canon EOS D60

[cowenbecky]

Help, we just purchased a used canon EOS D60 and it did not come with software. Any ideas?:mad:

[Vega$50]

Did you try the Canon site? Or Google?
I am sure you will find what you need in either of these places...happy picture taking...;)

[Harry Settle]

Are you the one that outbid me on ebay????

Enjoy your D60, I'm pretty sure you can find everything you need on the Canon site.

[cowenbecky]

thank you

[ScottE]

I used a D60 for two years and never touched the software that came with it after the first weekI owned it. Why do you need Canon software for a D60?

If you shoot JPG, just get a card reader and download directly to your computer. You can edit your JPG files with any image processing program.

If you shoot RAW, download a copy of RawShooter Essentials 2005 while it is still free. Use that to convert you RAW files to TIFF or JPG.

The Canon software is slow and awkward to use.

[MrChad]

Do you need software? I've never installed my Drebel software, photoshop does everything I need and Windows can read any JPEG file right? PS again does all my RAW files.

[cowenbecky]

no we bought from used camera store:rolleyes:

[cowenbecky]

computer said it could not recognize this camera. i dont know how to get the pics from camera to pc

[MrChad]

computer said it could not recognize this camera. i dont know how to get the pics from camera to pc


The camera is so slow, get a good USB 2.0 reader.
I got a Sandish high speed reader for under $20bucks at bestbuy. Silver matches my Drebel.

I have a 1G Ultar II card, the camera is way too slow. About 1hr to dump the card via the Drebel, a few minutes with the reader.

[cowenbecky]

ok thank you

[Carzee]

[delurking for my first post]

I am in the market for a D60. I looked around the reviews and noticed the USB 1.... but it won't put me off the D60. Here we are in 2005 with cheaper readers for the cards; how lucky we are! And to see the D60s on eBay - we get so much camera for the money!

PS.....
The D60 will be the first DSLR I actually own.
I do have experience in other SLRs and digicams.
Also I am a "monetarily challenged" family man.
Currently own a Elan 7.

[cowenbecky]

we had to buy a card reader for ours, but the camera is fantastic. we love it. hope to post pics soon.

[cowenbecky]

I think we finally have it figured out. we took a pic of our 210 gallon reef tank as one of our first pictures with new camera.

[basement]

man i would be happy to sell you mine. I think it is a piece of junk. quit working on me after 18 months. I bught it new. Don't know whether the problem is the lens or the camera but will not give correct exposures. And i bet canon will charge me a bundle to fix it. I am very disappointed in canon and would not recommend their products even though i have owned 3 canon cameras.



[delurking for my first post]

I am in the market for a D60. I looked around the reviews and noticed the USB 1.... but it won't put me off the D60. Here we are in 2005 with cheaper readers for the cards; how lucky we are! And to see the D60s on eBay - we get so much camera for the money!

PS.....
The D60 will be the first DSLR I actually own.
I do have experience in other SLRs and digicams.
Also I am a "monetarily challenged" family man.
Currently own a Elan 7.

[Motorsports Photo]

I skipped the D60, but I have an item that may require a computer connection.

On the D30 you had to "compose" parameter settings and then send them to the camera. On the 10D you can change the prameters in the camera's menu. If the D60 wont do it in the menu you may want the quirky Canon software so you can make these changes.

Otherwise, as noted, the software will just take up space.

-Pete

[robertwgross]

I have all of my original Canon software that came with my D60, and which I used for 2.5 years (before the sudden accidental demise of that fine camera). All the time, I used Corel for a photo editor, so the Canon utilities for RAW conversion (to TIF) worked just fine, and I had no complaints.

I don't know. These Canon utility CDs may become frisbees some day.

---Bob Gross---

[Citizensmith]

The camera is so slow, get a good USB 2.0 reader.
I got a Sandish high speed reader for under $20bucks at bestbuy. Silver matches my Drebel.

