Nikon Camera D7100 Users Manual
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3 X The Camera Body (Continued) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 17 16 15 14 1 Built-in flash .......................................................... 119 2Mirror ............................................................... 61, 315 3Meter coupling lever........................................... 338 4Lens mounting mark............................................. 27 5M/Y button Flash mode ........................................................ 119 Flash compensation ........................................ 124 6 Infrared receiver (front) ...................................... 128 7D button Bracketing ....................................... 133, 137, 139 8 Cover for USB and external microphone connectors ................................................ 165, 310 9 HDMI connector cover...................... 203, 208, 215 10 Cover for accessory terminal and headphone connectors ......................................................... 310 11 Lens release button ...............................................27 12AF-mode button ..................................... 72, 74, 155 13Focus-mode selector ...................................... 71, 78 14Connector for external microphone ............... 165 15USB connector Connecting to a computer............................ 203 Connecting to a printer ................................. 208 16 HDMI mini connector (Type C)......................... 215 17Accessory terminal ............................ 130, 152, 310 18Headphone connector ....................................... 165 ALCD Illuminators Rotating the power switch toward D activates the standby timer and control panel backlight (LCD illuminator), allowing the display to be read in the dark. After the power switch is re leased and returns to the ON position, the illuminators will remain lit for six seconds while the standby timer is active or until the shutter is released or the power switch is rotated toward D again. Power switch
4 X The Camera Body (Continued) 1 2 3 4 5 6 789 10 11 12 13 1 AF-assist illuminator............................................233 Self-timer lamp....................................................... 59 Red-eye reduction lamp ....................................121 2Sub-command dial ....................................... 13, 257 3Depth-of-field preview button ......... 50, 255, 260 4Fn (function) button .......... 65, 125, 151, 253, 259 5 Battery-chamber cover......................................... 24 6Battery-chamber cover latch .............................. 24 7 Contact cover for optional MB-D15 battery pack .............................................................................. 308 8 Power connector cover ...................................... 311 9CPU contacts 10 Lens mount .......................................................27, 78 11AF coupling 12Tr i po d so cke t 13Body cap ......................................................... 26, 309 DThe Microphone and Speaker Do not place the microphone or speaker in close proximity to magnetic devices. Fa ilure to observe this precaution could affect the data recorded on the magnetic devices.
5 X The Camera Body (Continued) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1 Viewfinder eyepiece.............................................. 33 2Rubber eyecup ....................................................... 60 3O/Q button Delete .......................................................... 40, 197 Formatting memory cards .............................. 32 4 K button Playback ...................................................... 39, 185 5 Monitor Viewing settings ................................................ 10 Live view ................................................... 153, 161 Viewing pictures ................................................ 39 Full-frame playback ........................................ 185 6 G button Menu............................................................ 19, 217 7 L /U button Help....................................................................... 19 Protect ................................................................ 196 White balance........................................ 89, 91, 94 8 X/T button Playback zoom in............................................. 195 Image quality/size .......................................66, 68 9 W /S button Playback zoom out/thumbnails.......... 193, 194 ISO sensitivity ..................................................... 79 Auto ISO sensitivity control............................. 82 Two-button reset ............................................. 131 10 P button ...................................................................18 Changing settings in the information display .............................................................................12 Changing settings during live view/movie recording............................................... 157, 164 Retouching pictures ....................................... 275 11 Diopter adjustment control .................................33 12A button Using the AE/AF lock button .. 76, 84, 256, 260 13 Main command dial ......................................13, 257 14Multi selector...........................................................20 15J (OK) button ...............................................20, 252 16 Focus selector lock .................................................75 17Memory card slot cover ........................................30 18Memory card access lamp............................. 30, 37 19a button ..................................................... 153, 161 20 Infrared receiver (rear) ....................................... 128 21Live view selector Live view photography .................................. 153 Movie live view ................................................ 161 22 Speaker 23R (info) button Viewing the information display ....................10 Hiding and displaying in dicators during live view ........................................................ 159, 166
6 X The Mode Dial The camera offers the modes listed below. To c h o o s e a mode, press the mode dial lock release and rotate the mode dial. Special Effects Modes ( 0177) Use special effects during shooting. P, S, A, and M Modes Select these modes for full control over camera settings. •P — Programmed auto (0 48) • S — Shutter-priority auto (0 49) • A — Aperture-priority auto (0 50) • M—Manual (0 51) Auto Modes Select these modes for simple, point-and-shoot photography. • i Auto (0 36) •j Auto (flash off ) (0 36) Scene Modes ( 041) The camera automatically opt imizes settings to suit the selected scene. Match your selection to the scene being photographed. U1 and U2 Modes ( 055) Store and recall customized shooting settings. ANon-CPU Lenses Non-CPU ( 0295) lenses can be used only in modes A and M. Selecting another mode when a non-CPU lens is attached disables the shutter release. Mode dial Mode dial lock release
7 X The Release Mode Dial To choose a release mode, press the release mode dial lock release and turn the release mode dial to the desired setting (057). ModeDescription SSingle frame One photograph is taken each time the shutter- release button is pressed. CLContinuous low speedThe camera takes photographs at a slow rate while the shutter-release button is pressed. CHContinuous high speedThe camera takes photographs at a fast rate while the shutter-release button is pressed. JQuiet shutter-releaseAs for single-frame, except that camera noise is reduced. ESelf-timer Take pictures with the self-timer. MUPMirror upRaise the mirror before taking photographs. Release mode dial lock release Release mode dial
