How to Set Up Dual Autofocus Modes on the NIKON ZF

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Hey everyone,
Just a follow up on my last NIKON ZF video I posted yesterday and how I set up the autofocus. I use a duel autofocus mode which is really convenient to have face tracking and 3D tracking on two different buttons. The Nikon ZF autofocus system is a real beast! **Shout out to the YT channel "Straight out of camera" for showing me this**
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@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

@sidneykincaid851 7 месяцев назад

Will, this is awesome bro! This is an excellent auto focus set up. Thank you Will and thanks to the YT channel “straight out of camera” for this very helpful info.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

My man!

@MegaBriarpatch 5 месяцев назад

I'm configuring the back button focus button like this on my Z9, too. I've never been a BB focus user, so this puts an otherwise ignored button of mine to use. Thanks to you and Strait out of Camera!

@north45j 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the info. I had been stymied as how to get the tracking box in the center. This fixed it.😊

@balazszsinkai9665 7 месяцев назад

Your my hero! I was wonder yesterday what did I done wrong, and I choosed the one above the AF-area + AF-On so thanks again!

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

🤝🤝🤝

@alunrees3056 6 месяцев назад

That’s awesome, great tip, thanks!

@hansnoir3068 17 дней назад

Thank you so much! Exactly what I was looking for!

@kentjoosten8149 5 месяцев назад

One small correction. When activated alone, the 3D targeting only goes to the center of the screen if you were in Auto-Area AF. If you were using one of the Wide-area AF modes, it goes to the center of the targeting box.

@CofFDnSnaps 2 месяца назад

I was going to ask this. Thanks.

@nespressoman 7 месяцев назад

Thank you SO much for making this video.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for watching!

@kenschallenbergphotography7139 6 месяцев назад

Great info...thanks for sharing.

@bensearle23 7 месяцев назад

This is amazing. I still use 2 Z6's for weddings, but this ZF looks so good!

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

It’s incredible man. 100% worth every penny!

@csc-photo 7 месяцев назад

Ooh target box tip is a good idea 👏🏻 I also turn off all subject tracking with the 3D override, good for when tracking gets confused

@albertramirez687 2 месяца назад

Hi, can you clarify how you turn off subject tracking with the 3D override? I can't figure out how to do that in settings. Thank you!

@photomorti Месяц назад

this has been so usefull thanks!

@MaciejRutecki 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the hint! It will be very useful.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Glad it helped!!

@rameshjn 7 месяцев назад

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Going to try with my Z8.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Glad it helped!

@nancyk9475 7 месяцев назад

Very helpful! This ZF looks awesome. It would be an upgrade from my Z6ii, but so would the Z8. lol

@sandippanchal502 3 месяца назад

thank you 😊 great video

@davidgifford8112 7 месяцев назад

Nice one, both the method and acknowledging your source! Btw enjoying the “silver screen” experience

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching my friend!

@straight-out-of-camera 7 месяцев назад

Shoutout heard, thx dude!

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the great tip!

@gingrai00 7 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

🤝🤝

@a2roland Месяц назад

Thanks!

@juniorvassiliou 4 месяца назад

Hey mate how on earth are you getting this to work. 3D tracking still picks up the face and I’ve found no way to turn it off?? Thanks man!!

@timgimbert3073 7 месяцев назад

I have the front function button set up for 3d tracking as I am a back button focuser but the Zf is flawed with this. If there is a face anywhere near the box the face is grabbed. I even tested it on my mesh pool fence and the focus moved to one of the round ends of mesh as it thought it was an eye. The Z8, and I suppose the Z9, have the right setting for this. It is the "Recall Shooting Functions" where you select 3d tracking and turn off "Subject Detection" and it works exactly like the "Subject Tracking" on the older Z models but more accurate. It stays locked on to whatever you select and will ignore faces.

@dariodusio 11 дней назад

same problem. So no any workaround with ZF?

@timgimbert3073 11 дней назад

@@dariodusio not that I know of. The new Z6iii has the same problem.

@dariodusio 7 дней назад

@@timgimbert3073 I found a work around: you can keep the FN pressed and go to "single point mode" that you can move around and it does work without the AF faces recognition. FN: mode area AF, Af single point (so without af-on) you can then keep pressing the focus shooting button while moving around with the pad

@timgimbert3073 7 дней назад

@dariodusio I have tried that but it is still cumbersome and only is a problem on the Zf and now Z6iii. I am spoilt by the simplicity on all other models.

@nespressoman 7 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks. What are the settings for your main shutter button, please? Wide?

