Nikon D7100 User manual

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GaryHewett&DavidSmall

17January2016

NikonD‐7100

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TheNikonD‐7100isaverysophisticatedcameracapableoftakinghighqualitypicturesinawidevariety

ofsituations.Thoughthecameraappearsquitecomplicated,withjustalittletraining,youcanbetaking

greatpicturesveryshortly.

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ThisdocumentisanaidetogoalongwithhandsontrainingontheNikonD‐7100.Thisisnotmeantto

beacompleteinstructionmanual.Manualsexist

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CHECKLIST:

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1. Ensurethatthecamerabatteryisfullychargedandthatanextrabatteryisbroughtalong.

2. MakesurethattwoSDcardsareintheirslotsandthatthetopofthecamerashowsthatatleast

500picturescanbetaken.

3. Verifyphotosizeandqualitypercustomerrequest.UsuallysettoJPEGFineunlessotherwise

directed.

4. SetISOto800andWhiteBalance(WB)to“A”.

5. Makesurethatfocusissettoautounlessyouspecificallywillmanuallyfocus.

6. ImageStabilization(OS)shouldbesetto“On”.

7. Makesurethatthelensfilteriscleananddoesn’thaveanydebrisorfingerprints

8. MounttheGPSonthehotshoeandplugthecableintothelowerrightsideofthecamera.

9. TakethecameraoutsidetoverifyGPSsignal.

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BasicCameraControls

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Camerasettingscanbeviewedeitherthroughtheviewfinderbylightlypressingtheshutterbuttonorby

pressingthe“info”buttononthelowerleftofthebackofthecamera.

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Turnthecameraonbyslidingleverto“on”

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WB(WhiteBalance),QUAL(ity)andISOcanbechangedbypressingandholdingbuttonsjusttothe

lowerleftofwritingonthecamera

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“WB”etcthenusethethumb(back)wheeltochangevaluesandtheforefinger(front)wheelto

changeoverallsetting.WB=leaveon“A”forAuto–usethumbwheeltochange.Forefingerwheel

changescustomsettingsandshouldbeon“0”

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QUAL=“L”&“FINE”–unlesssomethingelseisspecificallyrequested.

 Thethumbwheelchanges“Fine”,“Norm”&“Basic”

 Theforefingerwheelchanges“L”,“M”&“S”

 ThesmallestpossibleimagesizeiswiththeSize=“S”andJPEG=“Basic”~1.2Mb

 NormalpicturesizewithSize=“L”andJPEG=“Fine”~5.5Mb

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ISO=Shouldbesetat800formostuses.Thethumbwheelchangesvalues,andtheforefingerwheel

changesbetween“ISO”and“ISO‐AUTO”.Leaveon“ISO”formostuses,whichlockstheISOto800.

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TopviewofLCDwhile“WB”ispressed.

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LensSwitches:

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LensLock–needstobeoff(slideistowardfrontoflenswhenoff)

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AF‐M–shouldbeonAF(auto‐focus).Focuscanbeconfirmedbythepresenceofsmall

blackrectangleinviewfinderwithshutterlightly.M(Manual)canbeusedforaerial

photography.Thefocusringcanbesettothe∞(inﬁnity)sengwhenthe“M”modeis

usedtoensurethatobjectsmorethanabout100feetawayarealwaysinfocus.NEVER

twistthefocusringifthesettingison”AF”.AF‐Monthecamerabodyneedstomatch

thelenssetting.

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“OS”–On‐Off–shouldbe“ON”–imagestabilization

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Leavedialon“S”forsingleshotformostpurposes.“CL”and“CH”arelowandhighburstmodes

andgenerallyshouldn’tbeused.

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Thereisadioptersettingsothatthecameraviewcanbesetforindividualeyesight.Changing

thediopterDOESNOTchangeanyofthecamerapicturessettings.Ifyouusethedioptertoget

aclearviewthroughtheviewfinder,pleasedoacourtesyandresetitforthenextuser.

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Usethe“P”(Program)dialsettingwherethecameradeterminesthebestshutterspeedandF‐stop.

Othersettingssuchas“M”(manual),“A”(aperturepriority),“S”(shutterpriority)shouldonlybeusedif

oneisthoroughlyfamiliarwiththecamera.Don’tusethegreencameraiconwith“auto”overit

becauseitwilltryusingflashwhichisnotappropriateforaerialphotography.

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Topviewofcamera.Fromlefttoright;exposurecontrolknobandLCDScreenshowstypicalsettings.

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LCDPanelindicatorwhencameraisturnedon:

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 Batterycharge–makesurefullychargedbeforegoingonmission

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  Picturesize/Quality   SDCardused

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WhiteBalanceISO‐AUTO(shouldbeoff)

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RemainingPictures

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ExposuremodeShutterSpeed

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FocusmodeF‐Stop

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Viewwiththe“QUAL”buttonpressedwhereimagequalitycanbeadjusted.Notethatthenumber

“697”isthenumberofremainingpicturesthatcanbefitontheSDCardsinthecameraatsettingofL

(JPEGquality)andFINE(quality)selected.

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LCDscreenshowingISOsetting–“ISO”buttononbackofcamerabeingheld)

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SideviewofcamerashowingdoorforSDCards

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DooropenandSDcardshalfwayout–makesurethattheyarefullyinsertedandstayflushwiththe

camerabody.Thetopcardiswrittentofirst.

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Thecameraholds2SDcards(16Ginthiscase).Intypicalusethetopcardrecordspicturesfirstand

whenitisfullthebottomcardisused.Alternatesettingsareavailablewherecopiesarekeptonboth

cardsorwhereonecardisusedforhighestqualitypictureandtheotherforalowerquality.These

optionsareaccessedthroughthemenu.Pressthe“menu”buttononthebackofthecamerathenselect

thecameraicon“ShootingMenu”usingthejoystick.Nextpressthejoystickrightandtoggledownto

“RoleplayedbycardinSlot2”.Togglerightandthethreeoptionswillshow.Select“overflow”formost

usesandpress“ok”incenterofjoysticktoconfirmsetting.Lightlypresstheshuttertogetoutofthe

menu.

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Thisscreenshowswhenthe“info”buttonispushed(seepage241inNikonmanual)

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A“MENU”Screen

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UsingtheGPS:

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TheD‐7100kitincludestheNikonGP‐1aGPSmodulethatfitsintotheflashshoeontopofthe

camera.

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 TheGPSmustbemountedonthecamerainordertorecordlocationinformation

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1. SlidetheGPSintothehotshoeslotontheverytopofthecamera.

2. Plugthecableintothereceptacleattheverybottomleftsideofthecamera.Ensurethat

theplugisfirmlypushedin.

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3. Turnthecameraon.AredlightwillstartblinkingonthebackoftheGPSunit.OnceaGPS

signallockhasbeenachievedthelightwillturntosolidgreen(blinkinggreenmeansthatit

almosthasagoodlock).Youmayneedtotakethecameraoutsidewithaclearviewofthe

skyforabout5minutestogetagoodsignallock.

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4. MakesurethatthecamerasettingsareappropriatefortheGPS.Pressthe“Menu”button

ontheupperleftofthecameraback.

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5. Usingthe“toggle”wheelhighlightthe“notepad”onthelowerleftofthescreen.

6. Highlight“GPS”inthemenuthentoggleright.Notethatboth“Standbytimer”and“Usethe

GPStosetcameraclock”areturned“ON”

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