Nikon D60 Digital Camera Features

The Dynamic D-Lighting feature of Nikon D60 Digital Camera does a great job of balancing exposure between shadow and highlight areas. For example, it holds a blown-out background in check when you want to emphasize a subject, and smoothes midtones. You can decide when to use it or not although it is certain to be a hit with casual shooters. It helps with difficult lighting situations such as memorable vacation snapshots taken at high noon. To apply D Lighting, it just takes a press of a button and a turn of the dial. The option status is clearly shown while in use.

Nikon D60 Digital Camera - Lights, Camera, Action!

Shooting an animated movie is easy and fun with the D60 featured stop-motion movie. This option is used on digicams, but Nikon brought it to SLRs. The feature is amazingly simple, take any number of individual shots and combine them into a movie. The producer has a choice of four frame rates and three final frame sizes. Shoot a series of photos, moving the subject in small increments between shots. On the retouch menu, use the Stop-Motion option for putting together a continuous movie, and save as an AVI file.

A bonus is the kit lens providing greater image stabilizing. It has the identical aperture range and focal length as previous models, but adds Vibration Reduction for sharper photographs under dim lighting. VR lens is a popular feature when shooting at slow shutter speeds, a shaky camera can easily blur a chance of a lifetime photo opt. VR gives a factor of 2 to 4 slower shutter speeds without causing blurry images.

RAW processing goes further than simple JPEG conversion on the D60. Take a RAW file and apply any camera settings, resulting as a JPEG. For more artistic touches added to the design, when rotated from a horizontal to vertical position, the rear-panel data display also rotates. It is difficult to find fault with the simple to use interface. The Nikon D60's impressive image quality speaks for itself as far as recommendations go.

Additional features of Nikon D60 Digital Camera:

  • 500 shots per battery charge
  • 0.5 sec from power on to first image captured
  • Shot to shot time 0.48 sec
  • Continuous shooting speed 100 shots
  • 98 percent viewfinder accuracy in test summary
  • Easy-to-access saturation control
  • Excellent detail
  • High-ISO performance
  • 170 degree viewing angle
  • Close up, Portrait, Child, Landscape, Night portrait, and Sports Mode
  • Auto ISO mode allows shooter control
  • Optional infrared remote
  • Image stabilization with new kit lens
  • Works to low light levels in manual mode
  • Adjustable auto-off timers
  • Image overlay allows multi-exposure shots