Does anyone know of a site where I can get information on the Nikon N6000. I know this is sort of the manual version of the N6006 but is this a recommended model? Does it have spot metering? Thank you.

-- Brandon (brandon_999@yahoo.com), February 08, 2000

Answers

Hi Brandon,

No the N6000/F601m doesn't have spot metering and the built in flash -otherwise everthing else is the same as the F601/N6006.

U can find reviews here under the Nikon section.Scroll down - it's on the right.

www.techphoto.org

-- Shannon (shong@lhc.qld.edu.au), February 09, 2000.

I used to have an N6006 and it was a fine camera; however, if you want to use MF Nikkor lenses with it (or the N6000/F601m) you lose matrix metering, and a limited to just manual and aperture priority program modes. Also, the camera won't show the aperture in the viewfinder. Of course if you spend $$$ for the AI-P lenses (there are two of them a 500 f4 and a 1200mm-1700mm zoom) you won't lose these features.

I'm not certain, but I think that besides the built-in flash, the N6000/F601m might have also lost some of the other flash functions (like flash compensation and rear-curtain synch).

IMHO, if you want to use manual focus lenses, you may be better off with an FE2, FM2n, FA or F3.

The only Nikon SLR with a spot-meter that takes advantage of MF lenses is the F4 (the new N80/F80 is the only SLR with a spot-meter that doesn't work with MF lenses, but the F4 is the only SLR with a spot-meter that can also matrix-meter with MF lenses).

-- Geoffrey S. Kane (grendel@nauticom.net), February 09, 2000.

Brandon. The F601M has the same flash features as the F601 but no built in flash. It has rear curtain synch and flash exposure compensation. It is a light nicely designed camera. One stop shutter speeds in manual is a bit of a minus point. Leif.

-- Leif Goodwin (goodwinl@uk.ibm.com), February 10, 2000.