{"id":1624,"date":"2019-02-20T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T12:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2019-02-23T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T16:44:15","slug":"the-first-niggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/20\/the-first-niggles\/","title":{"rendered":"The first niggles…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I seem to be using almost exclusively the Z 6<\/strong> at the moment, it’s not unusual that I’m coming across the first few niggling problems or errors. This is a ‘new’ system, albeit built on existing technology, and therefore I would be foolish to expect it to be perfect straight-off. Close, but no big cigar…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first problem I encountered was when I tried to setup one of the function buttons (F1, F2 etc.) to display Peaking Highlights<\/strong>. This is a function which is used with manual focus lenses to show when elements within the viewfinder are in focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon Manual – how to setup a Function button<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Well I followed all the instructions – the function button had it’s value reassigned – then I turned the camera off. When I turned it back on again the function button had reverted to it’s default value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried a few different ways of recording the change but nothing worked…until I tried to save the modifications as a User<\/strong> setting (U1 in this example) The User <\/strong>settings (U1, U2 & U3) are selected using the dial top left of the camera body, and are a way of saving a series of often used values to be recalled easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I contacted NIKON France<\/strong> and they thanked me, said they too had tried this as a fix and that they would pass the information back to NIKON Japan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My next niggle is possibly the more important of the two\u2026 and concerns the tiny joystick called the ‘Sub Selector’ top right of the rear screen (N\u00b0 11 in the diagram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I just can’t help touching this damn thing – and as it’s main ‘raison d’\u00eatre’ is to move the auto-focus point around the screen, I sometimes end up with the camera focusing on something I’m not even looking at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seemed perfectly reasonable to me that I could turn this function off – wrong<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I discovered that while I could assign a different function to the center button<\/strong> , I couldn’t stop the ‘joystick’ action – which means the AF point is constantly in a different place to where I want it (in the middle) – fortunately the AF point marker shows a tiny dot when it IS in the middle of the frame, so it’s easy to see it if has moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, another series of mails to NIKON France<\/strong> who admitted that I was not alone in asking for this to be modified to be able to turn it off. Again, they will send all these demands to Japan and perhaps, in a few years time, we’ll get a firmware update to correct these bugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I seem to be using almost exclusively the Z 6 at the moment, it’s not unusual that I’m coming across the first few niggling problems or errors. This is a ‘new’ system, albeit built on existing technology, and therefore I would be foolish to expect it to be perfect straight-off. Close, but no big … <\/p>\n

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