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Finally! I received my Nikon D60 this morning. I was happy like a little kid getting his new toy. In the big box I found the Nikon D60 18-55 VR Kit, a Nikon ML-L3 infrared remote, an A-Data 4GB 133x SDHC memory card, a Fomei bag and 6 months subscription to the National Geographic magazine. A lot of stuff to unpack. It was a real joy.
I unpacked the camera body and the objective. After taking down the caps, I carefully attached the objective to the body, then I inserted the memory card and the battery. I moved the power switch to ON and it started up in less about 1 second.
I had some trouble attaching the neck strap to the camera body, but after many attempts a succeeded. A good thing about the objective is the VR(vibration reduction), works as it should. Sometimes on low light the auto focus is slow. The camera menu is great, easy to understand and use. Takes great images at high ISO, compared to my old camera. Another great thing, when you put your eye to the viewfinder, the display shuts down. This saves a lot of battery, this means longer shooting time. I tested the infrared remote, works good from any angle, helps a lot for night shootings. The only problem is that you have to change the release mode from shutter to infrared and then back if want to use the shutter. This is a little annoying but I can live with that.
The images from the first shots were normal pictures. Nothing special about them. No contrast, no sharpness, no tones. Then I found in the SHOOTING MENU there is a custom image optimization beside the other predefined customizations, like image sharpening, tone compensation, color mode, saturation and hue adjustment. After playing around with these I managed to achieve what I desired.
Overall is a good D-SLR camera. Better then the Canon 450D. I had the opportunity to play around with a 450D and it feels cheap and the colors are not that good as the D60.
I unpacked the camera body and the objective. After taking down the caps, I carefully attached the objective to the body, then I inserted the memory card and the battery. I moved the power switch to ON and it started up in less about 1 second.
I had some trouble attaching the neck strap to the camera body, but after many attempts a succeeded. A good thing about the objective is the VR(vibration reduction), works as it should. Sometimes on low light the auto focus is slow. The camera menu is great, easy to understand and use. Takes great images at high ISO, compared to my old camera. Another great thing, when you put your eye to the viewfinder, the display shuts down. This saves a lot of battery, this means longer shooting time. I tested the infrared remote, works good from any angle, helps a lot for night shootings. The only problem is that you have to change the release mode from shutter to infrared and then back if want to use the shutter. This is a little annoying but I can live with that.
The images from the first shots were normal pictures. Nothing special about them. No contrast, no sharpness, no tones. Then I found in the SHOOTING MENU there is a custom image optimization beside the other predefined customizations, like image sharpening, tone compensation, color mode, saturation and hue adjustment. After playing around with these I managed to achieve what I desired.
Overall is a good D-SLR camera. Better then the Canon 450D. I had the opportunity to play around with a 450D and it feels cheap and the colors are not that good as the D60.
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