Bear Dale wrote:beatboxa wrote:Bear Dale wrote:Digital Shutterbug wrote:Who would have thought to look in the manual?What page of the manual sets out the option I want to achieve.After these back-and-forths, I'm now starting to see a pattern forming very clearly...I don't think the camera, options, or UI are the problem. I'm just going to be blunt: it's sort of ridiculous that you keep posting that you can't find the answer.Of course I've tried everything multiple times to get it the desired outcome that I posted originally -Any way to stop EVF image preview and just have it on the back LCD screen only on a Z7?I can't get it to work, regardless of any setting that I try (multiple multiple times).beatboxa muddied things for you there. He implies that there is a way to get the result you want with the setting he points out on that manual page but in fact you cannot. Plainly:You cannot set up a Nikon Z camera so you can take a picture using the EVF and then the image immediately - and without interaction from you - displays on the monitor.

PLShutterbug wrote:Bear Dale wrote:beatboxa wrote:Bear Dale wrote:Digital Shutterbug wrote:Who would have thought to look in the manual?What page of the manual sets out the option I want to achieve.After these back-and-forths, I'm now starting to see a pattern forming very clearly...I don't think the camera, options, or UI are the problem. I'm just going to be blunt: it's sort of ridiculous that you keep posting that you can't find the answer.Of course I've tried everything multiple times to get it the desired outcome that I posted originally -Any way to stop EVF image preview and just have it on the back LCD screen only on a Z7?I can't get it to work, regardless of any setting that I try (multiple multiple times).beatboxa muddied things for you there. He implies that there is a way to get the result you want with the setting he points out on that manual page but in fact you cannot. Plainly:You cannot set up a Nikon Z camera so you can take a picture using the EVF and then the image immediately - and without interaction from you - displays on the monitor.No I didn't, because I never implied that. I've given a very clear & consistent response since myfirst response in this threadabove, where I said:And then I postedthis, referencing my earlier post:Which part of that is muddying things or implying anything other than what it plainly says above?And then if you read further, you'll see where theOP clarified the use case:And my suggestion is still (as it has been from the very first post):It would appear to me that the issue is that people lack critical reading & comprehension skills.

Nikon should do something about this.Since I´m using the EVF priority mode to save battery life (and I don´t like having live view on the display between shots anyway) I have to push the review button every time after a shot.That´s clearly just a firmware / software thing, so Nikon, come on!

Waldemar wrote:Nikon should do something about this.Why?Since I´m using the EVF priority mode to save battery life (and I don´t like having live view on the display between shots anyway) I have to push the review button every time after a shot.That´s clearly just a firmware / software thing, so Nikon, come on!It took 1,5 years before someone "DEMANDS" Nikon to fix this non-issue.I mean, if you really need to chimp after every image then you could use the EVF which would be more practical than moving the camera back and forth after each image. That's not possible for a DSLR user, so for those DSLR users who need to chimp the LCD is showing the image.I certainly hope Nikon resources are spent on something more important than this.

beatboxa wrote:And my suggestion is still (as it has been from the very first post):I have it to ON (monitor only). I think this is what some people expect as "chimping mode". It may actually be a bug, because if in this case you take a picture without looking into the EVF then actually the LCD shows the image, just like the OP wants.If it is set to ON then chimping is possible if you move the camera out of your face fast enough, but if you move the camera back to your eye too fast then the image will pop over to the EVF. I don't know if there is a review timer, somebody else can look that up if he/she is interested, but if there was a timer it could be set to a short value, perhaps 2 seconds, which should be enough for chimping. I am not interested in chimping mode, so I won't spend time on more solution proposals and won't report to Nikon because I don't care about this mode.It would appear to me that the issue is that people lack critical reading & comprehension skills.Yes, but I think the biggest problem is that far too many people don't read the manual at all.

The Nikon Z50, unlike the Z6 and Z7, does not have a “prioritise viewfinder” setting.Andy

Andy Lucy wrote:The Nikon Z50, unlike the Z6 and Z7, does not have a “prioritise viewfinder” setting.AndyHis reply wasn't about the Z50. The reply was accurate since it was about the Z6/Z7.

I have to push the review button every time after a shot.That sounds like you might be worried about not being ready in some critical aspect such as confidence in your equipment, knowledge of it, or shooting skills.

just Tony wrote:I have to push the review button every time after a shot.That sounds like you might be worried about not being ready in some critical aspect such as confidence in your equipment, knowledge of it, or shooting skills.Also - if image review is on, doesn't that disable being able to move the AF point around immediately after taking the shot?

