Situation<\/strong>: out with my camera, early one morning, aiming to shoot the sunrise over the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es. Not unnaturally, the camera, equipped with the 70-200 f\/4 lens, is firmly seated on a tripod. This is what I see in the viewfinder:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n The focus point falls on the flanks of the mountain (not a lot of contrast there) so to be sure I’m actually focusing on an area that the camera can use to focus, and instead of releasing the ball-head lock and moving the camera up to move the focus point, I moved the little joystick thingy up a couple of blips so that it was on the crest of the mountain and BAMM – it focused perfectly. All this WITHOUT moving the camera. I’m frankly astounded at just how long it has taken me to realize this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I never thought I’d ever find a use for this damn thing – and now, in the space of a week, I’ve found that there is<\/strong> a use for it, AND that I can programme it to reset itself if I accidentally move it. The world is truly a wonderful place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n More news<\/strong> – it would seem that there is a new firmware update for the Z6\/7<\/strong> coming from Nikon<\/strong> this week. No confirmation, but it’s likely to enable people to use the ProRes RAW<\/strong> format for video enthusiasts, and improved autofocus. Still no news on the firmware update to enable the use of CFExpress<\/strong> cards – which are now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hard to believe, I know, but it’s true. All this time I’ve been complaining about this damn joystick thingy that controls the focus point on the Nikon Z series cameras, saying that it’s totally useless etc. but I’ve just discovered there IS a use for it, and it turns out that it’s VERY useful indeed. … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Pyrenees-1-scaled.jpg\")
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