Setting the aperture on D60

[Sniper]

Hi all!

I´m currently a G2 owner, but I am thinking of buying a D60 in the spring. I have a lot of questions, but right now I want to ask you users about setting the aperture.

On the G2 I do this in the camera. Reading the review of the D60 in DPrewiev (possible settings in AV mode)gives me the feeling of that you (can) do it in the camera on the D60 as well. BUT of course you do it on the lens too. Can you do both, or am I understanding the review wrong? I have an SLR (film) but it is totally manual.

Oh! Another question:

Does the D60 have a "nice shutter sound"? I love the sound that an ordinary film SLR produce when transporting the film to the next frame. Have Canon built in that sound? HA HA, I would love that!

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[Hawkeye12]

you can set the aperture on the D60 just as you would any other SLR.
you can do it in "A" or "M" mode, and also in "P" mode after you half press the shutter and then trun the dial.
there are CF settings that allow you to use 1/2 or 1/3 increments whereas the latter gives you more aperture settings.

the shutter sound is a "real" shutter sound.
i say this because having owned a Minolta 7i, i remember it as having an artificial sound.........not so with the D60.

[gmitchel]

Sniper:

Canon autofocus lenses do not have an aperture ring.

When you set the camera to Av mode, you control the aperture with the thumb dial near the shutter button.

You can control the aperture in several modes, as Hawkeye12 described.

I do a lot of macro shots and flowers, so it is common for me to set the camera to Av (or M, if I use my light meter).

Cheers,

Mitch

[Sniper]

Thank you for your answers!


Hawkeye12

I´m happy to hear that the D60 has a "real" shutter sound. But does it really sound like a film SLR? Including the film transportation?

gmitchel

I really did not know that Canons auto focus lenses did not have a focus ring. That explained it! Thanks!


Thanks again

Anders

[Morden]

The D60 uses a mechanical shutter (instead of an electronic one on such as your G2) so it produces 'real' shutter sounds. There is no sound of winding film on - there is no film! But I suspect that the sound that the D60 makes is what you expect a 'real' shutter to sound like.

I really did not know that Canons auto focus lenses did not have a focus ring.

Canons auto focus lenses (they often call them 'EF lenses' - Electro Focus, I believe) DO have manual focussing rings - and manual zoom rings on zoom lenses. They DON'T have manual aperture rings; depending on the shooting mode, either you set the aperure via a dial on the camera body, or the camera sets the aperture automatically.

By the way, I myself went from a G2 to a D60 and I love it! I noticed the 'real' shutter sound straight away. (You can't miss it.) I still have the G2; at parties, once I've had a few drinks, the (very expensive) D60 is locked away and the (less expensive) G2 comes out. :)

I hope that this helps.

[Sniper]

You are all very helpful, thanks!

I will keep my G2 as well. As you say, Morden, the D60 is a bit expensive to play around with at parties. And I would not like to bring it to the forest in winter, spending the night in just a sleeping-bag at 20 degrees below zero (Celcius). Then I have the G2 sleeping in my "bad" as well.

PS:I know there is no film to transport in the D60, but I really love that sound. Thought they could create that in some way, anyway. I would like that a lot.. :)

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[defordphoto]

sniper wrote:
I know there is no film to transport in the D60, but I really love that sound. Thought they could create that in some way, anyway. I would like that a lot.. :)


When you get your D60 you can always imitate the sound of the film by going "ZZZZZZZZZZZ" right after you take a shot. ;)

Believe me, you will not miss it...

[Morden]

When you get your D60 you can always imitate the sound of the film by going "ZZZZZZZZZZZ" right after you take a shot.

Believe me, you will not miss it...

Indeed, I doubt that you will miss the 'film winding' sound. In fact I believe, sniper, that the 'nice' sound that you are hoping to get is actually the sound that the mechanical shutter makes. It is the 'expected' camera sound. :)

Anyway, why not ask to try a D60 at your local camera store, and hear it for yourself? As I stated in an earlier post; I have a G2, and now also own a D60, and the D60 is a great camera. But do make sure that you can afford at least one good lens (for starters)!