
Nikon Digital SLR Camera D7000 Specifications
Type of ca mera Single- lens reflex digi tal camera
Lens mo unt Nikon F mo unt (with AF c oupling and AF co ntacts)
Effe ctive angle o f view A pprox. 1.5 × len s focal lengt h (Nikon DX form at)
Effe ctive pixe ls 16.2 million
Image s ensor 23.6 x 15. 6 mm CMOS senso r; total pixe ls: 16.9 million
Dust-r eduction s ystem Image Sens or Cleaning, Im age Dust Off r eference d ata (option al Capture N X 2 softwa re
required)
Image si ze (pixels) 4,928 × 3 ,264 [L], 3,69 6 × 2,448 [M], 2, 464 × 1,632 [S]
File for mat • NEF (RAW ): 12 or 14 bit , lossless co mpressed o r compress ed
• JPEG: JP EG-Baselin e compliant wi th ne (approx . 1:4), nor mal (approx . 1:8) or b asic
(appro x. 1:16) co mpression (Si ze priorit y); Optimal qu ality compr ession avail able
• NEF (RAW ) + JPEG: Single pho tograph re corded in bo th NEF (RAW) and J PEG format s
Pictu re Control S ystem Stand ard, Neutr al, Vivid, Mono chrome, Por trait, La ndscape; se lected Pic ture Contr ol can
be modi ed; storag e for custom P icture Con trols
Stor age media SD (Secu re Digital), SDH C and SDXC memor y cards
Double s lots Slot 2 can b e used for ov erow or bac kup storag e or for separ ate stora ge of copies
crea ted using NEF+ JPEG; pictur es can be copi ed betwe en cards
File sys tem DCF (De sign Rule for Cam era File Syst em) 2.0, DPOF (Dig ital Print Or der Format ), Exif 2.3
(Exch angeable Im age File Forma t for Digital S till Cameras), Pi ctBridge
View nder Eye-le vel pentap rism single-le ns reex view nder
Frame c overage Appro x. 100% horizo ntal and 100% ve rtical
Magni cation Ap prox. 0.94 x ( 50mm f/1.4 lens at in nity, -1.0 m
-1
)
Eyepo int 19.5 mm (-1.0 m
-1
)
Diopt er adjustmen t -3 to +1 m
-1
Focus ing screen Type B BriteVi ew Clear Mat te screen Ma rk II with AF ar ea bracket s (framing gr id can be
displayed)
Reex mi rror Quick r eturn
Dept h-of-eld pre view P ressing dep th-of-eld pr eview but ton stops l ens apertu re down to valu e selected b y
user (A an d M modes) or by c amera (other m odes)
Lens ap erture Instant re turn, elect ronically c ontrolled
Compa tible lense s • DX AF NIKKO R: All functio ns suppor ted • Type G or D AF NIK KOR: All funct ions
suppo rted (PC Mic ro-NIKKOR d oes not supp ort some fu nctions); IX- NIKKOR lenses n ot
suppo rted • Oth er AF NIKKOR: All fu nctions sup ported e xcept 3D colo r matrix met ering
II; lens es for F3AF not s upporte d • AI-P NIKKOR: A ll function s support ed except 3D c olor
matr ix metering I I • Non-CPU: C an be used in mod es A and M; color ma trix meter ing and
aper ture value dis play suppor ted if user pr ovides lens d ata (AI lens es only)
Elect ronic range nder can be us ed if maximu m apertur e is f/5.6 or fast er
Shut ter type Ele ctronicall y-contr olled verti cal-trave l focal-plan e shutter
Shut ter speed 1/8,00 0 to 30 s in step s of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time (re quires opti onal Remote C ontrol ML-
L3), X25 0
Flash s ync speed X = 1/250 s; sy nchronize s with shut ter at 1/320 s or slo wer (ash rang e drops at spe eds
bet ween 1/250 and 1/320 s)
Releas e mode S (single fram e), CL (continuo us low speed), C H (continuous h igh speed), Q (quie t shutter-
relea se), (self-timer), (r emote cont rol), MUP (mirr or up)
Frame a dvance ra te 1 to 5 fps (C L) or 6 fps (CH) (CI PA guidelines)
Self-tim er 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 ex posures at i ntervals o f 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 s
Remot e release mo de Delaye d remote, quic k-respons e remote, rem ote mirror-u p
Exp osure meter ing TTL exp osure meter ing using 2,016- pixel RGB sen sor
Mete ring met hod • Matr ix: 3D color ma trix mete ring II (typ e G and D lenses); c olor matrix m etering II (o ther
CPU len ses); color mat rix meter ing available w ith non-C PU lenses if us er provide s lens
data • C enter-weigh ted: Weight of 75% g iven to 8-mm c ircle in cent er of frame; dia meter
of circl e can be chang ed to 6, 10 or 13 mm, or weigh ting can be ba sed on aver age of entire
