Nikon D7000 manual D7 Max. Continuous Release, D8 File Number Sequence

296 David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

d7 Max. Continuous Release

Use this setting to limit the number of consecutive shots that can be taken in one burst when using continuous shooting modes. Your choices are any value between 1 and 100. Choosing a particular setting does not mean that the D7000 will actually take that many shots if you hold down the shutter button long enough. As your buffer fills, continu- ous shooting will slow down and eventually pause while the D7000 dumps pictures to the memory card.

However, there are many image quality and size settings that will allow the D7000 to shoot more or less forever when equipped with a very fast memory card. For example, at the JPEG Normal setting, you can theoretically shoot dozens of full-resolution images consecutively, and even using JPEG Fine you may be able to fire off more than 40 pic- tures in one burst. If you’d rather not accumulate that many images of one action and don’t trust yourself to let up on the shutter release (it would take about 17 seconds to shoot 100 pictures at 6 fps), you can limit the maximum burst here.

d8 File Number Sequence

The Nikon D7000 will automatically apply a file number to each picture you take, using consecutive numbering for all your photos over a long period of time, spanning many different memory cards, starting over from scratch when you insert a new card, or when you manually reset the numbers. Numbers are applied from 0001 to 9999, at which time the D7000 “rolls over” to 0001 again.

The camera keeps track of the last number used in its internal memory and, if File Number Sequence is turned On, will apply a number that’s one higher, or a number that’s one higher than the largest number in the current folder on the memory card inserted in the camera. You can also start over each time a new folder has been created on the memory card, or reset the current counter back to 0001 at any time. Here’s how it works:

■On. At this default setting, the D7000 will use the number stored in its internal memory any time a new folder is created, a new memory card inserted, or an exist- ing memory card formatted. If the card is not blank and contains images, then the next number will be one greater than the highest number on the card or in inter- nal memory (whichever is higher). Here are some examples.

■You’ve taken 1,235 shots with the camera, and you insert a blank/reformatted memory card. The next number assigned will be 1,236, based on the value stored in internal memory.

■You’ve taken 1,235 shots with the camera, and you insert an old memory card you previously used with the D7000, but which has a picture numbered 0728. The next picture will be numbered 1,236.