This shot illustrates the D60’s default image processing, which is certainly vibrant, although you can tone it down if preferred.

The crops are sharp and detailed with no noise or other artefacts to worry about.

Again the crops are sharp and detailed, even up to the corners – the new DX 18-55mm VR is a great performer for the money.

The D60, set to the default AF-A mode, correctly identified the ship approaching and switched to continuous focus to keep the result sharp.

It’s a good result, but if you want to zoom any closer, you’ll need a longer or an additional lens.

For this portrait shot we zoomed into the maximum focal length of 55mm, which at an equivalent of 83mm, is ideal for head and shoulder shots.

This particular photo was taken with the D60 in Program mode and the flash popped-up as a fill-in, and the camera’s selected a relatively small f16 focal ratio.

As such it’s possible to achieve a far more blurred background with a smaller f-number, although for a really big impact you’ll need an optically faster lens, such as the 50mm f1.8.

We shot this in Program mode with the D60, but a larger depth of field could have been achieved in Aperture Priority.

The crops reveal lots of detail and while it’s not a specialised macro lens, you can still get some reasonable close-up results.

This poses no problems for the Vibration Reduction facilities on this lens though. When zoomed-out, you can typically handhold as slow as one quarter of a second, or 1/10 when zoomed-in.

Like all anti-shake systems, it won’t freeze a subject in motion, but it remains an invaluable facility.