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Viewfinder information .............. AF information: AF points, focus confirmation light

Exposure information: shutter speed, aperture, manual exposure, AE lock, partial metering circle, exposure level, exposure compensation amount, AEB level

Flash information: flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation amount, flash exposure compensation icon, red-eye reduction lamp-on indicator

Warnings: Exposure warning, improper FE lock warning, CF card-full warning, CF card error warning, no CF card warning, Busy

Other information: Maximum burst during continuous shooting, shots remaining

Depth-of-field preview .............. Enabled with depth-of-field preview button

Autofocus

Type

TTL-CT-SIR with a Multi-BASIS

 

(TTL secondary image registration AF)

AF points

3 ( + )

AF working range

EV 0.5-18 (at 20˚C, ISO 100)

Focusing modes

(1)

One-Shot AF (2) AI Servo AF (3) AI Focus AF

 

(4)

Manual focusing (MF)

AF point selection

(1)

Automatic (2) Manual

Active AF point indicator

Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD panel

AF-assist beam

Emitted automatically by a lamp

 

Effective range: Approx. 3.8 m / 12.5 ft. (at center)

Exposure Control

Metering system

35-zone SPC, TTL full-aperture metering

 

(1)

Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)

 

(2)

Partial metering (approx. 9.5% of viewfinder at center)

 

(3)

Centerweighted average metering

Metering range

EV 2-20 (at 20˚C with 50mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 100)

Exposure control systems

(1)

Program AE (Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up,

 

Sports, Night Portrait, Program) (2) Shutter-priority AE

 

(3)

Aperture-priority AE (4) Depth-of-field AE (5) Manual

 

exposure (6) E-TTL program flash AE

ISO speed range

Equivalent to ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, 1000

Exposure compensation

AEB: +/–2 stops in 1/2- or 1/3-stop increments.

 

Bracketing sequence: Standard exposure, decreased

 

 

exposure, increased exposure

 

Manual: +/–2 stops in 1/2- or 1/3-stop increments (can be

 

 

combined with AEB)

AE lock

Automatic: Applied automatically when focus is achieved in

 

 

One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering.

 

Manual: Applied with AE lock button.

Shutter

Type

Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter

Shutter speeds

1/4000 to 30 sec. (1/2- or 1/3-stop increments), bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec.

Shutter release

Soft-touch electromagnetic release

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D60 specifications

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