Nikon F60

I owned a manual focus SLR with simple aperture priority or manual exposure and thought it was all I would ever need. Why do you need auto focus when you're looking through the lens anyway. I moved to the F60 only because I wanted a camera I could put in a housing and use underwater. Since I've used it I really appreciate the ease of use of auto focus, although if you main subject is off centre you have to recognise this and take control. Above ...
...use and a thumb wheel allows you to very easily adjust the shutter speed/aperture combination. Underwater I use autofocus all the time and TTL with an external flash which works very well. Although now I come to the one failing I have found with the camera. All the auto exposure mode use matrix metering and you have no choice in this. If you're shooting a main subject close up with the background some distance away the camera fires the flash at full ...

Kendo 27.04.2001 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Nikon F60

The F60 is a reasonably capable (but fairly basic) entry-level SLR. Discontinued now, but can be bought very cheaply secondhand. The body has a very plasticky feel to it; the plastic is slightly textured, but it isn't covered with any grippy substance (eg. rubber) at all. This makes the camera feel cheap (which it is) and fragile. The camera has a fair amount of preset shooting modes (this could be good for a beginner) in addition to the usual P, ...
...30 secs - 1/2000th sec + B, flash sync is 1/125th sec. The motor wind is slow (only 1 fps), with continuous drive only available in "sport/action" mode (as is continuous AF). Being an entry level model; the F60 only works properly with either AF, AF-D, AF-G lenses. AI or AI-S lenses can be used, but the lightmeter won't work. AF-S lenses allow the lightmeter to function, but the AF won't (AF-S lenses are probably beyond the reach of many F60 owners, ...

sillyconguru 25.11.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Nikon F60

as a former died in the wool, manual focus only, AF is for wimps sort of snapper I've always avoided this kind of photo-gear..but I have to admit that trying the F50 & F60 out last year was a treat only actually had it in my possession to teach someone the basic principles of photography as they were getting an F60 to take to Antarctica as part of a UNESCO trip but after only a short while, and seeing the cracking results that my formerly photo-dunce ...
...features, pin sharp focussing, simple controls for novices but with advanced settings ideal for the higher level user this piece of photo-gear is a great bit of kit and I liked it so much...I bought one for myself! Ditching a few older bits of equipment I got a handy boxed set and have only one small complaint...battery life ain't as good as it could be and no audible low battery-level warning signal to give you some notice! Otherwise, good gear! ...

SP 06.12.2000 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Nikon F60

I bought a Nikon F60 as my first camera as my dad always had a Nikon and I wanted a quality camera too. It's robust, easy to hold and operate, takes great pictures, but I have one complaint. The focus button is also the button that you press to take the picture. So it's happened quite a lot that the picture can't auto focus (for example it may be dark) and the camera just goes mad zooming in and out forever blurred). Even when you think the light ...
...it all over again, if Nikon does any cameras without a dual focus / taking photo button I would buy that since this is a great camera except for this flaw. My boyfriend just looks on in boredom sometimes whilst I try and take a picture and it does not want to ! Buy it if the price is amazing. ...

bexbex 23.04.2003 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of Nikon F60