Nikon Zf - The Auto ISO Issue Solved
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2024
- The Nikon ZF is a flawed masterpiece - many people find some features missing or strangely applied - one being the lack of an easy way to turn Auto ISO on/off and change the settings
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You don’t have to go into the menu to change to auto iso if you programe the video record button to iso. You can also quickly do it via the i-menu.
I totally agree about the aperture ring. Why oh why isn’t it there? Such a missed opportunity. I’ve just bought the TTartisan 75mm f/2 just because of that. Sigma are also making lenses with aperture rings which are quite smaller like the old lenses, I believe they’re calling them the contemporary lenses, and I’m waiting for them to finally make z-mount versions of those lenses. I’d buy the 35 and 50mm straight away.
Always liked sigma lenses so let's hope they make something interesting 🙂
You seem like a man who appreciates a great lens "with character": I recommend to you the Nikon Z85mm 1.8 -- which i use on my Z6 at every job, its a light rig, indispensable kit for me, producing beautiful images. And then my finger is always on a customized button to switch to cropped sensor mode giving me the reach of a 130mm, with no noticeable downside. And with that i can cover am event at a small to medium sized room very nicely while keeping a wide angle rig neaby or over my shoulder. If you find Z lenses to "clinically sharp" then drop the Clarity and Texture levers down up to 10 points in lightroom for an old school look that still shows great focus.
The ring should be clickable, I agree. Yet I understand why there are no aperture numbers. That would dwarf what it's capable. It is programmable. I think if you set it to aperture and are photographing you don't look on the lens anyways. I am wondering more about the 2 retro style lenses that don't have any ring to make the retro feeling complete. The non-clickable ring is mostly aimed at videographers to being able to change aperture whilst shooting (without making the camera shake). But as I said, that's no reason to not make the lens click-optional.
You can assign a front button to, in combination with the wheel, easily swap between auto-ISO and manual-ISO on your Df as well. I've been playing with manual aperture and shutter but auto-ISO, but, the only issue is that the camera can't go lower than ISO 100, so if there is too much light for the manually set shutter and aperture then it will be over exposed and you don't realise until you preview the photos.
I hope You still have the D780, Master Allen. It's still my main camera and I deeply love it for its quality and versatility. Dom
Oh yes - still have and gets used a fair amount at weddings 🙂
@@CreativePixelPhotos great!🍷☀️😊.. D.
The ISO-dial of the Leica comes from what they interpret(ed) photography as. Especially the M is reminiscent of analog shooting. And back then ISO dial were set once each roll usually.
do you have an idea why the coloured focus peaking start to come up again by itself. I turn it off and use the magnification set to the video button for manual focussing same as you said, but now and then the focus peaking seem to reactivate by (what???) itself...and I hate that
When did you go back to Nikon Allen? And with the 50 1.4? All in again?
@@Willymaze June this year. Liked the look of the Zf and fell out of love with the Sony colours.
@@CreativePixelPhotos Glad to have you back then. Maybe a Z6 III in the near future?
@@Willymaze I've stilll got the Z6ii and maybe will change to iii but with the Zf I don't feel any "need" to - but who knows 🙂
Ypu moved to Sony, have you switched back to Nikon
No aperture ring is a deal breaker for me, the other confusing thing is having individual dials plus a PASM? so used to my current Fuji setup it makes a lot sense especially the auto options on the Dials for iso, shutter speed and Aperture
Hello Allen, I'm surprised you went back to Nikon. I saw your videos about the Zf and about the now classic Df, which has the same as the D4 although they are cameras with very different handling and weight. When you announced the move to Sony I was also very surprised, especially because of the fame of a somewhat extraterrestrial color science for taking photos of people. I know that the G-Master lenses were for you the big difference at the time compared to the Z line lenses. I saw that you made friends with a luminous 50 from the Z line Now I don't remember if it's 1.2 or 1.4 but anyway you have always spoken well of the Nikkor G lenses used even with the FTZ. I don't know if you have clarified them in another post and have the link to read it, but I would love to know the reasons why you are no longer using the Sony for weddings? Kind regards.
You pretty much duplicated my setup. Except i use the ael/afl button for switching to silent shutter
I get what you mean about the clickable aperture ring, but guess thats why it's only £499. I still prefer the 1.8 S. much better image quality and no CA. that f1.4 is nice though
What you are doing is fine except you are not using the ISO dial on the top. You’re in C mode. In that mode, AutoISO works great.
The problem is you get the Z f to use the manual dials. Turn it away from C and your ability to toggle AutoISO on and off on a button or the I menu goes away. This is the problem.
@@yophotodude7693 in C mode how do you switch out of auto iso or change the minimum iso?
@@CreativePixelPhotos I have ISO Settings assigned to my Video Record button. I use it pretty much how the video does. My ISO dial is in C mode. I press and hold the record button and the front command dial to toggle AutoISO on and off and the rear command dial to change the ISO when out of AutoISO.
I always leave my base at 100 and shoot full time manual.
What I want is either to automatically turn AutoISO off the moment I turn the ISO dial away from C since I’m telling the camera specifically what ISO I want, or at a minimum let the ISO Settings option work on a button when not in the C setting.
@@yophotodude7693 Could not agree more. I'm using ISO basically in the same way. It would be absolutely perfect if Auto ISO automatically toggles off when you turn off of C and back on when you set the dial to C. That way you get the most flexibility and the best of all worlds. Having to toggle Auto ISO off before using dial seems unnecessary.
@@yophotodude7693 commenting again since I discovered another approach to ISO from another video comment and I think it might interest you if you havent tried. I missed this detail in the manual when I first read it. But if you have Auto ISO on, set your maximum in the camera settings to 200. Now once the dial goes above 200 it acts as a control for the max ISO in your Auto range.
So it's not exactly giving manual control to set a precise ISO but you are getting manual control of the range which I think will work nicely in practice.
When I read and listen to Nikon ZF reviews, I wonder if those who write or speak critically about this camera know what they want? This device is intended for manual use, not automatic use, as this was its intended use from the very beginning due to its design. Automation is an addition, not the other way around :-) I will add that I have been using the Nokon ZF since January this year, it's a great camera and it's great to work with if you know what it's intended for... for quiet, slow work :-)