Nikon D7000 tips

[Grandpaw]

Hi
Could you pls explain more about the metering system and what are the benefits of each.
I can adjust the camera to the different metering systems but am not very sure what they mean and when I should use them.
Thanks
Yochi

I will try and get something as soon as time becomes available, Jeff

[Grandpaw]

Setting your camera to take a picture only after focus has been acquired

You have options within your menus to either let your shutter be activated at any time or you can set it to only take a picture after the focus has been acquired. Bare in mind that this means that the camera has focused on something but not necessarily the location that you wanted it to be. If you have used the wrong focus point or not continued to hold down the shutter button half way you could get a focus on something other than the desired location. This feature does not guarantee that the proper focus has been achieved but only that the camera will not take an image unless the camera is focused on something. It is up to you to get the camera focused on the right location and it is up to the camera to not take a picture unless the green focus light is on and the camera has something in focus.

You can set your camera to only take a picture after focus has been achieved in both AF continuous and AF single point focus individually.

Here is how you do it

Go to the CUSTOM SETTINGS NENU which is the 3rd one down on the left and looks like a pencil
Next choose a Autofocus and press OK
Next select a1 AF-C priority selection and press OK, highlight Focus and press OK
Next select a2 AF-S priority selection and press OK, highlight Focus and press OK and you are done.

You can choose to do one or both of these choices and your camera will not take a picture unless it has acquired focus on something. Remember it does not pick the subject to be in focus, it only prevents you from taking a picture without something being in focus. I have both of these set to focus on my cameras and see no reason you would ever want to have it otherwise, Jeff