Advanced High-Performance New Autofocus System
The N60's new Auto-Servo AF is so advanced that it can detect whether a subject is stationary or moving, and also detects direction. According to the detected information, it automatically chooses to lock focus or activate focus tracking — either way, you're assured autofocusing that works fast, accurately, and easily.

General-Purpose Program
Use this mode when you want to take pictures for simple point-and-shoot operation. Let autofocus with focus tracking take care of getting a sharp picture, and the Program Exposure control will handle exposure. Even if you use the built-in flash, it's all automatic. You'll get sharp focus and accurate exposures.

Vari-Program modes for automatic control with personal control
The Nikon N60 also comes with five special program modes to handle challenging subjects or scenes by making exposure or other adjustments automatically.

Portrait mode
With Portrait mode, your subject comes out sharply focused against a soft background for a beautiful effect.

Landscape mode
This captures distant scenes sharp and clear, for postcard-like landscape pictures.

Close-Up mode
Use this mode to take shots of flowers or other small objects up close. It focuses sharply on the main subject, while the background will be softly unfocused. It's the kind of effect you often see in great nature pictures.

Sport mode
You can stop the action with Sport mode — it uses fast shutter speeds, and automatically changes to Nikon's Continuous Shooting mode and Focus Tracking.

Night Scene mode
Get great pictures of twilight scenes, cityscapes filled with neon lights and more. Shoot with flash and make a beautifully lighted portrait against the night lights. And it's all done automatically.

See what you can do — flexible exposure modes.

When you feel ready to flex your photographic skills, the N60's exposure modes make it easy. The four available modes — Program, Shutter preferred, Aperture preferred and Manual — let you create SLR-quality pictures the way you want by controlling the shutter speed and aperture combination.

3D Matrix Metering
The 3D Matrix Meter featured in the N60 uses a 6-segment sensor to achieve superior metering results even in complex lighting. The N60's built-in computer analyzes data including scene brightness and contrast — and subject distance when you use a D-type AF Nikkor lens — and makes calculations to ensure correct exposure.

Auto-Multi Program
In this mode, the N60 selects the exposure just like General-Purpose Program — with an important difference. It lets you adjust the shutter speed/aperture combination as you like. We call that Flexible Program because it lets you take control without losing the advantages of automatic operation.

Shutter-Priority Auto
Choose higher shutter speeds to stop the action, or slower shutter speeds to indicate movement by deliberately blurring the moving subject.

Aperture-Priority Auto
Use smaller aperture (larger f-number) to focus the scene near to far, or use larger aperture (smaller f-number) to make your subject stand out from the blurred background.

Manual Exposure Control
For ultimate control, this mode lets you set both the shutter speed and aperture manually. Center-Weighted Metering is automatically selected in this mode, and the viewfinder's display guides you toward the exposure setting.

Nikon flash power when you need it.
The N60 camera's built-in Speedlight is ready to help you get the shot, and if you're not sure if flash is needed, don't worry, because a flash symbol appears in the viewfinder LCD when flash is recommended. The built-in Speedlight covers lenses as wide as 28mm and has a guide number of 49 at ISO 100 (15 metric).

Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash
The N60's Matrix Balanced Fill-Flash automatically provides the right lighting for most of your shots. In low light the flash is balanced with the background's brightness, giving you an overall accurate exposure. Or you can use fill-in flash in brightly lit scenes to overcome harsh shadows that are typical in portraits. Nikon's Matrix Balanced Fill-flash is great for portraits, brings out details, and brightens shadows to bring out the color.

Extensive flash shooting distance
The N60's built-in Speedlight boasts a large guide number of 49 at ISO 100 (15 metric). This gives you great TTL flash control.

TTL flash control range compared to other built-in flashes (with ISO 400 film, f/4)

N60's built-in Speedlight (GN 49*): 24.6 ft.
Built-in flash with GN 39*: 19.7 ft.
*ISO 100 in feet.

Red-Eye Reduction
Choose this mode and the Red-Eye Reduction lamp lights, making the pupils in the subject's eyes smaller, effectively reducing red-eye. Use this feature with normal and Slow Sync and enjoy the improvement in your portrait photography.

Focus Lock
When you focus on a stationary subject, the focus locks as long as you lightly press the shutter release button. This proves useful in autofocus shooting when you want to capture your subject off-center in the composition. (Not available in Sport mode.)

AF-Assist Illuminator
When ambient light is insufficient for autofocusing, the AF-Assist Illuminator automatically lights up the subject. This makes it possible to take sharply focused pictures even in total darkness.

Focus Tracking
The N60 features special autofocus software that can achieve sharp focusing even when the subject is moving at a constant speed, toward or away from the camera.

Auto Exposure Lock (AE Lock)
When you shoot in any auto exposure mode while pressing the AE-L button, the camera "memorizes" the metered exposure value. In this case, Center-Weighted Metering is automatically selected. This feature is ideal for situations where the user wants to change the composition or put creative exposure emphasis on a specific part of the picture.

Long Time Exposure
You can use the Time setting, included in the Manual exposure mode, to make creative long exposures of nighttime scenes.

Auto Film Operation
Loading, film advance and film rewind are all automatic. Mid-roll rewind is also possible. The film speed is automatically set for popular DX-coded films (ISO 25 to 5000).

Exposure Compensation
You can adjust exposure compensation values from -3 to +3 EV in increments of 1/2 EV to achieve different exposure effects.

Easy, Ergonomic Camera Operation
The N60 is designed for ease of use. The exposure mode dial and command dial exemplify this — giving you simple control of most camera operations.

Large LCD Panel
The large, top deck LCD panel provides confirmation of camera settings at a glance.

Diopter Adjustment Switch
A sliding switch lets you adjust the diopter from -1.5 to +1 dpt. so you can customize the viewfinder to suit your vision.

High-Eyepoint Finder
You can have your eye a comfortable 17mm (at -1 dpt.) from the finder eyepiece and still have a full view of the viewfinder.

Two-Button Reset
You can quickly and easily cancel all settings — such as the flash mode or exposure compensation value — by simultaneously pressing the aperture button and exposure compensation buttons for over two seconds. This returns the N60 to its standard default settings.