Nikon D60
This is a condensed review of the Nikon D60 provided by DPReviews.com. The full review can be found at the link provided.
Conclusion - Pros
Good resolution and detail (especially at lower ISO settings)
Good dynamic range (better than D40 and slightly better than D40X)
Surprisingly good build quality, tight shut lines
New Dust removal system and very useful manual focus rangefinder
Very compact and lightweight yet still comfortable to use
New kit lens offers good optical performance and effective image stabilization
Great in-use performance, very responsive, short black-out time, very fast media write
Good fast auto focus system
Auto-focus assist lamp rather than requiring flash to be raised
Very reliable metering and excellent flash exposure
Bright, punchy 'out of camera' JPEG results using default settings
For a Pentamirror the viewfinder delivers a surprisingly bright image
Extremely useful, customizable automatic sensitivity (ISO)
Active D-Lighting does a good job of lifting shadows (though slows camera down)
All playback functions available in record review
Very attractive and intuitive menu system
Information display gives fast access to all important shooting parameters and now rotates
Unlimited 3 fps continuous shooting in JPEG mode (with a reasonably fast card)
Good SD card throughput and decent USB 2.0 transfer speed
In-camera retouching features including sophisticated raw to JPEG conversion
Good large LCD monitor with wide viewing angles
Dedicated help button provides both shooting and in-menu assistance
Programmable Fn hard button
Value for money
Conclusion - Cons
No lens motor in body means non-AF-S/AF-I lenses are manual focus only
Disappointingly RAW+JPEG setting only records Basic quality JPEG's
Default settings a little on the soft side at a pixel level
High ISO performance good, but not as good as best in class
No exposure or white balance bracketing
No hard buttons (without customizing) for ISO or White Balance
No depth-of-field preview
Fixed exposure steps (1/3 EV)
Disappointing automatic white balance performance in incandescent light
Supplied software still offers limited raw conversion options
Limited image parameter adjustment (especially for color saturation)
No Mass Storage USB support (MTP/PTP only)
