Nikon D7000 manual Autofocus/Manual focus switch Autofocus mode button

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Figure 2.3

Activate auto- focus mode on the camera body.

Autofocus/Manual focus switch

Autofocus mode button

focus) and autofocus pattern (which of the 39 available autofocus points or zones are used to interpret correct focus). To specify when the D7000 locks in focus, follow these steps:

1.Activate autofocus. Make sure the camera is set for autofocus mode by sliding any MA/M or AF/M switch on the lens to the MA or AF position. The camera body AF/M switch (see Figure 2.3) must also be set in the AF position. Note that the autofocus/manual focus switches on the lens and camera body must agree; if either is set to manual focus, then the D7000 defaults to manual focus regardless of how the other switch is set. Nikon, in fact, specifically warns against using autofocus lenses with the lens switch set to M and the camera body switch to AF, saying that doing so could damage the camera.

2.Enter setting mode. Press and hold the autofocus mode button in the center of the AF/M switch.

3.Choose AF mode. While holding down the AF mode button, rotate the main dial until AF-S, AF-C, or AF-A are shown on the top-panel monochrome LCD, as at left in Figure 2.4, as well as on the back-panel color LCD when the information display screen is visible (press the Info button, located to the immediate right of the LCD, at the bottom, to produce it). (See Figure 2.4, right.) While the button is held down, you’ll also see AFS, AFC, or AFA in green at the bottom of the optical viewfinder. If you haven’t activated autofocus mode, as described in Step 1, noth- ing will happen while the button is pressed and the main dial is rotated. The three focus modes are described in more detail next.