I have a d7000. A nice camera. Bit would be a nice upgrade to the d60.
'brytlea'***'Vermont Lt': I have a d7000. A nice camera. It would be a nice upgrade to the d60. ***
On a sad note, I think my Nikon D60 is dying and I’m going to have to get a new camera. I kind of have my sites set on a D7000... ;)
Hi fellow Nikon lovers :-)
Now no offense is meant - in any way - as the D7000 is a great camera and has every bell, whistle, and switch imaginable on it. But, a D7000 body is $1300.00 by itself. While an 'equivalent D60 Nikon' is the D3000, which body only, can be bought for under $400.00 (per a quick Bing search). That's a HUGH difference for getting a few added goodies in a camera.
Granted I am prejudiced as I have the D3000 and absolutely love it (plus my trusty old Nikon FE). But selecting the D3000 wasn't by accident, I could have went D3100 or D5000 at the time. However I am a 'minimalist, old school', kind of photographer. When I shoot Photos I want to use a 'camera' and for videos, well, you use a 'camcorder'. So IMHO the fewer bells, whistles, and switches on a 'camera' the better. Like 'live view', what Photographer really needs it? The only thing the D3000 took me getting used to over my Nikon FE was going from a 100% Viewfinder coverage down the 98% with the D3000. But I quickly overcame that little composition issue.
So throwing my $.02 in I'd think twice about jumping from a D60 to the D7000. The D3000 basically has every feature of the D60 and is 1/3rd the cost. They are almost identical spec wise. And with that $800+ savings you can buy a lot of extra goodies like a lens, new flash, tripod, whatever. Did I mention I'm 'cost conscience' too ;-)
Again, no offense meant, all Nikons are great and the only brand 'allowed' in my family for 30+ years now). So brytlea, IMHO chose whichever Nikon fits your photography needs the best, not necessarily which is the 'cooler' or fancier. After all Photography isn't an American Idol contest (or Photobucket - never, never, EVER again will I do that. Cell Phone 'cameras' arrrgh!!)
Happy Clicking guys.
An aside: Kodak going bust really bums me out. I love their Portra Film line which I use in my FE, plus in my 'tank', my Pentax Spotmatic II. If they stop making that I'll cringe having to change film brands. (like going from Chevy to Ford (or vise-versa) back in the 'olden days')
Oh, and I also bought 'for my wife' a Nikon CoolPix P100 which takes videos, has live view, and the LCD screen tilts and swivels - kinda like on a D7000, so I have those bases covered if needed (plus it has one heck of a 26X tele lens).