I have had my 60d for a few months now and I honestly was very impressed by it. It was a camera that had features I liked with very good image quality (not pro quality, but still good), great video recording, and it is fun to use. It really is all about personal preference. I myself have never really laid hands on any recent Nikon cameras, only my dads 35mm Nikon from the 80's or 90's so I can't say that one may be better than the other but I really am quite impressed with the EOS 60D.