Nikon D610 DSLR Camera (Body Only)

If not for the current health emergency I would have immediately sold off the 50mm 1.8 and the battery pack leaving me with a solid 700, or less, dollar FX body. I have thought this through and at 72 years of age changing over to a mirror-less system would be following the lemmings over a cliff. Plus for my use I prefer optical view finders. I own a lot of expensive super nice F-mount glass. Now, if I were a younger beginning Wedding, event, fashion or sport shooter this fine body would not be an appropriate tool for those tasks. A Z6,Panasonic or Sony mirror-less would be the way to go and this is the end of the road for F-mount. With aZ6 I would get a more modern auto focus system which is superior especially for eye focus and tracking focus of all kinds. And, my ... MoreIf not for the current health emergency I would have immediately sold off the 50mm 1.8 and the battery pack leaving me with a solid 700, or less, dollar FX body. I have thought this through and at 72 years of age changing over to a mirror-less system would be following the lemmings over a cliff. Plus for my use I prefer optical view finders. I own a lot of expensive super nice F-mount glass. Now, if I were a younger beginning Wedding, event, fashion or sport shooter this fine body would not be an appropriate tool for those tasks. A Z6,Panasonic or Sony mirror-less would be the way to go and this is the end of the road for F-mount. With aZ6 I would get a more modern auto focus system which is superior especially for eye focus and tracking focus of all kinds. And, my system would have a future.For me at 72 years of age and a disabled person who shoots, from a tripod, mostly urban landscapes the auto focus system in the D610 gets the job done just fine. And, most importantly, as a base ISO raw file shooter I would gain ZERO IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT with a Z6 or for that matter a D780. To conclude this rant. I also own a D500 DX, a D7500 DX and have owned a D800 FX and briefly a D810 FX. I never was all that excited with the 36mp bodies' files. What I truly appreciate about the D610 24mp FX, aside from the dirt cheap price, heck I bought two of them, are the gentle pixel pitch lovely large pixel high dynamic range files. What they have over my DX bodies is the ability to handle larger contrast subjects and cleanly handle stronger post processing. For any person who plans to remain in F-mount for the time being or permanently and is not an action shooter this deal is a no brain er. GO FOR IT! it's a lovely camera.

Awesome package. Awesome images. people who say there is oil and such on the sensor are the people who don't know what they are looking at. They are the people who either use zoom lenses and get dust sucked into the camera body, or they are the ones who remove the lens and blow into the cameras body. For lack of better words those are the people who don't know how to care for their camera.I hear a lot of people talk about the grip, it is nice to have the longer shooting time via extra battery but I don't use the grip for portraits (I don't hold the grip for portraits).Holding any camera by the vertical grip during portrait shots places a lot of the camera's weight hanging out to the left making your hand balance the camera level and this leads to less than ... MoreAwesome package. Awesome images. people who say there is oil and such on the sensor are the people who don't know what they are looking at. They are the people who either use zoom lenses and get dust sucked into the camera body, or they are the ones who remove the lens and blow into the cameras body. For lack of better words those are the people who don't know how to care for their camera.I hear a lot of people talk about the grip, it is nice to have the longer shooting time via extra battery but I don't use the grip for portraits (I don't hold the grip for portraits).Holding any camera by the vertical grip during portrait shots places a lot of the camera's weight hanging out to the left making your hand balance the camera level and this leads to less than perfect final images as holding a camera by the vertical grip is actually less stable. I always use the camera's body grip and let the camera hang from my hand. Doing this your hand is not forced to level the camera as the weight of the camera simply hangs and is much more stable. Much like a high wing aeroplane has more stable flight characteristics than a low wing aeroplane.The 50mm lens, love it. Did I mention how much I love the lens, a great package. My only issue is the grip, the package could be a little cheaper without the grip. But it is nice to have for those times when you need extra battery power.

I have had this camera for several weeks now and I am loving it. This was my first FX camera purchase. I was actually planning to wait to buy an FX camera until I could buy the D750, but I am not at all disappointed by the D610...especially given all that this package comes with. The camera has its limitations, as does any entry level product (though this is a full frame camera, it is definitely an entry level one). However, the picture quality is nothing short of professional. The menus are easy to navigate. The autofocus system is fast and accurate (though this is one of the limitations of this camera). I don't love that this camera employs Nikon's 39 point AF system, which occupies a relatively smaller portion of the frame. However, if you are proficient with ... MoreI have had this camera for several weeks now and I am loving it. This was my first FX camera purchase. I was actually planning to wait to buy an FX camera until I could buy the D750, but I am not at all disappointed by the D610...especially given all that this package comes with. The camera has its limitations, as does any entry level product (though this is a full frame camera, it is definitely an entry level one). However, the picture quality is nothing short of professional. The menus are easy to navigate. The autofocus system is fast and accurate (though this is one of the limitations of this camera). I don't love that this camera employs Nikon's 39 point AF system, which occupies a relatively smaller portion of the frame. However, if you are proficient with your AF skills, it will not slow you down much. Manual focusing is a breeze. The 50mm f/1.8 lens creates an excellent picture. The MB-D14 battery grip is one of my new favorite items. I had no idea what I was missing by not using a battery grip on my camera for portrait orientation shots. If you don't mind the extra bulk and weight, you will not regret that decision. I don't use the wireless connector so I won't comment on that. Overall, I am very pleased. I look forward to my next camera purchase from Nikon.