Asanoth

Damn, I saw the last post being a couple of hours ago and just assumed... My bad :) .

850 GBP used?? On ebay, you can get a used D600 with <30k shutter count for about 350 GBP. Hell, here it sold for approx 630-650 new half a year ago (D610). I bought one for ca 370 GPB (faulty, ...

Got it for 539 € new/open box ("neuwertiger rücklaufer") in Germany :) . The price difference of 40 or so € for used would not be justifiable, given the 5 years warranty. As a bonus, I got Lowepro ...

Hello, I have a not very mild astigmatism (not severe though), so looking through the viewfinder, even with the right spherical compensation, is not optimal. Recently, I managed to scratch a right ...

So, I did a little more digging... What I discovered: Most Sigma lenses (120 - 400, 80-400, 100-300, 170-500) are HEAVY, and I mean heavy heavy, compared to others. The weight is the first filter I ...

Thanks for the analysis, PHXAZCRAIG . You are right at one thing: I have I budget limit I want to fit into :) . And of course, the lesser the price, the better - but not at all costs. I did quite ...

Ok, just to finish the story, I had the sensor cleaned by Nikon and it still came back with some spots. Folks dont understand, how they could get dust (and notice the drop on the left center) ...

Thanks. 150-600 is way too big, way too heavy and way too expensive. 500 prime is too long for a prime, I think like that, a lot of opportunities would just get wasted. This Tamron 200-500 is ...

Thank you for the answers. The 200-500 looks interesting, but is there any added value against 100-400? Since there is no VR, I imagine the additional 400-500mm would be anyway done better at 400 + ...

Hello, I have a Nikon D600 with Nikkor 24-120. I am looking for a new tele lens to add to the kit, mainly for wildlife photo. So far, I only have experience with D5100 + Tamron 70-30 VC: I was ...

Ok, repaired (waiting for the spare part was a pain, I even went for a two-weeks vacation with the dirty sensor), at 205 EUR. It was even approx 500 CZK (20 EUR) cheaper than it should have been :) . ...

Ok! So, I brought the camera to the workshop and they took it all apart. Aparently, the spots are directly on the sensor (meaning not on any of the filter glasses from any side), and they were not ...

I sent an email to a couple of workshops around here and two already wrote/told me, that the spots are very defined, meaning they are probably below the filter and some even at the sensor (the ...

Does anyone have any idea, what is Smear Away chemical-wise? Or, do you have any ideas about non-polar solvents that would possibly be safe to clean the sensor?

Does anyone have any idea, what is Smear Away chemical-wise?

Here are two photos at F/10: And one at F/13: Before all cleaning attempts.

Ok, I got some HPLC grade (>99.9%) methanol. I cleaned like hell, I used A LOT of methanol, but the spots stay put, all 530 or so of them. They did not move a bit, they did not alter the size (in ...

Hello, I bought a used D600 on ebay last year, 7500 shutter actuations. It took me quite some time to realize, that I am seeing spots on my photos on F/9 and higher, which were, as I tested, spots ...