually extremely good it s about the size of a paperback which means it s comprehensive without needing to use a 4 point typeface Both the D600 s AF and AE systems are well proven elsewhere in the Nikon D SLR stable although both have been tweaked on this model compared to the earlier versions The AF is fast and unerringly accurate while the multi zone meter ing takes every lighting situation comfortably in its stride and rarely is any manual intervention required for corrective purposes Of course this is helped by the fact that the sensor also delivers an exceptionally wide dynamic range so the need to either under or overexpose to preserve detailing in the highlights or the shadows is much reduced And the level of crisply defined detailing evident in the D600 s output is exce
17. omparisons The thing is though these comparisons simply revealed that the D600 is actually very impressive in its own right It s still extremely well fea tured well built and well specced and it still delivers a huge amount of imaging performance compared to anything else except of course the D800 Throw in the lighter weight body the much lighter weight price tag and the lighter weight file sizes and the D600 has just as much going for it as its higher res sibling On paper the differences look greater than they are in practice and while the D800 undoubtedly has the edge in some areas its high ISO performance for starters the fact that the D600 is around a grand cheaper helps redress the balance In the end the D600 is actually its own camera with its own particular set of attributes and it will be more than able to do the job for many photog raphers Nikon has been pretty clever at putting some distance between the D600 and D800 but maybe not quite clever enough because it s quite con ceivable that the combination of 24 MP 5 5 fos and 2400 or perhaps less will still win the day qP 44 N i kon D600 2479 body only estimated average street price Type Enthusiast semi professional digital SLR with Nikon F D type bayonet lens mount Focusing Automatic via 39 point wide area system using phase detection type CCD sensor with nine cross type ar rays Focus points may be selected manually or aut
18. on of capture functions including the Active D Lighting settings the noise reduction settings the colour space settings and the two function assignable buttons the depth of field preview button and the Fn button which is also located on the lens mount These rows of soft keys aren t customisable so what you see is what you get but there are two User Settings banks which can be configured as desired and subsequently selected via the main mode dial as either U1 or U2 The menu system is unchanged from what Nikon has been doing for years so the layout is simple but clean and the basic rule of navigation is click right to go down a level left to go up Each section is self contained but fully scrollable The one anomaly is that a couple of items require that you click Done before the selected settings will actually be applied so if you miss this step you re left wondering why what you asked to happen actually hasn t As is the case on all Nikon D SLRs there s a wide choice of playback review screens including a thumbnail image accompa nied by a full set of bright ness and RGB histograms and three pages of image data which increases if copyright details are includ ed and or the optional GPS receiver is fitted The high a ee Er ON TRIAL Bun light warning can be cycled through the RGB chan nels separately The other playback options include 4 9 72 thumbnail displays zo
19. ptional Living in the shadow of the D800 it s easy to forget that 24 3 megapixels is still a whole lot of resolution and Nikon knows 43 H sem ON TRIAL how to make each and every one of them work to maximum effect The max imum quality JPEGs are beautifully sharp with super smooth tonal gradations and they pretty well stay this way up to ISO 3200 There s a slight loss of definition at ISO 6400 which then progressively diminishes at each of the expanded sensitivities but overall the D600 jumps straight into the exclusive little club of high ISO high fliers RAW capture is bet ter again in terms of both the dynamic range and the low levels of noise Against the clock the D600 fired off a sequence of 47 JPEG large fine frames in 8 355 seconds which represents a shooting speed of 5 62 fps and that s slightly better than the quoted speed We couldn t quite reach the quoted maximum burst length but 47 frames is still a very good run These were then very rapidly written to the SanDisk ExtremePro SDHC UHS 1 memory card The test image file size was around 12 5 MB which is still comparatively large but a bit more manageable than the D800 s 16 MB or thereabouts depending on image content It s also worth noting that the D600 is at least 1 5 fps faster The Verdict Having been completely seduced by the mighty D800 we suspected we might find the D600 a bit of a let down and initially it was tempting to keep making c
20. resets for different lighting types including seven for the various different types of gas ignition lamps rang ing from sodium vapour at 2700 degrees Kelvin to mercury vapour at 7200 degrees Kelvin Fine tuning of all the presets is possible in five mired increments across the green to magenta and blue to amber colour ranges Alternatively the presets These are actually now standard across the Nikon D SLR line up with the choice being Standard Neutral Vivid Monochrome Portrait and Landscape The colour presets have adjustments for sharpness contrast brightness saturation and hue while the Monochrome preset substitutes the last two with the B amp W contrast filters and a selection of toning effects These extend to nine colours each with seven levels of density Each preset also has a Quick Adjust option which combines various sets of adjustments Up to nine modified Picture Controls can be created and stored with provisions for each to be named using titles of up to 19 characters in length Alternatively custom Picture Controls can be cre ated in Nikon s ViewNX 2 or Capture NX 2 software and loaded into the camera via a memory card As on the D800 there s a multi exposure HDR capture mode which captures two images simultaneously one underexposed and one overexposed which are subsequently combined The degree of exposure variation can be set manu ally to 1 0 2 0 or 3 0 EV or adjusted automati c
21. tom settings White balance fine tuning available for AWB and all presets plus manual colour temperature setting 2500 10 000 degrees Kelvin and white balance bracketing up to three frames Warm AWB setting maintains a warmer hue under incandescent lighting Interfaces USB 2 0 HDMI output Type C 3 5mm stereo audio input 3 5mm stereo audio output accessory terminal Additional Digital Features Active sensor cleaning dual axis virtual horizon display live view functions with contrast detection AF 8 1 cm LCD monitor 921 600 pixels resolution with histogram displays brightness and or RGB channels and highlight alert Active D Lighting contrast control Auto Low Normal High Extra High ADL bracketing up to three frames six Picture Control presets Standard Neutral Vivid Monochrome Portrait Landscape adjustable Picture Control parameters Sharpening Contrast Bright ness Saturation Hue B amp W filters and toning effects nine user defined Picture Control modes multiple exposure facility up to three frames with Auto Gain intervalometer HDR dual shot capture Smoothing High Normal Low Exposure Differential 1 2 3 EV or Auto SRGB and Adobe RGB colour spaces long exposure noise reduction Off On high ISO noise reduction Off Low Normal High auto ISO with auto minimum shutter speed control Auto Distortion Control Off On Vignette Control Off Low Normal High ima
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23. vertical battery grip called the MB D14 which connects via a dedicated terminal in the camera s baseplate rather than through the bat tery compartment to properly extend the shooting range The MB D14 accepts either a second li ion The sensors imaging area is 35 9x24 0 mm so the pixel size is just a shade under six microns which bodes well for performance aspects such as the signal to noise ratio and the image dynamic range pack or six AA size batteries which fit into a supplied holder Read All About It The viewfinder display includes illuminating focus ing points AF area frames a pretty comprehensive set of read outs and the option of having a framing grid A level display can also be activated but this only indicates tilting or rolling and not pitching The eyepiece has a strength adjustment but no shutter The monitor screen is protected by a detach able plastic cover so it doesn t have the toughened faceplate of the higher end models but at least Nikon goes to the trouble of providing the protec tor The monitor can serve as a comprehensive information display and there s a choice of either black on white or white on black schemes or auto switching between the two depending on the avail able light levels However this information display isn t a full interactive control screen Instead two rows of soft buttons arranged along the bottom of the display provide direct access to a smallish selecti
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