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Canon has stopped the production of the D60 about a month ago. To retool the factory and make the asembly lines run smooth takes them about 2-3 weeks. So the new SLR´s are already being produced, right at this very moment. They´ll wait till PMA and then get the new models on the shelfs real soon - maybe only 2-3 week - after that!

So, if you are interested in the new models (and who´s not?), sell your D60, while there is still time and the new models and their prices are still unkown. Once they´re out, you´ll really start to loose money.

Of course, if the new D 80 (or whatever it will be) is only an improved D60 with 6 MP again, you´d probably want to keep the D60. But what are the chances of Canon doing that? No folks, it WILL have at least 8 MP, better AF and probably even eye focusing.

Anyway, yesterday i put my D60 on Ebay and am ready for the things to come...

P.S.: The Ebay-auction is already doing just fine:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2911538176&category=26073

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Waldemar
D60, lotsa glass
http://www.pbase.com/haak
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http://www.images-of-tuscany.com
 
Then once you have sold you camera, you will learn that Canon did not produce a new camera after all - or perhaps they did.

Anyways, you have no camera now and you will not be able to get hold of a replacement until ..... well, who knows ???

So, if you have a dSLR now, you basically have two options now:

1) Take pictures and keep "loosing money" or
2) Do not take pictures and do not loose any more money than you already did.

As cameras are basically meant to be photographic tools rather than investment objects, I know what option I am going for!

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Kjeld Olesen
http://www.acapixus.dk
 
Do you buy a new computer each month becasue its newer technology and cheaper? So why do it with a camera? Did your D60 stop working? Have you looked at all of the pictures youve taken with the D60 and suddenley think theyre no ggood?

I'm keeping my D60 because its a good camera, 3 years or so down the road I'll get the new one which will blow the doors off the D10/D80 or whatever it is.
Waldemar said:
Canon has stopped the production of the D60 about a month ago. To
retool the factory and make the asembly lines run smooth takes them
about 2-3 weeks. So the new SLR´s are already being produced, right
at this very moment. They´ll wait till PMA and then get the new
models on the shelfs real soon - maybe only 2-3 week - after that!

So, if you are interested in the new models (and who´s not?), sell
your D60, while there is still time and the new models and their
prices are still unkown. Once they´re out, you´ll really start to
loose money.

Of course, if the new D 80 (or whatever it will be) is only an
improved D60 with 6 MP again, you´d probably want to keep the D60.
But what are the chances of Canon doing that? No folks, it WILL
have at least 8 MP, better AF and probably even eye focusing.

Anyway, yesterday i put my D60 on Ebay and am ready for the things
to come...

P.S.: The Ebay-auction is already doing just fine:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2911538176&category=26073

--
Waldemar
D60, lotsa glass
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com
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are you for real.........

this has been going for sometime now........maybe for a D30 owner this makes sense, but i don't see the need to let go of a perfectly well oiled D60..........
Waldemar said:
Canon has stopped the production of the D60 about a month ago. To
retool the factory and make the asembly lines run smooth takes them
about 2-3 weeks. So the new SLR´s are already being produced, right
at this very moment. They´ll wait till PMA and then get the new
models on the shelfs real soon - maybe only 2-3 week - after that!

So, if you are interested in the new models (and who´s not?), sell
your D60, while there is still time and the new models and their
prices are still unkown. Once they´re out, you´ll really start to
loose money.
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i didn't buy my D60 to make resale money...........this is ludicrous.
Member said:
Of course, if the new D 80 (or whatever it will be) is only an
improved D60 with 6 MP again, you´d probably want to keep the D60.
But what are the chances of Canon doing that? No folks, it WILL
have at least 8 MP, better AF and probably even eye focusing.

Anyway, yesterday i put my D60 on Ebay and am ready for the things
to come...

P.S.: The Ebay-auction is already doing just fine:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2911538176&category=26073

--
Waldemar
D60, lotsa glass
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com
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photography is my passion.
 
Think I will just hold on to mine for a while longer. If I am going to make a change it will be a major change to the 1Ds. I don't believe there will be that much of differrence in a D60 v. Dx0 in 8x10 prints...or even 16x20.

Sure there will be some things addressed...but the D60...I am pleased with it and so are my customers...and that IS what is important.

