Nikon D600 vs Olympus E-620

In this comparison, we will evaluate the Nikon D600 and the Olympus E-620, highlighting the advantages of each over the other, discussing their pros and cons, shared strengths and weaknesses, and providing a rating based on their available features and specifications to assist you in choosing the one that best suits your needs.

Nikon D600 was introduced in November 2012 and Olympus E-620 was introduced in July 2009. Let us first list highlights of the models.

Now that we've looked at the most essential specifications and gained a basic understanding of these cameras, we can delve into more details and see the differences between them.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Nikon D600 over Olympus E-620.

This section shows those features and specifications which are the reason to choose Olympus E-620 over Nikon D600.

We already listed pros and cons of each model. However, you may also find useful to look at their common strengths and weaknesses shown side-by-side.

Screen

Nikon D600 has a 3.2" Fixed screen with 921k dot resolution and Olympus E-620 has a 2.7" Fully Articulated screen with 230k dot resolution. Fully articulated screen makes Olympus E-620 selfie and vlogger friendly and generally very useful for video shooting.

Viewfinder

Nikon D600 has a built-in Optical (pentaprism) viewfinderOlympus E-620 has a built-in Optical (pentamirror) viewfinder. Nikon D600 has 100% coverage with 0.70x magnification and Olympus E-620 has 95% coverage with 0.96x (0.48x 35mm equivalent) magnification.

Nikon D600 features a 24.3 megapixel Full Frame CMOS sensor with dimensions of 35.9 x 24.0 mm and a total area of 861.6 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 6,400 and expands to 50 - 25,600 in boosted mode. Olympus E-620 features a 12.3 megapixel Micro Four Thirds CMOS sensor with dimensions of 17.3 x 13 mm and a total area of 169 mm². Its native ISO range is 100 - 3,200.

Here is a sensor size comparison chart where you can see how different sensors compare with each other:

Sensor size chart

	Sensor	Dimensions	Area	Aspect Ratio	Crop Factor
	Medium Format	44 x 33 mm	1452 mm2	4:3	0.79x
	Full Frame	36 x 24 mm	864 mm2	3:2	1x
	APS-H	27 x 18 mm	486 mm2	3:2	1.3x
	APS-C	23.6 x 15.6 mm	368.2 mm2	3:2	1.5x
	APS-C (Canon)	22.3 x 14.9 mm	332.3 mm2	3:2	1.6x
	Micro Four Thirds	17.4 x 13 mm	226.2 mm2	4:3	2x
	1-inch	13.2 x 8.8 mm	116.2 mm2	3:2	2.7x
	1/1.7-inch	7.44 x 5.58 mm	41.5 mm2	4:3	4.7x
	1/2.3-inch	6.17 x 4.55 mm	28.1 mm2	4:3	5.6x

Nikon D600 is equipped with EXPEED 3 processor and can take pictures up to 6016 x 4016 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 4512 x 3008, 3936 x 2624, 3008 x 2008, 3008 x 1688, 2944 x 1968 with 3:2 aspect ratios. Olympus E-620 is equipped with TruePic III+ processor and can take pictures up to 4032 x 3024 resolution. It can also take pictures with lower resolution like 3200 x 2400, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480 with 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 aspect ratios.

Lens Mount

Nikon D600 has Nikon F lens mount and Olympus E-620 has Four Thirds lens mount. Due to Full Frame sensor in Nikon D600 its crop factor is equal to 1x, this means that a 35mm equivalent focal length of the mounted lens will be equal to its actual focal length. Due to Micro Four Thirds sensor in Olympus E-620 its crop factor is equal to 2x, this means that a 35mm equivalent focal length of the mounted lens will be equal to its actual focal length times 2.

In-Body Image Stabilization on Olympus E-620

Olympus E-620 has a built-in Sensor Shift in-body image stabilization (IBIS). This means that you are still getting vibration reduction when camera is paired with non-image stabilizied lenses. It also works with lenses with optical image stabilization and in combination can achieve even better compensation.

USB Inputs and HDMI Outputs

Both models have USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) inputs for data transfer. connector for video signal output.

Battery

Nikon D600 comes with EN-EL15 battery pack with battery life of 900 shots and Olympus E-620 comes with BLS-1 battery pack with battery life of 500 shots.

External Storage Slots

Nikon D600 has Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-I) card slots. Olympus E-620 has a single Compact Flash (Type I/II), xD Picture Card card slot.

Shutter

Nikon D600 has Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter. Shutter speed can go up to 1/4000 sec on Nikon D600, and up to 1/4000 sec on Olympus E-620. Nikon D600 can shoot continuously up to 5.5 fps. Olympus E-620 can shoot continuously up to 4.0 fps.

Focusing

Nikon D600 has 39 (9 cross-type) focusing points and Olympus E-620 has 7 focusing points. Nikon D600 has detection range from -1 to +19 EV.

Exposure

Exposure meterings of Nikon D600 and Olympus E-620 range from 0 to +20 EV and +1 to +20 EV respectively and you can set the exposure compensation within the ±5 EV range on Nikon D600 and ±5 EV range on Olympus E-620. You can also do exposure lock, exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Nikon D600 and exposure lock, exposure bracketing and manual exposure adjustment on Olympus E-620.

Flash

Cameras have built-in flash with maximum range of 12.00 m at ISO 100 on Nikon D600 and 12.00 m on Olympus E-620. They also accept external flash which can be connected via Hot Shoe to Nikon D600 and via Hot Shoe to Olympus E-620. The fastest flash synchronization speed is 1/200 sec on Nikon D600 and 1/180 sec on Olympus E-620.

Nikon D600 body has dimensions of 141 x 113 x 82 mm (5.55 x 4.45 x 3.23") and Olympus E-620 body has dimensions of 130 x 94 x 60 mm (5.12 x 3.7 x 2.36"). Nikon D600 weighs 850 g (1.87 lb / 29.98 oz) and Olympus E-620 weighs 500 g (1.10 lb / 17.64 oz).

Nikon D600

Olympus E-620

141 mm

113 mm

130 mm

94 mm

113 mm

94 mm

82 mm

60 mm