

Z-mount lenses: Although the AF Fine-Tune menu is present and active for all lenses, a change to the Lens Specific AF Fine-Tune value will not be actioned for Z-mount lenses.Our investigations have shown the following to have changed on the Nikon Z6 (firmware 3.1), Z7 (firmware 3.1) and Z50 (firmware 2.01, possibly in 2.00) cameras and almost certainly the Z5 as well (although we haven’t yet confirmed this): We had some reports from FoCal users of Nikon Z cameras suddenly not actioning AF Fine-Tune values, with FoCal reporting that the value was always set to 0 when an adjustment had clearly been made on the camera menu.ĭuring a FoCal autofocus calibration, the following screen would be shown after (correctly) applying the AF Fine-Tune setting through the camera menu system: Nikon Z-camera: Ignored AF Fine-Tune message The remainder of this post is purely for reference – the issue is fixed with the firmware linked above. Nikon Z 50 version 2.02 ( download) What’s the Issue? We’ll leave it for reference, but you won’t see the problem if you use the following or later firmware: UPDATE (October 2020): Nikon have just released new software which fixes the AF Fine Tune issue described in the post below. With the release of the latest firmware for their Z cameras, it seems that Nikon have partially removed AF Fine-Tune as an option for Z-mount lenses. The fixed versions are Z 6/Z 7 version 3.12 and Z 50 version 2.02 (download links below). Update 16th Oct 2020: Nikon have released new firmware which fixes the issue described in this blog post.
