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To recap your options:
■ AE/AF Lock. Lock both focus and exposure while the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed.
■ AE Lock only. Lock only the exposure while the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed.
■ AF Lock only. Focus is locked in while the AE-L/AF-L button is held down.
■ AE Lock (Hold). Exposure is locked when the AE-L/AF-L button is pressed, and
remains locked until the button is pressed again, or the exposure meter-off delay
expires.
■ AF-ON. The AE-L/AF-L button is used to initiate autofocus.
■ FV Lock. Press the AE-L/AF-L button to lock the value of the built-in or external
flash, and press again to unlock it.
f6 Customize Command Dials
You can use the options in this menu entry to change the behavior of the command
dials. Use the available tweaks to change the behavior of the dials to better suit your
preferences, or if you’re coming to the Nikon world from another vendor’s product that
uses a different operational scheme. Keep in mind that redefining basic controls in this
way can prove confusing if someone other than yourself uses your camera, or if you find
yourself working with other Nikon cameras that have retained the normal command
dial behavior. The reason that the dials are set for their default directions is to match
the direction of rotation of the aperture ring/sub-command dial (when changing the
aperture). Turning any of the three to the left decreases exposure, while rotating to the
right increases exposure. Your options include:
■ Reverse rotation. Rotating the main command dial (on both the camera and MB-
D11 battery pack) counterclockwise causes shutter speeds to become shorter in
Manual and Shutter-priority modes; rotating the sub-command dial counter-
clockwise selects larger f/stops. If you want to reverse the directional orientation of
the dials (so you’ll need to rotate the main command dial clockwise to specify
shorter shutter speeds, etc.), set this option to Yes. Set to No to return to the orig-
inal D7000 scheme of things.
■ Change main/sub. Select On to exchange the functions of the main and sub-com-
mand dials. When activated, the main dial will set the aperture in Manual and
Aperture-priority modes, and the sub-command dial will adjust the shutter speed
in Manual and Shutter-priority modes. All other normal functions are swapped, as
well. Select Off to return to the Nikon D7000’s default arrangement.
■ Aperture setting. Ordinarily, autofocus lenses having an aperture ring are locked
at their smallest aperture when mounted on the Nikon D7000 (and other Nikon
models) and f/stops are set using the sub-command dial (unless you’ve used the
David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography308