Nikon D7100 / D7200 / D7500 Focus Square Tutorial | How to Focus Training Video

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2013
  • This lesson explains the new focusing systems for the Nikon D7100 & D7200. It covers the 3 focusing modes, when you should use them, as well as how to change your focus squares in those focusing modes. This lesson also introduces recomposition, critical to becoming a successful portrait photographer.
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Комментарии • 982

  • @tx_not_honest_abe7005
    @tx_not_honest_abe7005 10 лет назад +6

    Best tutorial on this camera I've seen so far. thank you for sharing the info!

  • @chulaliyanage5022
    @chulaliyanage5022 8 лет назад +11

    The best Focusing tutorial on D7100/7200 . Thanks Michael !

  • @anianoenrique2115
    @anianoenrique2115 4 года назад +2

    I've learned so much from this video in such a short time, it's amazing ! Fantastic work, Michael !

  • @pineappleprincess5138
    @pineappleprincess5138 7 лет назад

    I love how you teach. Great, clear and concise explanations and examples of situations they can be used. It cleared up a lot for me!

  • @xray111xxx
    @xray111xxx 7 лет назад +5

    Much easier to see the videos than the manual that is for sure. I just got the D7100, and sure enough, yes fuzzy focus. Fuzzy is nice and warm, but not sharp, which is what I want. Thanks for your help Michael. Awesome video.

  • @Fsharp99
    @Fsharp99 5 лет назад +4

    I purchased a D7500 a few days ago and this explained the focusing system in such a clear and simple way!

  • @Deen2505
    @Deen2505 6 лет назад

    You're the best in this tutorial Michael, making something simple but compact and easy to understand.
    Thank you infinitely.

  • @TheLadyRynn47
    @TheLadyRynn47 7 лет назад

    Michael, that was the clearest and most concise auto focus tutorial I have ever seen or read

  • @Wrightn221
    @Wrightn221 4 года назад +4

    Thanks again Mike! After many years of using my Nikon Point & Shoot, I decided to upgrade to the Nikon D7500. I, like most oldies but goodies, started out with the 35mm!!! Some of my best shots were with my 35 mm but it was time to move on. Your tutorials are the best! We appreciate you for taking your time to help us. You're a blessing!

  • @TheYFlyer
    @TheYFlyer 8 лет назад +5

    Great tutorial Michael. I just picked up the D7100 last week. I didn't take the time to read the manual (surprise) and was struggling to figure out the focusing system. You made it very easy to pick up.

  • @tamarapounds1860
    @tamarapounds1860 7 лет назад

    This is the BEST tutorial I seen on RUclips for this camera. I'm know I'm way late, but it's simple and easy to follow. I'll look for more of your stuff! Thank you!!

  • @acnegreiros
    @acnegreiros 8 лет назад

    Many thanks for uploading this video. It's certainly one of the clearest tutorials on Nikon focusing system I've come across.

  • @KingRasha
    @KingRasha 10 лет назад +5

    You, sir, are awesome!
    This is invaluable information. After watching this I feel as if the value of my camera quintupled! I was having such a frustrating time focusing properly with full auto focusing. I will never miss focus again, thank you!

  • @MMaven
    @MMaven  11 лет назад +4

    So glad to hear it. This is all Im trying to do, make learning your camera as fast and easy as possible. Thanks!

  • @MeaTufail
    @MeaTufail 7 лет назад

    The single best tutorial on D7100 i have seen so far on youtube, i wish there were more tutorials from Michael like this for D7100

  • @chrvi2
    @chrvi2 9 лет назад

    What a wonderful video with clear and easy to follow instructions and background information! The best of tutorials of this kind I've ever seen. Thanks a lot.

  • @chrisf5475
    @chrisf5475 2 года назад +11

    8 years old but still one of the best videos on this subject.
    Back button focus is the best thing I ever did. Let’s you use continuous focus and recompose your shot too.
    The downside is when somebody offers to take a photo of you, you need to give them a lesson in how to use your camera 😂

    • @daveevans7151
      @daveevans7151 Год назад

      Am here in ‘23 with a D7000 I have not used in years…probably 6-7 years at least. Getting back into using a DSLR and am going through all these. Have helped tremendously!

