Golden Oldy - D60

[briansquibb]

Simple photo of my D60 from 2002. At 6.3mp this is still a usable camera and gives surprisingly good images, especially when using modern lens.

Slightly smaller and much lighter than the 7D. This is a much more usable camera than the first Canon digital, the D30

taken with 1DS3/180macro plus 3 plash @iso100, f16

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[colin C]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

I had one, loved it, but not at ISO 400 and above!

[briansquibb]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

I had one, loved it, but not at ISO 400 and above!

I have the d30, d60, 10D and 5D-1 as well as the wonderful 1DS2. The earlier canerors a simpler and much easier to use - the only real issue is their ISO limits.

[El Sid]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

...the only real issue is their ISO limits.

I find this not quite the limitation it once was with the later versions DPP or ACR. I'm happier to use 1600 on my D30 than I used to be. As long as I shoot in RAW I can get very usable results these days. I've even gone back and reprocessed a few old pictures that had terrible noise issues and been quite amazed at the improvement...

[dazzlingdave1948]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

Still got my D30 but sold both my D60s last year to fund the purchase of a 1DS (original version). I am tempted to get another one having read this thread but then have I got too many cameras already?
Dave

[Nathaniel]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

This is a question to Brian. When you have so many of the older cameras when do you decide which one to use over the modern digitals? Is it based on a whim "Oh I have not used that camera for a while "and then try out a few shots just to keep things ticking? Then comes the next question, are you missing a decent picture which would have been possible with a modern DSLR by using the older model?

[Michael.K]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

Simple photo of my D60 from 2002. At 6.3mp this is still a usable camera and gives surprisingly good images, especially when using modern lens.

Slightly smaller and much lighter than the 7D. This is a much more usable camera than the first Canon digital, the D30

taken with 1DS3/180macro plus 3 plash @iso100, f16

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Now that should be put in a Museum..Just joking it first time i have seen one

[briansquibb]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

This is a question to Brian. When you have so many of the older cameras when do you decide which one to use over the modern digitals? Is it based on a whim "Oh I have not used that camera for a while "and then try out a few shots just to keep things ticking? Then comes the next question, are you missing a decent picture which would have been possible with a modern DSLR by using the older model?

Now that I have mostly ff cameras the 10D and D60 only get used when I want a 1.6 crop camera.

[Les McLean]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

Pah, that's not old, here's my third full frame camera, built like the proverbial outhouse, with a sweet 58mm F2 lens, brilliant up to ISO1600, battery lasts for ever.



I'd better get that dust sorted before SWMBO catches me

[briansquibb]

Re: Golden Oldy - D60

I still have my first camera - a 1958 Box Brownie which I have had from new