Nikon D60 Review

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Full Review The E-P3 is Olympus’ most expensive and largest M4/3 camera. Their current line-up includes the E-PL and E-PM (Lite and Micro, respectively) cameras, each designed to be a little smaller and lighter than the last. To put it in Apple fanboi terms, the E-P3 is, then, the iPod Touch while the E-PL is the Nano and the E-PM is the Shuffle. Each of these cameras can mount any of the M4/3 lenses Olympus manufactures. The E-P3, then, is the granddaddy of Olympus’ M4/3 line. The MSRP of $899 gets you the camera and a M. Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm II R f3.5/5.6 Zoom lens (or a 17mm prime lens, but that’s may be a little less useful for beginning shooters) and the camera comes in silver, black, and white. It weighs 13 ounces and is five inches wide. It has a 3-inch touchscreen that allows you to instantly focus on any part of the image with a single tap. A mode wheel on the top offers various shooting modes while a separate Function button allows for quick access to the camera’s various settings. There is a dedicated video button on the back of the camera and the on/off switch is carefully recessed, unlike the buttons on previous Olympus M4/3 cameras.

There is no optical viewfinder although you can purchase an after-market viewfinder that fits into the camera’s hot shoe. A pop-up flash button hides on the left rear edge while a number of quick-set buttons and dials grace the rear for manual control of aperture and speed. The front is featureless except for the lens release button.

A full run-down of every feature is far beyond the scope of this review and I’m coming at this from a user’s perspective. To be clear, if you’re looking to read this review and then pick apart my camera prowess in comments, go here instead . I’m an enthusiast, writing this review for beginning enthusiasts including, but not limited to, folks taking a long trip, new parents, and wannabe street photographers. I’m essentially comparing this camera to entry level offerings from Canon (the Rebel series, perhaps the G12 most specifically) and Nikon (the D60 and D80). I am fully aware that you are a camera god and can shoot a wedding using only an old Quaker’s Oats box with a hole pricked in the front and a piece of muslin covered in gelatin silver halide. This camera is clearly not for you.

What lenses will fit my NIkon D60 digital camera? - Ratings ...

Yup, pretty much any SLR lens by Nikon, except the Pronea (Advantax) lenses and some weird fish eyes. With very old lenses, you have to use Manual Mode only. They have no metering, and you have to adjust the shutter speed, aperture, Focus and ISO setting by itself.

Lenses marked AF or AF-D will meter with the D60, but they won’t focus

Lenses marked AF-I or AF-S will work great!

However, you can still set the focus point with manual focus lenses and rely on the little dot in the viewfinder to find perfect focus. Also, the D60 has a rangefinder that can be used with lenses produced after 1977.

Basically any Nikkor or Nikon series e lens except for some really old fisheyes and the Pronea lenses will fit. All the other ones will fit, including non-AI.

Also, Sigma, Tokina, Tamron, Tokina, and some other third party lenses with Nikon mounts will fit.

In order to get autofocus, you need a Nikkor lens marked AF-S or AF-I, or Sigma lenses marked HSM.

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