  • @lindsaylillan6155
    @lindsaylillan6155 4 года назад +66

    This was the best tutorial i have seen on this subject - you cleared up a lot for me! Thank you!

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  4 года назад

      My pleasure

  • @spanusia
    @spanusia 10 лет назад +1

    Great presentation and easy to follow. Just bought a D7100 and learnt about the focus modes within minutes thanks to this vid. Great job!

  • @megansnell1639
    @megansnell1639 7 лет назад +1

    i have been looking and searching for a tutorial like this!! just recently hit a button and it changed my focusing and i had no idea there were so many options!!! this video just saved me!! thank you so much!!

  • @2828play
    @2828play 10 лет назад +100

    I think your probably the best at these tutorials Michael you are very easy to understand and a very good teacher. I'm not a beginner but I'm always trying to learn as much as i can. Thank you for posting these video I just subscribed and plan to keep up with your videos. Albert.

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  10 лет назад +6

      thank you sir! Much appreciated!

    • @rujakmens2823
      @rujakmens2823 5 лет назад

      Second that! Just starting with camera for our product photography and already learnt a ton from you! Thanks a million.

    • @richardtovar1982
      @richardtovar1982 4 года назад

      Totally agree

  • @oc2phish07
    @oc2phish07 9 лет назад +20

    Wow! Possibly the single most interesting, and certainly most instructive and useful D7100 'How To' video I have seen on RUclips. Excellent. Many thanks.

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  9 лет назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @jackhawkins8438
      @jackhawkins8438 9 лет назад +2

      MichaelTheMentor
      Ditto on oc2phish07

    • @thomasp.7907
      @thomasp.7907 7 лет назад

      oc2phish07 this is superb.having camera almost 2 years and now I know the usage. Thank you Michael, non native speaker Tom

  • @spicetruckin
    @spicetruckin 5 лет назад

    Whew! I am so glad I decided to look up this tutorial within one week of beginning to use my new D7500. Definitely needed that quick focusing tutorial. Explained in such a simple manner!

  • @davidturcios1213
    @davidturcios1213 2 года назад

    Thanks Michael for this awesome tutorial. You made my day !!! Well explained and directed.

  • @VincentPCocco
    @VincentPCocco 3 года назад +26

    Excellent tutorial. Newbie tip: On the back of your D7200 (which is what I use) make sure the Focus Selector Lock lever is set to the 'dot' position and not 'L' (lock). If the lever is set to 'L' manual focus point selection is disabled.

    • @meredithsmith8586
      @meredithsmith8586 Месяц назад

      Hand to God this tip fixed days of worry and I cried a lil. Thanks!

  • @Plof005
    @Plof005 8 лет назад +6

    I've been using Nikon DSLRs (D100, D300 and D7100) for more than a decade and was never able to fully understand the rather complicated autofocus system. In my experience the Nikon manuals aren't very useful in that aspect. Your video all of a sudden made it perfectly clear to me. Thank you very much for your clear and simple explanation!

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  8 лет назад

      My pleasure! Thank you so much for your support!

  • @davidhardyphotography
    @davidhardyphotography 7 лет назад

    This was the most constructive How-To video that I have ever seen and I will now see what else you have to offer. Thank you so much!!!

  • @MMaven
    @MMaven  11 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much for your support! I have lots of more reviews and tutorials coming

  • @jalalaziz7970
    @jalalaziz7970 8 лет назад +3

    An excellent & very well explained video...

  • @dudley206098
    @dudley206098 8 лет назад +4

    this is extremely well done. thank you

  • @INHUMANITYX
    @INHUMANITYX 11 лет назад +1

    Fantastic video. I've been using the D7100 since launch and am still learning its attributes. The focusing system has always been somewhat of a enigma to me. Finally, a video that uses plain English to explain it.
    Thank you, Michael!

