Nikon D7000 Viewfinder

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.