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-- richard
 
A little bit early. Do you know when the D?? is coming, if it fits your needs. As rumorerd there should come only one new SLR, some say a cheap one, some say a better on the D60.
Do you know anything about problems of the new one, image quality?

I'm the first on the preorder list of Munichs biggest vendors so I'll be one of the first who get them and then I can decide it to sell or not. (when I know what camera is coming)

what do you do 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks.... without your camera...

Frank
 
hawkeye1 said:
Waldemar said:
Canon has stopped the production of the D60 about a month ago. To
retool the factory and make the asembly lines run smooth takes them
about 2-3 weeks. So the new SLR´s are already being produced, right
at this very moment. They´ll wait till PMA and then get the new
models on the shelfs real soon - maybe only 2-3 week - after that!

So, if you are interested in the new models (and who´s not?), sell
your D60, while there is still time and the new models and their
prices are still unkown. Once they´re out, you´ll really start to
loose money.
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i didn't buy my D60 to make resale money...........this is ludicrous.
hawkeye1 said:
Of course, if the new D 80 (or whatever it will be) is only an
improved D60 with 6 MP again, you´d probably want to keep the D60.
But what are the chances of Canon doing that? No folks, it WILL
have at least 8 MP, better AF and probably even eye focusing.

Anyway, yesterday i put my D60 on Ebay and am ready for the things
to come...

P.S.: The Ebay-auction is already doing just fine:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2911538176&category=26073

--
Waldemar
D60, lotsa glass
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com
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photography is my passion.
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Good advice. I understand that Canon has buried a chip in the D60 that, once activated by a worldwide satellite signal after the launch of the new model, will render it virtually unusable for anything more than snapshots you'd take with a £5 disposable. My advice too is to get out while you can.
 
Waldemar said:
Canon has stopped the production of the D60 about a month ago. To
retool the factory and make the asembly lines run smooth takes them
about 2-3 weeks. So the new SLR´s are already being produced, right
at this very moment. They´ll wait till PMA and then get the new
models on the shelfs real soon - maybe only 2-3 week - after that!

So, if you are interested in the new models (and who´s not?), sell
your D60, while there is still time and the new models and their
prices are still unkown. Once they´re out, you´ll really start to
loose money.

Of course, if the new D 80 (or whatever it will be) is only an
improved D60 with 6 MP again, you´d probably want to keep the D60.
But what are the chances of Canon doing that? No folks, it WILL
have at least 8 MP, better AF and probably even eye focusing.

Anyway, yesterday i put my D60 on Ebay and am ready for the things
to come...

P.S.: The Ebay-auction is already doing just fine:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2911538176&category=26073

--
Waldemar
D60, lotsa glass
http://www.pbase.com/haak
http://www.photo-haak.com
http://www.images-of-tuscany.com
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A UFO lands a 1/4 mile down the road from his home...
5 minutes later, for no apparent reason, it takes off again and disapears.

No thanks, I think I'll keep my camera and not worry that there is one or two better then mine.

I prefer to NOT miss the photo rather than worry about who has the latest technology.

Murph
 
Maybe for those to whom photography is just a hobby and have to have the 'latest thing' it maybe a good idea but for those of us to whom a camera is mainly a work tool for a job which super-fast AF wouldn't be of any great benefit (If it isn't then you bought the wrong camera in the first place) then it's better to keep the D60 until a real step up like Full frame Foveon comes along..

let's face it, the D30 people didn't all sell up to get the D60, I don't think that Elan-7E AF (which is about all it's gonna get) is going to shake the world to it's knees - beat the D100's AF?, Yea, Annhiliate the S2?, Yeah, but it's hardly EOS3 territory is it, if it WAS, then Canon would be shooting themselves in the foot, I mean who but a reporter would spend another £5000 for an extra 4.5Mp and weather sealing for the 1DS when they can have the same AF setup in a 6.5Mp body! AND have more noise at ISO100.

I'm doing as the D30 owners did - wait a few years for a worthwhile upgrade and when it comes, sit back knowing that I'll still have a FAST Hi-Quality backup body (the D60) at my disposal too.

But Heck, I'd buy an EOS D2000 for the curiosity of it if I could find one cheap enough as a backup ;-)

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Sure this is an atempt to advertise his ebay auction.

