![]() Otherwise if Nikon "totals" the camera, you can make a homeowners insurance claim (if you're not a pro). If its only 3 weeks old you may have some coverage with your credit card it's worth a call to them to check. Paying more money for the additional robustness of a full magensium body does provide an advantage in certain cases. I think we are going to see more of these front panel breakages and it will come to be recognized as a weakness of the D600 compared to the D4, D800 (and likely the yet to be released D400). Surely, Nikon can replace both panels but the cost is not something with which there has been much, if any, experience. The top metal panel seems to be more like a crack which will not affect top panel strength and could be "resealed" for weather sealing with some sort of black sealant. It looks like the serious breakage on yours is not the top metal panel but rather is the top part of the front plastic panel. In the accident you described a D4 and D800 metal body may well have been able to handle those forces but the plastic front panel of the D600 was not. The lens mount is metal but forces transferred from the lens mount to the body will travel through plastic and plastic is weaker than metal. Specifically the top and bottom (battery pack) are magnesium but the front panel is plastic. In order to keep costs down Nikon did not build the D600 body with the same full magnesium frame found on the D4 or D800. ![]() I wondered how long it was going to take before this issue surfaced.
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