I have a 1G Ultar II card, the camera is way too slow. About 1hr to dump the card via the Drebel, a few minutes with the reader.

Yeah, what he said. The CDs that came with m Drebel never even made it out the box. 6500 photos later I'm still not missing anything.

[joeseph]

The only thing I've used the canon s/w for is entering my name into the camera. Been thinking seriously about selling my D60 recently as the focussing speed isn't as good as 20D - Carzee, how interested are ya?
Apert from that I've been pretty happy with it. If you like I'll dig out the CD's and see how big the install files are.

[RichardtheSane]

man i would be happy to sell you mine. I think it is a piece of junk. quit working on me after 18 months. I bught it new. Don't know whether the problem is the lens or the camera but will not give correct exposures. And i bet canon will charge me a bundle to fix it. I am very disappointed in canon and would not recommend their products even though i have owned 3 canon cameras.



Stuff goes faulty, that is thw way of things. You can't really call it a piece of junk based on one single faliure. If that is the case every electronic item ever produced is junk...

Quit whining and just send it to Canon, they will fix it and it won't cost that much (if it is even faulty, you said yourself you don't know if it is lens or camera)

[picnic]

I skipped the D60, but I have an item that may require a computer connection.

On the D30 you had to "compose" parameter settings and then send them to the camera. On the 10D you can change the prameters in the camera's menu. If the D60 wont do it in the menu you may want the quirky Canon software so you can make these changes.

Otherwise, as noted, the software will just take up space.

-Pete
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[picnic]

Stuff goes faulty, that is thw way of things. You can't really call it a piece of junk based on one single faliure. If that is the case every electronic item ever produced is junk...

Quit whining and just send it to Canon, they will fix it and it won't cost that much (if it is even faulty, you said yourself you don't know if it is lens or camera)

I still have my D60--works just fine and I have used it for both parttime commercial work and my personal shooting for almost 3 years now. I added a 10D last year (will skip the 20D for now) and 2 years ago I replaced my Oly E10 with a used D30 for backup. The D60 is a terrific camera--slower AF in low light than the 10D (and for sure the 20D), but quite consistent 'correct' AF.

I would certainly recommend you forget about the Canon software--certainly for uploading images to the computer. A cardreader is VERY cheap---and shows up as another drive, so I simply name my new folder (date, short designation) and copy by dragging. Couldn't be easier. Parameters are easily done in camera as opposed to the D30 (which requires doing it with Canon software).

All 10 of my lenses work fine with D60--no front or back focusing. I like a fast lens (f/2 or 1.8 for primes, f/2.8 for zooms except for 70-200 f/4). I shoot in RAW--I would suggest you try that when you get a feel for the camera. The new RAW Shooters Essential is now free so that would be a great way to try RAW (rather than the CAnon software--the only thing I use it for is an occasional tethered shoot). I have used all the past RAW converters except Bibble over a number of years--and find a RAW workflow to be quick and efficient. However, if you shoot jpeg and want minimal processing, set up your jpeg parameters in camera.

Good luck with the camera. Mine is still working fine and I see many others still shooting with the D60--and have even seen it referred to as 'the' Classic LOL.

Diane B

[photoshooter]

basement how much you want for it ? email me piss02@aol.com

[Carzee]

Just catching my breath. I ended up buying Roan's 10D a day later in the POTN marketplace threads:
here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=62011). Thx all. Now I got to endure the wait for the postage from NYC to Sydney...


PS a remark was made up the thread that old CDs are usable as frisbees but I think that myth was proved false of "The Mythbusters" TV show.

What they are good for: we have dull colored carpet. Upside down cds are way colorful by day. Get 3 cds and stack them under the desk legs/table legs etc to stop those deep indent marks on the carpet. We found out that 1 cd is not enough. After about 24hrs they crack. This idea came from a few years agon when we lived in a real dumpy place with unlevel flooring -- we would stack dead floppies to even up tables.

Another martha stew homemaker hint from "Lifestyles of the Rich and Rehabbed.":rolleyes: