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Real Beauty, Real Simplicity
See what a difference Nikon
makes
Built on 90 years of optical expertise
and decades of award-winning camera
designs, the Nikon family of cameras
covers every type of picture-taker –
from seasoned professionals to
travelers on vacation. The D60 is the
latest example of Nikon innovation,
transforming complex technology
into a fun, powerful and easy-to-use
Nikon Integrated Dust
camera. Nikon delivers the cutting-edge
Reduction System
technologies you would expect from
Dust in front of your camera sensor
a digital SLR – fast response, creative
versatility, breathtaking image quality –
can mean distracting spots on
while eliminating complications and
your pictures. That's why Nikon
frustrations so that taking pictures is
does everything
to ensure clear
enjoyable and stress-free. With 10.2
megapixels, the D60's image sensor
pictures, including
delivers high-resolution pictures with
minimizing the
rich, faithful color and detail that are
build-up and
ready for stunning enlargements. It also
appearance of dust.
gives you the freedom to crop pictures
Nikon's exclusive
exactly as you want them. And with
Airfl ow Control
Nikon's 3D Color Matrix Metering II, you
System is one of the
can expect beautifully exposed pictures
two main protections against dust. It
leads air within the mirror box towards
under almost any lighting condition, with
Nikon's original digital image processing
small ducts near the base, preventing
concept, EXPEED, comprehensively
internal dust from settling in front of
optimizing your pictures, shot after shot.
the image sensor. The D60's second
form of defense is the Imaging Sensor
Cleaning function, which was originally
•Lens: AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR •Exposure mode: [M] 1/60 second, f/5.6
•White balance: Cloudy •ISO sensitivity: 200
Conceptual diagram
1. Airflow Control System
2. Image Sensor Cleaning Function
The Airflow Control System diverts the air
Specialized vibrations effectively
inside the mirror box, minimizing dust in
reduce dust on the sensor's optical
front of the image sensor.
low-pass filter (OLPF).
Airflow Control Ducts
built for the D300. Every time you turn
the camera on or off, this function
uses vibrations to steer dust away
from the optical low-pass fi lter in front
of the sensor (deactivation and manual
activation are also possible).
Nikon engineers
have also dealt
with dust and
other tiny particles
in many other
ways to prevent
such image-
degrading material
Less dust on the image sensor means clearer images.
from attaching to
the fi lter or being seen by the sensor
when you are taking pictures.
With all these measures in place,
you can concentrate on getting the
shot while exploring the wide array of
NIKKOR interchangeable lenses that a
Nikon digital SLR opens up to you.
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