fram e (xed at 8 mm whe n non-CPU le ns is used) • Spo t: Meters 3. 5-mm circle (a bout 2.5
% of fra me) centere d on selecte d focus point (o n center foc us point when n on-CPU len s is
used)
Meter ing range • M atrix or cen ter-weighte d metering: 0 t o 20 EV • Spot met ering: 2 to 20 EV
(ISO 100, f/1.4 l ens, 68°F/20 °C)
Exp osure meter c oupling
C ombined CPU a nd AI
Exp osure mode Aut o (auto; auto [a sh off]), Sc ene (Port rait, Lands cape, Child, Spo rts, Close u p, Night
por trait, Night l andscape, P arty/ind oor, Beach/sno w, Suns et, Dusk/d awn, Pet por trait,
Candle light, Bloss om, Autumn col ors, Food, Silh ouette, Hig h key, Low key), pro grammed
auto w ith exible pr ogram (P), shu tter-prior ity auto (S), a perture -priorit y auto (A), manu al
(M), U1 (user se ttings 1), U2 (user s ettings 2)
Exposure comp ensation -5 to +5 E V in incremen ts of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Exp osure brack eting 2 to 3 fra mes in steps o f 1/3, 1/2, 2 /3, 1 or 2 EV
Exp osure lock Luminosit y locked at det ected valu e with AE-L /AF -L button
ISO sen sitivity ISO 100 to 640 0 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 E V; can also be se t to approx. 0 .3, 0.5, 0.7, 1 or 2 EV
(ISO 256 00 equival ent) above IS O 6400; auto I SO sensitiv ity cont rol available
(Reco mmended Ex posure Ind ex)
Acti ve D-Light ing Can be sel ected fro m Auto, Ext ra high, High, No rmal, Low or Of f
ADL br acketing 2 fr ames using sele cted value f or one frame or 3 f rames using p reset value s for all frame s
Auto focus Nikon Multi- CAM 4800 DX autofoc us sensor mo dule with TT L phase dete ction, ne-
tuning , 39 focus poin ts (including 9 cr oss-typ e sensors), an d AF-assist i lluminator (ran ge
appro x. 1 ft. 8 in. to 9 f t. 10 in./0.5 to 3 m)
Dete ction range -1 to +19 EV (I SO 100, 68°F/20 °C)
Lens se rvo • Aut ofocus (AF ): Single-ser vo AF (AF-S); c ontinuous -servo AF (A F-C); auto A F-S/AF-C
selec tion (AF-A); p redictiv e focus trac king activ ated autom atically ac cording to sub ject
stat us • Manual foc us (M): Electr onic range nder can be use d
Focus p oint Ca n be selecte d from 39 or 11 focus p oints
AF-ar ea mode Single- point AF; 9-, 21- or 39 -point dy namic-are a AF, 3D- tracking, a uto-area A F
Focus l ock Focus c an be locked b y pressing sh utter-rel ease butt on halfway (S ingle-ser vo AF) or by
pres sing AE-L/AF -L button
Built-in a sh • i , k , p , n , o , s , w : Auto a sh with auto p op-up • P, S, A, M, 0 : Manual p op-up
with b utton rele ase
Guide Num ber App rox. 39 /12, 39/12 with m anual ash (ft ./m, ISO 100, 68 ˚ F/20 ˚ C)
Flash c ontrol • TTL : i-TTL balanc ed ll-ash and st andard i-TTL ash for digita l SLR using 2,016- pixel
RGB sen sor are availa ble with built-in ash and SB-9 00, SB-8 00, SB-700 , SB-600 o r SB-
400 (i-T TL balance d ll-ash is availab le when matr ix or center-w eighted met ering is
selec ted) • Auto ap erture: Ava ilable with SB -900/SB -800 and C PU lens • Non-TT L auto:
Suppo rted ash uni ts include SB -900, SB -800, SB -28, SB-27 and S B-22S • Distan ce-
prior ity manual: Av ailable with SB -900, SB -800 and S B-700
Flash mo de • i , k , p , n , s , w: Auto, au to with red -eye reduc tion, off; ll -ash and red- eye
reduc tion availab le with optio nal ash units • o : Auto slow sy nc, auto slow sy nc with
red- eye reduct ion, off; slo w sync and slow s ync with r ed-eye red uction avail able with
optio nal ash units •l , m , r, t, u, v, x, y, z, 1, 2 , 3: Fill-flash a nd red-eye
reduc tion availab le with optio nal ash units • 0: Fill-ash • P, A: Fill- ash, slow sync ,
red- eye reduct ion, slow sync w ith red-e ye reducti on, rear-cur tain with slo w sync • S, M:
Fill-flash , red-eye re duction, re ar-curtain s ync
Flash c ompensati on - 3 to +1 EV in increme nts of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Flash br acketing 2 to 3 fra mes in steps o f 1/3, 1/2, 2 /3, 1 or 2 EV
Flash- ready indic ator Light s when built-in a sh or optional ash unit such as S B-900, S B-800, S B-700, SB- 600,
SB- 400, SB-8 0DX, SB-28 DX or SB-50 DX is fully charg ed; blinks for 3 s a fter ash is r ed
at full ou tput
