DivePhotoGuide
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Check it out: Nikon Announces The D60 DSLR :: DivePhotoGuide.com - The Underwater Photo & Video Portal
Too many new cameras to keep track of!
Too many new cameras to keep track of!
Nikon D60 Announced Today
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mike_s
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so basically it's a D40x with extra features? (and more cost)?
has the same sensor as the D40x, same frames per second, same body.
what is a real shame is that they are releasing a new camera without the ability to have a "live viewfinder view" on the rear LCD. They did this with the recently released D300 and Olympus alreay does this with their entry level DSLR's. Shame Nikon won't.
Odd they named it the D60, since Canon already has a camera by the same name.
has the same sensor as the D40x, same frames per second, same body.
what is a real shame is that they are releasing a new camera without the ability to have a "live viewfinder view" on the rear LCD. They did this with the recently released D300 and Olympus alreay does this with their entry level DSLR's. Shame Nikon won't.
Odd they named it the D60, since Canon already has a camera by the same name.
I'm not a fan of live view. I can do without it. They implemented it also on the D3, which I picked up just recently. After trying it out, I doubt that I'd ever use it as it is really jerky, can't be used for accurate focusing, and is an overall pain in the ass to use.
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DivePhotoGuide
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I just got the D3 too. As you point out, the live view functionality on the D3 and D300 are virtually useless, especially underwater. I'd forget about it.
As for quality of the D60, I can only imagine that it's a far superior camera to the D40x, even though it is based on the same body. Megapixels alone do not indicate quality. The D300 is a better camera than the D2x, the D3 is less than 2 MP greater than the D200 yet it is a world apart. The quality of the sensor the "size of the pixels" is improving and Nikon really nailed it with this last round of cameras. They are game changers to a degree - the D300 & D3 are amazing and I have to imagine that the D60 will also rock.
On another note - our Technical Editor at DPG, Mike McNamara (17 year veteran Executive Technical Editor at Popular Photography Magazine) is at PMA this week. He's going to come back with a report and I'm sure he'll get his hands on a D60 pre-production model (possibly at PMA this week) and write a review for us soon, stay tuned. I'll post it here when it comes in...
As for quality of the D60, I can only imagine that it's a far superior camera to the D40x, even though it is based on the same body. Megapixels alone do not indicate quality. The D300 is a better camera than the D2x, the D3 is less than 2 MP greater than the D200 yet it is a world apart. The quality of the sensor the "size of the pixels" is improving and Nikon really nailed it with this last round of cameras. They are game changers to a degree - the D300 & D3 are amazing and I have to imagine that the D60 will also rock.
On another note - our Technical Editor at DPG, Mike McNamara (17 year veteran Executive Technical Editor at Popular Photography Magazine) is at PMA this week. He's going to come back with a report and I'm sure he'll get his hands on a D60 pre-production model (possibly at PMA this week) and write a review for us soon, stay tuned. I'll post it here when it comes in...
mike_s
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Well I don't think i'd use 'live view' for most shots, but it'd be nice for when I'd have to hold the camera up over my head to take a shot so that I could see a little of what it was pointed at....
since I've had my Nikon, I haven't really missed not having live view though...
it still surprises me they don't have it as it will be a marketing/selling point for some people.
OP
DivePhotoGuide
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When live view is on, the auto focus system doesn't work as well. Live view essentially lifts the main mirror up so light hits the sensor, thereby throwing AF outta whack. I hear that there should be a firmware update for that soon. But it's kind of a bummer, although I don't know if I'd use live view anyway after years of peeking through my view finder
One nice thing about the D60 is that it should fit most D40x housings pretty well. My distributor is taking a D40x housing with him to PMA to see. Should know more soon.
Jack
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mike_s
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good thing you point out... I didn't realize it had a problem. I knew it flipped the mirror up somehow, but haven't messed with it. (my camera doesn't support live view anyway).
Peter_C
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I've found live view to be very useful for overhead shots. Haven't had any focus problems so far. Played with it a little on close stuff and found that if I put the camera on full time auto focus, I could frame the shot, lock the focus, then click off three or four shots while moving and they'd all be in focus. The D300 is fast enough that I can click, flip, check and shoot within a second. My P & S won't auto focus in that time. Not sure how it will do in low light. Definitely have to set the camera to forget the focus lock out. I tried some low light shots and couldn't get the camera to pull the trigger unless I put it in manual.
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