Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Need some help with a Nikon D7000. Jan's D7000 is doing something funny and for the life of me I can't figure it out. Here's the problem.
Aperture Priority Mode. Iso 400. When I look in the view finder, the 0 on the exposure meter is flashing along with the Lightening bolt flash icon. I don't have any exposure compensation on.This happens when I am standing outside in plenty of light. If I push the shutter button halfway down I can hear the camera beep and lock in (solid green dot), but the 0 and flash icon are still blinking. Any idea why this is happening?

BobbyT Loc: Southern California

Check your auto iso max shutter speed setting. it may be set to 1/250.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Thanks Bobby but we don't use auto Iso. We do not let the camera choose the Iso for us. We set our own ISO manually.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

What's the aperture setting and shutter speed?

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Jerry, it doesn't seem to matter what the aperture settering is. It's in Aperture priority so the camera sets the shutter speed.

Rick36203 Loc: Northeast Alabama

Not sure what is different between your camera and mine, but there is no 0 on an exposure meter in my viewfinder in Aperture mode. With no flash or exposure comp, the display shows only shutter speed, fstop, iso (or frame count), and the flash warning, if needed.

You can turn off the flash warning (Custom Menu D12), which is supposed to tell you when light is too low, or when your 'subject is backlit'.

Joecosentino Loc: Whitesboro, New York

Do a factory reset and start fresh, setting up the camera

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

Doing a factory reset will delete all my other custom settings. I really want to avoid doing that at the moment. I'm going to go to a camera shop today to see if they can figure it out. Last resort, factory reset.

Thanks for Responding. Stay tuned, I will let you know when I find out.

TKT Loc: New Mexico

See my recent post on D7000 midlife problems. Mine did the same thing along with other maladies. Switch and charge batteries if using a grip, switch and reformat SD cards in camera, clean all electrical contacts (lens/body and grip/body), and unmount and remount lens about 12 times. This cured all my problems. Shot another 417 images yesterday with nary a blib!

TK

scsdesphotography Loc: Southeastern Michigan

Fstop 12, I agree with TKT, usually flashing stuff in the viewfinder means some sort of power problem, either with the battery, the lens mount or the hot shoe. Last time it happened to me I didn't have my SB600 properly seated in the hot shoe.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

I have changed batteries, cleaned the lens and camera mount and I am not using a flash. The problem still exist. I stayed on the phone with a guy from a camera shop yesterday. We went through everything we can think of. The problem still exist. I was on hold so long on the phone yesterday with Nikon support, I gave up. The mystery continues.

scsdesphotography Loc: Southeastern Michigan

Fstop12, I went back and reread your description of the problem. Got my D7000 out and set it up as you described and guess what, mine does the same thing! I cranked the ISO up to the max and the flash symbol kept flashing. Dropped the shutter down to 1 sec and it still flashed. Popped the flash up and it stopped. I haven't a clue as to why it does that even in bright light. I shoot in manual so I had not seen this behavior before. I will continue to investigate and let you know if I figure it out. Anyone else?

scsdesphotography Loc: Southeastern Michigan

Hi Fstop12, did some more experimentation. As you can tell by the time stamp I am doing this indoors standing about one foot from my floor lamp and getting the same result as you described. However if I position my camera 4" from the lamp the symbol stops flashing. What surprised me was that from the one foot distance in manual mode, the exposure meter showed extreme overexposure (all the way to the left), yet the flash symbol was still flashing and this was at f3.5. So I think that what is happening is that what you are calling "plenty of light" (in this case winter light) is somehow being interpreted by the camera's computer processing engine as a scene which requires some fill light. As long as the focus is locked you can still take the picture. My advice, ignore the flashing symbol and shoot away. Check the LCD for confirmation. It is kind of peculiar though.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

[quote=scsdesphotography]Hi Fstop12, did some more experimentation. As you can tell by the time stamp I am doing this indoors standing about one foot from my floor lamp and getting the same result as you described. However if I position my camera 4" from the lamp the symbol stops flashing. What surprised me was that from the one foot distance in manual mode, the exposure meter showed extreme overexposure (all the way to the left), yet the flash symbol was still flashing and this was at f3.5. So I think that what is happening is that what you are calling "plenty of light" (in this case winter light) is somehow being interpreted by the camera's computer processing engine as a scene which requires some fill light. As long as the focus is locked you can still take the picture. My advice, ignore the flashing symbol and shoot away. Check the LCD for confirmation. It is kind of peculiar though/quote]
Thanks so much for taking the time to check on this. It's good to know that I'm not losing my mind. LOL. Funny thing however is my friends D7000 doesn't do this. Again, thanks for your help.

marthamcc

I have the same display as Rick36203.
I have not turn the flash warning off but only appears when light is low.