philipmyers
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Recently added Zf with 40mmSE and 24-200 to my camera collection alongside a D7200.
Loving the Zf and after a few weeks I have come up with my ideal setup. I shoot mostly in M with back button focus and 3D AF, and wished to get all commonly used controls available to my right hand. I also shoot with the monitor closed doing everything through the viewfinder.
In Manual Mode Operation
Command Dial - Shutter Speed
Sub Command Dial - Aperture
Lens Focus Ring - Aperture
Function Button - ISO which gives me ISO on the Command Dial and Auto ISO on/off on Sub Command Dial
AE-L - AF-ON For Back Button Focus (AE lock is set on the release button half press)
Play Button - My Menu Top Item
Info button (With My defaults):-
Metering Mode - Matrix
ISO - 100 + Auto
Picture Control - Auto
Focus Mode - AF-C
AF Area Mode - 3D
VR - On/Sport
AE Bracketing - Off
Release Mode - S
White Balance - Auto 1
Silent Mode - Off
Exposure Compensation - I have this highlighted, so I can hit i button and immediately use the command dial to select exposure compensation. Tapping the release button then clears the i menu display.
Video Record Button (shooting) - Playback
Video Record Button (playback) - Histogram
So I can take shot, review photo in viewfinder with the video record button, check histogram by pressing again. Tap of the release button returns to live view.
With this setup I can control all main functions through the viewfinder with my right hand. All the i button functions can be selected with the multi selector (remembering to return highlight to Exposure Compensation afterwards)
In order not to miss a quick shot I walk around with the camera in P mode (Auto ISO on) and the AF activation on release button (AF-C/3D). So in theory I can put camera to eye, compose, press shutter and stand a good chance of capturing the shot.
To then switch to my manual mode of operation the only thing I need to change is the mode selector to M and I have a6 AF Activation as the top item in My Menu, so tapping play button enables me to switch back button focusing on (AF-On Only). Tapping the shutter release button puts me back to live view.
After finishing shooting I will move mode to P, tap play button and select Shutter/AF-On and I am back to a failsafe catch all mode.
I hope this might give people a few ideas and look forward to any comments
Loving the Zf and after a few weeks I have come up with my ideal setup. I shoot mostly in M with back button focus and 3D AF, and wished to get all commonly used controls available to my right hand. I also shoot with the monitor closed doing everything through the viewfinder.
In Manual Mode Operation
Command Dial - Shutter Speed
Sub Command Dial - Aperture
Lens Focus Ring - Aperture
Function Button - ISO which gives me ISO on the Command Dial and Auto ISO on/off on Sub Command Dial
AE-L - AF-ON For Back Button Focus (AE lock is set on the release button half press)
Play Button - My Menu Top Item
Info button (With My defaults):-
Metering Mode - Matrix
ISO - 100 + Auto
Picture Control - Auto
Focus Mode - AF-C
AF Area Mode - 3D
VR - On/Sport
AE Bracketing - Off
Release Mode - S
White Balance - Auto 1
Silent Mode - Off
Exposure Compensation - I have this highlighted, so I can hit i button and immediately use the command dial to select exposure compensation. Tapping the release button then clears the i menu display.
Video Record Button (shooting) - Playback
Video Record Button (playback) - Histogram
So I can take shot, review photo in viewfinder with the video record button, check histogram by pressing again. Tap of the release button returns to live view.
With this setup I can control all main functions through the viewfinder with my right hand. All the i button functions can be selected with the multi selector (remembering to return highlight to Exposure Compensation afterwards)
In order not to miss a quick shot I walk around with the camera in P mode (Auto ISO on) and the AF activation on release button (AF-C/3D). So in theory I can put camera to eye, compose, press shutter and stand a good chance of capturing the shot.
To then switch to my manual mode of operation the only thing I need to change is the mode selector to M and I have a6 AF Activation as the top item in My Menu, so tapping play button enables me to switch back button focusing on (AF-On Only). Tapping the shutter release button puts me back to live view.
After finishing shooting I will move mode to P, tap play button and select Shutter/AF-On and I am back to a failsafe catch all mode.
I hope this might give people a few ideas and look forward to any comments
