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Resetting the Nikon D7000
If you want to change from the factory default values, you might think that it would be
a good idea to make sure that the Nikon D7000 is set to the factory defaults in the first
place. After all, even a brand-new camera might have had its settings changed at the
retailer, or during a demo. Unfortunately, Nikon doesn’t make it easy to reset all set-
tings in the camera to their factory defaults. In fact, there are no fewer than five differ-
ent ways to “reset” the D7000, each of which does slightly different things. Those ways
include:
■ Two-button reset. This type of “rebooting” changes ten of the most basic settings
in your camera, and is useful when you want to cancel the most common changes
you make when adjusting your camera. It does not affect all Shooting menu set-
tings, or any of the Custom Settings memory banks, described next. I’ll show you
how to perform the two-button reset shortly.
■ Shooting menu bank reset. The Shooting menu has a separate Reset Shooting
menu option that zeroes out the changes you’ve made to the default options.
■ Custom Settings menu bank reset. The Custom Settings menu also has a sepa-
rate Reset Custom Settings option that zeroes out most of the changes you’ve made
to the default options. A two-button reset does not affect any of the settings in the
Custom Settings menu banks.
■ User settings reset. The mode dial has two slots, labeled U1 and U2, that can be
selected to switch the camera to a specific set of settings you’ve chosen and then reg-
istered, using the Setup menu’s Save User Settings option. The Setup menu also has
a Reset User Options entry that can be used to zero out any changes you’ve made
to U1 and U2, individually.
■ Cold reset. The only way to reset all of the D7000’s internal settings is to remove
the battery and allow the internal backup battery to run down until the settings are
lost, which can take as long as several weeks. You can remove the battery and then
turn on the camera briefly to reset most settings, but this won’t zero out all settings
to the factory defaults as long as some juice remains in the backup battery (which
is tucked deep inside the camera and not user-accessible). You might want to try a
cold reset if your camera is hopelessly locked up, and you’d like to make one last
attempt at restoring it to factory operation before sending it in for service.
Two-Button Reset
Just follow these steps to perform a two-button reset of the camera:
1. Find reset buttons. Locate the QUAL button on the back left side of the camera,
and the EV button on the top panel of the D7000, just southeast of the shutter
release button. Each is marked with a green dot. Figure 2.10 shows the two but-
tons highlighted in yellow.
David Busch’s Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography42