Voice of Travel

While on vacation, we absolutely love taking pictures of everything we see. Since we try to go on a few vacations a year, that can add up to a lot of pictures. About a month ago, we decided that we were finally going to get a dSLR. We had talked about it for quite a while, and while we love our point and shoot camera, it just doesn’t get the best photos. Don’t get me wrong, they are nice pictures, but you’d never go “WOW” after looking at any of them.

While doing a lot of research online, we noticed that pictures that were taken with the Nikon D40/D60 were incredible. A lot of them had that WOW factor that just wasn’t there with a regular p&s camera. So, we decided to get the Nikon D60 Kit with 2 lenses, so that we would have the great zoom that we were used to with our previous camera.

While we haven’t taken it on vacation yet, we have been practicing for a while now, and the difference in pictures is just incredible. Just taking pictures of our cat is a huge difference. Before, it was impossible to get a good picture of her. Let’s face it, cats won’t sit still for the camera. Plus, even when she was sitting still, the picture just didn’t do her justice. Now with the Nikon D60, the pictures come out incredible. There have been many pictures I’ve taken of her where I just go WOW…which is exactly what I was looking for.

Once I go on vacation I will be happy to post pictures that I take with the Nikon D60, but so far I am thrilled with the camera.

The best part is, even though I just got it, I can take amazing pictures with it using the automatic settings. I’m hoping in the next few months to learn all of the manual settings so that by the time I go on vacation I can take even better pictures, but it’s great to know that even just out of the box, the pictures are incredible.

In case you’re interested, I found the best price on the Nikon D60 SLR Digital Camera Kit with 18-55mm VR Lens & 55-200mm VR Lens at B&H. It’s $649.95, and comes with free shipping. There is only tax in NY, so unless you live in NY, that is the final price. After all the research we did on it, we were very happy with the final price.