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Controls on Your Nikon D7200 Digital Camera

By: Julie Adair King and

Updated: 03-26-2016

From The Book: Nikon D7200 For Dummies

Nikon D7200 For Dummies

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If you're not familiar with the Nikon D7200, here's a quick guide to its buttons, dials, and other external controls. Note that some buttons serve multiple functions depending on whether you're choosing options from menus, selecting shooting settings, or reviewing photos in playback mode. Also, functions marked with an asterisk don't work in Live View mode.

Rear view of the Nikon D7200.

Top view of the Nikon D7200.

Close-up view of a couple of the Nikon D7200's buttons and dials.

Side view of the Nikon D7200.

The hidden panel of your Nikon D7200.

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