Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Black Gold Special Edition with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens (OLD MODEL)

I eyed this camera for a long time before buying. I always had SLRs before but lately only owned super zoom point and shoots. (5 M pix). I wanted a little better resolution and a lot more flexibility and ability to control what the camera does as well as quickness, and smarts. This one has it all. Now after having gotten used to it, I love everything about it. For example, it has several different "themes" for the display and you can set the "Vari-program" modes to look different than the "P, S, A and M" modes so you can see at a glance if you're in "point and shoot" or "think about it" modes. The "Quick-Set" menu button makes it super fast to set the most commonly changed settings. I love the way you can set ISO to be "Auto" in the "P, S, A and M" modes but set a minimum shutter speed and max ISO and it will ramp up the ISO within those limits. So it keeps ISO set at 100 until correct exposure would require a speed slower than your min shutter speed setting and only then starts ramping up the ISO. Really smart. And it has a real "Time" function like the old SLRs had. You have to buy the little remote but it's cheap, works fantastically and goes in a tiny case that goes on the camera strap so it's always with you. That replaces the old locking cable release you had to have to do time exposures. So you can take long exposures and from my initial tests in light polluted skys, it's going to take great starfield and milky way shots (with the fast lens I also bought. See separate review of the 50mm f/1.4G). And I love the exposure/focus lock button that can be set to do either or both (five different settings). And having good, precise manual focus at a touch of the focus ring is such a refreshing change from the point-and-shoots. The "delete" button is super fast to delete any shot. Just push it twice. I also love the rapid fire mode where it shows you how many shots are left in the buffer in viewfinder. So when you fire off four rapid shots of that little soccer player about to score, you don't have to wait for all four to store, you can see as it progresses that you can take one, two, three and finally four rapid shots again to plan ahead. And in that same situation, using the "sports" mode, it automatically sets focus to "continuous" which I normally don't use and stresses high shutter speeds. (Another place where it's nice to have a fast lens.)Speaking of that, I've hardly used the 18-55 VR zoom that came with the kit. I've read that it's a very nice lens but have no experience yet since I LOVE the 50mm f/1.4G I got. I could go on and on. Photography is fun again!

Nice camera, but it is not the Gold Edition that was described in the description, but I decided to keep it

Yeahhh! my first DSLR,Got this one to take better pictures than my regular point a shoot Sony Camera, let me say the picture quality is awesome. just crisp and very nice if you set it right.Pretty fast turn on to shoot time. built in touch up utility, ability to save RAW pictures to edit later with Pro Software.The lens with the VR function does help as i have taken pictures with it on/off.Feels very sturdy and very expensive, i got mine at a great deal was going to go with the D40 and may be get extra lenses but settled on the Gold Edition D60. If you have the $$$ you can get the D60 but if you want more bangs for the bucks go with the cheaper D40 and use the left over money to get a spare lens or whatever.Overall, i am very happy with it, picture transfer is pretty slow when use the Camera direct to PC via USB, if you have a memory card reader use it.Sorry Guys, not a technical person like the other pro shooters. so that's my review....

I've had High end Nikon 35mm cameras for 25 years, so when I wanted to step up from the small digital point and shoots it was a natural choice. One of the nice things I found when I started using this digital camera was that I could go manual and set shutter speed or aperture the way I had with the 35's.I've had the D60 now for 6 months and have taken over 3,000 photos. Out of those I've had very few that were bad.The 18-55mm lens in the kit is a fine lens. You will out grow in time, but it is very usable to the new d60 owner.I will have to say that there are so many setting on the d60 that you can change, I had to pickup and extra book to figure them all out. I would recomend buying this book to help with all the things your new d60 can do.  David Busch's Nikon D60 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

It was a good deal, but data cable must be included in it but still its good

I was amazed at the incredible condition this camera was in - especially at such a reduced price. The only thing I could find "wrong" with it was a very small scratch on the display screen. The lens, flash, battery, and everything else came in perfect working order.

Takes beautiful photos. I am a photography student and it's exactly what I needed. The camera also has great battery life which is a definite plus.

Estoy feliz con mi NIKON D60 ha sido muy buena eleccion ,llena mis expectativas de fotografo aficionado . Me gustaria que dentro de las cajas donde vienen las camaras trajeran bolsitas de silica para la humedad.gracias