I was thinking of that Polar Bear on the island when the Z9 was released. Not really wanting him to risk things or himself but that would be a use of the feature.
Fantastic, as a wildlife photographer Auto Capture was feature that I was waiting for. Now my Z9 can function as a trap-camera without any limitation on image quality. Now we need pre-capture-release in Raw.. Thanks Nikon.
Curious if Autocapture can fulfil some pre-release functions? Example Focusing on a stationary bird and setting the pre-capture to quickly detect movement as when the bird takes off (setting the speed level); if this works, it is easier, less labour intensive and in Raw!
@@quetharainteresting idea. i looked at this feature as more for use when the camera isn't manned- but this could be worth trying in certain situations. Please reply back if you have luck with this- I'll do the same, BUT i don't have any events planned in near future where i could test this.
Thank you Ricci for another top shelf production keeping all of us informed in detail of the latest on the Z family. Looking forward to putting these to use and watching your takes on the in depth use of the new improvements. Nikon has done such a great job with the Z family, and you are on top of it all in such a straight forward presentation. Well done Nikon and Well Done Ricci!!!
Fantastic new features! Nikon have shown the tremendous capabilities of the Z9 as a platform for software and firmware development. In the past, adding features of this magnitude would usually require purchasing a new body. However, Nikon has demonstrated its ability to continue to innovate and add important features to existing hardware. This says a lot about the power underlying the hardware architecture of the Z9 and its future flexibility. It also heralds a new era in camera manufacturing that allows the addition of significantly improved functionality through major firmware updates. For the photographer making important and expensive purchasing decisions the ability to add significant new features adds tremendous value to the initial investment made in purchasing this camera and the Z mount lenses. I have a hunch that Nikon has more exciting firmware updates planned for the future of this amazing camera.
Ricci. I was having trouble setting up the Z9 Auto capture and making it work because most of the other videos were difficult to follow and often incomplete. Your video on this subject was excellent and has brought me a long way toward being able to use this capability. I have now subscribed to your UA-cam channel. Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks Ricci, concise and informative, as ever... It would be lovely to get a few tweeks for the Z6_2 via firmware, especially a little tightening up of some of the autofocus modes.
Great summary as always Ricci, I would love to see Nikon put back "Peaking Stack Image" into the latest version of each model Nikon, this was in the Z6 and Z7, it was very useful out in the field when using focus stacking capture to check you had enough images for the image you needed.
👍Exposure delay, hurray. Now bring it to the Z8. Bring pre-release RAW support. That little delay after "very soon", something's coming. Z500 plz or 200-600 or Zf, my wish list is long.
Hi, thank you for the interesting videos! About Auto capture: Did you notice, that the minimal distance, which can be set is not (!) the minimal distance, which you have for the particular lens for regular use, but seemingly the 20x of the focal length for the so called „prime“ lenses (not zooms)? As I tested, the minimal distance to set with auto capture is with the Z 800mm f6.3 16m(!) instead of regularly 5m. (With TC 2x 32m instead of 5m…) The corresponding values for Z 105mm MC 2,1m (instead of 29cm), for the Z 24-120mm 0,4m at 24mm, but it grows gradually to 2,4m up to the longest focal length for 120mm (which regularly allows to focus 0,4m to. For this lens zooming back to 24mm the minimal distance does‘t change again automatically to 40cm. It seems an allowed closest distance to set for the (not wide angel focal length) possible with auto capture limited by the software to the 20x of the particular (not wide angel) focal lens independently of its regular near focus capacity, which is much closer as that for auto capture (as I wrote the individual values for lenses I tested above). How do you think about? I mean, even if auto capture is generally a very good feature, at that point there is a very relevant limitation for wildlife photographer, with potential to improve this issue. I find it interesting, that up to now no reviews mentioned this issue. Even in the manual („addendum“ to firmware 4.0 there is no word about the limitation of the closest didtance, which differs from that, which the particular lens itself allows. Best regards Josef😮
Very informative as always, Ricci. Thank you for making and sharing this video for the Nikon Z9 community. As always, your expertise and honest review are appreciated.
