Nikon D7000 manual F4 Assign Preview Button, F5 Assign AE-L/AF-L Button

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Figure 9.12

Virtual horizon indicators in the viewfinder show the degree of tilt of the camera.

■1 step spd/aperture. If you sometimes prefer coarser exposure settings of 1 whole step (instead of the 1/3 or 1/2 step increments that are normally set), use this option. When holding down the Fn button and rotating a command dial, shutter speed and aperture changes are made in whole step increments instead.

■Choose non-CPU lens number. If you swap out older non-CPU manual lenses frequently, this option provides a quicker way of telling the D7000 which lens num- ber (1 to 9) to use. I often mount an old manual focus 85mm f/1.8 lens or 55mm f/3.5 Micro Nikkor on my D7000, and can use this facility to switch back and forth between the lens settings I’ve manually entered for these lenses. (Chapter 10 will show you how to do that in the Setup menu.)

■Playback. This option redefines the Fn button to provide the same function as the Playback button. You’ll find this useful when a long, heavy lens is mounted on your camera and it’s difficult to press the Playback button with the left hand.

■Start movie recording. Use this choice to be able to start movie recording by press- ing the Fn button.

f4 Assign Preview Button

The depth-of-field button can also be defined as you wish, with the same options and limitations as for the Fn button, but the default action for the DOF button is Preview.

f5 Assign AE-L/AF-L Button

As if the Nikon D7000 didn’t have enough buttons that are user-definable, you can change the behavior of the AE-L/AF-L button, too! The default value for the AE-L/ AF-L button is AE/AF Lock.