If it helps, see page 265 of the Z 50 reference manual. Choose Assign AE Lock or Select AF L button and scroll down to AF-On. Please keep in mind that you will need to remember the name of each user setting:Once you set all the settings below, make sure to visit “Menu” -> “Setup Menu” -> “Save user settings” and set which user setting number you want to save it in. The available Area-AF modes change when you switch from Single AF to Continuous AF mode. I have a question about U3 settings. He is recognized as one of the leading educators in the photography industry, conducting workshops, producing educational videos and frequently writing content for Photography Life. If you don’t use a tripod, make sure to modify some of these settings such as Auto ISO and Exposure Delay Mode as needed.Basically, we are turning off Auto ISO with ISO set to 100, disabling things that are not needed for landscapes and turning on things like EFCS and Exposure Delay Mode to eliminate camera shake. Once again, these are settings that work for me and they might not necessarily suit your needs. With the AF-ON technique, you decouple the focusing of the camera from the shutter press. If multiple faces are detected, you can use the multi-selector control (navigation pad).
This gives the Z6 a bit of an edge in low-light environments, whereas the Z7 does better in terms of dynamic range at base ISO. However, as they have different sensors with different pixel counts, they don’t have the same number of AF points.The 45.7Mp Z 7 has 493 AF points and the 24.5Mp Z 6 has 273 points. The “Auto” minimum shutter speed setting is great, because it reads the focal length of the attached lens and automatically adjusts the minimum shutter speed to the focal length of the lens. Press OK and then the AE Lock button or the AF L button at the back of the camera now acts like an AF-On button for back button focusing.The continuous focus mode for Canon is AI-Servo (for Nikon it’s AF C) To set this on my Canon 6D I press the AF C button on the top of my camera, and use the top dial to scroll to AI-Servo after I’ve pressed the shutter AF C button.Note: If you typically photograph still subjects or are a Back Button Focus is a great tool that has a lot of benefits. The setting that is responsible for that is “Apply settings to live view” and that’s the one I recommend to keep turned on.
Some of the features won’t work depending on what FPS you are going to shoot, so if you see anything grayed out or not working, you might need to switch to different video sizes in order to enable them.This is where a lot of people get lost, since there are so many different settings. I probably won’t use the function as I’m using auto ISO I am happy to adjust my shutter speed as needed… just very curious what I am missing…..Stuart, please re-read the article. If you never shoot in say Wide-area AF, you can now disable it in the menu. Focus and recompose is also easier as you don’t have to keep the shutter half-pressed, just release the AF-ON button and the camera stops focusing. The default setting on Nikon DSLR cameras sets Shutter/AF-ON in which both the shutter-release button and the AF-ON button can be used to initiate autofocus; or you can choose to set the AF-ON button only for focus, which means only the shutter-release button will only activate the shutter (snap the picture) when pressed. The only two settings that I ever mess with are “Playback display options” and “Rotate tall”. The Z7 has a fully automatic mode (Auto) selectable via the mode dial which is idea for this type of use.I have set the three modes on my Z7 to preconfigure the camera into landscape, action, or portrait settings.