Ken, I've been a D60 user since soon after the introduction of the camera. Overall, I am very pleased with it, and will only replace it with something of the caliber of a 1Ds, which is NOT financially feaseable now.
I will say I went through a learning curve with my D60, but can now get VERY good images 99% of the time. Usually when I get a bad shot, it is my fault, not the camera's. That being said, I will cover basically how I use mine: 1. I ALWAYS shoot in RAW. This issue has been beat like a dead horse, so I will not go into the RAW vs. JPEG fight here. RAW just works SO much better for me. The ability to adjust white balance, and exposure AFTER the photo is taken can save an otherwise lost image. However, the supplied Canon RAW image conversion software is poor. I use Capture One DSLR. It is a terrific program. Also Breeze Browser is not bad. I use a 2 GB Rdata card, which gives over 250 images in RAW. 2. I NEVER use the pop up flash. I use a 550EX. Yes, it is big and bulky, but I always get great results. When I use the flash, I manually set the camera to a shutter speed of 125, at F8. This gives me near perfect exposure. Any slight adjustment needed is done in Capture One. When I want a fill flash, I just set my apature as I want, usually F8, and put the 550 on high speed sync if it is a bright day. 3. Most of the time I do not bother with the flash. I use ONLY L lens so I can open up the f stop for low light conditions. The D60 will take decent pics up to ISO 800. They get extremely noisey at 1000 ISO, BUT, again, the Capture One software has a noise reduction filter that does a really good job at taking noise out before "developing" the RAW image into a TIFF file. 4. Focus. I only use the center focus point. There are only 3 points, and they are so close together that I have never seen much reason to bother with the other two. I focus with the center point on my subject, and then recompose while holding the focus locked with the shutter release button. 5. Images straight out of the D60 have always seemed a little soft to me. Some unsharp masking in PhotoShop seems to be mandatory. It makes a big difference. Think that's about the main points. Be it a D60 or whatever, I think the best thing you can do is EXPERIMENT, EXPERIMENT, until you learn what works best for you AND the camera. Steve * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
