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Feb 15, 2019 11:00:35   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
Grampy Jack wrote:
I am still in the initial phase of getting to know my new Z6 so this may turn out to be
no problem. I find the EVF very frustrating in low light situations where I am using a flash. The EVF sees what the sensor sees which is essentially nothing, so composing the shot is difficult at best. I never encountered this with an optical view finder in low light.
Also, I do a lot of close up work where I want to essentially black out the background by using an aperture of f16 or higher and using the off camera flash to control where and how much light I want. Now it seems I have to compose at f4, focus and then set my aperture to f16+. Like I said, there may be an easier work around than I have discovered.
Other than that I love the camera the rest of the time.
I am still in the initial phase of getting to know... (show quote)


Reading the manual may reveal the trick to seeing well through the EVF in dark environments. My Panasonic Lumix GH4 can have a brighter EVF in dark environments than any other camera I have ever used, including the legendary Nikon FTn.

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Feb 15, 2019 11:29:24   #
Grampy Jack Loc: Arizona
 
D8 was the culprit. Turned off “Apply settings to live view” and all is well. Like my new camera even more now. Thanks again everyone.

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Feb 15, 2019 11:31:48   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Grampy Jack wrote:
D8 was the culprit. Turned off “Apply settings to live view” and all is well. Like my new camera even more now. Thanks again everyone.


Good to know! Thanks for posting the solution.

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Feb 15, 2019 11:32:55   #
User ID
 
jerryc41 wrote:

Obviously, his name is Jack. Grampy Jack.
(I just watched a couple of James Bond films)


No no no ... you hafta read it slowly and 2 or 3 times
to catch what he's saying. More clearly: "When in AZ,
if I encounter someone using a Z6, I will ask him if he
is named Jack ... cuz if he's Jack, he might be you" :-)

.

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Feb 15, 2019 12:49:44   #
Grampy Jack Loc: Arizona
 
Yes, it is.

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Feb 15, 2019 17:18:49   #
CO
 
I left out something earlier in the thread about electronic shutter. Along with enabling d5, you also have to turn on Silent Photography. I seem to remember doing that to use electronic shutter. I don't know if that's something you will want to use. Just thought I would mention that.

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Feb 15, 2019 17:54:31   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Obviously, his name is Jack. Grampy Jack. (I just watched a couple of James Bond films)


But Jack may not be the name of the other 200 people he asks throughout Arizona. Kind of a crap shoot in that regard.

Dennis

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Feb 15, 2019 20:36:29   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Grampy Jack wrote:
I am still in the initial phase of getting to know my new Z6 so this may turn out to be
no problem. I find the EVF very frustrating in low light situations where I am using a flash. The EVF sees what the sensor sees which is essentially nothing, so composing the shot is difficult at best. I never encountered this with an optical view finder in low light.
Also, I do a lot of close up work where I want to essentially black out the background by using an aperture of f16 or higher and using the off camera flash to control where and how much light I want. Now it seems I have to compose at f4, focus and then set my aperture to f16+. Like I said, there may be an easier work around than I have discovered.
Other than that I love the camera the rest of the time.
I am still in the initial phase of getting to know... (show quote)


My First Mirrorless Camera, Ca. 1983.

Omega View 45F
Omega View 45F...
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Feb 15, 2019 20:42:26   #
Grampy Jack Loc: Arizona
 
I think I would struggle more with that one. Very nice though.

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Feb 15, 2019 20:42:51   #
lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA
 
Grampy Jack wrote:
I am still in the initial phase of getting to know my new Z6 so this may turn out to be
no problem. I find the EVF very frustrating in low light situations where I am using a flash. The EVF sees what the sensor sees which is essentially nothing, so composing the shot is difficult at best. I never encountered this with an optical view finder in low light.
Also, I do a lot of close up work where I want to essentially black out the background by using an aperture of f16 or higher and using the off camera flash to control where and how much light I want. Now it seems I have to compose at f4, focus and then set my aperture to f16+. Like I said, there may be an easier work around than I have discovered.
Other than that I love the camera the rest of the time.
I am still in the initial phase of getting to know... (show quote)


Have fun. Actually, I do have another semi-MILC (mirrorless anyway, hybrid EVF / OVF) camera, a Fuji X100T for my wife. I may get a full-on MILC Fujifilm XPro2 for my self.

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Feb 15, 2019 22:49:43   #
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dennis2146 wrote:

But Jack may not be the name of the other 200
people he asks throughout Arizona. Kind of a crap
shoot in that regard.


Not really. It's gonna be a while before there's
200 old timers seen using the Z6 in Arizona.

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Feb 15, 2019 22:51:32   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
User ID wrote:
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Not really. It's gonna be a while before there's
200 old timers seen using the Z6 in Arizona.

.


Good answer. But it was only a joke to begin with. Nobody would take the comment seriously.

Dennis

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Feb 16, 2019 12:13:35   #
Grampy Jack Loc: Arizona
 
Well, if you see an 85 year old in Scottsdale with Z6, just yell out!

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