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I’m going to provide a little extra detail for those of you who are new to the Nikon or
SLR worlds.
Mounting the Lens
As you’ll see, my recommended lens mounting procedure emphasizes protecting your
equipment from accidental damage and minimizing the intrusion of dust. If your
D7000 has no lens attached, select the lens you want to use and loosen (but do not
remove) the rear lens cap. I generally place the lens I am planning to mount vertically
in a slot in my camera bag, where it’s protected from mishaps, but ready to pick up
quickly. By loosening the rear lens cap, you’ll be able to lift it off the back of the lens at
the last instant, so the rear element of the lens is covered until then.
After that, remove the body cap by rotating the cap towards the release button. You
should always mount the body cap when there is no lens on the camera, because it helps
keep dust out of the interior of the camera, where it can settle on the mirror, focusing
screen, interior mirror box, and potentially find its way past the shutter onto the sen-
sor. (While the D7000’s sensor cleaning mechanism works fine, the less dust it has to
contend with, the better.) The body cap also protects the vulnerable mirror from dam-
age caused by intruding objects (including your fingers, if you’re not cautious).
Once the body cap has been removed, remove the rear lens cap from the lens, set it aside,
and then mount the lens on the camera by matching the alignment indicator on the
lens barrel with the raised white bump on the camera’s lens mount. (See Figure 1.5.)
Rotate the lens toward the shutter release until it seats securely. Some lenses are trickier
to mount than others, particularly telephotos and telephoto zooms with swiveling col-
lars that allow the lens to be fastened to a tripod. You might need to rotate the collar so
the tripod foot doesn’t bump into the front overhang of the D7000’s prism.
David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography18
Figure 1.5
Match the
indicator on
the lens with
the white dot
on the camera
mount to prop-
erly align the
lens with the
bayonet
mount.