Nikon D7000 manual First, remove the rubber gas- ket covering the contacts

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To use the MB-D11, just follow these steps:

1.Expose contacts. Remove the rubber protective cover over the contacts on the bot- tom of the D7000 body. (See Figure 3.35, earlier.) Don’t worry about losing the cover: it fits in a matching well inside the MB-D11. Retrieve the cover from that safe location when you remove the grip. Next, remove the white plastic protective cover from the terminal contacts on the MB-D11.

2.Line up the camera and grip. There are two holes on the underside surface of the D7000 that mate with matching pins on the MB-D11. Line up those components, the tripod socket and tripod screw, and the contacts (as shown in Figure 3.37) and slide the MB-D11 onto the underside of the camera.

Figure 3.37

First, remove the rubber gas- ket covering the contacts.

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Unlike some earlier battery grips, you don’t need to remove the battery in the camera; the D7000 can use both, in the order you specify (use CSM #d14, described in Chapter 9). I recommend using the battery in the MB-D11 grip first; as it poops out, you can replace it with a fresh EN-EL15 or set of AA batteries without the need to remove the grip. (You do own several back-up batteries, don’t you?) Use the D7000’s internal battery only when you have no other replacements available.