  • @themarvelofmyordinarylife7532
    @themarvelofmyordinarylife7532 3 года назад

    Thank goodness for this explanation! I haven't picked up my camera for two years and want to shoot a family portrait today. I could not for the life of me remember how to set the single focus point in AF-A! So thankful for this. I absolutely subscribed and will hopefully be trying a lot more settings. Thank you!!

  • @Akashsama
    @Akashsama 6 лет назад +15

    I got the Nikon D7200 for X-mas. This is helpful. Thanks, Jamie Carragher :D

    • @zekariasghebrenegus5738
      @zekariasghebrenegus5738 6 лет назад

      Thank you for your explanation I didn’t know it has this much tricks the D7200 I own since last years

  • @MMaven
    @MMaven  11 лет назад +7

    I use 1 point for just about everything

  • @bizness3
    @bizness3 4 года назад

    Thank you so much. This tutorial is still so relevant. It provided information that I have been looking for for years in a clear and concise manner. Thank you!

  • @Ketan74847
    @Ketan74847 6 лет назад

    Awesome Awesome Awesome...this is the one and only simplest video to understand D7200 focusing system.
    Thank you very much Micheal and keep uploading such video.

  • @waynebernier6829
    @waynebernier6829 8 лет назад +4

    Never mind, I figured it out. I had the focus lock switch in the "lock" position, lol

    • @ScarletClarity
      @ScarletClarity 4 года назад +1

      Dude I assumed your comment was about focus points not moving around, which was my problem too. I had a look around my camera and holy crap, I had it locked as well xD This has been bothering me for A YEAR xD xD xD
      Crazy.

  • @BasilIrfan
    @BasilIrfan 8 лет назад +5

    i am not able to move the focusing square in my Nikon D7200

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  8 лет назад +1

      Check lock switch

    • @BasilIrfan
      @BasilIrfan 8 лет назад

      +MichaelTheMentor I checked it.. nothing is wrong.. but the focusing square isn't moving

    • @BasilIrfan
      @BasilIrfan 8 лет назад

      +MichaelTheMentor I checked it.. nothing is wrong.. but the focusing square isn't moving

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  8 лет назад

      +Basil Irfan Muhammed Aslam which shooting & focusing mode are you in?

    • @BasilIrfan
      @BasilIrfan 8 лет назад

      +MichaelTheMentor I use AF-S and its in S

  • @tbonise
    @tbonise 10 лет назад +2

    Excellent video. You took a complicated subject (for a relative beginner) and made is easily understandable. I've been viewing quite a few tutorials lately and yours is the best.

  • @adolfosolis9648
    @adolfosolis9648 Год назад +1

    Almost 10 years after, is still the best video.
    I'm saving this as a my pure focusing bible.
    Thank you, sir.

  • @NoahJJCoolClips
    @NoahJJCoolClips 7 лет назад +17

    I am a MORON! I have had my D7100 for three years and wondering why half my shots were out of focus. I only do portraits. I could punch myself in the groin right now...

    • @amol4184
      @amol4184 6 лет назад +2

      I am in almost the same boat - 6 months since getting D7200 and discovered a lot of things from this video today.

    • @petrblazek8938
      @petrblazek8938 5 лет назад +1

      Same here, but only 1 month :D

    • @spicetruckin
      @spicetruckin 5 лет назад

      I had a camera for one year (Sony HX400V) before I saw my brother use the swivel LCD and my jaw dropped. I had been bending my neck to take photos before that :D

  • @Shestillbeleives
    @Shestillbeleives 4 года назад

    Very educational : slow and clear speech, showing the buttons & the screen result, colors to memorize better. Awesome tutorial! Merci

  • @teeharris4149
    @teeharris4149 8 лет назад

    This was VERY helpful. I had never heard the Nikon D7100 explained this way and this easy to understand. I will be subscribing.

  • @zoroo011diy
    @zoroo011diy 9 лет назад +3

    افضل فيديو تعليمي على الاطلاق عن الكاميرا
    The best video I had ever seen about camera
    Syrian says thanks alot
    Go ahead.

