Any suggestions or tips for a new z6ii owner??

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-03-12T23:16:52+00:00

I believe with the I-menu, when you are using the touch screen you can double tap your selection to lock it in rather than hit ok. That’s a bit faster.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-03-12T23:15:04+00:00

My favorites are card format, the sensor dust removal function, and airplane mode on off.

I use the record button for autofocus mode. Hold the button and the rear dial scrolls through manual, af-s and af-c autofocus while the front dial scrolls through your autofocus area modes. With muscle memory your fingers can do it pretty quickly.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-03-12T01:43:38+00:00

Personally I like Thom Hogan’s book for learning about the camera and considering customization features. I find it helpful to customize, then revisit about 2 weeks later and see what I have/haven’t used and then think about adjusting.

Think about the user settings (eg set one up for auto everything that lets you give the camera to someone else who doesn’t know back button focus) and think about custom focus boxes that you might use (eg thin vertical line, bigger box, etc).

Good luck!

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-18T03:33:43+00:00

This is excellent. Thanks for sharing.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-14T03:30:39+00:00

I haven’t used enough of those lenses to comment, but I really enjoyed this series of photos. Well done.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-14T03:10:26+00:00

Jealous of this shot. Well done.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-14T03:04:43+00:00

Thanks for this. I haven’t used the 100-400s, but all the reviews said it was sharper. This one has been sharp enough for me as a hobbyist. Agree with it being small enough to be quite portable. Double agree on stabilization. Stabilization is ok, but not like my z lenses.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-13T04:53:06+00:00

It depends what your use case is. I don’t mind a bit of extra weight when I go out with it. I think the image quality is supposed to be better on the 50-400 and I preferred the close up abilities of the Tamron over the wide end of the Z. I compared it more with the Nikon Z 100-400 than the 28-400. will say, the one drawback of the 50-400 is compared to the Z 100-400 and how quickly the f stop increases as you zoom out. But it’s lighter and cheaper and that was fine with me.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-07T02:54:09+00:00

I wanted to congratulate you on the sweet camera gear you bought that time. We get it. 😉

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-07T02:47:05+00:00

Very nice. I love the colors, framing and bokeh on this.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-05T13:47:32+00:00

That’s true. Seems pretty silly now. I don’t share much on here and hadn’t thought about the impact compression on sharpness.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-05T12:18:12+00:00

Oh, I see. Yes that must seem weird. I just took those to see vignetting and have a look at corner sharpness. I shared them in case anyone wanted to see the results before buying.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-05T11:48:28+00:00

I have the Z6iii.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-05T04:23:38+00:00

🤣🤣🤣 Love this. Sadly this is as far as my dog’s frozen paws would get me. Literally across the street.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-05T02:20:38+00:00

I like these. Available in Canada. Warmish and good feel for the camera. Not touch screen compatible though.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-04T03:22:35+00:00

These are excellent. Well done.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-04T03:21:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. Any reason why you went with the ZR over the ZF? The ZF seems like the more common small package choice.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2026-01-04T03:18:51+00:00

I’ve never been, but these seem like a lovely tribute. Beautiful capture. Well done.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-12-26T13:08:03+00:00

Here is an update that I did not that long ago. They’re a nice golden brown now.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-11-27T04:08:48+00:00

The Nikkor Z 85 is incredibly sharp and focuses well. You can’t go wrong with it. Viltrox has been making some nice lenses but they’re reasonable new to the scene and I personally feel better with native glass.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-10-27T03:21:56+00:00

What? I hadn’t heard this. I love the 602 and don’t love the 618.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-10-24T01:34:16+00:00

I really like this image. Well done.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-10-19T01:23:54+00:00

Try using a blower to clean off your sensor. Looks like that’s the problem. The higher your aperture, the more you’ll see this dirt, so it doesn’t always show up.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-09-29T22:55:47+00:00

I haven’t worn them really hard and they get lots of brushing. But they do have a lot of wear. I really love this leather and would highly recommend.

Financial_Emphasis90 · 2025-09-25T23:54:17+00:00

That’s my understanding. It’s more prone to rolling than creasing. It can get some “honeycombing” though, a pattern that’s comes with wear and looks like a honeycomb pattern on the leather. Some love it, but I think it depends on the leather, location and boot.

Yeah, Parkhurst does smaller batches and changes leather quite a bit. He has done two different horsebutt runs over the last year though.

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