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■ Metering mode button/Format #2. Press this button and rotate the main com-
mand dial while watching the top-panel LCD to change to Center-weighted (top),
Matrix (middle), or Spot metering. If you’d like to switch back and forth between
one metering mode and another rapidly, set your default mode, such as Matrix
metering, with this switch, then program the Fn or DOF preview button to pro-
vide your alternate mode (say, Spot metering) with a simple press. You can hold this
button down at the same time as the Trash button on the back of the camera (which
I call Format #1) to reformat a memory card.
■ Exposure compensation button/Reset #1. Hold down this button and spin the
main command dial to add or subtract exposure when using Program, Aperture-
priority, or Shutter-priority modes. (In Manual mode, the exposure remains the
same, but the “ideal” exposure shown in the electronic analog display [more on that
in the next section] is modified to reflect the extra/reduced exposure you’re calling
for.) The exposure compensation amount is shown on the monochrome status panel
Chapter 3 ■ Nikon D7000 Roadmap 77
Figure 3.27
Power switch
Shutter release button
Metering mode
button
Exposure compensation
button
Control panel
(monochrome
status LCD)
Focal plane indicator