Acce ssory sho e ISO 518 hot- shoe with sy nc and data c ontacts, a nd safety l ock
Nikon Cr eative Adva nced Wirele ss Lighting s upporte d with built-in a sh, SB-90 0, SB-80 0, SB-700 or
Light ing System S U-800 as c ommander an d SB-900 , SB-800 , SB-700, SB- 600 or SB -R200 as rem otes;
(CLS) Auto F P high-speed s ync and mode ling illuminatio n support ed with all CLS- compatib le
ash uni ts except SB -400; Fla sh Color Info rmation Co mmunicatio n and FV lock sup ported
with all C LS-comp atible ash uni ts
Sync t erminal Sync Terminal Ad apter AS-15 (availa ble separat ely)
White b alance Auto (2 t ypes), Inc andescent , Fluoresc ent (7 type s), Direct Sunlig ht, Flash, Clou dy, Shade,
pres et manual (up to 5 val ues can be sto red), choos e color temper ature (2,5 00 K to 10,000
K), all wit h ne tuning; w hite balance b racketing : 2 to 3 frames in s teps of 1, 2 or 3
Live Vi ew lens serv o • Autofocu s (AF): Single-s ervo AF (AF -S); full-time -servo AF (A F-F) • Manual f ocus (M)
AF-ar ea mode Face- priorit y AF, wide -area AF, norma l-area AF, subjec t-tracking A F
Auto focus Con trast-de tect AF any where in fr ame (camera se lects focu s point autom atically wh en
face -priorit y AF or subject-t racking AF i s selected)
Movie m etering TTL expo sure meter ing using main ima ge sensor
Meter ing method Ma trix
Frame s ize (pixels) [N TSC] • 1,920 × 1,080 (24 p); 24 (23 .976) fps • 1,280 × 7 20 (30p); 30 (29. 97) fps • 1,280 ×
and fr ame rate 720 (24p); 24 (23.976 ) fps • 640 × 424 (30p) ; 30 (29.97) fps
[PAL] • 1,920 × 1,0 80 (24p); 24 (23.976) f ps • 1,280 × 720 (25p); 2 5 fps • 1,280 × 720 (24p);
24 (23.976) f ps • 640 × 424 (25p); 25 f ps
Choice o f normal and hi gh quality av ailable
Maxim um length Appro x. 20 minutes
File for mat MOV
Video c ompressio n H .264/MPE G-4 Advan ced Video Co ding
Audio co mpression Linear P CM
Audio recordi ng dev ice Built-in mona ural or exte rnal stere o microphon e; sensitivi ty adjust able
Monit or 3-in. (7.5 -cm), approx . 921k-dot (VGA), lo w-tempera ture polysi licon TFT LCD w ith 170°
viewi ng angle, appro x. 100% frame c overage, an d brightne ss adjustmen t
Playb ack Full-fram e and thumbnail (4 , 9 or 72 images or ca lendar) play back with pla yback zoo m,
movie p layback, sl ide show, highligh ts, histogr am display, auto im age rotati on and image
comme nt (up to 36 char acters)
USB Hi-Spe ed USB
Video o utput NTSC, PAL ; images can be d isplayed on ex ternal de vice while cam era monitor i s on
HDMI ou tput Type C mini-pin HD MI connect or; camer a monitor tur ns off when H DMI cable is
connected
Acce ssory ter minal Rem ote Cord MC -DC2 (availabl e separate ly), GPS Unit GP-1 (av ailable separ ately)
Audio inp ut Ster eo mini-pin jack (3 .5-mm diame ter)
Suppo rted langu ages Arabi c, Chinese (Simpli ed and Traditio nal), Czech, Dani sh, Dutch, Eng lish, Finnish,
Frenc h, German, Ind onesian, Itali an, Japanes e, Korean, Nor wegian, Polish , Portugue se,
Russia n, Spanish, Swe dish, Thai, Turkis h
Bat tery One Rec hargeable L i-ion Batt ery EN-EL15
Bat tery pack Optional Mul ti-Power B attery P ack MB-D11 with o ne Recharge able Li-ion Ba ttery EN -
EL15 or six R6/AA s ize alkaline, NiM H or lithium bat teries
AC adap ter AC Adapter EH -5a; requir es Power Conn ector EP-5 B (available sep arately)
Tripod so cket 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
Dimens ions (W x H x D) Ap prox. 5.2 × 4 .1 × 3.0 in. (132 × 105 × 7 7 mm)
Weight Appr ox. 1 lb. 8.3 oz. (6 90 g) camera b ody only; ap prox. 1 lb. 11.5 oz. (78 0 g) with bat tery
and mem ory card bu t without b ody cap
Oper ating envir onment Temp erature: 32–10 4 °F/0–40 ° C; humidity: l ess than 85% (no c ondensat ion)
Supplie d accesso ries R echargeab le Li-ion Bat tery EN-E L15, Bat tery Cha rger MH-25, Ey epiece Cap DK- 5, Rubber
(may dif fer by count ry E yecup DK-21, USB Cable U C-E4, Audio Vi deo Cable EG-D 2, Camera Str ap AN-DC1, LCD
or ar ea) Monit or Cover BM -11, Body Ca p BF-1B, Access ory Shoe C over BS-1, ViewN X 2 ROM
Printed in Japan Code No. 6CE10095 (1009/A)K
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