Image review on Nikon Z6 and Z7

[StewartR]

I have a quick question about the image review functionality on the Z6 and Z7.

I expect it to work the same way as on Nikon DSLRs. When you're viewing an image, press the up/down keys to cycle through various information displays - EXIF data, histograms, highlights, etc. (And on the Z6/Z7, the DISP button offers the same functionality.)

But I have a Z6 and a Z7 here, and none of that functionality worked. The buttons worked, the image review worked, but those buttons didn't do anything in playback mode.

I did a bit of investigation and it looks to me like Nikon have made a subtle change to the way the playback menu works. There's a menu item called 'Playback display options' where you can select which image information is available - highlights yes/no, histograms yes/no, etc. The change, however, is that on DSLRs those menu choices are preserved when you reset the camera, whereas on the Z6/Z7 they are reset when you reset the camera. The default settings on the Z6/Z7 are for no information, and that explains why I thought the functionality wasn't working.

So: Can anybody confirm that my analysis is correct? And if so, is there a workaround or a way of changing the behaviour?

 

[Peter123]

Try saving your settings as U1, U2 etc

 

[StewartR]

Try saving your settings as U1, U2 etc

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately that's not a viable solution. I operate a hire business so I can't control how a customer chooses to use the camera and it's not realistic to expect them to use U1, U2 etc instead of Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority etc.

 

[trevorbray]

I have a quick question about the image review functionality on the Z6 and Z7.

I expect it to work the same way as on Nikon DSLRs. When you're viewing an image, press the up/down keys to cycle through various information displays - EXIF data, histograms, highlights, etc. (And on the Z6/Z7, the DISP button offers the same functionality.)

But I have a Z6 and a Z7 here, and none of that functionality worked. The buttons worked, the image review worked, but those buttons didn't do anything in playback mode.

I did a bit of investigation and it looks to me like Nikon have made a subtle change to the way the playback menu works. There's a menu item called 'Playback display options' where you can select which image information is available - highlights yes/no, histograms yes/no, etc. The change, however, is that on DSLRs those menu choices are preserved when you reset the camera, whereas on the Z6/Z7 they are reset when you reset the camera. The default settings on the Z6/Z7 are for no information, and that explains why I thought the functionality wasn't working.

So: Can anybody confirm that my analysis is correct? And if so, is there a workaround or a way of changing the behaviour?

Menu for Playback display options, Check as required. I checked them all for purposes of trying it out.
Setting them and reviewing the image, then using the D pad to scroll up gives all the info required.
Turning the camera off does not reset them on my Z6

 

[StewartR]

Menu for Playback display options, Check as required..... Turning the camera off does not reset them on my Z6

Correct. But resetting the camera *does* reset them, whereas on DSLRs resetting the camera *doesn't* reset them. That's my problem.

 

[trevorbray]

Correct. But resetting the camera *does* reset them, whereas on DSLRs resetting the camera *doesn't* reset them. That's my problem.

Gotcha. Sorry I misunderstood

 

[johnc711]

Was trying to figure out why my arrows weren’t working! Thanks for posting