14 DAY TRIAL // Those of you who were into photography in 2012 might recall this was the year Nikon introduced its D600 DSLR. The product received a lot of good feed-back and sold pretty well but some users were afflicted with a particularly annoying problem.
Some owners reported experiencing the so-called “dust spot” effect, which translates into build-ups of oil and dust getting inside the camera and affecting the overall quality of the image.
So far, Nikon has encouraged users with the problem to send in their D600 units to get them fixed. But for those particular items that can’t just be fixed, Nikon Rumors says the company is simply replacing the faulty D600 with new D610.
The D610 is the successor of the D600 which launched in October 2013 and, according to reports, several affected owners in Europe received a brand new and shiny D610 free of charge.
Some indications are available suggesting the same is happening in the US, but at this point I can tell how Nikon selects who is getting a new D610 and who isn't, so don’t get your hopes up, just yet.
This might explain why the company was so quick to launch the very similar D610 successor on the market.