2.5", 230,000-dot color LCD monitor with 170° wide-angle viewing
The Nikon D60 includs the AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR (Vibration Reduction) Image Stabilization lens. Nikkor lenses are famous for breathtaking sharpness and faithful color. With fast startup and split-second shutter response, the D60 eliminates the frustration of shutter delay, capturing moments that other cameras miss. Capture sports action, precious moments and fleeting expressions at up to 3 frames per second, for as many as 100 consecutive JPEG images. Nikon's Active Dust Reduction System activates automatically, along with Airflow Control technology to reduce the amount of dust that reaches the sensor.
Intuitive controls and an onboard Help Menu System with Assist Images make the D60 truly easy to use, enabling everyone to capture beautiful memories perfectly. Nikon's original digital image processing concept, Expeed, comprehensively optimizes pictures, shot after shot. Eight Digital Vari-Program Modes include: Auto, Auto Flash-Off, Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close Up and Night Portrait; each of which adjusts automatically for optimal results for everyday shooting situations. Each mode considers lighting conditions and possibilities, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, hue, tone, sharpening and more to make creative photography as simple as rotating the mode dial.
Beautifully styled, the D60 makes high-performance digital SLR photography easier and more convenient than ever. You'll be amazed at the power packed into a camera that weighs just over 16 ounces. The auto rotating LCD display provides automatic horizontal and vertical graphic display orientation. The D60's 3D Color Matrix Metering II evaluates each scene for brightness, color, contrast, size and position of shadows and highlights, selected focus area and camera-to-subject distance, comparing that information against an onboard database of more than 30,000 actual photographic scenes. The result delivers instantly and precisely determined exposures for each scene, even in challenging lighting conditions.
The D60's Optimize Image setting lets photographers adjust color, contrast and sharpening, as well as other image settings, according to the type of scene or output desired. Settings include: Normal, Softer, Vivid, More Vivid, Portrait, Custom and Black and White, each of which are automatically adjusted based on sophisticated Nikon algorithms or user-selected settings for optimum results. Nikon's innovative i-TTL flash control evaluates flash exposure with incredible precision to achieve better automatic flash balance and deliver outstanding results. The built-in Speedlight is always at the ready and brings beautiful exposures in darkened conditions, as well as adding sparkle for fill flash in outdoor situations for enhanced twilight shots or an added impact to daylight images. In low-light or back-light situations, added illumination from the built-in Speedlight can make the difference between an average snapshot and a dazzling picture.
The D60's advanced 3-Area AF system and the refined algorithms inherited from more advanced Nikon digital SLR cameras deliver fast, efficient and precise Autofocus. AF refinements deliver greater precision with fast, more consistent subject acquisition and improved focus tracking for consistently sharper pictures. Highly versatile in-camera editing features through the Retouch Menu include Nikon D-Lighting, Red-Eye Correction, Image Trim, Image Overlay, Monochrome (Black and White, Sepia and Cyanotype) along with Skylight, Warm Tone and Color Balance filter effects. New effects and controls include Quick Retouch, NEF (RAW) Processing, Cross Star and Color Intensifier filters. This provides greater creative freedom without the need for a computer for those who prefer to send pictures directly to a printer. Create a stop-motion animation from a sequence of images for added creative fun to your pictures.
The supplied EN-EL9 rechargeable battery will allow for shooting up to 500 images per charge based on CIPA battery testing standards.
Image Capture Device:
Single-lens reflex digital camera
Effective Pixels: 10.2 million
Total Pixels: 10.75 million
Image Sensor: 23.6 x 15.8mm CCD sensor
Image Size (pixels): [L] 3,872 x 2,592; [M] 2,896 x 1,944; [S] 1,936 x 1,296
Magnification: Approximately 0.8x (50mm f/1.4 lens at infinity; -1.0 m-1)
Eyepoint: 18mm (-1.0 m-1)
Diopter Adjustment: -1.7 to +0.5 m-1
Compatible Lenses:
AF-S and AF-I Nikkor; all functions supported
Type G or D AF Nikkor not equipped with an autofocus motor; all functions supported except autofocus
Non-Type G or D AF Nikkor not equipped with an autofocus motor; all functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II and autofocus
IX-Nikkor and AF-Nikkor for F3AF; not supported
Type D PC Nikkor; all functions supported except some shooting modes
AI-P Nikkor; all functions supported except 3D color matrix metering II
Non-CPU; autofocus not supported; can be used in exposure mode M, but exposure meter does not function
Lens with maximum aperture of f/5.6 or faster; electronic rangefinder can be used
Shutter Speed: 1/4,000 to 30 seconds in steps of 1/3 EV; bulb, time (optional ML-L3 wireless remote control required)
Light Metering Method:
TTL exposure metering using 420-segment RGB sensor
Matrix: 3D color matrix metering II (type G and D lenses); color matrix metering II (other CPU lenses)
Center-Weighted: Weight of 75% given to 8mm circle in center of frame
Spot: Meters 3.5mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point (on center focus point when non-CPU lens is used) Range (ISO 100, f/1.4 lens, 20°C/68°F)
Matrix or Center-Weighted Metering: 0 - 20 EV
Spot Metering: 2 - 20 EV
Exposure:
Digital Vari-program (Auto, Auto [flash off], Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close up, Night portrait)
Programmed auto (P) with flexible program
Shutter-priority auto (S)
Aperture-priority auto (A)
Manual (M)
Built-in Flash:
Flash Sync Speed: X=1/200 seconds; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 second or slower
Shooting Specifications:
Release Mode: Single frame, Continuous, Self-timer, Remote control (optional ML-L3 Wireless Remote Control required)
Frame Advance Rate: Up to 3 fps (by selecting manual focus mode, rotating the mode dial to S or M selecting a shutter speed of 1/250 second or faster, and using defaults for all other settings)
Self-Timer: Can be selected from 2, 5, 10 and 20 second duration
Dust Reduction System: Image Sensor Cleaning System, Airflow Control System, Image Dust Off reference data (optional Capture NX software required)
Image Storage:
SD memory cards, SDHC compliant
Image/Movie File Format:
File Format: NEF (RAW): 12-bit compressed
JPEG-baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression
NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
File System: DCF (Design Rule for Camera File System) 2.0, DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), Exif 2.21 (Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras), PictBridge
