Red screen mode for astrophotography, where is it.

Ai tells me that the Z5 II has a red screen mode function to shoot astrophotography.

I have looked thru the online manual and cannot find where this function is found.

If Ai is correct can someone please direct me to the function for the Z5 II?

thanks much,

Larry Buck said:

Ai tells me that the Z5 II has a red screen mode function to shoot astrophotography.

I have looked thru the online manual and cannot find where this function is found.

If Ai is correct can someone please direct me to the function for the Z5 II?

thanks much,

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d12 in Custom Settings Menu. "Warm display colors."

Larry Buck said:

Ai tells me that the Z5 II has a red screen mode function to shoot astrophotography.

I have looked thru the online manual and cannot find where this function is found.

If Ai is correct can someone please direct me to the function for the Z5 II?

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MENU > ✎ (pencil icon) CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU > d Shooting/display > d12 Warm display colors.

I think. It's from https://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/z/z5-ii-users-guide.htm

Yeah, "warm display colors" is not at all obvious! Who picked this name.

A google search "Z5 ii astrophotography red display" finds all kinds of "red" but not the display setting. It's probably buried in some of the 15-20 minute video links, but which ones?

Searching the online manual, "astro" has no hits. but "astronomical" is used on the warm display colors page, so it finds it. It has to be an exact match though.

I knew about it from watching long "how to set up the Z6 iii" videos, going through all the menus, and devoting 15 seconds to this setting. I think a few DPR threads covered it when the Expeed 7 cameras were new too.

Oh, this works:

"nikon z5 ii red display for night" -- the AI summary is correct (it's often quite wrong for these technical questions.)

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For very dark conditions, My Z6 iii has these settings (Z5 ii links here):

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d12: warm display colors. I prefer the Mode 1,"everything is red" choice. I have the brightness set to +1 from the last time I used it.

https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z5II/en/csmd_warm_display_colors_241.html

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Sometimes, I turn down the screen brightness to near minimum, instead of setting d12:

https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z5II/en/sum_monitor_brightness_314.html

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d11: Starlight view. This is actually too bright for night shooting in the city. It's fantastic for an astro scene. It's way better with a tripod, since the display is built up over 5-6 seconds, and handheld will blur the view.

I focused on a person and telescope using Starlight view, when I could barely see them at all.

https://onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com/z5II/en/csmd_starlight_view_photo_lv_240.html

Well thanks to the knowledgeable users who let me know!

I never would have found this in many many moons.

Another option is to use a red filter film for etage lights, after switching to B/W display.

Larry Buck said:

Well thanks to the knowledgeable users who let me know!

I never would have found this in many many moons.

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Well there’s your problem! Warm Display Colors is for shooting many many stars, not many many moons!

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In some cameras you also have a choice of Mode 1 or Mode 2 for different types of Warm displays. This lets you have the EVF show a red image or normal image. I find the normal image is easier to judge exposure but is a little bright in dark situations. The red image is good for pure astro and for composition - and it preserves your night vision.

Thanks for the reply.

I had this shooting red light mode on my Panasonic Lumix G9 and the mode was easily found and labeled for night shooting. Not so straight forward by Nikon.

Best regards.