Nikon D7000 manual F9 Reverse Indicators, F10 Assign MB-D11 AE-L/AF-L Button

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

The pictures you actually “take” are displayed on the LCD with the legend “Demo” superimposed on the screen, and they are, of course, not saved. Note that if you are using the optional Camera Control Pro 2 software to record photos from a USB-teth- ered D7000 directly to a computer, no memory card is required to unlock the shutter even if Release Locked has been selected.

f9 Reverse Indicators

Refugees from the Canon world or other dSLR product lines are sometimes put off that Nikon cameras place the plus exposure values on the left side of the analog exposure display in the control panel, viewfinder, and shooting information display, with the neg- ative values on the right, to match the rotation of the aperture ring (if used). This default setting (+0–) can be swapped for the opposite orientation (–0+) to change the display to the other orientation. My take is that if you’ve fled to Nikonland, you might as well get used to it. I suppose this setting is useful for a dedicated Canon shooter who some- times uses a Nikon dSLR, and who never needs to change exposure using an aperture ring.

f10 Assign MB-D11 AE-L/AF-L Button

If you are using the MB-D11 grip, you can define the function of the AE-L/AF-L but- ton, just as you can its counterpart on the camera body. Your choices are:

■AE/AF Lock. Lock both focus and exposure while the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed.

■AE Lock only. Lock only the exposure while the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed.

■AF Lock only. Focus is locked in while the AE-L/AF-L button is held down.

■AE Lock (Hold). Exposure is locked when the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed, and remains locked until the button is pressed again, or the exposure meter-off delay expires.

■AF-ON.The AE-L/AF-L button is used to initiate autofocus.

■FV Lock. Press the AE-L/AF-L button to lock the value of the built-in or external flash, and press again to unlock it.

■Same as Fn. Button. The button on the grip performs the same function you’ve assigned to the camera body’s Fn button.