As a military journalist I end up taking a lot of pictures for my job. As a father I end up taking a lot of pictures for my family. The Nikon N60 lets me merge both into a great package.
I learned photojournalism on a Canon F-1 with B&W film that I had to develop and have used almost every type of camera from the terrible Kodak disk cameras (remember those?) to professional digital studio systems and from Polaroids to point and clicks. This camera is easy to use (even for my wife) but gives me the quality I need for my TJ award winning publication.
I bought the camera primarily for my wife. I can always check out a Canon EOS from my work, but I wanted to get her a unit with the same quality. She had seen my work and wanted to learn how to adjust depth of field/backlighting/highlights/etc... After talking to many friends in the photo world, the overwhelming response was for the N60. The biggest reason, both manual and auto focus lenses will fit while on the Canons, you can only use the AF lens with an AF camera. The photo quality is the same.
I bought the camera w/Quantry 28-80 lens from Ritz.com for $399 (note to first time camera buyers, most high end cameras sell the body and lenses as separate units. You can normally buy a package that contains a basic lens with the camera) and got the special offer of a 100-300 Quantry zoom for only $159 more. The price is the same as most stores but I opted for Ritz.com because they offered free shipping and no taxes (about $50 savings.)
Within a week, she was taking shots that looked like a pro. Shortly after getting the camera, we took a trip to Washington DC and I used it for the first time. I fell in love. It is much easier to program than the Canons and Pentaxes I am used to. I have used it quite often to shoot after hours jobs instead of going through the hassle and paperwork of getting one at work.
I have shot sports, landscapes, personal features and special events, and all of the images are great.
I would recommend this to anyone from a novice (easy to learn) to a pro (still has all the features) who wants to get good pictures.
One thing did not come with mine that you will want to get; a strap. They can be picked up at any camera store for less than $10.
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