Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Exploring the Nikon D7000

Key Components of the D7000

Top of the camera

Back of the camera

Front of the camera

Right side of the camera

Left side of the camera

Viewfinder Display

Control Panel

Information Display

Chapter 2 Nikon D7000 Essentials

Exposure Modes

Programmed Auto

Aperture Priority

Shutter Priority

Manual

Auto modes

Auto

Auto (flash off)

Scene modes

Portrait

Landscape

Child

Sports

Close-up

Night Portrait

Night Landscape

Party/Indoor

Beach/Snow

Sunset

Dusk/Dawn

Pet Portrait

Candlelight

Blossom

Autumn Colors

Food

Silhouette

High Key

Low Key

Metering Modes

Matrix

Center-weighted

Spot

Focus Modes

How the D7000 autofocus works

Phase detection

Contrast detection

Continuous (AF-C)

Single (AF-S)

Auto (AF-A)

Manual (M)

Autofocus Area Modes

Single-point AF

Dynamic-area AF

9 points

21 points

39 points

3D-tracking

Auto-area AF

ISO Sensitivity

Auto ISO

Noise reduction

Long exposure NR

High ISO NR

White Balance

What is Kelvin?

White balance settings

Picture Controls

JPEG

Image Size

Image Quality

NEF (RAW)

Type

Bit depth

Chapter 3 Setting Up the Nikon D7000

Accessing Menus

Playback Menu

Delete

Playback folder

Hide image

Display mode

Copy image(s)

Image review

After delete

Rotate tall

Slide show

Print set (DPOF)

Shooting Menu

Reset shooting menu

Storage folder

File naming

Role played by card in Slot 2

Image quality

Image size

JPEG compression

NEF (RAW) recording

White balance

Using standard WB settings

Choosing a color temperature

Setting a preset ...

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