Nikon D7000 manual Shooting Menu Recommendations

Chapter 7 ■ Advanced Techniques 201

the D7000 a little extra time to get that first picture in sharp focus. I understand that the continuous shooting speed may be a little slower in that mode, but it works for me.

You can set up three “banks” of most of these settings simultaneously. Install one set of recommendations as your default set that your camera uses normally. Then switch to U1 or U2 and make alternate settings and register them as described in Chapter 10. That gives you three banks you can select with a spin of the mode dial. I also suggest further customizing these settings to best suit your own habits and needs. In addition, there are some settings that I do not suggest changes for, but which can easily be mod- ified by you, if you like.

Shooting Menu Recommendations

I’ll list my Shooting menu suggestions first. The Custom Settings menu recommenda- tions are divided into the exact same categories but, of course, deal with different options. In the first table, the second column shows the default settings, as the D7000 comes from the factory.

Table 7.1 Shooting Menu Recommendations #1

Option	Camera Default	Basic Setting	Studio Flash	Portrait
File Naming	DSC/_DSC	D7K/_D7K	D7K/_D7K or	D7K/_D7K
		or your choice	your choice	or your choice
Role played by card	Overflow	Overflow	Backup	Backup
in Slot 2
Image Format/Quality	JPEG Normal	NEF(RAW)+	NEF	NEF+
		JPEG Fine		JPEG Fine
Image Size	Large	Large	Large	Large
JPEG Compression	Size Priority	Optimal Quality	Optimal Quality	Optimal Quality
NEF (RAW) recording:
>Type	Lossless	Lossless	Lossless	Lossless
	Compressed	Compressed	Compressed	Compressed
>NEF(RAW) bit depth	14-bit	14-bit	14-bit	14-bit
White Balance	Auto	Auto	Preset Manual	Auto
Set Picture Control	Standard	C-1 (Standard+	Standard	C-3 (Neutral +
		Sharp 7)		Sharp –2)
Color Space	sRGB	Adobe RGB	Adobe RGB	Adobe RGB
Auto distortion control	Off	Off	Off	Off
Active D-Lighting	Off	Off	Off	Off