Reader Comment: Nikon Z6 Blackout
Sergey Z writes:
Very disturbing Nikon Z6 behavior: total blackout during Multiple Exposure burst
1. Turn Multiple Exposure on
2. Set number of images to any number <= 10
3. Set the mode to where it does not show you the so-far-result (or not -- does matter)
4. Set blending mode to any of {Average, Dark, Light}.
5. Set drive mode to Low, Hi, or Hi+ burst -- anything but Single-shot
6. Press the shutter and watch the screen and/or EVF (whatever you were using) blackout for the duration of burst plus a second or so after, until hourglass appears (signifying image combination taking place.)I primarily bought the camera for multiple exposure burst photography (for impressionistic results), as well as for vintage lens weird bokeh stuff. I am in shock from the above-described behavior. Note that when M.E. is OFF, the camera behaves exactly as expected -- blackout in every drive mode except for Hi+, where it does the poor-mans zero-blackout emulation by showing the last image taken. Man, if only Sony had Multiple Exposure with creative blending modes.
DIGLLOYD: I’d be surprised if the Nikon Z7 did not have the same blackout issue. I’ll test that soon to verify.
All cameras have a CPU which has limited speed. I suspect that Nikon made a design decision on the CPU which precluded blackout-free operation with some operations.