JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Just returned from a two-week trip with my wonderful wife, during which I'd captured something like 1200 images. This is, as mentioned in the subject, my Nikon D7000. After returning home, i sorted these images into folders by capture date and I started importing them into LR5 one folder at a time, and then processing.

But about a week into the trip, my camera suddenly began capturing images as jpegs insted of raw, as I intended. I do not recall going to the menu and changing the capture mode.

Is there a button on the D7000, aside from the Menu button, which will alter the capture mode?

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

If you removed your battery to recharge it during the trip, then the quality may have reverted to JPG capture rather than RAW capture mode depending on how long the battery was out of the camera.

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Did switch batteries each day, popping in the fresh one and placing the used one iun the charger, but I do this all the time and it has never changed the capture mode before. The swap consisted of taking out the battery I'd used that day and putting in the other, fully-charged battery. Not more than a few seconds involved in the swap.

Couldn't have reverted, because I have never shot anything other thjat RAW since purchasing the Nikon.

Dan821 Loc: Traveling........

Do you by chance have the memory cards configured as RAW Slot 1 - JPEG Slot 2?

Verify that you are still configured as RAW, and that you are not set up for JPEG in Slot 2. Also if Slot 2 is configured as Backup, any Videos you shoot will only be on Card 2. At least that is what my D7000 does.

Wendy2 Loc: California

This too happened to me with my Canon 5D Mark II. I did not turn it off, change batteries etc. It was very strange. Still don't know why it did it. It did it again last week!

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Camera is set to Overflow, as in, use Card One until it is filled and then Card Two, both set to RAW. I use 64 gb cards, and so the second card never came into play.

Did not shoot any videos.

I do recall that somehow, my focus point moved - I usually have it set to center image - and I attempted to move it back. I discovered that the click wheel - or any other of the buttons, ISO setting, for instance - will not work if the information screen/histogram that appears after each image is captured is on the viewing screen. I wonder whether my trying to use the click wheel when the info/histo screen was up might've been the culprit.

BTW, I used Program mode this time out. In past outings, I have used both Shutter and Aperture Priority and this time tried Program and got far better results. Note that the D7000 allows the altering of the camera-selected settings whiule in Program mode, such as dialing in a higher ISO if light is low, rather than using the pop-up flash.

Many museums have low lighting to lower the chance of deterioration of artifacts by exposure to excessive light. Some do not allow photography at all and most of those which do, prohibit use of flash. I've found the D7000's high ISO performance to be quite good. (noise).

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Nice to know that. I am trying to get into the habit of checking my settings more often while on a shoot.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Yes, the "Qual" button (bottom left) pressed and held in conjunction with moving the command dial will change capture mode. I have done that when trying to quickly change ISO, and I pressed the wrong button by mistake.

JaiGieEse Loc: Foxworth, MS

Thank you. I think this is what I must've done.

Just tried that, and I think that's the problem. Oh, and it's the rear command dial that does it. The change occurred when I was shooting very late in the day in a forest and I recall trying to increase the ISO. Never thought to check the settings, but now I will, and often.

Gotta be more careful in the future.

Still got some nice shots, though, although PP adjustments are far more limited with jpgs.

Jcmarino

I have done that too,I hit the quality button instead of the ISO. I now check it from time to time to make sure its right.
For a wedding recently, I changed to jpeg for the reception candid dance shots and later found I was shooting RAW again. Just happens when Im in a hurry, I guess.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Ah, good to know.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

The D7000 has two features called U1 and U2. These are simply banks where you can store your common camera settings and save them to memory.
Perhaps that is your best answer to this problem.

RKL349 Loc: Connecticut

Thanks Rick, good to know.

cruizer Loc: Bucks Co., Pa. (USA)

I guess this does not apply in your situation, but I had the same problem resulting from a different cause. When reinserting my memory card into the camera, I inadvertently moved the switch on the side of the card to the lock position. This caused all of my images to be saved to my second card that had been set to JPEG. FYI

Toolking Loc: Pacific Northwest

Now I know why I did the same thing!