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<blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 829661" data-attributes="member: 48483">[USER=56229]@Lisa Zee[/USER] : I also have the Sigma 150-600mm C lens. I have used it on my Z5 with FTZ-II adapter, as well as my D750 and previously with a D7000 body. The lens is fully compatible with any auto mode the Z body has, no different to use than the F-mount D750 and D7000.I like to photograph birds in S-mode (shutter priority) because I want to be able to also catch them in flight as well as perched. I will be in S-mode, 1/1000 second or 1/800 second, and I like to set the ISO at 100 with auto ISO on. Fast speed to stop motion blur. The camera will select the right aperture to expose the photo, and also increase the ISO if the aperture is maxed-out. On the lens the focus selector switch has 3 positons. &quot;MO&quot; is Manual Override, which means you can grab the focus ring and manually adjust focus if the autofocus is missing your subject. I use that mode nearly all the time. When you do that, a feature called &quot;focus peaking&quot; becomes active in the camera and a highlight will be displayed around the part of the photo that is focused. So if you do that and make a highlight appear around your bird, or at least it's head, then you have focused the right thing.Autofocus and making it work for you is a very long chapter in the book of photography. There are confusing modes and each is optimized for different styles of photos. Try to just learn some small bites at a time until you understand the bigger picture of what is going on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BF Hammer, post: 829661, member: 48483"] [USER=56229]@Lisa Zee[/USER] : I also have the Sigma 150-600mm C lens. I have used it on my Z5 with FTZ-II adapter, as well as my D750 and previously with a D7000 body. The lens is fully compatible with any auto mode the Z body has, no different to use than the F-mount D750 and D7000. I like to photograph birds in S-mode (shutter priority) because I want to be able to also catch them in flight as well as perched. I will be in S-mode, 1/1000 second or 1/800 second, and I like to set the ISO at 100 with auto ISO on. Fast speed to stop motion blur. The camera will select the right aperture to expose the photo, and also increase the ISO if the aperture is maxed-out. On the lens the focus selector switch has 3 positons. "MO" is Manual Override, which means you can grab the focus ring and manually adjust focus if the autofocus is missing your subject. I use that mode nearly all the time. When you do that, a feature called "focus peaking" becomes active in the camera and a highlight will be displayed around the part of the photo that is focused. So if you do that and make a highlight appear around your bird, or at least it's head, then you have focused the right thing. Autofocus and making it work for you is a very long chapter in the book of photography. There are confusing modes and each is optimized for different styles of photos. Try to just learn some small bites at a time until you understand the bigger picture of what is going on. [/QUOTE]

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