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Table 7.3 Custom Settings Menu Recommendations #1 (continued)

 

 

Camera

Basic

Studio

 

Long

Item

Option

Default

Setting

Flash

Portrait

Exposure

f6

Customize Command Dials

 

 

 

 

 

> Reverse rotation

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

 

> Change main/sub

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

 

> Aperture setting

ON (Sub-

ON (Sub-

ON (Sub-

ON (Sub-

ON (Sub-

 

 

command

command

command

command

command

 

 

Dial)

Dial)

Dial)

Dial)

Dial)

 

> Menus and playback

Off

Off

Off

Off

Off

f7

Release Button to

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

No (OFF)

 

Use Dial

 

 

 

 

 

f8

Slot empty release lock

Enable

Release

Release

Release

Release

 

 

Release

locked

locked

locked

locked

f9

Reverse Indicators

+ 0 -

+ 0 -

+ 0 -

+ 0 -

+ 0 -

f10

Assign MB-D11

AE/AF Lock

AE/AF Lock

AE/AF Lock

AE/AF Lock

AE/AF Lock

 

AE-L/AF-L Button

 

 

 

 

 

Table 7.4 Custom Settings Menu Recommendations #2

Item

Option

Sports Indoors

Sports Outdoors

Landscape

Bracketing

 

Autofocus

 

 

 

 

a1

AF-C priority selection

Release

Release

Release

Release

a2

AF-S priority selection

Focus

Focus

Focus

Focus

a3

Focus tracking with

Normal

Normal

Normal

Normal

 

lock-on

 

 

 

 

a4

AF point illumination

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

a5

Focus point wrap-around

No wrap (OFF)

No wrap (OFF)

No wrap (OFF)

No wrap (OFF)

a6

Number of focus points

11 points

11 points

39 points

39 points

a7

AF assist illuminator

Off

Off

Off

Off

a8

Live view/movie AF

 

 

 

 

 

>Autofocus mode

Single-servo AF

Single-servo AF

Single-servo AF

Single-servo AF

 

>AF-area mode: Sports,

Wide-area AF

Wide-area AF

Wide-area AF

Wide-area AF

 

Night Portrait, Pet,

 

 

 

 

 

Beach, High Key,

 

 

 

 

 

Low Key

 

 

 

 

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Nikon D7000 manual Aperture setting, F10

D7000 specifications

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