Nikon D600: Is This For Real?

Is this true? I just noticed that Amazon is listing the new Nikon D600 as being "in stock." And promising delivery as early as tomorrow.

That would be a change from recent industry trends, to have a hot new mainstream camera available within mere days of its announcement.

And B&H Photo lists it as "In Stock" too.

I guess the D600's are here already, folks.

Mike

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Featured Comment by Dave Stewart: "Even better news for potential U.K. purchasers, as opposed to those who pre-ordered, is that the price on Amazon U.K. has dropped by more than £300 from the hefty recommended retail price of last week. Or it had at the time of commenting...."

Comments

[Kevin Bourque]

And Amazon already has eight reviews. Man, the world moves fast these days.

[Andreas Weber]

If someone is looking for a D600 in Stuttgart, Germany - the Photo Planet at the Arnulf-Klett-Platz (Hauptbahnhof) has them as well. And I can recommend that store from previous purchases.

[Rob Grey]

It's true! My local shop had them for sale on Tuesday, and they were taking rental reservations on Monday.

Now, I just need $2100...

[Harrison Cronbi]

Already shipping, only a point off the D800's DxOMark score, a sweet-spot megapixel count for full-frame, and generally a lot to like without (relatively speaking) trying too hard to gain attention with 'new features'. Victory to Nikon this round, comfortably.

My counter response to this glut of Photokina digi-announcements? A purchase of a nice 6x6. Mmm, lovely - that'll do nicely. Show me the bignegative, as Jerry Maguire once bellowed.

[Robert Wolterman]

Photo Pro in Cedar Rapids, Iowa got a shipment of them in the other day; they gleefully posted a picture on their Facebook page.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Oh, that's just Nikon being cruel and rubbing salt into the wound!*

*To Canon, that is, with its months-in-advance, preemptive, lets-hope-nobody-switching announcements ;-)

[Chris]

We got ours at work yesterday

[Benjamin]

I work at LensProToGo, we got a bunch in yesterday. Looks like an incredible camera for the price!

Benjamin

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Other sources have said it's shipping now as well. That's a good goal for a major product announcement!

Too bad Nikon has abandoned the market segment I live in.

[Moh. Shafik]

Yeah, our own Mic recieved his from BelAir:
http://betterfamilyphotos.blogspot.com/2012/09/nikon-d600-order-update.html

And posted part 1 of his review here:

http://betterfamilyphotos.blogspot.com/2012/09/nikon-d600-hands-on-review-part-1.html

[gui]

there is one going in adverts.ie already
a site for people to sell their stuff

[Moopheus]

Count me as one disappointed by the pricing. Both of these cameras are more than I have budgeting for photography right now, by quite a bit. But since the collapse of the yen carry trade a few years back, it's probably become harder for Nikon and Canon to be really agressive on pricing.

[John Robison]

Not a bad deal, Nikon gets beta testers that pay Nikon for the privilege.

[Mike Johnston]

"there is one going in adverts.ie already a site for people to sell their stuff"

gui,
Yes, but for an inflated price. That's someone who's trying to "scalp" it, hoping for a quick flip and a quick profit while they're believed to be scarce.

Mike

[Martin]

Got mine tuesday! It's soooo nice, and yea, it's a bit pricey, but upgrading from the D90 it's worlds apart!

[Paul De Zan]

Just got an e-mail saying mine has shipped...this will be my first experience with a full frame camera that isn't Howizer-sized and I can't wait.

[Ri chard Newman]

Now, if they will come out with a D600E, as with the D800E.....

[Mike Johnston]

Richard,
Why?

I've used the 5DII, the D700, and the A900, and I'm just going to bet that with the D600, you're not going to need any additional sharpness or resolution. The only reason you might need more pixels is for bigger prints, but that's it. The D600 and pretty much any competent sharpening app is going to make sharper prints than 99% of the prints made since 1839.

Mike

[Marc Rochkind]

Had to rush it out, as B&H is now taking pre-orders for the D600's successor, which will be pre-announced any day now.

[Dennis Ng]

Real.

Saw a few in normal and street side Hong Kong camera store at US$2,309.

Nothing unusual about it and the shopkeeper has no particular mention it either.

Just another camera.

[Eric]

Re: John Robison's post, I've been "beta testing" my D700 since receiving my pre-order in 2008... hasn't let me down yet.

[Steve Jacob]

Very nice. I have all the lenses and the price in the UK has become a lot more reasonable overnight.

However I am saving up for some more Fuji lenses...do I need another FF Nikon? Probably not.