Nikon Z6iii Setup Guide Series: The Setup Menu (Part 1 of 4) 

I am a 35mm/medium format film and street photographer the last 20+ years. I’m getting into wildlife since last year. I don’t have my Z6iii yet. I am using this for my Zf (parts of the video that apply to that particular body) which I’m using until plan the end of the year when there is budget leftover. I also purchased a couple of the courses you have. Goal is to ramp up on education first. Your content is gold! Thank you Steve! 😊

Thank you sooooo much! I am happy I found you just on time :-) Received my 6iii yesterday and coming from the 6i there are a lot of changes ... so I will work on through your 4 videos today and am looking forward going out - yipeeeee, thanks

11:43 Steve, you're my new favourite American. ;)

Thanks Steve. My camera came today and I am getting started very quickly!

Dear Steve THANKS A LOT I am done station up my camera! One more question is there is way to make more visible thicker `the Auto Focus Box Area in The View Finder View? Please and thanks a lot! Definitely buying The Book! I was about to buy the Z8 and saw your Z63 preview and got it. I bought your Z8-Z9 book! Cheers!

Great 4-part setup for the Z6III - thank you!! I'm wondering if there's any downside to using Manual mode as my fast-action wildlife setup, and copying that to U3 and changing just the shutter/aperture/ISO for still or slow-moving birds/animals (since U3 closer to M on the dial). Do you foresee any issues with that? I'm trying to find a workaround for not having the Recall Shooting Settings option, as well as keeping my current settings when I need to quickly change my battery or just turn off the camera to conserve power. I assume that manual settings are only saved in the camera and not in User Settings, but U3 would be basically the same so I wouldn't lose anything. BTW, that touch function for moving the focus points on the LCD is awesome! I hope they add those to the Z8 & Z9!

Looking for LCD protection any of the previous Z cameras will fit?

Great stuff Steve ! However, I don't get choice of format options in my CF express cards. I use Sony CF express card by the way.

Steve, is there a way to improve the contrast of the top panel? My Z6's panel is so much easier to read vs the Z6iii.

A great upgrade over older Z6II but disappointing launch price Steve ,on this new Z6III $2500 USD. If you are buying in Canada, Europe, Asia pacific the price is prohibitively expensive . Better value right now is the Z8 thats discounted much better camera. Hopefully Z6III get to a more realistic price point in the months ahead. I was excited like every body and was looking forward to purchase, but no way not paying what NIKON are asking right now for it , and I don't need to save up for it either .

Hi Steve, Thank you so much for your video's! I enjoyed it here in The Netherlands! I still have a few questions. Sorry for my English :-). * In (D3) the pre-release capture option section you say it's only for JPEG. I only shoot RAW and want to use this option. Are you sure this about this? I cannot find nowhere in the manual that this option is not compatible with RAW. * The Firmware of my camera Z6 III is V1.00. It's the same as your version. In your version are more options and different options as in the Dutch Version I use. Do you have an pre-release camera? For example: I have no a14 Manual focus ring in AF mode option in the menu, a13 is the end. How is this possible with the same version? * why is the support of HEIC/HEIF files so poor on Windows 11? I know it's a new feature, but it's allready known in Windows for years (also Video-codecs). I use Irfanview as free viewer. I had to install an extra (free) codec in Windows 11 in a special way (wic_heic-v1.0.3.zip). With NXView (free version) there were no problems. I now can view HIF files in LR, Irfanview, NXView en Photos of Windows 11. Is there a big difference between RAW and HEIC files? * Will there be an Dutch translation in september when your book is in the shop? Keep on the good work! Ad DeCort, The Netherlands

Hi, Steve. I’ve watched the first two of the setup guide videos and can hardly wait for my Z6iii to arrive. I think delivery is going to be slower in Canada than some other places. Will the book to come in September be paper or an ebook? Thanks for all the great information so far. You and Jan have somewhat different approaches to some things but you are both enormously generous in sharing your knowledge.

Thanks a lot for all these guides. I just got this Z6 III and would like to know where you got the firmware LF 1.10 from? Mine is v1.00...!?

Interesting bug, in continuous autofocus it doesn't show a green indicator when it achieves focus, but the ZF does as does the Z8.

Hello Steve, I see fw 1.1 on your camera, mine has fw 1.0, Nikon download portal also does not show fw 1.1, what's happening?

Hello Steve thanks for this video. Just got my z63 and found the control panel brightness too low compared to my z62. I checked the manual but couldnt find anything there on how to increase the brightness. Its easy enough for z62 under Setup Menu. Hope you could help. Thank you!

Hi Steve Thanks a lot today about 11:30 AM I got my Z6iii from Adorama! Got a silly question why the te body of amera looks smaller than the one in your video? You posted this at thee right time YOU THE BEST NIKON GURU!

Thank you for these videos !! Much appreciated your efforts sir 🫡 you're the best

I used User Settings on my D7x00 cameras but not on my Z6. How about Z6iii? Can you dial in U1, change the setting from 1/3200 to 1/1600, turn off the camera. for a while and then turn it on again, without switching to any other User Setting and still have 1/1600, or has it gone back to the saved value of 1/3200?

Hi. When I'm doing fashion, I often need to switch from portrait to detail, like focusing on the lips or on a piece of jewelry worn on the face and detecting the eyes. In this case, I have a problem: I find it much too slow to go to the I menu. I couldn't find a setting that would let me disable face detection in 1 click. It's really a big flaw. Do you have a tip?

Did the Z6III have the focus point border width option?

I really hate that Nikon doesn't give the user the option for whether to update user settings/shooting banks dynamically or always come back the the settings saved originally. Like you can choose on other brands. I'm using a Z8 and I'd really like the settings saved in shooting banks to be "sticky." I keep my OM-1 dial on C1 and every time I start the camera I know w/o giving it any thought what settings I'm starting from, I can get to my desired exposure w/o ever looking at the camera. With the Z8 I had to force myself to set everything the way I want it every time I shut off the camera, because sometimes there is no time to check settings when you turn it on - you see something and want to immediately shoot, not think about settings. But I get that some people prefer it the other way around (like the Z8 does it currently) and that's why there should be an option for everyone to choose. (I also like that the OM-1 saves everything in a custom settings bank - from exposure, to drive mode, af mode/area, subject detection, even which card slot to save to (maybe you don't want to mix up your landscapes with your action shots))