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Dan Brown

Dan Brown

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Hi folks. I just got my Z9 and am amazed at the af, to say the least! I have followed Steve's setup guide and all is good, sort of. I have mapped the Fn buttons for 3D, WideC1 and 3D. But, I can not make these functions actually focus without setting them to 3D+AF-ON and WideC1+ AF-ON. The guide touches on the use of the +AF-ON option but doesn't seem to explain it. I assume that I have something else set wrong , causing the problem? Any help would be appreciated. Firmware 3.10 installed. Thanks, Dan
 
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When I first got my Z9, I had the function buttons set to different focus mode and my AF/On on the back set to focus. However, later i found that i could program the buttons too Focus mode +AF/On. For example, F1 button is set to single point AF continuous +AF/On. When shooting and have a static subject I will hit the FN1 button and no others unless i switch to another mode. AF/On is set to Large W with subject tracking. Many times i will get initial focus with the FN1 button and then hit the AF/On button button for subject tracking or eye AF. For example there is a bird in the tree. I will first hit FN1 and attain focus and then switch to AF/On or hit my cursor pad which is set to 3D+AF/On.

In this way I am not having to hit two buttons at one time and can quickly switch through the focus modes.

Hope this helps.
 
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Chappy said:
When I first got my Z9, I had the function buttons set to different focus mode and my AF/On on the back set to focus. However, later i found that i could program the buttons too Focus mode +AF/On. For example, F1 button is set to single point AF continuous +AF/On. When shooting and have a static subject I will hit the FN1 button and no others unless i switch to another mode. AF/On is set to Large W with subject tracking. Many times i will get initial focus with the FN1 button and then hit the AF/On button button for subject tracking or eye AF. For example there is a bird in the tree. I will first hit FN1 and attain focus and then switch to AF/On or hit my cursor pad which is set to 3D+AF/On.

In this way I am not having to hit two buttons at one time and can quickly switch through the focus modes.

Hope this helps.
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Thanks. I think that I have figured out what I was doing wrong. I need to press the af-on button AND the fn button at the same time? Gonna try tomorrow.
 
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Dan Brown said:
Thanks. I think that I have figured out what I was doing wrong. I need to press the af-on button AND the fn button at the same time? Gonna try tomorrow.
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Hi Dan.

First of all, congratulations on getting the new toy. Hope you have lots of fun with it :)

As for the topic at hand; that's indeed how it works. You can essentially configure it in two ways:

1) Assign the AF-ON function to whichever button you like (AF-ON, shutter half press,...). Assign your FN buttons to other AF area modes WITHOUT AF-ON. In order to acquire focus, you'll always have to have your AF-ON button pressed in conjunction with the AF area mode button of choice.

2) Assign buttons to AF area mode WITH AF-ON. In this case, there'll be no need to keep the initial AF-ON button pressed as each individual button will initiate the focus process as well. When using this way of doing things, it's also a good idea to make sure you have custom option a7: focus mode persistence enabled. This allows you to switch between modes without AF starting all over again (if you have acquired focus with one AF area mode, pressing a button for another one will seemlessly take over).

Both are perfectly viable options. Just a matter of preference. Hope this helps.
 
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Jmaes said:
Hi Dan.

First of all, congratulations on getting the new toy. Hope you have lots of fun with it :)

As for the topic at hand; that's indeed how it works. You can essentially configure it in two ways:

1) Assign the AF-ON function to whichever button you like (AF-ON, shutter half press,...). Assign your FN buttons to other AF area modes WITHOUT AF-ON. In order to acquire focus, you'll always have to have your AF-ON button pressed in conjunction with the AF area mode button of choice.

2) Assign buttons to AF area mode WITH AF-ON. In this case, there'll be no need to keep the initial AF-ON button pressed as each individual button will initiate the focus process as well. When using this way of doing things, it's also a good idea to make sure you have custom option a7: focus mode persistence enabled. This allows you to switch between modes without AF starting all over again (if you have acquired focus with one AF area mode, pressing a button for another one will seemlessly take over).

Both are perfectly viable options. Just a matter of preference. Hope this helps.
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Awesome! Thanks. I actually think your option 2 will be my choice, but I will try both. Thank you
 
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