Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR

D60 is the upgrade for D40x which I owned previously. The differences between two are too small to excuse upgrading from D40x. If you own D40 and would like more resolution then D60 may fit the receipt. For D40x owners only truthful gain is the VR lens which is perhaps only vaguely better than the non-VR one that comes with D40x (for the zoom series of 18-55mm). Off course I am not forgetting D-Lighting which is a, much touted figure but I didn't see noticeable difference in condition. Using Active D-Lighting makes the camera take longer to except cinema. It could take a few seconds before you can review the photo on LCD.


For people looking for their first DSLR camera, D60 is a great superior. It is very cool to use and provides brilliant similes lacking requiring a lot of practical skill. Actually the images I shaped with my D60 (and D40x) were better and sharper than everybody else in my photography panache (with students with anything from compact and partly-pro feature and point cameras, Canon XT and XTi and Olympus E-510). It doesn't have live survey which I would've liked because I mean to use stand for a lot of my shots. Like its predecessors, it doesn't have an auto-focus motor in the body so your lens selection is limited but for a beginner that shouldn't be a supply. It would've been kind to have advanced flaunt sync haste but hey you can't have it all. I have no regrets about wholesale D60 (I had a bunch of unused gift cards from Christmas so I didn't have to pay a lot from my pinch).

Here is my opinion for you: If you are looking for a painless to use DSLR which take superb photos and can give it then buy it. I would definitely advice D60 over D40x (unless you are cutback a pair of hundred dollars or more). If you are on a budget then go with D40 which is a brilliant camera and should now be even cheaper.
If you import this camera (or D40), I extremely endorse receiving 55-200 VR lens which is around $200. Add that to the kit lens and flummox in a SB-400 or SB-600 spark and you'll have a set up that is hard to beat for about a massive. D60 is a lot of camera in a small body.
After having the camera for a few months, I still fondness it. It produces pictures as good as, or better than Canon's new Xsi and for a lot fewer. At around $630 for the kit, it is a great pact.