Nikon D7000 manual Lock Mirror Up for Cleaning, Video Mode, Flicker Reduction

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

Lock Mirror Up for Cleaning

You can also clean the sensor manually. Use this menu entry to raise the mirror and open the shutter so you’ll have access to the sensor for cleaning with a blower, brush, or swab, as described in Chapter 14. You don’t want power to fail while you’re poking around inside the camera, so this option is available only when sufficient battery power (at least 60 percent) is available. Using a fully charged battery or connecting the D7000 to an EH-5/EH5a AC adapter is an even better idea.

Video Mode

This setting controls the output of the Nikon D7000 to a conventional video system through the video cable when you’re displaying images on a monitor or connected to a VCR through the external device’s yellow video input jack. You can select either NTSC, used in the United States, Canada, Mexico, many Central, South American, and Caribbean countries, much of Asia, and other countries; or PAL, which is used in the UK, much of Europe, Africa, India, China, and parts of the Middle East.

HDMI

The Nikon D7000 has a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) video con- nection, so you can play back your camera’s images on HDTV or HD monitors using a type A cable, which Nikon does not provide to you, but which is readily available from third parties. Before you link up you’ll want to choose the HDMI resolution to be used, from 480p (640 ⋅ 480 progressive scan); 576p (720 ⋅ 576 progressive scan); 720p (1280 ⋅ 720 progressive scan); or 1080i (1920 ⋅ 1080 interlaced scan).

You can also choose to turn Device Control on or off. When On is chosen and the cam- era is connected to a television that supports the HDMI-CEC protocol, when both are turned on you’ll see PLAY and SLIDE SHOW messages on the television. You can then use the television’s compatible remote control instead of the multi selector and OK but- tons to review images and play slide shows. Choose Off, and this capability is disabled.

Flicker Reduction

This option, the first on the second page of the Setup menu (see Figure 10.3), reduces flicker and banding, which can occur when shooting in Live View mode and Movie mode under fluorescent and mercury vapor illumination, because the cycling of these light sources interacts with the frame rate of the camera’s video system. In the United States, you’d choose the 60Hz frequency; in locations where 50Hz current is the norm, select that option instead.