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■ Microphone. Here you can set audio sensitivity. Choose from Auto, High
Sensitivity, Medium Sensitivity, Low Sensitivity, or Off.
■ Destination. Select Slot 1 or Slot 2. The display will show how much recording
time is available with the memory cards currently installed in each slot.
■ Manual movie settings. Turn On or Off to enable/disable manually changing shut-
ter speed (in the range 1/30th second to 1/8,000th second) and ISO settings (fixed
settings only; ISO Auto can’t be used while shooting movies).
David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography166
NOT MUCH OF A LIMITATION
Unless you are shooting an entire performance from a fixed position, such as a stage play,
the 20-minute limitation on HDTV movie duration won’t put much of a crimp in your
style. Good motion picture practice calls for each production to consist of a series of rela-
tively short clips, with 10 to 20 seconds a good average. You can assemble and edit your
D7000 movies into one long, finished production using one of the many movie-editing
software packages available. Andy Warhol might have been successful with his 1963 five-
hour epic Sleep, but the rest of us will do better with short sequences of the type pro-
duced by the Nikon D7000.
To shoot your movies, follow these steps, which are similar to those for using Live View:
1. Plug in microphone. If you want to use an external monaural or stereo micro-
phone with a 3.5mm stereo mini plug, attach it to the microphone jack on the left
side of the camera.
2. Start Live View. Activate Live View by rotating the Live View switch.
3. Choose a focus mode. Select from AF-S, AF-F, or M, as described earlier.
4. Choose an AF-area mode. Choices include Face-priority AF, Wide-area AF,
Normal-area AF, Subject-tracking AF, or Manual focus, as described earlier.
5. Activate and lock in focus. This was also described under the Live View instruc-
tions.
6. Start/Stop recording. Press the red movie recording button. Press again to stop
recording.
Viewing Your Movies
Once you’ve finished recording your movies, they are available for review. Film clips
show up during picture review, the same as still photos, but they are differentiated by a
movie camera icon overlay. Press the OK button to start playback.