Nikon D7000 Viewfinder
The Nikon D7000's viewfinder is rated at 100% coverage, and is a bright, pentaprism design with 0.94x magnification at 50mm and -1 diopter, and a 19.5mm eyepoint. A diopter adjustment dial to the top-right on the viewfinder eyepiece offers a diopter adjustment range of -3 to +1.
The focusing screen is a fixed (non-interchangeable) type B BriteView Clear Matte Mark II screen. A framing grid (shown below) can be displayed on demand via a Custom menu setting. The active focus area can be highlighted in red or black (normally, the active area is highlighted in black only). There are three AF Point Illumination Custom settings available: Auto, which highlights when needed to establish contrast with the background; On, which always highlights, and Off, which disables the red highlighting.
The data readout below the focusing screen is similar to the D90, though the focus indicator has an enhanced range-finder function (the arrows indicate the direction to manually focus), the numerical field at the extreme right shows additional settings such as Active D-Lighting amount and AF-area mode when those features are adjusted, as well as some other minor changes. Compared to the D300S, the D7000's viewfinder doesn't show current metering mode, exposure mode or a full-time ISO display, though it does show some information the D300S does not, such as the no-card warning, B/W mode, range-finder arrows, tilt display, AF-area mode and Active D-Lighting amount.
The graphic (courtesy of Nikon USA) and table below shows what information is displayed in D7000's viewfinder.
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1
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On-demand framing grid
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15
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Flash-ready indicator
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2
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Focus areas
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16
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FV lock indicator
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Spot metering targets
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17
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Flash sync indicator
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3
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AF area brackets
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18
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Aperture stop indicator
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4
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Battery indicator
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19
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Electronic analog exposure display
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5
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Black and White indicator
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Exposure compensation display
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6
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No memory card warning
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Tilt indicator
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7
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Focus indicator
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20
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Flash compensation indicator
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8
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Autoexposure (AE) lock
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21
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Exposure compensation indicator
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9
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Shutter speed
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22
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Auto ISO sensitivity indicator
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AF mode
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23
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Number of exposures remaining
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10
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Aperture
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Number of shots remaining before memory buffer fills
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11
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Low battery warning
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ISO sensitivity
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12
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Exposure and flash bracketing indicator
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Preset WB recording indicator
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WB bracketing indicator
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Exposure compensation value
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ADL bracketing indicator
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Flash compensation value
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13
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ISO sensitivity indicator
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Active D-Lighting amount
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14
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"K" (appears when memory remains for over 1,000 frames)
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AF-area mode
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Viewfinder Test Results
Coverage
Very good accuracy with the optical viewfinder, excellent on the LCD monitor in Live View mode.
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| 70mm, Optical | 70mm, Live View LCD |
The Nikon D7000's optical viewfinder proved fairly accurate, with almost 98% coverage when measured with our Sigma 70mm f/2.8 test lens. This is very good for a non-pro model, but short of the 100% coverage Nikon claims. That said, though, it's tough to frame to within a percent or two when squinting through a viewfinder eyepiece, so the actual accuracy could be a shade higher than we measured here. The resulting image is shifted vertically and slanted slightly to the left, which is unfortunately isn't uncommon with optical viewfinders these days. The camera's Live View LCD mode was extremely accurate, with essentially 100% coverage in our measurements.
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