Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Start Guide
- Owners Manual
- Reset
- Two-Button Reset
- Image Quality & Size
- Setting Language / Time / Date
- Using This Manual
- Table of Contents
- Supplied Accessories
- Parts & Controls
- Getting Started
- Basic Photography
- Basic Playback
- Advanced Photography
- Advanced Playback
- Printing Photographs
- Setup / Menus
- Optional Accessories
- Care / Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Error Messages
- Specs
- Index
- Scan of Software CD-ROM
- D60 Gold Edition Note
- Capture NX2 Software Trial
- Warranty
Taking
Photographs
I
Support the lens
with
your
left hand
Hold the hand-grip
with
your right hand
I
Frame a
Photograph
Rotate
the
Mode
Dial
to
A~
Ready
the
Camera
1
3
2
•
Resetting
the
clock
Use
the
World
time
option
in
the
setup menu
to
change the camera clock.
See
the
User's
Manual for
details.
Date
format
The order in which the month, day, and year are
displayed can be changed from
the
World
time
option
in
the
setup menu.
See
page
21
of
the
User's
Manual for details.
Highlight On
if
daylight
saving
time
is
in effect.
Press
the
multi
selector left
or
right
to
select item,
up
or
down
to
change.
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Done.
will
be
shown and display will exit
to
shooting
mode, then the shooting information will
be displayed.
Display date menu.
The year
is
highlighted in this display.
Display daylight saving
time
options.
To
delete the photograph currently
displayed in
the
monitor, press
Wi.
A
confirmation dialog will be displayed.
Press
Wi
again
to
delete the image and
return
to
playback.
To
exit
without
deleting the photograph, press lB.
Smoothly press the shutter-release
button
the rest
of
the way
down
to
release the shutter and record
the
photograph.The
memory
card
access
lamp will light.
Do
not
open
battery-chamber
cover
or
the
memory
card
slot
cover
until
the
memory
card access
lamp
has
gone
out
and
recording is
complete.
Frame a photograph in the Viewfinder (note
that
the eye
sensor detects
the
eye looking through the viewfinder and
the
monitor
will turn off). Photographs cannot be framed
using the monitor.
Position the main subject inside any
of
the three focus points.
Use
the zoom ring
to
zoom in on the subject
so
that
it
fills
a larger
area
of
the frame,
or
zoom
out
to
increase the
area
visible in the photograph (select longer focal lengths on the
lens focal length scale index
to
zoom in, shorter focal lengths
to
zoom out).
Focus
and
Shoot
Delete
Unwanted
Photographs
01
ld
f
=
Press
the shutter-release
button
halfway. The camera will
lW
automatically select the focus
point
containing the main
subject closest
to
the camera and focus on this subject.
When the focus operation
is
complete, the selected focus
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point
will be highlighted, a beep will sound, and the in-focus
indicator
(e)
will appear in
the
viewfinder.
Focus will be locked. The
number
of
exposures
that
can
be recorded in the memory buffer will be shown in the
Viewfinder
with
",-"
displayed in front
of
the number.
The
monitor
will turn off.
Ifthe subject
is
dark, the AF-assist illuminator may
light
to
assist the focus operation and the flash may
pop
up.
If
the
subject
is
not
in focus, reframe the photograph and try
again.
See
the
User~
Manual
for
details.
For
more information on taking photographs and other camera operations,
see
the
User~
Manual.
See
the other side
of
this guide for information on using the supplied Nikon
Transfer software
to
copy photographs
to
a computer, and printing photographs
via
direct
USB
connection.
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on
reverse
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4
5
View
the
Results
Photographs are automatically displayed after shooting.
If
no
photograph
is
displayed in the
monitor, the most recent photograph
can
be viewed by pressing lB.
Lfl
Additional photographs can be displayed
lU.J
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by rotating the command dial or pressing
the
multi
selector left
or
right.
To
view
IB
highlights
or
additional
photo
information
8 about the current photograph, press the
multi selector
up
or
down.
See
page
73
of
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the
User's
Manual
for details.
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To
end playback and return
to
shooting
: mode, press the shutter-release
button
halfway.
Slide the
diopter
adjustment
control
up
and
down
until the
focus points are in sharp focus.
When operating the
diopter
adjustment control
with
your eye
to
the viewfinder, be careful
not
to
put
your fingers
or
fingernails in
your
eye.
Insert
u
shown
Slide
the
memory
card in
as
shown above
until
it
clicks
into
place.
Format card. Do
not
turn the camera
off
or
open the
battery-chamber cover
or
memory
card slot cover
until
formatting
is
complete and setup menu
is
displayed.
Display options.
Press
MENU.
Menus display in the monitor.
If
menu
item
is
already highlighted, press the
multi
selector
left
to
highlight
icon for current menu in yellow.
Position cursor in setup menu.
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Focus
the
Viewfinder
(Diopter
Adjustment)
Before inserting
or
removing
memory
cards, turn the camera
off
and open
the
card slot cover.
Highlight
\1.
Highlight
Yes.
Highlight
Format
memory
card.
Turn the camera on.
G)
The memory card
access
lamp will
light
for
about
a few seconds.
7
Format
the
Memory
Card
Memory cards must be formatted in the D60 before first
use.
Note that formatting memory
cards permanently deletes all photographs and
other
data they may contain.
Be
sure all data
you wish
to
keep have been copied
to
another storage device before formatting the card.
Turn the camera
off
before removing the
memory
card from the camera.
The camera records photographs on Secure Digital
(SD)
memory cards (available separately).
See
page
158
of
the
User's
Manual for details.
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Insert
a
Memory
Card
Focus points