8 X The Control Panel Note: Display shown with all indicators lit for illustrative purposes. 1Color temperature indicator ............................... 94 2Shutter speed .................................................. 49, 51 Exposure compensation value ........................... 86 Flash compensation value .................................124 White balance fine-tuning................................... 92 Color temperature .......................................... 89, 94 White balance preset number ............................ 95 Number of shots in exposure and flash bracketing sequence .......................................133 Number of shots in WB bracketing sequence ............................................................137 Number of intervals for interval timer photography ......................................................146 Focal length (non-CPU lenses) .........................151 9 10 11 12 13 1 415 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 MB-D15 battery indicator .................................. 243 4Battery indicator .................................................... 35 5Flash mode ............................................................ 120 6Autofocus mode .................................................... 71 7Image size................................................................ 68 8Image quality.......................................................... 66 9White balance......................................................... 89 White balance fine-tuning indicator ................ 92 10 Aperture stop indicator............................... 47, 298 11Aperture (f-number) .......................................50, 51 Aperture (number of stops) ....................... 47, 298 Bracketing increment ................................ 134, 138 Number of shots in ADL bracketing sequence ............................................................ 139 HDR mode ............................................................. 115 Number of shots per interval............................ 146 Maximum aperture (non-CPU lenses) ............ 151 PC mode indicator ............................................... 207 12 Memory card indicator (Slot 1) ....................31, 69 13Memory card indicator (Slot 2) ....................31, 69 14ISO sensitivity indicator ....................................... 79 Auto ISO sensitivity indicator ............................. 82 15Interval timer indicator ...................................... 147 16Metering................................................................... 83 17Flash sync indicator .............................................244 18Flexible program indicator .................................. 48 19Auto-area AF indicator ......................................... 73 AF-area mode indicator........................................ 74 3D-tracking indicator ............................................ 73 20HDR indicator........................................................115 21Multiple exposure indicator ..............................142 22 24 23 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Exposure and flash bracketing indicator ....... 133 WB bracketing indicator .................................... 137 ADL bracketing indicator................................... 139 23Remote control mode (ML-L3) ......................... 127 24Bracketing progress indicator ........ 133, 137, 139 25Exposure compensation indicator .................... 86 26Flash compensation indicator .......................... 124 27“K” (appears when memory remains for over 1000 exposures) ................................................. 35 28 Number of exposures remaining ....................... 35 Number of shots remaining before memory buffer fills ..............................................37, 58, 348 ISO sensitivity ....................................................... 239 Preset white balance recording indicator........ 96 Active D-Lighting amount................................. 114 HDR strength ........................................................ 116 Manual lens number........................................... 151 Capture mode indicator..................................... 207 HDMI-CEC connection indicator ...................... 216
9 X The Viewfinder 12345 678 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2120 22 23 24 25 26 27 10 1 Monochrome indicator (displayed in % mode or when the Monochrome Picture Control or a Picture Control based on Monochrome is selected) ............................................................. 105 2 Special effects mode indicator ......................... 177 3AF area brackets ...............................................33, 37 4Focus points .............................................37, 75, 232 AF-area mode ......................................................... 73 51.3× DX crop ........................................................... 64 6Framing grid (displayed when On is selected for Custom Setting d2) .......................................... 239 7 1.3× DX crop indicator.......................................... 64 8Roll indicator (portrait orientation)................. 254 9Roll indicator (landscape orientation) ............ 254 10 “No memory card” indicator ............................... 30 11Focus indicator .......................................... 37, 76, 78 12Autoexposure (AE) lock ........................................ 84 13Shutter speed ...................................................49, 51 Autofocus mode .................................................... 71 14Aperture (f-number) .......................................50, 51 Aperture (number of stops) ....................... 47, 298 15Low battery warning ............................................ 35 16Exposure and flash bracketing indicator ....... 133 WB bracketing indicator .................................... 137 ADL bracketing indicator ................................... 139 17ISO sensitivity indicator ........................................79 18“K” (appears when memory remains for over 1000 exposures) ..................................................35 19 Flash-ready indicator ....................................38, 241 20Number of exposures remaining........................35 Number of shots remaining before memory buffer fills .............................................. 37, 58, 348 ISO sensitivity ....................................................... 239 Active D-Lighting amount ................................ 114 AF-area mode ..........................................................73 Preset white balance recording indicator ........96 Exposure compensation value ............................86 Flash compensation value ................................ 124 21 Auto ISO sensitivity indicator ..............................82 22Exposure compensation indicator .....................86 23Flash compensation indicator .......................... 124 24Exposure indicator .................................................51 Exposure compensation display.........................86 25Aperture stop indicator ...............................47, 298 26Flash sync indicator ............................................ 244 27FV lock indicator .................................................. 125 Note : Display shown with all indicators lit for illustrative purposes. DNo Battery When the battery is totally exhausted or no battery is inserted, the display in the viewfinder will dim. This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction. The viewfinder display will return to normal when a fully-charged battery is inserted. DThe Control Panel and Viewfinder Displays The brightness of the control panel and viewfinder displays varies with temperature, and the response times of the displays may drop at low temperatures. This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction.
