Ease of use

Will not take a shot if the conditions aren't perfect...ie: no movement, no backlighting. A little too point and shoot for me.

This is a great beginners camera, but it is lacking some features, such as.......depth of field preview, ISO adjuster, cable release, and focusing that handles movement better.

Customer Service

Haven't need it.

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= Great beginner camera - my wife and kids turn out perfectly exposed in-focus pics every time.
= Surprisingly solid - was dropped onto concrete when new - severe scratching to film door, but still works perfectly

=Total lack of metering with non-CPU lenses is inexcusable! All my Tamron Adaptalls have been rendered redundent. This is a very poor customer relations strategy by Nikon.
= Autofocus is sometimes slow and inconsistent.
= Motordrive is too slow at 1.0 fps.

This is a well made, solid camera that consistently produces good results.
= However, like many of the other reviewers I can see myself upgrading fairly quickly, and relegating the F60 to a souped-up point-n-shoot for the wife and kids to use.
= I was appalled to find (after I bought the thing) that my manual lenses turn off the meter! There is just no excuse for this - I doubt that it saves a cent in the manufacturing!

Customer Service

= Never used it

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Balance, it's easy to hold in the hand. Good results. Wide range of used lens / flash available that go well with the camera.

No cable release, lack of street cred among some photographers.

I bought this camera as a point and shoot backup to my ever faithful Pentax P30T. I enjoy shooting drag racing and clouds, so devote the Pentax to the tripod and the F60 handheld. I have never missed a DOF preview on the F60, in fact I have never bothered to use it on the Pentax either.
When I was looking for a camera, I looked at many cameras, both new and second hand. I would have bought a 801s if I could have found one in good enough condition.

I'm happy with my F60.

I used the F60 with a SB24 and 28-85 lens for a wedding and was very pleased with the results.

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Not used

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Hmmm. Various Pentax, Canon, Nikon

Good entry into the Nikon line. Very easy to use. Good (and pratical) canned programs. Fully manual mode, fully automatic mode and intermediate modes (P,A,S). Decent flash. AF a little slow but very precise.

No cable release. No DOF preview. Can't manually select exposure mode (spot or center). Does not meter with MF lenses. No ISO setting (but you can set the EV wich does the exact same thing).

Great beginner camera. Price is very hard to beat. Well built, access to a huge selection of Nikkor lenses. The newer N65 seems to answer most of it's weaknesses, so if the price is rigth, you migth want to get that new one.

A serious beginner will eventually out grow it (it may take a couple of years...), but it will remain a good backup body. Again, great value.

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Never needed it.

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F-601m

Feels very solid compared to others of the same price.

No cable-release
Dark viewfinder
Low quality lens.
Can´t use manual lenses.!
Slow focus.

When i bought this camera, the salesman told that I newer would use all the features in the N/F60. He was right! I moslty use the apperature priority. Sometimes manual. I never use the preprogrammed modes, I find them useless. The viefinder is to dark, and you can´t use manual lenses. It would be nice to be able to connect a cable release wire, but the selftrigger is somewhat usable in this case. If you´re not planning getting into taking sportspictures, or dont mind the slow focus, this is a good camera for beginners. However, if you want more features, but are on a budget, look for the new N/F 65 or Canon 300. Consider a used camera, maybe a full manual one?.

Customer Service

Never used.

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Others: Konica T4 and Pentax MG

Easy to use, quite precise metering w/D lenses, metal gear, versatile.
A good choice to come in the Nikon world.
Embedded flash has a bit more big GN than the usual (15 instead 12).

Unaccepable, absurd, incomprehensible the lack of metering with AI lenses, same as the lack of manual ISO setting. There are near only software setting problems (could be enough a combination between the exixtent buttons for the ISO setting...), so they are precise Nikon marketing choices: WHY?!?!?!?
Autofocus not so fast, but enough precise.
No manual focus adjust without move the lever (or buy the last Sigma products, i.e. the 105/2,8 macro...)

Good choice, if you now their important limits and are not important for you; unfortunately, you'll know this only when you have read the manuale (or when the vendor say you about it... but I was not lucky with my "ex"-vendor...).
Better than EOS 300 and Minolta 505, that have a plastic gear and similar other characteristics.

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No need

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None: before I used a Konica T3 and an Olympus OM2n, each for a dozen of years.

Wonderful feel and great weight. Simple and easy to use for begineers like me! Quick recharging of flash (4 secs) and it doesn't pop up automatically, which I hate.

No auto bracketing or mulitple exposure. Cannot change the ISO setting. Built in flash isn't up to much (but what SLR camera's, at this price is?!?). No remote shutter release possible. View finder a bit dark. No depth of field preview (but I wouldn't like to use DOF with the viewfinder being dark already.

Great camera for beginners with excellent lens back up, if a bit expensive. In hindsight I think i would have gone for the F65 (N65 in USA) as it has the features I now miss.

Customer Service

not required yet (and hopefully never)

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Strong /solid feel.
Robust.
After all - It's a NIKON

No depth of field, spot metering.
Immediate release of F65.

I had to buy the F60 through a friend in Hong Kong as Nikon does not have an authorised sales presence in India: Too high government duties and an extremely strong grey market presence. Nikon outsells other brands by a great margin.
I wish Nikon did not release the F65 so soon. Nonetheless I am very happy with the F60D.
I have rated the F60 with only 4 stars in the value rating because it does not have depth of field preview and spot metering and another 4 stars in the overall rating because Nikon released the F65 immediately after I bought the F60.
I would recommed that anyone intending buying a camera should settle for the F80S.
The next camera I will be buying will be either the F80S or the F90X. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK NIKON !!!

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Did not have to avail.

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-Comfortable BIG grip (better than N65, N70, N80, or N90) It feels like my F100!
-Easy to find controls
-Polycarbonate shell (I believe) does not feel like cheap plastic.
-Nice built-in flash
-Exposure settings include manual, shutter, aperture, auto, and pre-programmed modes

-Not fully meter-compatible with my manual focus lenses.

This is a nice camera with a heavy solid feel to it. The built-in flash works nicely, but some longer profile zoom lenses get in the way of the flash (then you might need a flash for the hot-shoe). The autofocus is suprisingly quick and accurate. I recommend buying this camera body alone and putting a good lens on it. They usually come with crappy, slow, plastic lenses. I love this camera, but I traded it in for the F100 to get compatibility with old manual lenses and Nikon's newest AF-S lenses. (This camera is compatible with over 90% of the Nikon lenses out there, just not the aforementioned groups). Go buy one an N60 with a good lens or two and take the best pictures of your life!

Customer Service

Never needed

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Solid, chunky, user friendly, exposure compensation, AE lock

No dof, cable release, spot metering, auto bracketing

This is one hell of a beginners camera! Programme modes are excellent and the 6 segment matrix metering is spot on. Although AF is slower than Canon, in my opinion, the robust build is far more important than a fraction of a second. My F60D has seen heavy action in our dense, humid tropical jungles and survived without a scratch! Once you like the solid build of a Nikon, other cameras feel cheap by comparison.

The programme modes helps you improve your photography and before long, you will feel like using aperture priorty and manual more often. Too bad the F60 doesn't come with remote release and spot metering. Once you need these features upgrade to the F90 and keep the F60 as a backup. One tip, though...drop the plastic lens that comes with the camera and go for the more robust Nikons such as the 28-105 f3.5.

Customer Service

Never needed

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