Built on 90 years of optical expertise and decades of award-winning camera designs, the Nikon family of cameras covers every type of picture-taker - from seasoned professionals to travelers on vacation. The D60 is the latest example of Nikon innovation, transforming complex technology into a fun, powerful and easy-to-use camera. Nikon delivers the cutting-edge technologies you would expect from a digital SLR - fast response, creative versatility, breathtaking image quality - while eliminating complications and frustrations so that taking pictures is enjoyable and stress-free. With 10.2 megapixels, the D60's image sensor delivers high-resolution pictures with rich, faithful color and detail that are ready for stunning enlargements. It also gives you the freedom to crop pictures exactly as you want them. And with Nikon's 3D Color Matrix Metering II, you can expect beautifully exposed pictures under almost any lighting condition, with Nikon's original digital image processing concept, EXPEED, comprehensively optimizing your pictures, shot after shot.
Dust in front of your camera sensor can mean distracting spots on your pictures. That's why Nikon does everything to ensure clear pictures, including minimizing the build-up and appearance of dust.
Nikon's exclusive Airflow Control System is one of the two main protections against dust. It leads air within the mirror box towards small ducts near the base, preventing internal dust from settling in front of the image sensor. The D60's second form of defense is the Imaging Sensor Cleaning function, which was originally built for the D300.
Every time you turn the camera on or off, this function uses vibrations to steer dust away from the optical low-pass filter in front of the sensor (deactivation and manual activation are also possible).
Nikon engineers have also dealt with dust and other tiny particles in many other ways to prevent such image-degrading material from attaching to the filter or being seen by the sensor when you are taking pictures.
With all these measures in place, you can concentrate on getting the shot while exploring the wide array of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses that a Nikon digital SLR opens up to you.
With the D60, you will always be prepared to shoot a wide variety of subject matter. Just turn the mode dial to fit your shooting situation and beautiful results are yours instantly.
Simply press the shutter release button, and the camera handles all the settings.
Captures scenes using only available lighting. Ideal for museums, weddings or any situation where a flash is prohibited or inappropriate.
Keep your main subject in sharp focus with a soft background for more pleasing portraits.
Ideal for beautiful scenery with great perspectives and optimized greens and blues.
Delivers fresh, natural skin tones for stunning shots of children. Clothing also vividly rendered.
Freeze fast-moving subjects easily, and discover great moments hidden in the action.
Find beauty in small details by focusing sharply on a small area with a softly blurred background. Ideal for flowers and coins or other small treasures.
Capture your main subject in low light while retaining a natural-looking background exposure.
Choose from one of the automatically selected shutter speed/aperture combinations. Also allows control over exposure compensation, metering, and other features.
You determine the shutter speed to freeze or blur motion, while the camera decides the ideal aperture.
Simply select the aperture to control the depth-of-field, and the camera determines the ideal shutter speed.
Choose both the shutter speed and the aperture on your own. Refer to the electronic analog exposure display for help with appropriate exposures.
The D60 lets you control the shutter speed, with speeds ranging from 1/4000 to 30 sec. You will be able to freeze just about any action or movement: sports, wildlife, children and even splashing water! With slow shutter speeds, you can express the movement of the subjects.
The D60 has a wide range of ISO settings: from ISO 100 to ISO 1600, plus one step higher (Hi 1). This gives you considerably faster shutter speed capability, resulting in beautiful images without a flash in many low-light situations – all free from the blur caused by camera-shake or subject movement.
Another benefit is Nikon’s Noise reduction feature. When activated, this function automatically reduces unwanted noise in any picture taken with the D60 above ISO 400.
Sometimes, even a perfectly exposed scene will not render an ideal photograph. With difficult lighting conditions, important details can be lost in the highlights and shadows.
But with Nikon’s Active D-Lighting, the D60 can correct these exposure issues instantly and automatically, while you shoot. Simply set Active D-Lighting before you start shooting.
Active D-Lighting is available when "Matrix" is selected for metering.
Exposure compensation is available with P/S/A/M modes and can be very important to achieve properly exposed pictures of extremely bright or dark subjects. Increase the compensation for accuracy in extremely bright areas. For scenes dominated by dark colors, simply lower the compensation until the image appears as you see fit.
In order to capture an action shot properly, you need a fast and reliable focusing system. The D60 has you covered. The key is Nikon’s exclusive three-point Multi-CAM 530 AF Sensor Module.
Nikon’s class-leading technology is at the heart of the system, so you’ll get incredibly fast responses and tack-sharp images, even when your subjects are moving or dimly lit.
Amazing moments can pass by quickly, but the D60’s high-speed continuous shooting helps capture fast-moving action at up to 3 pictures per second* for as many as 100 (JPEG) pictures.
Also, the fast 0.19-second startup, split-second shooting time lag and rapid, accurate autofocus help you capture more fast-moving moments with precision.
*The fastest frame rates can be achieved by choosing manual focus, rotating the mode dial to S or M and selecting a shutter speed of 1/250 s or faster, using defaults for all other settings.
Cameras see light differently than we do, but Nikon’s incredible 3D Color Matrix Metering II gets you incredibly accurate exposures automatically. Thanks to its built-in database of over 30,000 lighting scenarios, the D60 calculates precise exposures in ways no one else can deliver, taking into account every element of your scene, including contrast, color, highlights and shadows. It’s like having a seasoned professional at your fingertips, and all you have to do is point and shoot.
Different light sources produce different colors in pictures, the D60’s remarkable white balance technology ensures that your pictures are unaffected. Advanced Auto White Balance handles most lighting situations automatically, but when using P/S/A/M modes, you can also choose your own settings independently, or according to your lighting situation (Incandescent, Fluorescent, Direct sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, Shade, Preset manual).
Proper flash lighting used to require skill, time and patience. With the D60, however, flash photography is simple, instant and accurate. Thanks to Nikon’s cutting-edge i-TTL flash technology, all the complicated calculations happen automatically, giving you balanced flash illumination under almost any conditions, even difficult lighting situations such as backlit subjects. With AUTO mode, you just point, shoot and let the camera do the rest. It’s that simple.
The Optimize Image menu offers 7 options: Normal, Softer, Vivid, More vivid, Portrait, Black-and-white and Custom. Select the final look for your pictures considering the shooting situation and your own personal taste.
