D60? Why not?

[Harry Settle]

I have been bouncing back and fourth with a decision about getting a Rebel or a 10D. The price is right for the Rebel, but the biggest drawback for me is purely eyeball. . . it ain't black! On the other hand, the 10D is right on the edge of what I really want to spend for a camera. . . In comes the D60. . . they are selling, used, for what the Rebel is selling for new. Maybe a little higher, but lower than the 10D. This option is beginning to look really good to me.

I don't need reasons to buy the D60, I need reasons not to buy the D60.

Help!

[minatophase3]

I'm afraid I can't help you with this one as I just bought a nice used D60 myself :D . I am having a lot of fun with it and would highly recommend it if you can get a nice one for a good price.

Tim

[DamienB]

Just buy the D60. I bought a second one to replace a 10D...

[robertwgross]

I have a D60, and it works fine. If it were stolen or something, then I would likely replace it with a 10D, but not for any big reasons. It is just one notch newer, and it got away from one or two of the weaknesses of the D60. For example, on the D60, the ISO dial goes through 100, 200, 400, 800, 1000. I see some color noise at 800, and even more at 1000. The 10D goes higher and cleaner than that. Of course, that would mean something to some users and not to others.

---Bob Gross---

[Harry Settle]

As luck would have it, while I was looking at deals on D60's, I got a good deal on a 10D with a couple of 512mb cf's.

Now I'm going out and sit on the porch until it gets here.

[ebann]

err... ain't the digital Rebel the same hardware as the 10D except for the body material? if so, then Rebel beats D60 hands down!

my $0.02.

[robertwgross]

err... ain't the digital Rebel the same hardware as the 10D except for the body material?


In a word, NO.

Similar in many respects. Different in others.

On a Digital Rebel, show me where the PC connector is for studio flash.

---Bob Gross---

[chris.bailey]

I have a 10D and a D60 and the D60 is still a mightly fine camera (which is why I decided to keep it). The improvements from a D60 to the 10D in terms of picture quality are pretty subtle in the real world.

[Belmondo]

Last summer I was looking around for a D60 as a backup to my 10D, and they were pretty hard to find used. There were still a few new ones floating around, but I was looking for a bargain. I never did find one that seemed a good enough deal, but that was economics and not a reflection on the camera itself. I was satisfied, then as now, that the D60 is a perfectly fine and capable camera, and the images it produces would be hard to tell from those of a 10D when compared side-by-side.

[Malaxos1]

I traded my Digital Rebel for a D60. I bought a used D30 as a backup camera to the Rebel, but I found myself using it more than the Rebel. I simply like the control and feel of it better. I was able to easily get it to do what I wanted and it produced the results I was after. So, I figured the D60 would be a better camera for me than the Rebel. The Rebel to me feels more like a toy compared to that of the D60. A few weeks ago I shot my first wedding using the D60 and it perfored extrememy well, I will be using it again at a wedding this weekend as well...Dean

[Canuck]

Better yet...where to find one, they seem to be like hens teeth.

[Malaxos1]

I traded my digi rebel with someone right here on this forum. I started a thread that said who would like to trade a digit rebel for a D60. Perhaps if you ask someone here if they have one for sale, maybe you will find one...Dean

[nosquare2003]

I don't need reasons to buy the D60, I need reasons not to buy the D60.

Help!

Seems no one do it.

For picture quality, it's difficult to say which one is better.

D60 has a slower autofocus. It has more noise under high ISO. Other than that, D60 is a better camera than digital rebel. (I consider other features of digital rebel are cosmetic upgrade only.)

I have a D60 and just upgraded to a 1D. Anyway, I'm not interested to sell the D60.

[Mark Kemp]

Second hand prices for D30s and D60s are quite low, presumably because if they were any higher people would just buy a new 300D or 10D. Consequently a lot of people are just keeping on using them and if they do buy something newer they still keep them as a spare body. I will probably get 1Dmk2 when there are some available and I could sell or trade in my D30 for about £300. But I have to ask myself what would I rather have, 10% off the 1DMK2 or a backup camera and the answer is the backup.

[Steveo31]

D60 uses CMOS chip, everything else uses CCD if I'm not mistaken. CMOS is not the greatest in low light.

[robertwgross]

D60 uses CMOS chip, everything else uses CCD if I'm not mistaken. CMOS is not the greatest in low light.

You are mistaken.

Several Canon cameras use a CMOS sensor, and several use a CCD sensor.

---Bob Gross---

[nosquare2003]

D60 uses CMOS chip, everything else uses CCD if I'm not mistaken. CMOS is not the greatest in low light.

Canon used CMOS for every DSLR after parting with Kodak. The only exception is 1D which uses CCD. The reason is likely that Canon did not have advanced technology to use CMOS for 8fps at that time. The present Canon's top of the line, 1Ds and 1DMKII are all having CMOS sensor.

[Steveo31]

Hmm, ok. I'll scratch that resource off my list.

:D

[adrianweller]

The main grumble for most people with the D60 was the autofocus. It's a fact but like most things it doesn't really bother you until you read a lot about it on the forums. I certainly can't justify changing mine for a 10D let alone a 300D.

CMOS sensors are known to give soft images. I like that - you can sharpen as much as you want afterwards whereas with my S50 I hardly use USM at all. But didn't I read that Canon increased in-camera sharpening in the 10D and/or Rebel because some people thought they were too soft ?

Adrian

[mdude85]

well, if any time you are wondering what to do in a situation, just turn to the Rolling Stones for the answer --- Paint it Black.

[Jon]

Depending on what you shoot (birds and aircraft in flight, say) you may find the D60s limited focussing sensor points (3) a problem. I know I do. One more reason to keep saving for that 1D Mk II.

[DamienB]

I shoot aircraft in flight a lot. The D60 is fine, and certainly misses less shots than my various 10D bodies did. Mostly just use centre focus point anyway so the number of extra ones were fairly immaterial!

[Jon]

I shoot aircraft in flight a lot. The D60 is fine, and certainly misses less shots than my various 10D bodies did. Mostly just use centre focus point anyway so the number of extra ones were fairly immaterial!

Seems like the formations never want to have a bird or plane dead center in the frame when they're doing anything interesting. The lens was constantly racking to find (or lose) focus.