@OkwyUgonweze 7 месяцев назад

Problem with this setting is that auto area is more reliable than 3D tracking . When auto area hits it hits for good but 3D can hit and at the point you click the shutter is off . I assigned the auto area to the shutter as main af style and wide area small or large to the back button ,that’s way more reliable than the 3D .

@ArminHirmer Месяц назад

cool!

@chrischeng7788 6 месяцев назад

I just got my Zf, having trouble setting up auto focus on the shutter like what you have in the video. How do I do that? Thanks

@Julius_S 2 месяца назад

I'm also having trouble getting this to work. On the z6ii you can set up OK to activate the tracking box when in auto area and that works exactly as you describe 3D tracking to work here - it disables eye detection allowing you to pin the tracking box on something else, albeit with the need to dismiss the tracking box in a rather annoying way. However with the ZF, if subject tracking is on, it seems to override 3D tracking in ALL circumstances, including auto area. Pushing the back button does make 3D tracking appear, but it ignores the center point and pins itself on whatever eye or object was being tracked by auto area. If there really is a way to get 3D tracking to ignore eyes and faces when the back button is pressed, I'd love to know, but I'm dumbfounded by this video. Are you really able to get 3D tracking to override eyes? I'm missing something/

@chrismacdonald.6295 6 месяцев назад

How do you set the NikonZF to pre AF? The XT5 nadir in a menu option. I can’t find it anywhere with the ZF manual options?

@chrismacdonald.6295 6 месяцев назад

How do you set the NikonZF to pre AF? The XT5 has it in a menu option. I can’t find it anywhere with the ZF manual options?

@DBest1966 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for this tip. This works on the Z8 also and I am assuming the Z9.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Yes it does!

@DBest1966 7 месяцев назад

@@TheMonochromeMemoirs how do you get the subject detection to disable when hit 3D tracking? The tracking won’t override the detection on my Z8.

@sallystratton9404 Месяц назад

How do I select deeptone on the monochrome setting

@frankleek 6 месяцев назад

How to assign shutter button to face tracking?

@Smoothblue90 7 месяцев назад

I have never been a "back button focuser". I use a small single point initiated with the front shutter. And then when I press AF ON with my thumb the focus method goes to wide for when there are more people and I don't have time to joystick my small focus point into place. This seems better than what I am doing.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Dude definitely try it! Kind of negates the need for a joystick

@stephenzezza6563 6 месяцев назад

Target box on lcd, but not on evf. Please help. Thanks

@sols9449 26 дней назад

Do you think this camera could be used for weddings as a primary camera?

@JBurtonTenor 2 месяца назад

I have set this up, and am pretty excited about it, but must be doing something wrong? I can’t get the BB 3D part to ignore faces when they’re present. Anyone have a clue there? Thanks!

@diversityandcomicsbear2625 6 месяцев назад

Does this work on the Z6ii?

@On_The_Piss 5 месяцев назад

Is this possible with Z7ii ?

@sebastianmichalski5318 7 месяцев назад

Nice! I need to test it on my Z8. Have you?

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

I have the Z8 set up so the front FN button activates the 3D box, like it better that way. I would set the ZF up like that too if it had more than one front FN button because I always need one for the full focus mode selection. Sometimes I switch between af-c and af-s and I like to avoid going into the menus while im shooting as much as possible

@brusselssprout1 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for this suggestion. However, i just tried this setup and the AF-ON button does NOT override face tracking, contrary to what is stated in the video. I now have 2 buttons that do essentially the same thing, except potentially use different area modes, which seems of little interest to me. Or am I missing something? (I hope I am) Also, you mention a previous video about AF setup on Zf, but it does not seem to exist anymore (?) And I cannot find any videos at all on the "straight out of camera" channel you refer to either.... 😮

@albertramirez687 2 месяца назад

I just found this video and am having the same issue unfortunately, did you ever find a workaround?

@brusselssprout1 2 месяца назад

@@albertramirez687 nope, just have to transit through the "i" menu. Not dramatic, just a small extra step, but a missed opportunity for the Zf.

@jaymayugaphoto 2 месяца назад

Thanks for these, but unfortunately, this will not work on Nikon ZF. Camera will always find an eye/face even if it is outside the box. There is no option in ZF to disable the subject detection in 3D Tracking.

@Smoothblue90 7 месяцев назад

First. Bam. Tim.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Always!!

@bianx817 6 месяцев назад

Ok. I did exactly as you’ve done, yet I cannot assign a different AF (tracking 3D) to the back button (AEL/ AFL). Despite it being on 3D tracking, it’s not actually working. I feel like I have something else set somewhere on the menu that’s preventing me from separating the functions of the shutter button and AEL/ AFL 🙈 help!