  • @robertwhite6993
    @robertwhite6993 7 лет назад +1

    Thorough, but not overwhelming for a beginner, this is great! Thank you!

  • @geoffreylee6871
    @geoffreylee6871 5 лет назад +1

    This is by FAR the BEST and CLEAREST explanation about how to set up a Nikon D7100 and D7200 for focussing. It needs more meta keys tags to make it easier to find this explanation - it took me hours and hours to find it. Well done Michael and thank you.

  • @glenngallegos
    @glenngallegos 3 года назад

    This is the best video I have watched for learning about the focus area on a Nikon. I have a D7200, so the information is translatable.

  • @coover65
    @coover65 6 лет назад

    Thank you Michael. I can read the owners manual cover to cover, but it's videos like yours that really help. Much appreciated.

  • @amol4184
    @amol4184 6 лет назад

    Michael, I came here because exactly as you said in the video - "my photos are blurry". Thanks for this tutorial. This possibly this best video on this topic. I watched a lot of videos of different RUclipsrs and you are easily the most understandable teacher out there. Kudos. I subscribed to channel immediately and will look forward to more videos on advanced topics too.

  • @soodwah
    @soodwah 9 лет назад +1

    Nikon should be paying you big bucks. You method of teaching is superb....far better than so called "Nikon Professionals."

  • @deborenz
    @deborenz 3 года назад

    Finally a good explanation, nice and clear voice, very useful, it definitely made me understand a little bit more of my D7500. Thanks!!!

  • @sopranomgs
    @sopranomgs 2 года назад +1

    Thank you! I've had a D7200 for a few years and never really learned how to use it. Your tutorials have been very helpful! I typically photograph my child's marching band and musical theater performances, and have just been learning by trial and error.

  • @paulocaetano4339
    @paulocaetano4339 6 лет назад +1

    I agree also agree that you are very easy to understand and demonstrate very well too. Your tutorial is set for beginners and semi pros. Enjoyed the video and will follow you from now on. Thanks again

  • @glynwilkinson4922
    @glynwilkinson4922 6 лет назад

    Very good video with clear instructions on how to set the camera up for focus. Thank you !

  • @kiruphotography
    @kiruphotography 2 года назад

    Awesome! One of the best tutorials on this particular topic! Thank you for making such a great and useful video!

  • @sammyflinders
    @sammyflinders 10 лет назад +1

    Absolutely excellent tutorial. Im a new photographer who splurged on the D7100 and this is much appreciated. Thank you!

  •  6 лет назад

    This was the best tutorials. I have been shooting for awhile and some of the things you covered and the way you covered it was easy to understand. Nice work.

  • @musicmartin1
    @musicmartin1 8 лет назад +2

    Your tutorials are great!
    Keep doing it!
    I'm sure you help a lot to many beginners like me!
    Thank you,Michael!

  • @RaquelToth
    @RaquelToth 7 лет назад +1

    You explain directly to the point, and the video edition with the red points is very good! Thank you!

  • @watchersofthesky
    @watchersofthesky 10 лет назад

    That was totally what I wanted to find out. After reading forum after forum and the manual, this was the easiest, and best explained tutorial.My D200 and D300 for some reason were set up with the center focus and bird photography was easy.
    The D7100 bounces around and drove me crazy in my first 3 days of using....until now. Thanks

  • @MichelDumontphotos
    @MichelDumontphotos 10 лет назад

    Thank you very much for the precision of the autofocus mode. You're the best. I'm a french people and i understand very clearly your lesson. Thank you again

  • @cindy1960s
    @cindy1960s 8 лет назад +2

    thank you so much for this amazing tutorial it is so clear and comprehensive....i really appreciate your time and effort to put these videos up!!!!!

  • @gallagherandsons
    @gallagherandsons 11 лет назад

    i've looked at quite a few videos on you tube but haven't found one yet as informative as yours when it comes to doing focussing where you wants the camera to focus.Keep up da good work.It's much appreciated.

