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DAVID BUSCH’S NIKON® D7000 GUIDE TO DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY David D. Busch Course Technology PTR A part of Cengage Learning Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States David Busch’s Nikon® D7000 © 2012 David D. Busch Guide to Digital SLR Photography ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright David D. Busch herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to Publisher and General Manager, Course photocopying, recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, Technology PTR: information networks, or information storage and retrieval systems, Stacy L. Hiquet except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 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Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 12 11 For Cathy Acknowledgments Once again thanks to the folks at Course Technology PTR, who recognized that a cam- era as popular as the Nikon D7000 deserves in-depth full-color coverage at a price any- one can afford. Special thanks to executive editor Kevin Harreld, who always gives me the freedom to let my imagination run free with a topic, as well as my veteran produc- tion team including project editor Jenny Davidson and technical editor Mike Sullivan. Also thanks to Bill Hartman, layout; Katherine Stimson, indexing; Sara Gullion, proof- reading; Mike Tanamachi, cover design; and my agent, Carole Jelen, who has the amaz- ing ability to keep both publishers and authors happy. About the Author With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world’s #1 selling dig- ital camera guide author, and the originator of popular digital photography series like David Busch’s Pro Secrets and David Busch’s Quick Snap Guides. He has written nearly two dozen hugely successful guidebooks and compact guides for Nikon digital SLR models, several dozen additional user guides for other camera models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Third Edition and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He’s operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos have been published in magazines as diverse as Scientific American and Petersen’s PhotoGraphic, and his articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publi- cations. He’s also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper. His advice has been featured on National Public Radio’s All Tech Considered. When About.com named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debut- ing at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch’s Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. During the past year, he’s had as many as five of his books listed in the Top 20 of Amazon.com’s Digital Photography Bestseller list—simultaneously! Busch’s 100-plus other books published since 1983 include best- sellers like David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Using Digital SLR Lenses. Busch earned top category honors in the Computer Press Awards the first two years they were given (for Sorry About The Explosion and Secrets of MacWrite, MacPaint and MacDraw), and he later served as Master of Ceremonies for the awards. Visit his web- site at http://www.dslrguides.com/blog. Contents Preface . xvi Introduction . xvii PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR NIKON D7000 Chapter 1 Nikon D7000: Thinking Outside of the Box 5 First Things First. 7 Initial Setup . 14 Mastering the Multi Selector and Command Dials . 14 Setting the Clock. 16 Battery Included . 16 Final Steps. 17 Chapter 2 Nikon D7000 Quick Start 25 Choosing a Release Mode. 25 Selecting an Exposure Mode . 28 Choosing a Scene Mode . 29 Choosing an Advanced Mode . 31 Choosing a Metering Mode . 31 Choosing a Focus Mode . 32 Choosing the Focus Area Mode . 34 vi David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography Other Settings . 36 Adjusting White Balance and ISO . 36 Using the Self-Timer . 37 Reviewing the Images You’ve Taken . 37 Using the Built-in Flash. 38 Transferring Photos to Your Computer. 40 Changing Default Settings. 41 Resetting the Nikon D7000 . 42 Recommended Default Changes . 45 Chapter 3 Nikon D7000 Roadmap 47 Nikon D7000: Full Frontal . 49 The Nikon D7000’s Business End . 55 Playing Back Images . 60 Zooming the Nikon D7000 Playback Display. 61 Viewing Thumbnails . 62 Working with Calendar View . 64 Working with the Shooting Information/Photo Data Displays . 65 Using the Shooting Information Display . 66 Using the Photo Data Displays . 69 Going Topside. 74 LCD Control Panel Readouts . 78 Lens Components . 82 Looking Inside the Viewfinder . 86 Underneath Your Nikon D7000 . 88 Using the MB-D11 Multi-Power Battery Pack/Vertical Grip . 89 PART II: BEYOND THE BASICS Chapter 4 Getting the Right Exposure 95 Getting a Handle on Exposure . 96 How the D7000 Calculates Exposure . 101 Correctly Exposed. 101 Overexposed . 102 Underexposed . 103 Contents vii Choosing a Metering Method . 105 Matrix Metering . 105 Center-Weighted Metering . 107 Spot Metering . 109 Choosing an Exposure Method. 111 Aperture-Priority. 111 Shutter-Priority . 113 Program Mode . 114 Manual Exposure . 115 Using Scene Modes . 116 Adjusting Exposure with ISO Settings. 118 Dealing with Noise . 119 Bracketing. 120 White Balance Bracketing . 122 ADL Bracketing . 123 Bracketing and Merge to HDR . 124 Fixing Exposures with Histograms . 128 Chapter 5 Mastering Autofocus Options 133 How Focus Works . 133 Phase Detection. 134 Contrast Detection . 138 Adding Circles of Confusion . 139 Using Autofocus with the Nikon D7000. 142 Autofocus Simplifies Our Lives… Doesn’t It? . 143 Bringing the Multi-CAM 4800DX AF System into Focus . 144 Autofocus Point Selection Overview . 144 Choosing Autofocus Point Selection Mode . 145 Autofocus Mode and Priority . 148 Autofocus Mode . ..