Nikon has had a long relationship with the gold finish, from their boxes to bands on their lenses. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before they spilled a can of their favorite tacky color all over one of their digital SLRs. This is not the first time someone tripped in Nikon’s factory while carrying a can of gold, see here and here. I’m sure there are other examples but why exactly are they celebrating the D60?
The rumors about this have been around for a little while now (in typical Nikon fashion) but I wasn’t sure I really believed it would amount to anything. This is supposed to be a standard Nikon D60 with a $50 paint job on the shutter button, mode dial, camera name badge, strap lugs and maybe a few other places (how about a gold lens mount?).
So for those of you out there deciding between the D60 and the XSi, if you really like gold inexplicably splattered across the things you own, I think your decision just got a lot easier. The rest of us will just continue to scratch our heads.
