Prefocused, the D600's Live View shutter lag was reasonably quick at 0.218 second, but that's still much slower than using the optical viewfinder.
#Nikon d600 full
With the AF-S 24-85mm kit lens, full AF lag was a bit faster at 1.54 seconds, but that's still pretty sluggish. That's slower than average these days, but faster than some earlier Nikons we've tested. Using the gear-driven Sigma 70mm f/2.8 prime, full autofocus lag was a rather lengthy 1.78 seconds. The D600's Live View mode uses contrast detection autofocus, from data streaming off the image sensor.
#Nikon d600 manual
Continuous AF, manual focus, and prefocused shutter lag times were all 0.054 second, though, quite fast for a prosumer SLR.Īs expected, the Nikon D600's Live View mode adds considerable shutter lag.
The D600 required 0.335 second when using the 39-point Auto-area AF mode, also slower than average. Enabling the flash increased lag a bit to 0.295 second. The D600 required 0.260 second for full AF when using Single-point (center) AF mode (our default full AF lag test). In this metric, the Nikon D600 is slightly slower than average for a prosumer SLR.
This largely removes the issue of differences in lens focusing speed, and measures how fast the camera can measure and act on focus information. The first set of numbers above using the optical viewfinder measure shutter lag with the lens already set to the correct focal distance.
Time to capture, after half-pressing and holding shutter button.