After reading this, I moved to the “prioritize viewfinder” setting, but the playback didn’t appear on the rear display as I wanted; it continued to appear only in the evf, which I dislike (it’s too small).Based on other reading, I learned that the sensor that tells the camera that your eye is near the viewfinder is super sensitive, and sure enough, it is. I took my lens cleaning brush and rubbed it across the viewfinder and that did the trick. The sensor had gotten dirty enough that it thought my eye was always near the EVF even when it was several inches away. Problem solved.

david4546 wrote:After reading this, I moved to the “prioritize viewfinder” setting, but the playback didn’t appear on the rear display as I wanted; it continued to appear only in the evf, which I dislike (it’s too small).Based on other reading, I learned that the sensor that tells the camera that your eye is near the viewfinder is super sensitive, and sure enough, it is. I took my lens cleaning brush and rubbed it across the viewfinder and that did the trick. The sensor had gotten dirty enough that it thought my eye was always near the EVF even when it was several inches away. Problem solved.Right on and that's been a known fix for a few years.  The smallest bit of debris in that area will cause problems.  When changing lenses and blowing off the sensor, that is a great time to also give the EVF area a shot of air too.

Bear Dale wrote:Yes, that monitor only option doesn't make it work like a 'dslr'.I'd love to have the option to turn off the review in the EFV and just the LCD like a DSLR.That would take a separate set of display electronics to process live view on EVF and playback on the monitor.  For a feature that few would likely use.I would much prefer Nikon fix their basic image review problem, which is the delay between taking the shot and display of the image.

Ernie Misner wrote:david4546 wrote:After reading this, I moved to the “prioritize viewfinder” setting, but the playback didn’t appear on the rear display as I wanted; it continued to appear only in the evf, which I dislike (it’s too small).Based on other reading, I learned that the sensor that tells the camera that your eye is near the viewfinder is super sensitive, and sure enough, it is. I took my lens cleaning brush and rubbed it across the viewfinder and that did the trick. The sensor had gotten dirty enough that it thought my eye was always near the EVF even when it was several inches away. Problem solved.Right on and that's been a known fix for a few years. The smallest bit of debris in that area will cause problems. When changing lenses and blowing off the sensor, that is a great time to also give the EVF area a shot of air too.Kind of a zombie thread actually, but you are correct.The first time I tried to remove the eyepiece, I was reading instructions, and doing it correctly, but man it was on there tight. After removal a couple of times, now it is very reasonable, and I often have to wipe the sensor clean while out in the field.

Mackiesback wrote:Ernie Misner wrote:david4546 wrote:After reading this, I moved to the “prioritize viewfinder” setting, but the playback didn’t appear on the rear display as I wanted; it continued to appear only in the evf, which I dislike (it’s too small).Based on other reading, I learned that the sensor that tells the camera that your eye is near the viewfinder is super sensitive, and sure enough, it is. I took my lens cleaning brush and rubbed it across the viewfinder and that did the trick. The sensor had gotten dirty enough that it thought my eye was always near the EVF even when it was several inches away. Problem solved.Right on and that's been a known fix for a few years. The smallest bit of debris in that area will cause problems. When changing lenses and blowing off the sensor, that is a great time to also give the EVF area a shot of air too.Kind of a zombie thread actually, but you are correct.The first time I tried to remove the eyepiece, I was reading instructions, and doing it correctly, but man it was on there tight. After removal a couple of times, now it is very reasonable, and I often have to wipe the sensor clean while out in the field.Ah, so you have to remove the eyepiece to clean the sensor?   I have been just blowing air (rocket blower) into the sensor area with good luck so far.

beatboxa wrote:I'd really just like to turn off preview in the EVF and have the shot show only on the rear LCD to chimp, It doesn't seem a possibility though.Like I said earlier, just turn off image review as I do, and use prioritize viewfinder. This is from the Z6 user's manual:And I have mine set to "Off."I have mine set to "monitor only". That means when I shoot looking through the viewfinder, there is no image review. When I shoot using the back LCD, there is.This is still slightly different from a DSLR because when you pull the camera away from your face after a shot you don't see the photo you just took. But if you have time to do that, you also have time to press the "play" button (and then you don't even have to pull away the camera but you can keep looking through the viewfinder).

Waldemar wrote:Nikon should do something about this.Since I´m using the EVF priority mode to save battery life (and I don´t like having live view on the display between shots anyway) I have to push the review button every time after a shot.Well, there are two other solutions:

Ernie Misner wrote:Mackiesback wrote:Ernie Misner wrote:david4546 wrote:After reading this, I moved to the “prioritize viewfinder” setting, but the playback didn’t appear on the rear display as I wanted; it continued to appear only in the evf, which I dislike (it’s too small).Based on other reading, I learned that the sensor that tells the camera that your eye is near the viewfinder is super sensitive, and sure enough, it is. I took my lens cleaning brush and rubbed it across the viewfinder and that did the trick. The sensor had gotten dirty enough that it thought my eye was always near the EVF even when it was several inches away. Problem solved.Right on and that's been a known fix for a few years. The smallest bit of debris in that area will cause problems. When changing lenses and blowing off the sensor, that is a great time to also give the EVF area a shot of air too.Kind of a zombie thread actually, but you are correct.The first time I tried to remove the eyepiece, I was reading instructions, and doing it correctly, but man it was on there tight. After removal a couple of times, now it is very reasonable, and I often have to wipe the sensor clean while out in the field.Ah, so you have to remove the eyepiece to clean the sensor? I have been just blowing air (rocket blower) into the sensor area with good luck so far.You dont have to, but it makes things much easier. Without the eyepiece there, you can just use any cloth, no need for the rocket blower.