20 Most Recent Nikon D60 Digital Camera - Page 11 Questions & Answers

Automatic colour balance will cope.

Hi there, please let me know where is your location now.

Take the memory card out of the camera and look at it. SD and SDHC cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card. If the switch is already in the proper position, slide it fully the other way and then back again.

If that doesn't work, try another card.

Look at the memory card. SD and SDHC cards have a slide switch along one edge. The position farthest from the contacts locks the card, protecting it from writes. The position nearest the contacts unlocks the card. If the switch is already in the proper position, slide it fully the other way and then back again.

If that doesn't work, try another card.

I'm going to say you have set the camera in one of the preset modes for portraiture, macro or something which would automatically pop up the flash. When the camera light sensor reads the light possibly because you have focused on a white dress, shirt or some other bright spot in the scene or subject it doesn't flash due to over exposure. To try this theory try taking a picture in a dimly lit room.
Also you may find better results if you turn the dial to "P" for program and activate the flash manually with the little button. OR be brave and switch the dial to "M" for manual set your aperture at say F8 and your shutter speed at 1/125 pop up the flash and make the shot assuming you are doing a portrait type shot 10 to 12 feet away.

The camera has to be turned on and in the review mode. You can also try using just the SD card. If your computer doesn't have a slot for the card, you can buy a card reader (sort of an adapter) that will hold the card and plug into a USB port for less than twenty dollars.

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You can not interchange the part with other brand. Regards

Unfortunately it sounds as if your flash bulb has burnt out. Although flash bulbs are made to last a very long time, this happens occasionally, just like the lights in your home go out sometimes before their expected end-of-life time and have to be replaced. Repair shouldn't be too very expensive, but instead I would suggest putting the money that you would spend for a repair towards getting a full powered external flash, such as the SB-600. This will allow you much more flexibility with your flash pictures, and will increase your flash picture quality considerably.

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Not on the camera, but on the card itself. Please see this link.

Nikon makes several lenses that might suit you as a travel lens. Nikon's 18-105mm, 18-135mm, and 18-200mm all cover a useful range of focal lengths from wide angle to telephoto. Third party manufacturers such as Sigma and Tamron also make lenses with comparable focal length ranges. Which one is best for you depends on many factors, not the least of which are your budget, your photography style, and the weight you're willing to carry.

As for training videos, there are several excellent ones available.

A free video on Nikon's web site:
http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d60/index.shtml

From Blue Crane Digital:
http://bluecranedigital.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=1028

From Lark Books:
http://www.larkbooks.com/catalog?isbn=9781600595721

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We have a solution for this on Fixya. Check the details below and it should fix the issue.

My D60 flash problem was that the flash would pop up, but would not flash. The release lever would keep "clicking"...it did no know that the flash was up. Since I was told that the min cost of sending it to Nikon for repair was $250, I downloaded a repair/service manual for the D60 from http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/9029672-nikon-d60-service-repair-manual ($8.99)
This manual gives a step by step assembly and disassembly of the camera.

I actually lucked up and fixed my problem...

Problem Descripton/Solution (short version):
There was a tiny plastic collar at the flash hinge that got pushed back into the camera. This collar served to close a couple of contacts. I stuck a home made wire/double hook tool into the hinge clearance hole and pulled the collar out and snapped it back into place.

Problem Description/Solution (LONG version)

WARNINGS (based on experience)
1. Yes, the flash will still shock the **** out of you..even with the battery out. You will smell burnt hair/flesh.
2. Be careful of the tiny contact leaf springs. They are hard to bend back into the correct position.
3. The #00 screws are easy to strip out. Apply firm pressure, turn slowly, and make sure screw driver is aligned properly.
4. Proceed at own risk (to camera). Make sure your warranty really has run out. There are many ways to make things worse. You can back out now and buy an external flash.

All I had to take apart however was the top cover of the flash (two tiny screws on underside of the flash #00 philips head). I found that there are two tiny copper or gold "leaf spring" contacts that have to close to send a signal that the flash is up. These are located at the hinge where the flash wiring runs into a clearance hole into the camera (hole is a center of rotation of the flash). There is a small plasitc collar that fits into this clearance hole from inside the flash/camera base and through the flash housing at the pivot point and snaps into place via 2 plastic hooks or tabs (download/see repair manual). This collar serves to secure the flash housing to the base but also has a tiny pin sticking out that catches one of the contact leaf springs and closes the circuit. The problem is that this collar got knocked out of place and pushed back into the camera. I made a home made wire/double hook tool out of 22 gauge wire (see attached picture) and worked it into the clearance hole by pinching the hooks together and working it in. Go in above the flash wires (top of hole) since the wire path goes downward into the camera. With some work and luck I was able to hook the edge of the collar and pull it back out and snap it back in place.

I then put the flash cover back on and everything still seems to work.

My Hook Tool....
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Let us know if this resolved your problem.

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You're seeing blown-out highlights. These are the portions of your picture that have been overexposed so much that they've gone pure white and lost all detail. This is generally considered a bad thing, and the camera is warning you so. Of course, the camera doesn't know what effect you're trying for.

In general, the proper fix is to reduce the exposure by using exposure compensation to bring back the details. This risks losing details in the shadows as they go pure black, but that's generally considered not as bad. After all, we don't really expect to see things in the dark.

That was the long answer. The short answer is: press up/down on the multiselector to cycle through the different views of your picture.

I depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If downloading pictures, then camera USB mode must be in Mass Storage. If trying to control camera with Nikon Capture or Control Pro, Then USB mode must be in PTP. Those are changed in the menu system

You need a software program installed on your computer to work with and convert raw pictures. An example would be Photoshop Elements. Usually, cameras that can shoot raw photos come with software on a cd to work with the photos.

Turn camera on. Hold & press the 2 dotted button, [info] & [+?]. This will reset your camera. It ahould work again.

One source for either the shell or the assembly is http://uscamera.com/d601.htm

Enter the cameras menu system and navigate to the icon on the left that looks like a pencil. Press mulit-selecter to right then down to image review then press right again, Choose "on". Exit all Menus and give a try.