HOT!! Canon EOS D60 Digital SLR Body Kit $2099

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bigi

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It is discontinued...:(

It has a terrible low light autofocus performance.
PMA show is only few weeks away. Canon supposedly will announce 2 new models:cool:
 
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Biggerhammer

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Originally posted by: Tot
What is the normal price for this thing?
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If you have to ask, you can't afford it. And if $2100 is a good price, Bill Gates is saving his pennies to buy one! ;)
 
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It is discontinued...:(
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What are you talking about? This camera was just introduced. Maybe you're confusing it with D-30.

Anyways, this is a pretty good price if the retailer checks out and it is in fact US version of the camera.

Looking at review sites though, I would suggest anyone looking at buying this camera also look at the Fuji S2. Same resolution, but higher quality pics.

Witold
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Wonderful camera...I have a D30 and wouldn't trade it for anything but a D60.

And yes, it has been discontinued.
 
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bigi

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What are you talking about? This camera was just introduced. Maybe you're confusing it with D-30
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Look here: http://www.nikondigital.org/

Canon has never announced anything too early as we (end users) would like it to be.
All of this are rumors, but some of them are form very reputable sources that did work in the past. :)




would suggest anyone looking at buying this camera also look at the Fuji S2
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Amen:D

I just sold my D30, and S2 is my major upgrade candidate...

dpreview is a very popular and informative Digital Camera Site.
Its forums are the best place to learn/speculate/argue/ and so forth... :p
 
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rml

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D-60 is one of the few digital camera that you can buy it, used it for a couple months and still sell it above retailed price at EBay.

After the firmware upgrade 2-3 months ago, it fixes almost all of the problems people reported. The only thing left is the slow low light auto focus. However, the low light auto focus problem is very common among all the cameras around that price range.


http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=559900/search=d60/ut=41518a72bc99f4cb
 
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sxr7171

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Originally posted by: rml
D-60 is one of the few digital camera that you can buy it, used it for a couple months and still sell it above retailed price at EBay. After the firmware upgrade 2-3 months ago, it fixes almost all of the problems people reported. The only thing left is the slow low light auto focus. However, the low light auto focus problem is very common among all the cameras around that price range. http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=559900/search=d60/ut=41518a72bc99f4cb
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This is one of those curious things for an outsider (to the world of photography). Given that cameras in the $2000-$3000 price range has slow auto focus, how do regular consumer level cameras cope with focussing in low light conditions? Also (coming from someone who has no idea), I thought these cameras send out an infrared beam(s) to determine correct focus and therefore(?) should not be dependent on ambient light conditions for focussing.

Sorry if these are dumb questions, I've always been fascinated by photography and hope to get involved some day (once I stop feeding my audiophile habit - which comes first to everything else).
 
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Greg03

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>>I would buy it too, if I had a 6-digit income.

Even with a six figure income its a bit pricey.
 
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This is one of those curious things for an outsider (to the world of photography). Given that cameras in the $2000-$3000 price range has slow auto focus, how do regular consumer level cameras cope with focussing in low light conditions? Also (coming from someone who has no idea), I thought these cameras send out an infrared beam(s) to determine correct focus and therefore(?) should not be dependent on ambient light conditions for focussing.
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Most cameras including the Canon D60 focus using optimum scene contrast or some such thing. No IR or ultrasonics are used.

I bought a D30 at a good price shortly before the D60 came out. I kept it for a week and then sold it on Ebay. I preferred the pictures and the compact size of my CP950.

 
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rml

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I did a google search on D80 and somoneposted on one forum that "After repeated news reports that the D60 has been discontinued, we've gotten reports from reliable sources that Canon will be introducing a 4MP D40 and 8MP D80, both of which will be shown at PMA. The D40 is expected to sell for $1400 with the D80 at $1800. This represents yet another price performance milestone in the low-end of the D-SLR market. We'll have more details once they are forthcoming.
 
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I got my D60 last year around the april timeframe. Sold it in December with anticipation of a new EOS-1D from PMA. I'm awaiting with baited breath!
 
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kewl

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Originally posted by: Technocrat
I got my D60 last year around the april timeframe. Sold it in December with anticipation of a new EOS-1D from PMA. I'm awaiting with baited breath!
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Are you saying that you have fish breath or do you mean "bated" ?


:)
 
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