p.1 #1 · Question about Z6III - quickly switching AF modes
On my A7IV, one thing I love about it is that I can have the camera in AF-C Wide Area with subject detection on, and then press in on the joystick to have it use single point focus in the center. This means that I can use AF-C Wide area as my main AF method, but when I want more precision, I can use the joystick to immediately enter AF-S single point (or box) focus.
Can the Z6III do this?
As far as I can tell, my Zf can't. With the Zf, you can specify a spot to focus on when in wide area / AF-C and it will "track" that spot for what is effectively single point focus, but I've found that the box isn't as sticky as I'd like.
I'm eying buying a Z6III and I'd love if it could do it like the A7IV does, as for my use case, it's perfect.
p.1 #2 · Question about Z6III - quickly switching AF modes
The easiest way to do this is to assign AF area to the AF-ON button, along with whatever settings there. Then use single point as the default. You can move it around and use the shutter button to focus and such there. Then when holding AF-On it’ll instant recall to the other settings and you can do AF area then.
p.1 #3 · Question about Z6III - quickly switching AF modes
Jman13 wrote:
The easiest way to do this is to assign AF area to the AF-ON button, along with whatever settings there. Then use single point as the default. You can move it around and use the shutter button to focus and such there. Then when holding AF-On it’ll instant recall to the other settings and you can do AF area then.
Ah, interesting, ok. And I assume I can't do that on the Zf because it doesn't have that button, correct? Or is there a way to do it?
p.1 #5 · Question about Z6III - quickly switching AF modes
What I’m hoping for is to change af area mode AND af type (af-s/c/etc) with one button push. No selecting anything, just press one button (or hold it down or whatever) to get the other AF mode. Like what the A7IV does in the video above.
Laslo Varadi wrote:
You can cycle AF Area modes such as wide area, large wide, small wide, 3D, single point. I have my F1 button programmed for that.
p.1 #6 · Question about Z6III - quickly switching AF modes
Just tested this a bit - what you can do is cycle AF like is described above, or use Recall Shooting Function to program a button to single point, but you can’t program from AF-C to AF-S.
A solution you could do is map one of your custom User Settings banks to AF-S and your desired settings that you’d want to map to. Then it’s just a dial rotation away.
p.1 #7 · Question about Z6III - quickly switching AF modes
Yeah, I have asked about this before coming from Sony, on the Z6 III there is no way to change both the focusing point AND the focusing mode on a single button. It is possible on the Z8/9, I think? Any ways, I have fixed it via using U1, U2 and U3 modes on that selector. It sort of works.
