Strange Redness - Z9

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Audax2

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Has not happened before but when turning the Z9 on today for a few seconds there was a strange redness in sections of the scene on the monitor that quickly disappeared then it happened again later when shooting but when I tapped the shutter button it disappeared?

It did not happen again but it was only a short shoot, roughly 90 minutes.

I am now concerned this may be the start of a bigger problem that is just rearing its head?

Thoughts?

Cheers.
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

Senior Member
I'm guessing focus peaking. If you are touching the manual focus ring (manual override), focus peaking activates to highlight what part of the image is in focus. Touching the shutter then reactivated autofocus and the peaking then was removed from display.

This behavior can be disabled in the menu if it disturbs you.
 
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Audax2

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BF Hammer said:
I'm guessing focus peaking. If you are touching the manual focus ring (manual override), focus peaking activates to highlight what part of the image is in focus. Touching the shutter then reactivated autofocus and the peaking then was removed from display.

This behavior can be disabled in the menu if it disturbs you.
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I did some searching and Brave Search has an AI that's very good with answers and what you have said is exactly what it said.

I did turn Focus Peaking on for the first time the other day so I am pretty sure now this is what has happened. I have turned it off again for now to see if the red appears again but most likely not as I am sure you have nailed it.

Thank you for the swift reply.
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

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Just a little food for thought: Did the AI put hands on a virtual Z9 and do some manual focusing to get an answer, or did the Artificial Idiocy simply copy it's homework from my quick response here. We may never know.

Alternately, before turning off the peaking again you could have tested my response by turning the focus ring yourself and observing the highlights shift across the depth of the scene in the camera display. Then decide if that could be an actual benefit for you. Or decide manual focus is not what you are going to do and then turn it back off.
 
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