Wow! This is amazing. That's for the great overview and demonstration. I photograph professional golf, and I can see setting this up to start a burst when the ball reaches the hole, and capture a scene with the golfer's reaction as it goes in or misses. I can photograph a rider on a horse going over a jump and capture every single rider at exactly the right time. Also glad to have Exposure Delay return. That eliminates the need for a cable release. I've used this a great deal for landscapes in that 1/30 to 2 second range.
Nailed it again, Ricci. Many thanks. Great news about auto capture. I've wanted to video the antics of some of my local birds in my bird bath, but didn't have the means. I do now!! 😁
It did cross my mind as you were describing auto capture that it could have been called 'auto photographer'. Amazing feature. Excellent explanation. Thanks Ricci.
'And I'm sure I will see you all VERY soon', he said at the end of the video....😎 Oh, something new is coming, I'm 100% sure. Just look at his face at 22:08. But what will it be? The long overdue 200-600? Maybe a DX pro body? A Df 📷perhaps? Keep those eyeballs peeled folks!
Wow! Have always been a Nikon fan and this is only one example of why. All those added features (there have been many. We are at 4.0 now) make the Z9 even better as it probably was already. Would love to see the Auto Capture also in cameras like the D850...
Hahaha! Just before seeing this video I had just watched a video on auto capture by Digitutor but there was no mention of a new firmware update, so I was chastising myself for not having seen this in my menu and that I should fully now read the manual!😂😂😂 Ricci you are King!👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾
Very well done Nikon and well done Ricci, clear, easy to understand accurate information as is your hallmark, Cheers Ricci much appreciated! 👏👍😀 Ps no “exposure delay mode” was a weird omission, thankfully it’s been added, I reckon lots of users will be delighted by that single improvement! 😀
Amazing news wow on the features...however it does mess up my priority to buy the Z8 some excellent new features on the Z9. Considering the financial commitment in buying these cameras would be nice to know if I get the Z8 I will get those new features eventually or if not maybe the Z9 has become the better camera for me even though I wanted a mini Z9 ie the Z8. Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Some really solid changes there. Will be interesting to see how many of these flow down to the Z8. I think all Z cameras should default to Type E camera sounds (ouch). ;-)
Hi Ricci, Thank you very much for the detailed explanations. It's cool what Nikon delivers. 👍🙂🙂 Is there still the display/viewer black-out for longer exposure times (between 1/8 ..1s) ??? 🥴 Nice to sea that they re-integrated exposure delay 🙂 So the HEIF from Z8 is coming later?
We need Exposure Delay in the Z8 as well. This is an essential feature for us Landscape Photographers. I already miss this in my Z8 and use it all the time in my D850.
Up to now I have used Snapbridge to trigger my Z9 with my phone if the button press is a concern, it's a simple solution that takes seconds to implement.
Very pleased with what they have given us, however I am still holding out for pre capture in raw even if at 10FPS and HE compressed. Could they not give us pre capture in HEIC?
Did I miss some settings or bracketing still only allows for 3 and 5 shots? That is such a miss for me... I often shoot 2-shot bracketing on my z7ii ("normal" exposure and one extra -3ev exposure to retain hotspots). With the z9 and z8 i always have to take a useless long exposure, which takes a long time too, since it only has 3 and 5 steps.
Thanks for the video. I will be using it to capture birds in the desert behind my home (Arizona, USA). I am wondering if the camera’s response is fast enough to capture lightening, either air to ground or cloud to cloud? Currently I just just set the camera to fire a few hundred times sighted on a particular area. Well maybe not that many shots but when reviewing the take later it seems like that many.
The Canon R5 has something called, “face priority ttl” which reads the exposure off the portrait when using ttl flash. It’s great as it separates the exposure from the background and gives better consistency on the model. TTL works fine on the Z9 but when I want add more flashes say a rim light the ttl might get confused, often overexposing the face. I’m having to go all manual most of the time to overcome this and when I’m on an outside shoot doing different locations it becomes a chore. Is there a chance this feature can be added in a future update? I’m very jealous of my R5 buddies right now!
The Exposure Delay I miss the most with the Z8 - will Nikon bring it back there, too? I can use the intervall timer as a work around, but it is not stored in the bank and uses a different start button.
