Rumoured Nikon D60 Feature Breakdown
Written by steven on January 18, 2008 – 1:36 pm -
According to the gadgerati, the excellent Nikon D40x is set to be replaced by the Nikon D60. Don’t get too excited, the word on the street is that it is still going to be a 10 megapixel chipset. Ken Rockwell, camera enthusiast, boldly suggests that it “might” appear on January 31st. He expects the price to be $599 for body only, with a modern EN-EL3e battery, 2.5 FPS and a 2.7″ LCD monitor.
While he also expects a 10 megapixel sensor (same as D80 and standard DX sensor size), he expects there to be few less features overall then the D80 and D200. We assume the D80 is going upstream to perhaps the D90 but we’re focusing on the possible D60 because that would represent a true sweet spot of a DSLR.
An Electronista commenter in an earlier post expressed doubt that they would call it a D60, simply because the Canon already sports the EOS D60 moniker. The EOS D60 is the upgraded D30 and a right behind the Canon 10D (which was replaced by 20D, 30D and 40D respectively).
Electronista further reported that Nikon has pulled the D40x listing from its Japanese online store, indicating that they’re also pulling it from production and a new announcement is imminent.
Perhaps the earliest attribution of this “rumour” is from Matthew Lin at DPReview who cites a “very reliable source” that a D60 is in the works for Spring of 2008. He believes Nikon may borrow the high-end EXPEED chipset from the D300 while stripping a few other features not necessary for us over-achieving amateurs.
Share ThisRelated posts
Tags: canon, CES, LCD, LED, nikon, Nikon D40, Nikon D40x, Nikon D60
Posted in Cameras |
