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I must be getting old (I Read The Owner's Manual)

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SkintBrit

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adamz said:
manual ... what's that? :)

Is that the paper thing that is inside the Gold cardboardy thing?

NikoDoby said:
I remember paper! I would set the pages of my F3's manual on fire to keep warm at night. Ahhh those were the good ol' days!

You had a room to heat......(starry eyed)........boy that would have been nice :-)

noxin said:
if everyone read the manual, Niko would only request a thread search about half as much as he does now!

Hahaha. Very true! They should make the manuals waterproof, I only read them on the loo or in the bath, (in that order)!

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Mike Gunter

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Hi all,

I have waded through mine twice and my eyes bleed.

I finally found that you press the button on the AF/Manual switch and rotate the sub-commander switch to change the auto-focus targets for the P, A, S, and M modes. I currently happy.

Now to noodle the best rational use for U1 and U2, Slot2 strategy, and figure out why my older lenses are tack sharper than I've ever seen them where my newer lens will need to be fine tuned. Wonderment ain't it?

My best,

Mike

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Mike Gunter said:

I finally found that you press the button on the AF/Manual switch and rotate the sub-commander switch to change the auto-focus targets for the P, A, S, and M modes. I currently happy.

My co-worker got his D300S 8 months before I got the D7000 and he never knew his camera could do that until I showed it to him. Needless to say he was amazed. I think his manual is still in the plastic wraper.

I also haphazardly discovered that pressing the center (OK) button brings that auto-fucus target back to dead center immediately instead of punching the wheel multiple times to re-center it.

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Rx4Photo said:
My co-worker got his D300S 8 months before I got the D7000 and he never knew his camera could do that until I showed it to him. Needless to say he was amazed. I think his manual is still in the plastic wraper.

I also haphazardly discovered that pressing the center (OK) button brings that auto-fucus target back to dead center immediately instead of punching the wheel multiple times to re-center it.

Fortunately, the "OK" button works the same as the D90. But I sure didn't know how to 'turn off' full AF to AF S. I finally compared body to body and 'saw' the button and guessed that it was there for a reason. Page 95 has the information tucked away. I was referred, by other books and the manual itself to a half dozen other pages.

My best,

Mike

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SkintBrit

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Rx4Photo said:
I also haphazardly discovered that pressing the center (OK) button brings that auto-fucus target back to dead center immediately instead of punching the wheel multiple times to re-center it.

Maybe this thread would be a good place for each of us to mention 1 thing we discovered our cameras did by accident, or that others might not know? Me, I recently discovered that the centre "confirm" button can be used to zoom in at a pre-set magnification of your choice, on the point of focus, and in combination with the rear command dial, the same magnification is applied to each photo on the card as you turn the dial.

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Mike Gunter

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Hey SkinBrit,

Sounds like a terrific idea to me. Or a new thread, either way I'm in.

My best,

Mike

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rbid

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We call this RTFM (Read the F*antastic Manual) :)

BTW, Nikon should provide two manuals, one for the ones that got their first Nikon DSLR and a second smaller one for ones know that Nikon does. I also expect Nikon to give a color manual and not a B&W one.

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SkintBrit

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An "upgrade manual" that tells you how to use only the new features on your camera sounds quite a good idea. I suppose the problem would be (in paper form at least) they wouldn't know what model you were upgrading from. Via a web site however this is entirely possible, select your old and new models, and it could show you just the different features.

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SkintBrit said:
Maybe this thread would be a good place for each of us to mention 1 thing we discovered our cameras did by accident, or that others might not know? Me, I recently discovered that the centre "confirm" button can be used to zoom in at a pre-set magnification of your choice, on the point of focus, and in combination with the rear command dial, the same magnification is applied to each photo on the card as you turn the dial.

On the D7000:

Custom Setting Menu -> d3 -> ISO Display and Adjustment -> Show ISO ->Easy ISO

This function allows you to change your ISO via the secondary command dial (the one on the front) while in P, S, and A modes. Makes it a lot easier to change than fiddling with the column of buttons on the left.

[....still waiting for Nikon to add ability to change ISO from the Fn button...]

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