After 3 services (sensor clean) and 3 shutter replacements I had every good reason to believe the problem had gone. Not so……
The shots referenced here were taken in the last few days. I only got to see them last night after returning from 3 days away. It’s disheartening to say the least. In all instances UV filter and lens had been cleaned prior to shooting.
The shots below were references for me to see how the UV filter was affecting the colour balance. I’ve multiplied the layers in Photoshop to increase the visibility of the finer oil marks on the sensor.
Filter On
Filter Off
Subsequent shot samples showing further accumulation of marks.
The shot below has been processed to increase the visibility of some marks.
This one (below) from today (18th April) after cleaning lens, filter and running an in camera sensor clean.
Clearly this is a dust and oil issue.
Can’t get to Nikon until next week (after Easter). I’ll see how good the promise by Nikon is to replace faulty D600 cameras.
I guess that in the entire time I’ve had the D600 (just over a year) I’ve only had a few months of trouble free shooting. I can see why China banned the sale of this camera. Luckily I had my Canon G1X on hand, so whilst the shots on the Nikon D600 are useless I was able to salvage something from the time away.
As for the retailer I purchased the camera from (Harvey Norman @ Penrith), I can’t even see the point in trying to get any result from them: the 3 year replacement warranty to date hasn’t been worth the paper its written on.
D600 officially retired today.
