I brought my newly acquired D600 with the mid range 24-85mm zoom plus the 100mm f2.8 macro. All dump into the F5bX domke bag.
As it is a FF DSLR, I set the camera to Auto ISO with a max setting of 6400 to see how it perform. I came from the old school film days and during my initial Digital days, the iso performance for Canon 10D or Canon 1Dmark2 wasn't that good compared to today's technology. Last time I only push to ISO 800 or 1600 at max with lots of noise reduction later.
Even when I was using OM-D, I am very particular in controlling my ISO setting as I always prefer a low setting to get the best details on the image. Too much noise reduction by the camera or photo editing program do reduced the details and sharpness.
One main advantage of a DSLR is the no lag from squeezing the shutter to capture the image. For M4/3 like OM-D EM-5, even the AF is fast, the actual capturing of the image has some lag.
In the low lightcondition of the aquarium, the D600 did well and is able to react to my action. The buttons are well placed and the handling is firm and confident. One good thing is the battery life. After shooting for 300 shots, one battery bar was used only, the specs show 900 shots for 1 full charge but I believe it can do more. For my OM-d, one battery last 300-400 shots only.The only disadvantage is still it's weight but it is a small compromise in exchange of the above. However, it is not that heavy if we didn't attached the pro zoom like the 24-70 f2.8 or 80-200mmf2.8. For 24-85mm or primes lens, it is still fairly small and light.
Here are some of the better shots of the day. One tip is that in shooting thru glass panel like this, avoid shooting round or curved glass panel, it is not easy to get a firm focus due to the diffraction of the glass. For flat panel there is no issue at all.
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