Thanks for this review 🫡 Is there any place on the internet where I can submit requests regarding firmware functionality? I'm specifically interested in adding a 3x4 aspect ratio. It was available on the D850, and I used it every time I did photo shoots for print magazines or intentionally framed for platforms like Instagram. Currently, the options are 1x1 and 16x9. Adding 3x4 shouldn't be a huge problem, I believe :) I know that you can set guidelines for a 3x4 aspect ratio, but full-frame framing was definitely more convenient.
Thank you Ricci for this video. My problem is that I only get it to work in video mode, not photographique mode. What do I do wrong, tried several different FF lenses. Great regards Robbie Nijman.
Ricci, I may have asked this before, but I've not heard anyone give a good answer. I'm grateful that Nikon added in Exposure delay - as many have been asking for - but why on Earth have they not added live Zebras for stills. If there was some reason it couldn't be added to show on the screen, okay, but it's there in video mode. What gives? That would be so nice to go manual ISO instead of AUTO ISO especially if Nikon allowed the adjustments to ISO ceiling to match RAW as in the Sony A1. Have you asked about this feature with anyone from Nikon?
Thank you Ricci for the great, as always, overview. I tried the Auto-Capture with the 8 Z 800mm pf lens and the distance's Near value can be only dialed to 16m at the minimum distance . why can't I choose closer distances ? Is there a way to change it ?
I tried the setup today with 500mm/5.6 PF but the AF-C does not start automatically so I had to focus manually after I pressed the video button. It happened the same way with my Z 100-400mm S lens unless I set the distance. Your help is appreciated. Thank you for sharing.
I was a little puzzled about the section on exposure delay- mainly the comment that it wasn't present or went away. Is this different from choosing the delay option that's available in the FPS menu? That option has been on my Z9 since purchase in october 22. If these are two different functions, can someone explain the differences to me? Please and thank you!
AUTOCAPTURE for long telephoto lenses, how does the autofocus work? because of the shallow depth of field, would it be able to focus and take pictures in time for fast moving across the frame subjects? it have to be prefocused? would it mantain 3d tracking or other modes? if the subject is a lot out of focus because of the DOF of the long telephoto lens, 400, 600 or 800, will it recognizeit and shoot it? Thanks
Thanks Ricci! 1 question: I am missing the point of the 300 s with pre release... what does it change? I was actually hoping to rather see raw support for the pre release function ... cheers
Previous if you activated pre release capture but didn’t actually fire pre release capture would force you to stop after 30 seconds (you would have to let go of AF ) Now pre release capture will run for up to 300 seconds before you actually press the shutter button. When you do it will then store the previous 1 second. Let’s say ur waiting for a bird to fly off a perch and that bird doesn’t move with the old FW you could only wait for 30 second with the new FW you can wait for 300 seconds
Did I miss a part about the camera going to sleep and kicking back on? Leaving it for four hours is fun but do you have to turn off the sleep function?
I really don’t know if the camera in auto capture also does aoutofocus or just triggers with a predifined distance? Also I would like to know if it’s important where the focus point is. Thanks for your explanations Ricci. Great content
Thanks. Any changes to how the Z9 accepts third party batteries? Curious to know after seeing multiple reports that the Z8 won’t accept third party batteries whereas my Z9 and Z 6II got along well with them.
Not at all, it will analyze the scene and only trigger when certain events occur and will continue capturing images as long as these events do occur if my understanding is correct
@@bernardlanguillier7970 I think you're confusing auto capture with exposure delay and self-timer. The latter two are similar, but exposure delay, I believe, locks in settings so that things like your aperture won't shift at the instant the shutter trips, whereas the self-timer only makes final calculations at the instant exposure is made. They're really the same functionality, just with different parameters attached. Auto capture is a whole different thing.
Great explanation. I have been using Auto Capture for several days. The camera is set up in the shade with the target area in full sun. I noticed that when I change the battery after 4 hours that the camera is warm to the touch. Is that normal? The Auto temperature cutout is set to Standard.
