![]() The mode dial is immediately to the right of the viewfinder. There's a flip-up flash at the front of the viewfinder hump, and an industry-standard hot shoe behind that. The SD card slot cover slides back and pops out. A barely visible pull-out cover at the center bottom conceals a connector for the optional EH-5a AC Adapter.This cover is harder to maneuver, requiring a well placed fingernail in a very slim space. The door slides back with a flip of the thumb, then pops up out of the way to allow card insertion – quick and easy to manipulate, yet unlikely to be opened accidentally. The USB and video ports are protected by a pop-out door.Ī simple ridged door provides access to the SD card slot. Threading the strap through was a challenge, eventually conquered by grabbing the barely protruding end with a pin and tugging it through.īelow the viewfinder hump are two small buttons.The top button pops up the built-in flash and accesses flash exposure compensation settings.The bottom button triggers the self-timer by default, but can also be programmed to set release mode, image quality, ISO, and white balance when used in conjunction with the command dial. Above it is a flush-mounted metal strap lug. Left Side* (5.25) *At the back edge, a pop-off cover reveals the USB and video-out ports – a thin plastic tether keeps the cover from falling off when opened. The LCD of the D60 is bright and easy to read. There's a prominent ridge on the right-side of the camera back to help maintain a steady grip (to rest against the right side of your thumb) and an indentation directly above the four-way contoller (for the ball of your thumb). ![]() The delete button, with its distinctive trashcan icon, is found below and to the left of the command dial.A small light indicating image recording and noise reduction activity is to the right of the delete button. The circular four-way controller, with an OK button in the middle, is to the right of the LCD. The autofocus/auto exposure lock button is between the viewfinder and the command dial on the right side. The viewfinder is surrounded by a rubber eyecup.Below the viewfinder is a sensor that automatically turns the LCD display off when you hold the camera up to your eye. To its left is a vertical row of buttons: from top to bottom they are Playback, Menu, Thumbnail Playback / Playback Zoom Out / Help, and Playback Zoom In / Information Display.The viewfinder is above the LCD with a diopter control on the right. The 2.5-inch, 230,000-pixel LCD is positioned toward the left side of the camera back. The distinctive Nikon brand look extends from top-of-the-line ![]() Your membership in the brotherhood of Nikon shooters is proudly announced by the company logo atop the viewfinder hump, the silver D60 badge at top right and the trademark red swath on the handgrip, just below the shutter release.The grip material is slightly textured hard plastic.There's an infrared receiver (which works with the optional ML-元 wireless remote control) on the front of the grip, and a large autofocus assist light (which also blinks during self-timer shooting) between the grip and the lens mount.The lens release button is found on the right side of the lens mount. A point-by-point analysis, though, proves that everything you need to shoot in fully automatic or more manually-controlled modes is included and easy to find. To achieve its diminutive design, a top-mounted LCD readout and second control knob went by the wayside. Detail catch in both shadow and highlight areas is both active and excellent D-lighting actually improves with this impressive dynamic range functionality.The D60 is a handsome, straightforward camera that straddles the line between delightfully compact and annoyingly shrunken. Pictures are generally (slightly ) on the warm side of neutral and a little contrastier than the typical. An essential new feature for Nikon’s entry-level version is that the integration of an anti-dust program and This type of system is obviously the first thing on a photographer’s wish-list while it averts disappointments and a great deal of editing later, That is why I am quite happy with the so-called Airflow Control System because dust is an annoying occurrence which each DSLR photographer has undergone in his photography career.Ī little drawback is that Nikon D60 does not have an internal focus engine so that it doesn’t autofocus on old-style screw-drive autofocus (AF) lenses, It works nicely with contemporary Nikon AF-S, AF-I, and G lenses however lenses form the 1980s might not autofocus on Nikon D60. Colors are bright, color accurate, and slightly oversaturated in the default setting.
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