Nikon D7000 manual C4 Monitor Off Delay

Chapter 9 ■ Setup: The Custom Settings Menu 291

■Number of shots. After the timer finishes counting down, the D7000 can take from 1 to 9 different shots. This is a godsend when shooting photos of groups, espe- cially if you want to appear in the photo itself. You’ll always want to shoot several pictures to ensure that everyone’s eyes are open and there are smiling expressions on each face. Instead of racing back and forth between the camera to trigger the self-timer multiple times, you can select the number of shots taken after a single countdown. For small groups, I always take at least as many shots as there are peo- ple in the group—plus one. That gives everybody a chance to close their eyes. Of course, the ML-L3 IR remote is often your best choice, but this facility works well if you don’t have one handy.

■Interval between shots. If you’ve selected 2 to 9 as your number of shots to be snapped off, you can use this option to space out the different exposures. Your choices are 0.5 seconds, 1, 2, or 3 seconds. Use a short interval when you want to capture everyone saying “Cheese!” The 3-second option is helpful if you’re using flash, as 3 seconds is generally long enough to allow the flash to recycle and have enough juice for the next photo.

Tip

If you want a longer delay and are really lazy, just turn the D7000’s release mode dial to the Mup position. No menu changes required! When you press the shutter release all the way down, the mirror will raise (reducing vibration so you can take a picture immediately), but if you do nothing else, the picture will be taken any- way 30 seconds later. (To take a picture immediately after the mirror is raised, press the shutter release a second time.) Return the release mode dial to the Single frame or continuous shooting modes to cancel this temporary self-timer option.

c4 Monitor Off Delay

You can adjust the amount of time the monitor remains on when no other operations are being performed. You can select separate times for Playback, Menus, Information Display, Image Review, and Live View. All allow you to choose times from four seconds to 10 minutes, except for Live View, which offers only 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 minute options.

Choosing a brief duration can help preserve battery power. However, the D7000 will always override the review display when the shutter button is partially or fully depressed, so you’ll never miss a shot because a display image was on the monitor screen.