Digital cameras: It seems Nikon D60 is for dummies !
It seems Nikon D60 is for dummies !
by gubak1 - 1/29/08 5:56 AMWell, it's obvious that Nikon is caving in to pressure to make d-SLRs for idiots like my relative who couldn't understand why I sold my p-s Sony H1 last year--a camera which was horrendous with lag and blow-outs when shooting flash shots of our new daughter--for our Nikon D40. He said "why sell a camera that can make movies so you can buy one that can't?" He said this as he was standing underneath crisp 13 1/3 x 20" blowups of fireworks and landscapes taken by the D40.
You can check this camera at:
http://www.infoborder.com/Digital_Cameras/Nikon/d60.php
Yes it will make Nikon money but I still say--why accomodate these embicles? What they need is a Coolpix. If they can't work an SLR they shouldn't buy one.
And again--where are the AF-S primes? No such class discrimination ("if you want AF w/primes get the D80") exists with the other brands. This is just disgusting.
Nikon D60
by snapshot2
- 1/29/08 1:18 PM
In reply to: It seems Nikon D60 is for dummies ! by gubak1
The Nikon D60 is the replacement for the D40/D40x cameras.
It is their new lowest priced Nikon DSLR camera.
Aimed at first time buyers of DSLR cameras.
So, why accommodate new DSLR users?
They are the future buyers of more costly Nikon equipment.
Experienced DSLR users should be looking at the D80 or D300.
A new replacement for the D80 will likely occur in the next 6 months.
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i know
by QW55 - 1/30/08 8:16 AM In reply to: It seems Nikon D60 is for dummies ! by gubak1It's usually all about megapixels, live view, screen, anti-dust, anti-shake. It's actually (for me) good to see that Nikon hasn't outfitted the D60 with live view and bloated the resolution and screen size. Sure, it's a little disappointing to wait so long for so little, and Canon will garner a lot of followers this time around. I agree on the AF-S primes - seems like the only ones right now are the 105 VR Micro-Nikkor and the 60mm AF-S Micro-Nikkor, as well as the pro-grade bank-breaking super-teles (EG 600mm). By the way, is the 24mm PC-E an AF-S? Canon, on the other hand, has the 50mm f/1.4 USM, f/1.2USM, 85mmf/1.2L USM, 85mmf/1.4?USM, 28mmUSM, and then those telephoto primes. I would have also liked the older menus(i like the eye-sensor and screen sensing thing though), more AF pts (7 at least), and AF-S. Guess I'll have to buy a D80 or wait for the D80s/D90 instead.
Well, the good thing is, the D40 lives on.
Then, change brand
by bleech - 3/25/08 7:11 AM In reply to: i know by QW55Buy an Evolt, or a k200.
Which, by the way, has true backwards legacy compatibility, not the one Nikon announces with all those exceptions.
The thing is: start thinking out of the box and buy the stuff not for what it says on top of the mirror box, but on how it handles.
And, by the way, the main problem of "upper" Nikon, Canon and Sonys [not so much Pentax and Oly] is that they are way too bulky. Is it the illiterate "mine is bigger" what adds up?
Ask Leica, Cosina-Voightlander, Olympus and Pentax and so on about how difficult, expensive and nerve-wracking good tiny things are.
Thing is, I donīt know why the small dSLRīs have to be for amateurs only. Quite very often, what you need is a snappy and unobtrusive camera. That is precisely what the D80-D300-40D-5D are NOT. And the Sigma DP1 has a fixed lens.
Enter, then, the small highres Oly 420, k100Super and K200, preferably with pancake lenses.
Nikon entry level D-SLR
by hjfok - 1/31/08 8:12 PM In reply to: It seems Nikon D60 is for dummies ! by gubak1Nikon has done some smart business moves to sell these low priced entry level D-SLR to recruit newbies into their systems. Since Sony and other mega companies are entering the SLR market, Nikon is trying to grab as many newbies as they can before these mega companies develop competitive products to topple the dominance of Canon and Nikon. And it works.
And Nikon is sly enough to "cripple" their entry level D-SLR, so that newbies who want to advance cannot stay with the cheap equipment, and will need to buy the more expensive line of products. They do offer some awesome AF-S high quality large aperture zooms but those are over $1000 each piece. If you spend that much to buy those lenses, mind as well change the camera with better AF for those large aperute lenses. They know how to do business and get your money.
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