Nikon Z6II Crop Mode and Metering Modes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Should you use the Nikon Z6II in-camera DX Mode to crop your photo or wait until you get home? The advantage of the DX Mode is more accurate focus and metering has the camera is utilizing the entire sensor for those functions, compared to cropping your photo at home.
Using the Nikon Z6II's in-camera DX Mode ensures immediate feedback and accurate focus/metering, streamlining workflow. However, post-processing cropping offers greater control and potentially better image quality due to access to advanced editing tools. Choose between convenience and accuracy of in-camera cropping or control and quality of post-processing based on your specific needs and preferences.
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Video Time-line
00:00 Nikon Z6II Crop Mode and Metering Modes
00:10 Benefits of using the DX Mode
03:45 Sample Images
10:40 Summary of why I prefer using DX Mode
Gear used during this video:
Nikon Z6II
Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E VR FX
Monopod
LEOFOTO VH-10S Tripod Head
DJI Mic Wireless Microphone
DJI Osmo Mobile 6
Thank you for taking the time to set these videos up. I try the lot of the stuff you do. I also have a Z6ii and 200 to 500 mm lens. Your videos help 👍
Glad you like them! and thank you for watching and supporting my channel. Very much appreciated 🙏
really very interesting and useful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful! and thanks for commenting 😉
Very interesting comparison. Thx. Great job.🙂
Glad it was helpful!😁
I’m so glad to see you Charles. You been my inspiration as an amateur wildlife photographer away from home. Thank you again for another significant video information. Stay safe and God bless you!
Wow, thank you so much for your endearing comment 🙏
Nice demo ❤
Glad you liked it!
Grazie Charles. I tuoi video sono molto interessanti.
Grazie mille
God Bless always Sir.. very nice explanation ❤❤❤
So nice of you 🙏
great point you brought here, can't help in opinion as my cameras are all crop, OM1 and Nikon z50. there is a crop mode in OM1 called digital tele convertor, i use it sometimes in video when the bird is so far awya.
and yes i agree spot metering will always give better exposure, for sure it helps so much for birds in flight along with +0.7 compensation.
thanks a million for this great video.
Thank you for your feedback, very much appreciated 🙏
The quality of this presentation is spot on.
Thank you, I tested spot mode on my z7 and yes, it works better for wildlife, but not for landscapes. Maybe it works also well for portraits?
Glad it helped, I think center-weighted would be best for portraits
Awesome discussion. Is there any AF advantage or burst mode speed improvement in DX mode? I assume the RAW files are much smaller... And there's a smaller frame to process for AF?
Yes, there is, but only if you are using the Continuous High Ext mode.
Thanks again. I have the same gear as you. Z6ii and 200 to 500. I was photographing a Hummingbird. It was about 30m away. Using spot metering and Single focus point I couldn't get the bird. sitting on a branch in sharp focus. Didn't think about switching to DX. Do you think this would help getting focus as well?. I was also shooting hand held at 500mm.
Switching to DX mode would have helped, but Single Point might have been an issue as well if the bird was moving about. Maybe Dynamic AF of Wide-area AF (Small) would have been a better choice
In camera croping - how to do that ? z6ii have any setting to switch/ setting to chnage form Full frame to Apsc ? kindly explain, i shall be greatful, as i have z50 with new firmware.
On my Z6II I can change from FX to DX mode by going to > PHOTO SHOOTING MENU > Choose image area > and choosing which crop mode I want.
I spent some 5 hours or so photographing slow flying eagles using DX mode (gathering nesting material) on Saturday, and I tried most of the combinations of auto-focus that the Z6ii has, using the 200-500 Nikon lens. I'm thoroughly disappointed in the camera's inability to focus on something fairly dark (the black eagles) when there is a busy background (vegetation or mountainous terrain).My friend with his D500 could acquire focus just about every time. Even the supposedly outclassed D7000 could acquire focus on the large majority of attempts under those conditions. Using FX mode didn't make anything better or worse. I think it's time you fly to South Africa and I'll take you for some local birding 😀 what do you thing Charles? We don't have to talk about rugby, deal?
Your issues with not being able to focus on your subject with a cluttered background are very familiar to me. The problem lies in the AF of the Z6II which is very poor in situations like this. The Z6II uses contrast-detection to focus and when your subject is dark with a cluttered/ or dark background it fails to find focus.