I took the Z6 for a spin today. I ended up shooting surfers. I have a question though, is there a faster way to wake up the Z6. It seems like it will take a second or two to wake this thing up. Sometimes I missed a shooting opportunity because of the wake up lag. Am I missing something? I shot all in AF-C, Dynamic Focus, and H+ speed. Besides the wake up lag I'm pretty happy with it. Here some pics.
More Z6 landscape photographs... all of these w/ the 24-70 f/4S (no need for f/2.8 lens with this type of work).
I am pretty impressed with the DR of this sensor... I was able to lift some deep shadows and pull out details in the foreground grasses that I thought I had lost.
paloika wrote:
I took the Z6 for a spin today. I ended up shooting surfers. I have a question though, is there a faster way to wake up the Z6. It seems like it will take a second or two to wake this thing up. Sometimes I missed a shooting opportunity because of the wake up lag. Am I missing something? I shot all in AF-C, Dynamic Focus, and H+ speed. Besides the wake up lag I'm pretty happy with it. Here some pics.
paloika wrote:
It seems like it will take a second or two to wake this thing up. Sometimes I missed a shooting opportunity because of the wake up lag. Am I missing something? I shot all in AF-C, Dynamic Focus, and H+ speed. Besides the wake up lag I'm pretty happy with it.
Could be that you have engaged the Exposure Delay Mode (d4).
I have a friend who couldn't understand why his new D850 was so slow to react. He had d4 turned on.
paloika wrote:
I have a question though, is there a faster way to wake up the Z6. It seems like it will take a second or two to wake this thing up. Sometimes I missed a shooting opportunity because of the wake up lag. Am I missing something?
Nice work, as always Floyd.
What I've done to overcome this challenge on my Z6 is increase "Standby Timer" (setting c3) from the default value of 30sec to 5 minutes. I can be upped even further, but so far 5 min has been a tremendous improvement.
gpelpel wrote:
Could be that you have engaged the Exposure Delay Mode (d4).
I have a friend who couldn't understand why his new D850 was so slow to react. He had d4 turned on.
Thank you for your suggestion. I checked the setting on D4 and it was already set to "Off".
What I've done to overcome this challenge on my Z6 is increase "Standby Timer" (setting c3) from the default value of 30sec to 5 minutes. I can be upped even further, but so far 5 min has been a tremendous improvement.
Keep up the great work!
Regards,
PhilM
Thank you, Phil !! I changed C3 to 5 minutes...and I hope it doesn't burn too much battery power.
Sunset at the beaver lodge shot with the 200-400VR... low light and challenging tones, seems like firmware 2.00 has really improved autofocus under these conditions.
paloika wrote:
Thank you, Phil !! I changed C3 to 5 minutes...and I hope it doesn't burn too much battery power.
I believe you'll see an immediate improvement with that tweak - I sure did.
I've been getting between 1100 & 1500 shots, depending on how much EVF chimping I do.
I had tried a Z7 when they 1st came out and ended up returning it for a D850, but before I did that I had investigated how to get the most from the battery. What I discovered was that ~1500 shots was attainable as long as I had a few features turned off that I didn't need.
1) Set Airplane Mode to ON
2) Disable the image display after shot
3) Disable face detection - this works for me, because 95% of what I like to shoot is wildlife
4) Set display to EVF only
EyeSpyEagle wrote:
I believe you'll see an immediate improvement with that tweak - I sure did.
I've been getting between 1100 & 1500 shots, depending on how much EVF chimping I do.
I had tried a Z7 when they 1st came out and ended up returning it for a D850, but before I did that I had investigated how to get the most from the battery. What I discovered was that ~1500 shots was attainable as long as I had a few features turned off that I didn't need.
1) Set Airplane Mode to ON
2) Disable the image display after shot
3) Disable face detection - this works for me, because 95% of what I like to shoot is wildlife
4) Set display to EVF only
These setting have served me well on the Z6 too....Show more →
Looks like I got some homework to do...very much appreciated...thank you very much.
Everybody loves to talk about how the Z7 is the camera to get for landscapes, but the Z6 can hold its own as well
The first image is something like 7 vertical images stitched together to the final 3:1 aspect ratio panorama. The second image is a single shot with a 3-stop GND to help control the highlights a bit.
I'm really enjoying the Z6, and can't wait to take it with me to England later this month
Well, I am joining the club. B&H has a package deal with the 24-70, FTZ, XQD card, polarizer and a bag for $2396. Added the card reader and all will be here tomorrow.
Haven't been swooped by the parents yet. 
