Nikon Z50II Manual Available

21 Nov

Written By MJ

The reference guide for the newly announced Z50II can now be downloaded at the official Nikon pages (English or Japanese).

I was snooping around to see if the new Picture Control button can be reprogrammed, and while it can be reprogrammed, the reference manual only included a complete list of custom functions, but did not have an appendix for which functions are available to which buttons, so I am still not sure how flexible that button is if you do not use picture controls much.

That said, I noticed something interesting in the reference manuals too.

Under Custom Controls (Shooting), “Cycle AF-Area Mode” is an option available; and similarly under Custom Controls (Playback), “Delete” is an option available.

I personally use Cycle AF-Area mode very often on my Z8, and was surprised to see Z6III and Zf omitting this option.

Similarly, a good photographer acquaintance of mine uses the “Delete” function mapped to one of the function buttons of the Z8 for quick review and culling through the EVF, and we were both surprised that the Z6III omitted this option too.

It is sure delightful to see it being implemented in the Z50II, and if I were to make a smart guess, I think the Expeed 7 siblings (Z6III and Zf) would have these options enabled in their next firmware update too.