Charlie Sorrel
Gear

Nikon Shows Hideous 'Black Gold' D60 Variant

Nikon has bought a pot of gold paint and started slapping it around at the D60 factory. The result, as you see above, is a rather tacky looking “special'” edition called the Nikon D60 Black Gold. Is this a gift to the taste-deficient DSLR buyer? No. Nikon expects you to pay an extra $50 for […]

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Nikon has bought a pot of gold paint and started slapping it around at the D60 factory. The result, as you see above, is a rather tacky looking "special'" edition called the Nikon D60 Black Gold. Is this a gift to the taste-deficient DSLR buyer? No. Nikon expects you to pay an extra $50 for this shiny golden coating, which earns the camera a place in our much coveted "Bling" category.

What exactly do you get for that $50? Dan Man, from the DP Review forums, gives us the details:

  1. the box: now has three "black gold edition" labels on it. They are not stickers, they are printed onto the actual box.

  2. the neck strap: now has an additional "gold edition" logo on it

3&4) the two strap lugs: now plated with a very shiny golden coating

  1. the shutter button: now coated with a soft gold color

  2. the mode dial: now gas gold colored icons, not white

  3. the D60 badge: now a soft colored gold

I really wanted to embed the theme song from the Beverly Hillbillies in this post, but sadly it is still in copyright. Instead, I will point you to the Wkipedia page featuring the banjo-tastic Ballad of Jed Clampett. Keep listening for a mention of Nikon's tacky new camera. $650.

D60 BLACK GOLD in hand, with pictures!! [DP Review via Nikon Rumors]

The Ballad of Jed Clampett [Wikipedia]