D600 with full fat AF system!

An Exception · 25 Oct 2012 at 14:56

This is a pretty tempting deal for me.
Don't really want to import as you don't get 2 years warranty.

An Exception · 14 Nov 2012 at 18:28

Yeh Nikon messed up in that aspect.

An Exception · 14 Nov 2012 at 19:06

At current pricing it's not competitive with Nikon's own products. Hence rumours of lowish demand.
If Nikon didn't cripple the AF, people would likely be much more willing to pay the current prices. It would likely also compete toe to toe with a 5diii.

D800/E is in it's own market segment.

An Exception · 14 Nov 2012 at 20:46

Rojin said:
Nah not really, as long as you know what you're getting into. The 5D2 was massively successful with lesser AF than its competition.

It's not really the same. 5Dii was successful due to lack of strong competition.
Canon provided a much better system as a whole back then.
The 5Diii's sales are apparently underwhelming according to Canon. I think demand for the 5Diii would have been allot lower if they kept the same AF system and just increased the MP count.

For allot of people, at least for people who can utilise it. Decent AF is a pretty fundamental tool in their photography, for the others there is focus recompose. D600 is for focus re-composers...