The Nikon D600 is compatible with F-mount NIKKOR interchangeable lenses (both FX and DX-format), giving the photographer a wealth of options. Additionally, the camera can be used with Nikon's WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adapter for wireless transfer of images to a smartphone or tablet. The adapter can even be used for remotely capturing images with the D600 using the compatible app.
- Type - Single-lens reflex digital camera
- Lens Mount - Nikon F bayonet mount
- Picture Angle - Nikon FX format
- Effective Pixels - 24.3 million<>
- Sensor Size - 35.9mm 24.0mm
- Image Sensor Format - FX
- Image Sensor Type - CMOS
- Total Pixels - 24.7 million
- Dust-reduction system - Image sensor cleaning
- Dust-Off Reference Photo - Yes
- Image Area (pixels) FX-format
(L) 6,016 x 4,016
(M) 4,512 x 3,008
(S) 3,008 x 2,008
DX-format
(L) 3,936 x 2,624
(M) 2,944 x 1,968<
(S) 1,968 x 1,312 - File Format Still ImagesJPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant; can be selected from Size Priority and Optimal Quality
JPEG: JPEG-Baseline Compliant with fine (approx 1:4), Normal (approx 1:8) or Basic (approx 1:16) Compression
NEF (RAW): Lossless Compressed, Compressed or Uncompressed 12 or 14 bit
TIFF (RGB), Picture Control - Landscape, Monochrome, Neutral, Portrait, Standard, User-customizable Settings, Vivid - Storage Media - SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Card Slot - 2 Secure Digital (SD)
- File System
Compliant with DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0
DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)
EXIF 2.3 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras)
PictBridge
- Viewfinder - Eye-level Pentaprism Single-Lens Reflex Viewfinder
- Viewfinder Frame Coverage
FX (36x24): 100% Horizontal and 100% Vertical Approx.
DX (24x16): 97% Horizontal and 97% Vertical Approx.
- Viewfinder Magnification - 0.70x Approx.
- Viewfinder Eyepoint - 20.6mm (-1.0m¯¹)
- Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment - Built-in diopter adjustment (-3 to +1 m¯¹)
- Focusing Screen - Type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark VIII with AF Area Brackets (grid lines can be displayed)
- Reflex Mirror - Quick-return type
- Lens Aperture - Instant-return type
- Depth-of-field Control - Yes
- Lens Compatibility at a Glance***
AF-S or AF lenses fully compatible
Metering with AI lenses
- Compatible Lenses
AF NIKKOR lenses, including type G and D lenses (some restrictions apply to PC lenses) and DX lenses (using DX 24 × 16 1.5x image area), AI-P NIKKOR lenses, and non-CPU AI lenses (A and M modes only).
IX NIKKOR lenses, lenses for the F3AF, and non-AI lenses cannot be used.
- Shutter type - Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane
- Shutter Speed - 1/4000 to 30 sec. Bulb
- Fastest Shutter Speed - 1/4000 sec.
- Slowest Shutter Speed - 30 sec.
- Flash Sync Speed
Up to 1/200 sec.
Synchronizes with shutter at 1/250s or slower
- Bulb Shutter Setting - Yes
- Shutter Release Modes
Continuous low-speed [CL] mode; 1-5 frames per second
Continuous high-speed [CH] mode; 5.5 frames per second
Mirror-up [Mup] mode
Quiet Shutter Release
Self-timer mode
Single-frame [S] mode
- Continuous Shooting Options
FX-format
CH: Up to 5.5 frames per second
CL: Up to 1-5 frames per second
- Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution - 5.5 frames per second
- Self-timer - 2, 5, 10, 20 sec. Timer duration electronically controlled
- Exposure Metering System - TTL exposure metering using 2,016-pixel RGB sensor
- Metering Method
Center-weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8mm circle in center of frame
Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses)
Spot: Meters 4mm circle (about 1.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point
- Metering Range
0 to 20 EV (3D color matrix or center-weighted metering)
0 to 20 EV (spot metering)
- Exposure Meter Coupling
CPU
AI
- Exposure Modes - Aperture-Priority (A), Manual (M), Programmed auto with flexible program (P), Shutter-Priority (S)
- Exposure Compensation - ±5 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
- Exposure Bracketing - 2 or 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
- Exposure Lock - Yes
- Mirror Lock Up - Yes
- ISO Sensitivity
ISO 100 - 6400
Lo-1 (ISO 50)
Hi-1 (ISO 12,800)
Hi-2 (ISO 25,600)
- Long Exposure Noise Reduction - Yes
- High ISO Noise Reduction
Low
Normal
High
Off
- Active D-Lighting
Auto
Extra High
High
Normal
Low
Off
- D-Lighting Bracketing
2 frames using selected value for one frame
3–5 frames using preset values for all frames
- Single-point AF Mode - Yes
- Dynamic AF Mode - Number of AF points: 9, 21, 39 and 39 (3D-tracking)
- Auto-area AF Mode - Yes
- Autofocus System - Nikon Multi-CAM 4800 autofocus sensor module with TTL phase detection
- Detection Range - -1 to 19 EV (ISO 100, 68°F/20°C)
- Lens Servo
Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); predictive focus tracking activated automatically according to subject status
