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I'll check that out. It is D4 on the other Z cameras.
That's still not exactly the same as the way the other Z bodies work. They have a dedicated function you can put in the I menu but this would still work. This feature you're talking about is also in both versions of the Z6&7. The D4 setting in the Z6/7 1&2 is a quicker more user friendly way to utilize shutter delay but This also can work.
You’re still going to have potential vibrations from pressing the shutter button regardless of the absence of a shutter. I am well aware that the D500 and D850has this mode mentioned above because I had those cameras but the Z system shutter delay mode is totally different and much easier to use and user-friendly. I’m sure they can add it as an option to the I am and you just like the earlier versions of the bodies. I mainly use this feature for macro shooting and landscape shots and it is a very handy feature to have.
I’m not sure how you can say that whenever a lot of the vibration is caused by actually pressing the shutter button.
For added precaution, delay also eliminates the risk of small camera shake due to the pressure on the shutter button.
Exactly!
That is not what I’m saying. I am saying it is much easier to use when it’s available in the I menu as opposed to having to go through all the shutter speed and functions to get to it. I could have it set up and the shot taken before you ever got to the option by the other route
I totally agree and it would be nice if they would keep the same features they were in the earlier versions of this camera so it doesn’t create confusion for people like myself that still own the other bodies. There’s absolutely zero reason this can’t be added in a firmware update as an option that can be enabled if a person wants to use it or disabled if they don’t. I have had spot metering on my 500 mm PF lens ever since the first versions of the Z camera and now I can’t use that option again it makes no damn sense.
I think the general consensus is that the 2 sec self timer AND exposure delay are redundant features in absence of a shutter mechanism. The need to access spot metering likely went away due to WYSIWYG. Normally spot metering was used to meter scenes that confuse the metering system.... Now you can just SEE if its right in the viewfinder. I dont mean any offense but they seem like a feature set that is no longer needed.
I suppose if I get rid of both of the other Z bodies it won’t be an issue because there will be no confusion between the two platforms. Again like I said earlier in the thread, I’m sure they’re gearing this more toward people transitioning from dslrs to mirrorless to make the transition easier and I completely understand that. I tend to use spot metering quite often and by no means use it every time I go out but it is handy to have it times especially assigned to the lens function button. Not to sound like a broken record, it would still be nice if these functions were available to either enable or disable so as not to confuse the people who already have been shooting with the z bodies for four years. I’m sure all of us who have shot these cameras for a while now will catch on and it will be second nature after a while so really I guess it’s no big deal.
And using your analogy of what you see is what you get is exactly right because if I’m exposing for a hawk with a bright background it’s going to expose for the background. I can easily press the button on the lens and spot meter and meter the scene correctly within a split second. The alternative would be, I would have to go into the menu system to enact spot metering or exposure compensation, both of which are a two step process. There are numerous shots I have taken over the years I have saved by this method. Some of the native Z lenses that have the control ring allow you to assign exposure compensation and 4-5 others functions to it which is really nice. Again it comes down to habit from using these bodies for a long time and it just sort of sucks that it’s not available now.
Just a habit I’ll have to break. Not the end of the world and you are correct, it is definitely more like using my old D850 or D500.
