Perfect KAP camera??

Thursday, 20 September, 2012

Well, Nikon made a big splash by announcing the D600, the first consumer level full-frame (FX) DSLR (and plenty of reviews). Full frame is the key point and as cameradebate.com note, you get a bigger sensor which has four benefits:

No cropping of the image when using a 35mm compatible lens
Achieve shallower depth of field
Higher sensitivity and less noise (aka better high ISO performance)
Higher Dynamic range
Bigger and brighter optical viewfinder

The key point is that a full 35mm sensor is fitted in the lightweight magnesium alloy/polycarbonate body, almost the same as the D7000. This reduces the size and weight; its 760g as opposed to the 1000g of the D700.

Is this the perfect KAP camera? Well maybe - it has the high geometric fidelity and ability to use high quality lenses that we found when shooting with the D70. More importantly it has much greater sensitivity meaning that you can shoot at fast shutter speeds and high ISOs to obtain much sharper images, crucial for high quality photogrammetry. The ability to create high accuracy DEMs is significantly enhanced and the 24 megapixel resolution places it in a league of its own. Next step is to see if Nikon are willing to let me hang one underneath a kite!!

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