However, it's not that bad as far as advice goes for the non pro. Sure you're without a camera for a little while but it is a chance to save some bucks. Just consider this. If the new model (and we know there will be one) does come out much cheaper then it will really hurt the resale price of the D60 and the D30. Right now you can still recover most of your money on a D60 but that won't be the case a month from now.

This applies to those who see the D60 as a stepping stone to a better camera. Those who are satisfied with their camera don't care what the resale value is. I always saw my D30 as a just step towards a better camera. Here's what I did as an example.

Bought my first D30 in Nov 2001 for about $2500 with the grip. In Feb 2002 I sold it with the grip for what I had paid for it and then I bought a refurb with a grip for $1600. I saved $900 because I did it before PMA 2002 and the price of the D30 dropped a lot a month after that. I recently sold my D30 and grip for $1400. If you do the math you'll find that I had a D30 for 15 months and it only cost me $200. If I had kept my origninal D30 then it would have cost me $1100. That extra $900 that I saved helped me buy my 1D or an L lens (however you want to look at it). Next month I would not have gotten $1400 for it.

The 1D is not a stepping stone for me. I am keeping it. I will probably add another future camera to go with it but I plan on keeping this camera. It was the buying and selling of the D30 at the right times that helped me get the camera I have today.

But that's me and it's not for everyone.
 
I need a camera for my work almost daily, and , since I will be converting to all digital, I will keep the D60 at least as a backup even if I do buy the new camera.
 
Adam-T wrote:
then it's better to keep the D60
Adam-T said:
until a real step up like Full frame Foveon comes along..
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that's what I'm going to do---more or less.
Adam-T said:
I'm doing as the D30 owners did - wait a few years for a worthwhile
upgrade and when it comes, sit back knowing that I'll still have a
FAST Hi-Quality backup body (the D60) at my disposal too.
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Yes, truthfully I can neither afford to just upgrade each year nor do I have any need to do that. Others may--for me--I'm following Adam's path.
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Diane B
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B/W lover, but color is seducing me
 
this is a guy that retailers just love to have fun with.

photography is my passion.
 
Me too. I will not be upgrading for a few years. For my wants/needs the D60 is fine. I made a mistake with the E10 - a nice dslr but not quite enough of one; I should have bought the D30. I am now much more interested in collecting some good glass. I also take the view, anyway, that there is much improvement to be had in Photoshop...

Dave
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http://www3.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=3626
 
What do they say "history repeats itself", here we go again.

When the D-60 was announced, some people sold their D-30 but did not
realized, that demand was so large for the D-60 people were waiting
until the summer for their D-60. They spent their days calling camera
stores seeing if it in stock, getting their names on waiting lists and what
was worst the would know the place on the waiting list each week
and come to this forum and tell us!

I was one of the lucky ones to get my D-60 in late April and sold
my D-30 in June for $1600. Not a bad price. I sold it to a person
who had a D-30 but sold it in hopes in getting a D-60. When
he could not get one and had offers of work, he needed a camera.
D-30 or D-60, he did not care.

So go ahead sell your camera and look out you window wishing
you still had to take photos. While I will be taking photos and
will only sell it when I have a new camera in my hands and have
made sure it works.

My Two Cents

--
“What actually happens in the real world is what photographers needs to know.”
Michael Reichmann – Luminous Landscape
 
Adam-T said:
Maybe for those to whom photography is just a hobby and have to
have the 'latest thing' it maybe a good idea but for those of us to
whom a camera is mainly a work tool for a job which super-fast AF
wouldn't be of any great benefit (If it isn't then you bought the
wrong camera in the first place) then it's better to keep the D60
until a real step up like Full frame Foveon comes along..
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Having better AF than a D30/D60 doesn't mean "super-fast AF". My first SLR was a EOS 500 and the main reason I upgraded to a EOS 50e was AF / AF assist light. I know two things: The AF of the EOS 50e wasn't "super-fast", and the AF of the EOS 500 was better than the AF of a D30/D60.

With this comment, I just want to get the proportions right. Otherwise, I agree a 100%: Better cameras do not necessarly imply better pictures. There's no need to rush for anybody. But an affordable D60-like dSLR with a working AF is overdue for a lot of photographers.

Andi

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http://www.andreassteiner.net/photography
 
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