10 X The Information Display Press the R button to display shutter speed, aperture, the number of exposures remainin g, AF-area mode, and other shooting information in the monitor. Note : Display shown with all indicators lit for illustrative purposes. R button 1Shooting mode.................................36, 41, 47, 177 2Flexible program indicator .................................. 48 3Flash sync indicator .............................................244 4Shutter speed .................................................. 49, 51 Number of shots in exposure and flash bracketing sequence .......................................133 Number of shots in WB bracketing sequence ............................................................137 Focal length (non-CPU lenses) .........................149 Color temperature .......................................... 89, 94 5 Color temperature indicator ............................... 94 6Aperture stop indicator ............................... 47, 298 7Aperture (f-number) ...................................... 50, 51 Aperture (number of stops) ....................... 47, 298 Bracketing increment ................................134, 138 Number of shots in ADL bracketing sequence ............................................................139 Maximum aperture (non-C PU lenses) ............151 8Release mode ..................................................... 7, 57 Continuous shooting speed....................... 58, 239 9Exposure indicator ................................................ 51 Exposure compensation display ........................ 86 Bracketing progress indicator Exposure and flash bracketing ..................... 133 WB bracketing .................................................. 137 10 ISO sensitivity ...................................................79, 82 11Camera battery indicator..................................... 35 12MB-D15 battery type display ............................ 242 MB-D15 battery indicator .................................. 243 13“K” (appears when memory remains for over 1000 exposures) ................................................. 35 14 Number of exposures remaining ...................... 35 Manual lens number........................................... 151 15Fn button assignment ........................................ 253 16 AE-L/AF-L button assignment............................. 256 17Picture Control ..................................................... 106 18Long exposure noise reduction ....................... 228 19Remote control mode (ML-L3) ......................... 127 20White balance......................................................... 89 White balance fine-tuning indicator ................ 92 21Image quality.......................................................... 66 Role played by card in Slot 2............................... 69 22Image size................................................................ 68 23Flash mode ............................................................ 120 24Auto-area AF indicator ......................................... 73 Focus points indicator .......................................... 75 AF-area mode indicator ....................................... 74 3D-tracking indicator ........................................... 73
11 X 25Auto distortion control....................................... 227 26“Clock not set” indicator ............................. 29, 265 27Interval timer indicator ...................................... 147 28Exposure delay mode ......................................... 241 29FV lock indicator .................................................. 125 30Flash compensation indicator .......................... 124 Flash compensation value................................. 124 31Exposure compensation indicator..................... 86 Exposure compensation value ........................... 86 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 42 43 44 45 37 38 39 40 4132 Exposure and flash brac keting indicator ....... 133 WB bracketing indicator .................................... 137 ADL bracketing indicator................................... 139 Multiple exposure indicator.............................. 143 33 “Beep” indicator................................................... 238 34ADL bracketing amount .................................... 139 35Copyright information ....................................... 267 36Image comment indicator ................................ 266 37Depth-of-field preview button assignment..... 255 38HDR (high dynamic range)................................ 115 39Active D-Lighting ................................................ 114 40High ISO noise reduction .................................. 228 41Image area ...............................................................64 42Autofocus mode .....................................................71 43Eye-Fi connection indicator .............................. 272 44GPS connection indicator.................................. 152 45Metering ...................................................................83 ATurning the Monitor Off To clear shooting information from the monitor, press the R button or press the shutter- release button halfway. The monitor will turn off automatically if no operations are performed for about 10 seconds. ASee Also For information on choosing how long the monitor stays on, see Custom Setting c4 ( Monitor off delay , 0 238). For information on changing th e color of the lettering in the information display, see Custom Setting d8 ( Information display, 0 241).
12 X ❚❚Changing Setting s in the Information Display To change settings for the items listed below, press the Pbutton. Highlight items using the multi selector and press J to view options for the highlighted item. P button 1 Image area............................................................... 63 2High ISO noise reduction................................... 228 3Active D-Lighting ................................................ 113 4HDR (high dynamic range)................................ 115 5Depth-of-field preview button assignment...... 255 6Fn button assignment ........................................ 253 7 AE-L/AF-L button assignment............................. 256 8Picture Control ..................................................... 105 9Long exposure noise reduction ....................... 228 10 Remote control mode (ML-L3) ......................... 127 ATo o l T i p s A tool tip giving the name of the selected item appears in the information display. Tool tips can be turned off using Custom Setting d4 ( Screen tips ; 0 239).