Manual focus (MF): Electronic rangefinder can be used
- AF-area mode
9, 21 or 39 point Dynamic-area AF
Auto-area AF
Single-point AF
3D-tracking (39 points)
- Focus Lock
Focus can be locked by pressing AE-L/AF-L button
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF)
- Focus Modes
Auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A)
Continuous-servo (AF-C)
Face-Priority AF available in Live View only and D-Movie only
Manual (M) with electronic rangefinder
Normal area
Single-servo AF (AF-S)
Wide area
- Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points - 39
- Autofocus Sensitivity - -1 to +19 EV (ISO 100, 20°C/68°F)
- Autofocus Fine Tune - Yes
- Built-in Flash - Yes
- Flash Bracketing
2 to 3 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 or 2 EV
- Built-in Flash Distance - 39 ft. (ISO 100)
- X-Sync Speed - 1/200
- Top FP High Speed Sync - Up to 1/4000
- Flash Control
TTL: i-TTL flash control using 2,016-pixel RGB sensor are available with built-in flash and SB-910, SB-900, SB-700, or SB-400; i-TTL balanced fill-flash for digital SLR is used with matrix and center-weighting metering, standard i-TTL flash for digital SLR with spot metering
- Flash Sync Modes
Front-curtain sync (normal)
Rear-curtain sync
Red-Eye reduction
Red-Eye reduction with slow sync
Slow sync
- Flash Compensation - -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3, 1/2 or 1 EV
- Flash-ready indicator - Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit such as SB-910, SB-900, SB-400, SB-80DX, SB-28DX or SB-50DX is fully charged
- Accessory Shoe - Yes
- Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) - CLS Supported
- White Balance
Auto
Choose color temperature (2500K–10000K)
Cloudy
Direct Sunlight
Flash
Fluorescent (7 types)
Incandescent
Preset manual (up to 4 values can be stored)
Shade
- White Balance Bracketing - 2 or 3 exposures
- Live View Shooting
Photography Live View Mode
Movie Live View Mode
- Live View Lens servo - Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); full-time-servo AF (AF-F) Manual focus (MF)
- Live View AF-area mode
Face-priority AF
Wide-area AF
Normal-area AF
Subject-tracking AF
- Live View Autofocus - Contrast-detect AF anywhere in frame (camera selects focus point automatically when face-priority AF or subject-tracking AF is selected)
- Live View Scene Auto Selector
Auto mode
Auto (flash off) mode
- Movie Metering - TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
- Movie Maximum recording time
20 minutes at highest quality
29 minutes 59 seconds at normal quality
- Movie File Format - MOV
- Movie Video Compression - H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
- Movie Audio recording format - Linear PCM
- Movie
HD 1,920x1,080 / 30 fps
HD 1,920x1,080 / 25 fps
HD 1,920x1,080 / 24 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 60 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 50 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 30 fps
HD 1,280x720 / 25 fps
- Movie Audio
Built-in microphone, monaural
External stereo microphone (optional)
- Monitor Size - 3.2 in. diagonal
- Monitor Resolution - 921,000 Dots
- Monitor Type - Wide Viewing Angle TFT-LCD
- Monitor Angle of View - 170-degree wide-viewing angle
- Monitor Adjustments
Brightness, 5 levels
Brightness control using ambient brightness sensor
- Virtual Horizon Camera Indicator - Yes
- Playback Functions - Auto Image Rotation, Full-Frame and Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar), Highlights, Histogram Display, Image Comment, Movie Playback, Movie Slideshow, Playback with Zoom, Slideshow
- In-Camera Image Editing - Color Balance, Color Outline, Color Sketch, D-Lighting, Distortion Control, Edit Movie, Filter Effects, Fisheye, Image Overlay, Miniature Effect, Monochrome, NEF (RAW) Processing, Perspective Control, Quick Retouch, Red-Eye Correction, Resize, Selective Color, Side-by-Side Comparison, Straighten, Trim
- Image Comment - Yes
- Interface
Accessory Terminal: Remote Cord: MC-DC2 (available separately); GPS unit: GP-1 (available separately)
HDMI output: Type C mini-pin HDMI connector
Headphone Connector
Hi-speed USB
Stereo Microphone Input
- Wi-Fi Functionality
Eye-Fi Compatible
WU-1b Wireless Mobile Adapter
- GPS
GP-1 GPS unit
GP-1A GPS unit
- Save/Load Camera settings - Yes
- Total custom Settings - 50
- My Menu - Yes with customization
- Recent Settings - Yes
- Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings - Yes
- World Time Setting - Yes
- Battery / Batteries - EN-EL15 Lithium-ion Battery
- Battery Life (shots per charge) - 900 shots per charge (Battery Life) (CIPA)
- AC Adapter
EH-5b AC Adapter
Requires EP-5B Power Supply Connector
- Battery Charger - MH-25 Quick Charger
- Tripod Socket - 1/4 in.
- Approx. Dimensions
Width: 5.6 in. (141mm)
Height: 4.4 in. (113mm)
Depth: 3.2 in. (82mm)
- Approx. Weight - 42 oz. (760g) camera body only
- Operating Environment - 0–40 °C (+32–104 °F)