Nikon D7000 Setup: Playback and Shooting Menus

The Nikon D7000 is undoubtedly one of the most customizable, tweakable, fine-tun-
able cameras Nikon has ever offered, and provides an amazing degree of adjustments
for a camera in its price range. This versatility has made the D7000 popular among pro-
fessional photographers as well as advanced amateurs. On a recent trip to Old San Juan,
Puerto Rico, I didn’t hesitate to leave my Nikon D3s at home, and travel with the light-
weight—but highly capable—D7000.
You can enjoy this flexibility, too. If your camera doesn’t behave in exactly the way you’d
like, chances are you can make a small change in the Playback, Shooting, Custom
Settings, and Setup menus that will tailor the D7000 to your needs. In fact, if you don’t
like the menus you can create your own using the clever My Menu system.
This chapter will help you sort out the settings for the Playback and Shooting menus,
which determine how the D7000 displays images on review, and how it uses many of
its shooting features to take a photo. The following chapters will focus on the Custom
Settings menu (Chapter 9), and Setup, Retouch, and My Menu options (Chapter 10).
As I’ve mentioned before, this book isn’t intended to replace the manual you received
with your D7000, nor have I any interest in rehashing its contents. You’ll still find the
original manual useful as a standby reference that lists every possible option in exhaus-
tive (if mind-numbing) detail—without really telling you how to use those options to
take better pictures. There is, however, some unavoidable duplication between the
Nikon manual and the next three chapters, because I’m going to explain all the key
menu choices and the options you may have in using them. You should find, though,
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Setup: Playback and
Shooting Menus