Ricci, when using auto capture, the distance is shown only in meters. I changed the distance units to feet in the setup menu, but it had no effect on the Auto Capture distance Near of Far. The distance in the viewfinder for the lens is set appropriately. Thoughts?
Morton Hilmer is going to love the auto capture feature. I fully expect to see his badgers at all hours of the night and morning.
ha, i was just thinking about how he was scouting that badger den
I'll be he's been testing it.
I was thinking of that Polar Bear on the island when the Z9 was released. Not really wanting him to risk things or himself but that would be a use of the feature.
Fantastic, as a wildlife photographer Auto Capture was feature that I was waiting for. Now my Z9 can function as a trap-camera without any limitation on image quality. Now we need pre-capture-release in Raw.. Thanks Nikon.
Curious if Autocapture can fulfil some pre-release functions? Example Focusing on a stationary bird and setting the pre-capture to quickly detect movement as when the bird takes off (setting the speed level); if this works, it is easier, less labour intensive and in Raw!
@@quetharainteresting idea. i looked at this feature as more for use when the camera isn't manned- but this could be worth trying in certain situations. Please reply back if you have luck with this- I'll do the same, BUT i don't have any events planned in near future where i could test this.
Auto capture will be great for sports and action photography
Great video Ricci as always. Awesome to see Nikon stepping up again, fantastic to see.
Excellent! The Z9 just keeps getting better! Thanks for the explanations, Ricci. :)
Thank you Ricci for another top shelf production keeping all of us informed in detail of the latest on the Z family. Looking forward to putting these to use and watching your takes on the in depth use of the new improvements. Nikon has done such a great job with the Z family, and you are on top of it all in such a straight forward presentation. Well done Nikon and Well Done Ricci!!!
I bet your teaser at the end hints to the release of the ~200-600, looking very much forward to that 😊
Fantastic new features! Nikon have shown the tremendous capabilities of the Z9 as a platform for software and firmware development. In the past, adding features of this magnitude would usually require purchasing a new body. However, Nikon has demonstrated its ability to continue to innovate and add important features to existing hardware. This says a lot about the power underlying the hardware architecture of the Z9 and its future flexibility. It also heralds a new era in camera manufacturing that allows the addition of significantly improved functionality through major firmware updates. For the photographer making important and expensive purchasing decisions the ability to add significant new features adds tremendous value to the initial investment made in purchasing this camera and the Z mount lenses. I have a hunch that Nikon has more exciting firmware updates planned for the future of this amazing camera.
Ricci. I was having trouble setting up the Z9 Auto capture and making it work because most of the other videos were difficult to follow and often incomplete. Your video on this subject was excellent and has brought me a long way toward being able to use this capability. I have now subscribed to your UA-cam channel. Keep up the excellent work.
Wow the low ISO’s on log recording are a very much welcomed feature
Thanks Ricci, concise and informative, as ever... It would be lovely to get a few tweeks for the Z6_2 via firmware, especially a little tightening up of some of the autofocus modes.
Brilliant Professional Feature! I love that Z9 keep updating their new firmware for us! Can't wait to try my new sharp trap camera!
Great summary as always Ricci, I would love to see Nikon put back "Peaking Stack Image" into the latest version of each model Nikon, this was in the Z6 and Z7, it was very useful out in the field when using focus stacking capture to check you had enough images for the image you needed.
where in z6 can i find it ?
@Paul Shutts thanks will check it out
Auto capture will be great for private investigators. Now they can take a nap in the car.
👍Exposure delay, hurray. Now bring it to the Z8. Bring pre-release RAW support. That little delay after "very soon", something's coming. Z500 plz or 200-600 or Zf, my wish list is long.
Very lucidly explained, thank you so much. None other than you have explained update in a clear thought.
