Filter
Top Products
To use the MB-D11, just follow these steps:
1. Expose contacts. Remove the rubber protective cover over the contacts on the bot-
tom of the D7000 body. (See Figure 3.35, earlier.) Don’t worry about losing the
cover: it fits in a matching well inside the MB-D11. Retrieve the cover from that
safe location when you remove the grip. Next, remove the white plastic protective
cover from the terminal contacts on the MB-D11.
2. Line up the camera and grip. There are two holes on the underside surface of the
D7000 that mate with matching pins on the MB-D11. Line up those components,
the tripod socket and tripod screw, and the contacts (as shown in Figure 3.37) and
slide the MB-D11 onto the underside of the camera.
Chapter 3 ■ Nikon D7000 Roadmap 91
Figure 3.37
First, remove
the rubber gas-
ket covering
the contacts.
TIP
Unlike some earlier battery grips, you don’t need to remove the battery in the camera; the
D7000 can use both, in the order you specify (use CSM #d14, described in Chapter 9).
I recommend using the battery in the MB-D11 grip first; as it poops out, you can replace
it with a fresh EN-EL15 or set of AA batteries without the need to remove the grip. (You
do own several back-up batteries, don’t you?) Use the D7000’s internal battery only when
you have no other replacements available.