@davidgifford8112 6 месяцев назад

Hi I think you may have AF-L (lock) on which disables the shutter focus from focusing. You get “back focus” AF-L button 3D tracking “by the back door” via separately assigning a custom function to the AF-L button as described. Hope that helps.

@lemnisgate8809 Месяц назад

Where is the other video

@louiscyphre2555 11 дней назад

Does not work on my ZF. I can't get this Cross in the middle of the display or the finder.

@charlesmichaud6990 7 месяцев назад

Great tips as usual. But how about spelling it « dual » 😀

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Hahah thank you! That was an oversight

@umberto8383 2 месяца назад

e come blocchi l'esposizione?

@ghas4151 7 месяцев назад

Which lenses are you using for your weddings these days?

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

I just got the 24-70 2.8s so im going to be using that on the last 5 weddings of the year then the 50 1.8 as a second on the ZF..

@info.CashProgram-li8wu 7 месяцев назад

@@TheMonochromeMemoirsnothing longer then 50?

@zoomnclick 4 месяца назад

Doesn't that cross hair go to the center always?

@WilliamPadilla24 7 месяцев назад

I had this setup as well, except.. even while holding down 3D autofocus via AE-L, eye-auto focus still takes priority. Am I doing something wrong? The only way to really switch between 3D and face tracking is to disable face tracking it seems. If there is an object I want to focus on with 3D tracking, but a face is in the scene.. it will stake focus on the eye and not the object.

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Yes unfortunately the ZF doesn't have the recall functions that the Z8 does. Every once in a while ill have to pull focus manually but its great that the peaking kicks in automatically

@brusselssprout1 5 месяцев назад

@@TheMonochromeMemoirsthen what is the purpose of the dual setup? If the AF-ON button does not override the face tracking used by the shutter release button, both buttons essentially do the same thing, no? Maybe one uses one type of area mode and the other uses another, but that would be just about all, no? If my understanding is correct, then this whole exercise would be of little effect, and I 'd most probably prefer the shutter release button not to activate AF at all.... or did I miss something?

@kentjoosten8149 5 месяцев назад

⁠⁠⁠@@brusselssprout1when it is set up correctly, the half shutter press will try to identify head or eyes of the subject. If you are using something like Wide-Area AF (L) or (S), you will lose focus target if the subject goes outside the focus box. Overriding with 3D-tracking will pick up the focus point and follow it anywhere in the frame.

@brusselssprout1 5 месяцев назад

@@kentjoosten8149 yes, as long as you are actually trying to focus on a face present in the frame. If you are trying to focus on an object while the camera sees faces within the frame, you will have to manually switch off face/eye tracking. It is not a rare situation (think indoor photography or city scapes). The video promises that the dual button setup allows overriding of eye AF by switching to plain 3D tracking. In a single step That is not the case. It does however allow to override auto-area if it goes a bit bonkers or wide-area if face is lost, as you very correctly point out. Can come in handy but not quite the same level of usefulness I think (why not just stay on 3D tracking as default?).

@digifan1 2 дня назад

@@brusselssprout1

@karlbratby4349 5 месяцев назад

Awesome, well,it would be if I was not a left eye shooter, to reach the af on button face/nose is kind of in the way, why oh why did the designers opt to put the button so dam far away from normal thumb placement. Lot to like about the zf but operationally and ergonomically it’s a bit of a mismatch disaster to work with for any length of time or at speed 😢

@carlosandreviana9448 7 месяцев назад

It does not work correctly when subject detection is ON. It will automatically change to a subject no matter what you are pointing at

@kentjoosten8149 5 месяцев назад

If you’ve got subject detection on, that’s what it’s supposed to do.

@carlosandreviana9448 5 месяцев назад

@@kentjoosten8149 only in auto area modes, not single point. That's the normal behavior with af lenses

@patrickjstewardphotography7329 7 месяцев назад

My don’t go straight to the middle. Please help

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Put the camera in single point AF mode then move the box to the middle. Then you can switch back to 3D tracking

@scooler98 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for that answer. I could not figure out why the 3D tracking kept initiating way off center. With this setup, I may never change focus mode, like I was doing before.

@hitmanhart22 7 месяцев назад

Interesting but I don't use that technique. I use a different one....but thanks for sharing 😊

@TheMonochromeMemoirs 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching my friend

@carlosandreviana9448 7 месяцев назад

Which is?...

@sacredgeometry 3 месяца назад

Did you buy adapters for all your lenses? You know you can buy one and just leave it on the body ... right? Edit: Oh thank christ it was just the bokeh