Nikon D60 Digital Camera with 18-55mm lens - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Please shoot in P mode. In P mode it will use the flash if you pop it up and not use it if it is down. The flash uses LOTS of battery power. If you battery is weak the flash may take a long time to recycle (charge). The Flash must be popped up and READY before you can use it. The flash is charged or READY when the RED light is on. I hope this helps.

clean battery contacts with very mild abrasive - scotch brite is ideal. Then wipe with alcohol on a q tip. You can also wipe the camera contacts with this. If no luck, find or borrow another battery. Also giggle the on off switch. They get dirty. May need to go to the shop.

clean battery contacts with very mild abrasive - scotch brite is ideal. Then wipe with alcohol on a q tip. You can also wipe the camera contacts with this. If no luck, find or borrow another battery. Also giggle the on off switch. They get dirty. May need to go to the shop.

Are you transferring photos direct from the memory card or from the camera to the laptop?

Download the user manual from Nikon by following this link User Manual D60 Nikon Knowledgebase and look on page 96.

This may help. It is a link to a website that sells the repair manual for your lens. Nikon AF DX Nikkor ED 18 55 3 5 5 6 Lens Repair Manual PDF Download

This is not a do it yourself project. Call the Nikon Service Department at 1-800-NIKON-US (1-800-645-6687) 9AM-8PM EST, Monday to Friday. They will tell you how to return your camera for repair and will provide you with an estimate of charges.

The Nikon D-60 is not equipped with live-view, if that's what you mean.

No.

The d60 needs Auto focus lenses(Ones with motors inside the lense) it doesn`t autofocus on other lenses. this was done to reduce the price of the camera body

Hope this helps

If your subjects are not all the same distance from the camera there is a possibility your aperture is is too open. This results in a very shallow depth of field. Use f-stops of f/8 or smaller (higher numbers)

on photos or in the viewfinder?

Glad to have been of help.

I have a 5D Mark II that has acted up like this. 99% of the time it will reset itself it you power off, remove the lense and allow them to sync up. Try this, it may work for you too!

If your camera has been damaged in a fire then I'm not surprised it doesn't work properly. Take it to an authorized Nikon repair shop. Since it's a D60 I assume it's out of warranty but your insurance may cover some or all of it.

Maybe it's because you're shooting in low light conditions. Prop up your flash, pump up your ISO number, and shoot.

You can download a manual in PDF form from
http://support.nikontech.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/14511

You can order a printed manual from
http://shop.nikonusa.com/store/nikonusa/en_US/pd/productID.215425100

Unfortunately this isn't anything that can be necessarily fixed per se.

I'd suggest looking at Nikon's website and finding any applicable firmware upgrades. However, upon checking Nikon's website there are no available firmware upgrades currently.

Beyond that, I also recommend formatting your memory card (after transferring your photos to your computer) and possibly looking into purchasing a faster memory card. Memory cards have different write/read speeds which can affect the rate at which your pictures come up onscreen in the camera.

Hi da7macs,

This means that you have " Dust " accumulated within the shutter, i highly suggest for you to take your camera to the Camera shop and ask them to clean the shutter and internal lens for you.

i hope this helps.

Here's what I found on the Nikon forum and it also works for D60 Digital Camera.
Get a very small cross head screwdriver (watchmaker size)
A can of WD40
Sticky tape
A good light

Remove the Battery and SD card
Open up the bottom of the D40x putting the small screws onto the sticky tape in order of removal.

You know the camera well, so you know where all the screws go.
Remove the metal plate (used for the tripod mount, you will need to remove the back of the D40x as well, it's only 2 screws)

Now look at John C Ayr's pic of the D40xwww.flickr.com/photos/johncayr/3969534234/

Spray a SMALL amount of WD40 onto the red and white gear wheels.
(Don't use so much that it drips down onto the optics, you don't want oil in there!!!)

Put the battery in and hold it down to make contact, put in the sd card and switch on the camera and try the shutter button. (switch it to manual focus or it might try hunting around for ages for focus)

It might start working, if not move the red wheel a few stops and try again.

Once it's lubed up and the wheels move it should be ok.
Keep taking pics until you feel it is ok.

Then reassemble following the screws backwards on the sticky tape.