arbitrage wrote:
If you have the Subject Detect Enabled then IF it can find the eye it will track it all over the frame (~90%). If it doesn't find the eye it may find the head or body and will track that all over also.
In the Wide-Area AF modes (S, M, L) it will track the eye/head/body etc just within the demarcated area of the Wide Area size you choose.
In Dynamic and Single and Pinpoint there is no eye-tracking. Pinpoint doesn't work in AF-C.
In 3D mode you use a center square to aim at what you want tracked and then it will track all over the frame. In Auto-area AF the camera makes the decision of what it sees worth tracking. Auto feels like giving up too much control but as you know on the DSLRs it was amazing how it worked. We shall see how well it works on the Z9.
I think I understand. I am certain I understand almost all of it. Fascinating!
Yes, we will all soon see if the Z9 does that. I think gannis and suteetat are excited by Wide-Area AF. Yes, I will probably select Animal eye as well.
Did anyone see my other question above regarding the AF-ON button? It says on page 128 that it remains on until it is pressed a second time.
I wonder if he even bothered to update his FTZ adapter. That looked like amatuer hour. 1bwana1 wrote:
More early AF testing. A mixed bag it seems. Hopefully user issues again.
Maybe he can give his camera to Bayou Josh. Z6II and all he still can bang out a competent video over whatever it was that I just finished watching. 1bwana1 wrote:
It looks like the FTZ II adapter without the box on the bottom, so that is not likely the issue.
But yes, he doesn't seem to be super confident in how he uses with the camera.
RoamingScott wrote:
I wouldn't give much credence to adapted lens performance. Testing on the latest and greatest Z lenses is a far better test.
That would be problematic if it turns out to be true. Using existing glass is a big part of the appeal for Nikon users. But, I have always thought that in the end one will need to upgrade to native glass to reap the full, benefits from mirrorless. That said, I have been pleasantly surprised by the high level of performance seen in other videos of adapted glass with the Z9. Way better than I had expected, especially when it comes to focus and FPS speed.
So much more to learn before passing any kind of judgement.
JadedWriter wrote:
Maybe he can give his camera to Bayou Josh. Z6II and all he still can bang out a competent video over whatever it was that I just finished watching.
Yep, and watch the excellent results from Morton Hilmer, Steve Mattheis up in the Tetons, and a few others to the list.
If Morton can get what he got with a pre pro model while charging the batteries with a solar panel and fend off polar bears then nobody has an excuse. I have never heard of Mat in the Tetons? He got a Z9? 1bwana1 wrote:
Yep, and watch the excellent results from Morton Hilmer, Mat up in the Tetons, and a few others to the list.
That makes more sense. I'm watching another video somebody posted in the Z9 discussion thread...the person earlier posted honestly didn't know what he was doing because the video I'm watching looks spot on. 1bwana1 wrote:
That should have said Steve Mattheis up in the Tetons. Yes, he has a Z9 now also.
I'm too ADD with my subject choices so I basically take opinions from multiple sources. 1bwana1 wrote:
For me it will be Steve Perry and our own Arbitrage that have the most credibility when it comes to testing the Z9 AF, and camera generally.
JadedWriter wrote:
I wonder if he even bothered to update his FTZ adapter. That looked like amatuer hour.
This is just some random dude with 313 followers. Between the over produced intro and the giggling, pretty hard to take seriously. Not sure he read the manual.
gdsf2 wrote:
This is just some random dude with 313 followers. Between the over produced intro and the giggling, pretty hard to take seriously. Not sure he read the manual.
That is exactly what I have been thinking! It's almost certain.
My Father used to call those types in the background.... chuckleheads. There's nothing in the video that is convincing.
Makes sense. Nobody with that much $$ on screen gear wise should be that befuddled regarding basic focus acquisition and how to achieve it. gdsf2 wrote:
This is just some random dude with 313 followers. Between the over produced intro and the giggling, pretty hard to take seriously. Not sure he read the manual.
After 5:05, this reviewer from DP briefly touches on how he likes to focus video with the Z9.
There is also a look at the action, through the viewfinder. Look at the tiny square that is sticking with her head. That is not what we saw in the questionable video. Why?
Did the guy in the other video deliberately set it up to fail? Or, maybe he should have had the Subject Detect selected and did not know to do it. I don't know.
I wonder if we have anyone here on FM who shoots video. Was hoping someone could spot a difference(s) between settings of the two screens.
I will be testing video when I get it, but that will not be real soon.
gdsf2 wrote:
This is just some random dude with 313 followers. Between the over produced intro and the giggling, pretty hard to take seriously. Not sure he read the manual.
What do you think he was doing wrong though? I haven't watched the video with sound on and skimmed through it but it seemed he was touching on the subject as one should if using that method? I did find it weird that it kept flashing between AF-F and AF-S up top