  • @carolinelacoste7276
    @carolinelacoste7276 9 лет назад

    Thank you Micheal.. this was an awesome tutorial. You explained things in a very easy way to undurstand!!!

  • @giridharkarnam8495
    @giridharkarnam8495 6 лет назад

    Michael, you are one of the best in explaining! So simple and clear. A complicated concept of focus modes and clusters made so easy to understand. Thanks for the video. I can make the best use of my D7100

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  6 лет назад

      Thank you Giridhar! Very kind of you and I am glad I could help!

  • @samseelam
    @samseelam 10 лет назад

    Best tutorial ever on Focus modes. Thanks Michael!

  • @Mjollnir1234
    @Mjollnir1234 7 лет назад

    Simple, straightforward and to the point. Nice, especially as I'm just switched my entire system from Panasonic to Nikon.

  • @danlewis3667
    @danlewis3667 2 года назад +1

    HUGELY helpful, especially on changing the focusing cluster! Thank you!

  • @ReinerAlpizar
    @ReinerAlpizar 10 лет назад +1

    Excellent man!, i just got my D7100 and i have being facing focusing problems but reading the manual i got to understand how my camera focus. but videos like this are the ones that make everything even clearer. thanks so much!

  • @timc8913
    @timc8913 2 года назад

    Timeless education on the focusing mechanism of my D7200. Appreciate you sharing. Thks!

  • @stevematadobra6117
    @stevematadobra6117 9 лет назад +1

    Outstanding. Best explanation of the focusing modes of the D7100. Thank you!

  • @GeneMoretti
    @GeneMoretti 6 лет назад

    Great video Michael you covered every point on focusing clearly.

  • @annafennell1273
    @annafennell1273 7 лет назад

    Thank you so much! I have a D7200 and this is an excellent video. Very concise, clear, detailed and clear to understand. Fantastic. You are my hero :)

  • @4zudo
    @4zudo 7 лет назад

    Great tutorial, I've had my camera over a year and watching your tutorial will defenitely help me in the future.... Thanks

  • @felipemacauliffe1528
    @felipemacauliffe1528 4 года назад

    Outstanding tutorial ... very well explained and easy to follow. Thanks a lot and cheers from Chile.

  • @helgabeaumont4190
    @helgabeaumont4190 2 года назад

    I also find this tutorial insightful. Thank you for explaining it so clearly.

  • @wpracz1
    @wpracz1 9 лет назад +2

    Great Video! Wonderful explanation! Keep up the good work and we'll keep on watching. Thanks

  • @FotogUganda
    @FotogUganda 8 лет назад

    I just bought my D7200 not long ago and was out on safari with chimps and gorillas recently and I wish I'd seen this before I went! I got a lot of great shots, but getting shots with branches between myself and them was a challenge. Thank you. Excellent, straightforward explanations. Much appreciated!

  • @mirto5663
    @mirto5663 4 года назад

    Very helpful, Mike. Lots of info but I will watch your presentation 100 times and maybe it will all sink in.

  • @Joy_batalvi
    @Joy_batalvi 5 лет назад

    You make me understand this ridiculously easily
    Sir. I appreciate your work.

  • @naveedjafar246
    @naveedjafar246 6 лет назад

    Your way of teaching is so easy to understand making such things so easy to pick up thumbsup buddy keep it up

  • @phit4life1
    @phit4life1 9 лет назад

    This was a fantastic video. I just purchased my D7100 and was trying to figure this out on my own. Thank you so much and I'll be checking out more of your videos.

  • @jrober42
    @jrober42 4 года назад

    Michael, thank you so much for explaining the Nikon D7200 focusing system. My Nikon D7200 Manual had been used to prop up the leg of a wobbly desk. I will go to your Web- site to find out more about "Back Button Focusing". I have had my D7200 since 2015 and photographed the "Sydney Hobart Yacht Race- Golf and Rugby. In all those years I never fully understood how the focusing worked, until now. Well done, thank you for a great video

  • @josemaria6638
    @josemaria6638 8 лет назад

    I found it specially useful. I got the 7100 and as a beginner i can tell you it's one of the best video tutorials. Thanks a lot

  • @redflanneltrout7786
    @redflanneltrout7786 5 лет назад

    This is one of the finest explanations of anything that I've ever heard. I've been struggling for several evenings to understand auto focusing on my new D7200. The manual is well written, as far as manuals go. There are a number of pages on-line that try to explain the concepts. None are even in the same ballpark as this. Michael's ability to see things from the point of view of the beginner, organize his thoughts, and phrase things so well make this tutorial a real gem. Thank you for producing and posting it.

