Nikon D7000 manual D9 Information Display, D10 LCD Illumination

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

d9 Information Display

The shooting information display that appears when you press the Info button can be set to change automatically from dark lettering on a light background to light lettering on a dark background (see Figure 9.9), or you can select one or the other to be used all the time. The color LCD monitor will automatically change its brightness to provide the best contrast for the selected text display. Your choices are:

■Auto. If the scene as viewed through the lens indicates a bright environment, the shooting info display will appear as black letters on a white background, produc- ing an improved view in full daylight. If the scene appears dark, the display will have lighter letters on a dark background. Note that it’s easy to “fool” the camera. Until you take the lens cap off, you’ll see the dark background display regardless of your shooting environment. If you’re standing in a darkened location, but point the camera at a bright scene, the D7000 will show you the “daylight” display.

■Manual. Select this option and you can choose B (Dark on light) or W (Light on dark).

Figure 9.9 Choose the display configuration for your information display.

d10 LCD Illumination

When set to Off (the default), the monochrome LCD status panel (and the status LCDs on any attached compatible Nikon Speedlight, such as the Nikon SB-900) will illumi- nate for as long as the exposure meters are active, but only when the switch around the shutter release is pressed towards the maximum clockwise direction, just past the On indicator. Choose On, and the panel will be illuminated any time the exposure meters are active (and thus using more power), without the need to press the switch.