    • @MMaven
      @MMaven  5 лет назад

      Thank you yooper. Very kind words

  • @falconjblack2008
    @falconjblack2008 2 года назад

    Finally found a video that was explained clearly without jumping around. Great job!

  • @CLoDaMan
    @CLoDaMan 4 года назад

    Very well explained. I was having an issue with my new D7100 not auto focusing...you made great time of each one of your explanations getting down to the core basics of what was needed to understand the auto focus on this particular model. This model is much different than my previous D5300, so I greatly appreciate your video! I cannot subscribe because I will see a lot of stuff on photography, but I gave you a big thumbs up! Thanks again!!!

  • @jduchows
    @jduchows 8 лет назад

    THIS WAS FANTASTIC :-D !!! Thank You, thank You, thank YOU! Just upgraded from D7000 to D7200 (for my b'day, no less!), took it to Lago d'Iseo and to my absolute, sheer HORROR all my pics came out blurry and would not sharpen up without setting of 7 in Capture NX-D! Being a science weenie, I never read the manuals of course and was nearly tearing my hair out than I watched your tremendously helpful, easygoing and easy to follow video - CAMERA IN HAND :-D !!! - and I saw the light! Wish I watched BEFORE the trip but at least now I know better! It was set in its default AFS / Auto mode, of course! Thank You again :-) ! Cheers & Best REgards from Germany, John

  • @murillomr7
    @murillomr7 9 лет назад

    Thanks MichaelTheMentor !! I really enjoy the way that you explain, clearly and professional. Thank you very much!

  • @radu19d
    @radu19d 9 лет назад

    Such quality review! Easy to understand, professionally done! Thank you!

  • @MrTuMune
    @MrTuMune 9 лет назад +2

    Wow I just bought my D7100 and this video is essential. Awesome! Thank you!

  • @Laurpec
    @Laurpec 5 лет назад

    I’m a beginner photographer who just got into it via a new job..sort of an additional responsibility I offered to take on and learn. The office camera is a D7200 and this just helped me tremendously as focus has been an issue for me. Thanks for this video!!!

  • @parrotheadstx
    @parrotheadstx Год назад

    Excellent tutorial. Many thanks for this clear and concise video.

  • @billschonfelder1027
    @billschonfelder1027 9 лет назад

    One of the best professional videos I have seen. Well done

  • @cindy5573
    @cindy5573 3 года назад

    Whoa, this was mindblowing! I know that seems like an inflated compliment, but no. For someone in my position ... well, none of this stuff has ever been explained to me, and I wouldn't have understood it in the manual for my camera (d7200). This is information I will go out and use TODAY. And thank you, Michael, for explaining this stuff in an easy to follow format. Thanks, thanks, thanks!

  • @Mysticvan
    @Mysticvan 7 лет назад

    Really an excellent tutorial, thanks so much. Just rented the D7200 for a week and this helps a lot. Thanks.

  • @denisereyes7591
    @denisereyes7591 10 лет назад

    I watched a lot of videos and this one was really clear and easy to understand. I think i will order the video. Thank you

  • @cessealbeach
    @cessealbeach 8 лет назад +1

    The Best D7100 Tutorial! Simply Awesome

  • @magatas789
    @magatas789 7 лет назад

    Really enjoyed your tutorial. I learned a lot more about using the Nikon 7100 shooting video. Thanks so much.

  • @angelos.ortizvela7485
    @angelos.ortizvela7485 6 лет назад

    Thank you so much. I appreciate your high-quality content Michael!