Hi, thank you for the interesting videos! About Auto capture: Did you notice, that the minimal distance, which can be set is not (!) the minimal distance, which you have for the particular lens for regular use, but seemingly the 20x of the focal length for the so called „prime“ lenses (not zooms)? As I tested, the minimal distance to set with auto capture is with the Z 800mm f6.3 16m(!) instead of regularly 5m. (With TC 2x 32m instead of 5m…) The corresponding values for Z 105mm MC 2,1m (instead of 29cm), for the Z 24-120mm 0,4m at 24mm, but it grows gradually to 2,4m up to the longest focal length for 120mm (which regularly allows to focus 0,4m to. For this lens zooming back to 24mm the minimal distance does‘t change again automatically to 40cm. It seems an allowed closest distance to set for the (not wide angel focal length) possible with auto capture limited by the software to the 20x of the particular (not wide angel) focal lens independently of its regular near focus capacity, which is much closer as that for auto capture (as I wrote the individual values for lenses I tested above). How do you think about? I mean, even if auto capture is generally a very good feature, at that point there is a very relevant limitation for wildlife photographer, with potential to improve this issue. I find it interesting, that up to now no reviews mentioned this issue. Even in the manual („addendum“ to firmware 4.0 there is no word about the limitation of the closest didtance, which differs from that, which the particular lens itself allows. Best regards Josef😮
Im sure….you will see us all very soon Ricci - thanks for the video’s your putting out, very informative.
Outstanding! Thank you, Ricci. Loving this update so far.
This is incredible. Wow
Thanks Ricci excellent review, 18 months ago I was so close jumping ship to Sony, so pleased I stayed with the Nikon family, SEE YOU VERY VERY SOON 😁
you a are so qucik by this update information. Bravo
Very informative as always, Ricci. Thank you for making and sharing this video for the Nikon Z9 community. As always, your expertise and honest review are appreciated.
Incredibly sophisticated auto capture implementation options -- well done Nikon!
Wow! This is amazing. That's for the great overview and demonstration. I photograph professional golf, and I can see setting this up to start a burst when the ball reaches the hole, and capture a scene with the golfer's reaction as it goes in or misses. I can photograph a rider on a horse going over a jump and capture every single rider at exactly the right time.
Also glad to have Exposure Delay return. That eliminates the need for a cable release. I've used this a great deal for landscapes in that 1/30 to 2 second range.
Thanks Ricci I’m looking forward to trying these new features out and huge thanks to Nikon for updating our equipment free of charge 😀👍👍
Best V4.0 video out there by far! Thanks Ricci!
I'm so happy Nikon continues to update. Hopefully some day we'll get raw precapture. Thank you for the rundown.
Nailed it again, Ricci. Many thanks.
Great news about auto capture. I've wanted to video the antics of some of my local birds in my bird bath, but didn't have the means. I do now!! 😁
Auto capture seems incredibly powerful!
It did cross my mind as you were describing auto capture that it could have been called 'auto photographer'. Amazing feature.
Excellent explanation. Thanks Ricci.
Exposure Delay, Shutter Sounds, Eye Switching - MUST have in the Z8! 🙂👏🏻
Thanks Ricci!
Very helpful information! Thanks
Great run through on a serious impressive update. Cheers bud!
That’s incredible, so much more flexible than an ultrasonic sensor 👌🏻
As always - excellent video, with features and functions masterfully explained. Looking forward to giving Auto Capture a try.
'And I'm sure I will see you all VERY soon', he said at the end of the video....😎
Oh, something new is coming, I'm 100% sure. Just look at his face at 22:08. But what will it be? The long overdue 200-600? Maybe a DX pro body? A Df 📷perhaps?
Keep those eyeballs peeled folks!
I can’t wait to see you very soon Ricci 🤩
Thank you for a great video. I know this is coming to my new Z8!!!! Hummingbirds watch out!
Wow - that’s a lot! Thanks for putting this together.
Great stuff. Always look for your vid first. :)
Wow!
Have always been a Nikon fan and this is only one example of why.
All those added features (there have been many. We are at 4.0 now) make the Z9 even better as it probably was already.
Would love to see the Auto Capture also in cameras like the D850...
Great INFO Z9 shooters !
Thanks Ricci, I'm excited!
Ahahahah the teasing Ricci ;)
Thank you for those explanations,
Well, I'm sure I see you veeeeerry soon ;)
Thanks Ricci, great to have exposure delay back! Great informative video as usual. Wished they put Aeroplane mode in this update.
Wow! This a a great surprise!
Very helpful, Ricci. Thanks!
always lovely to get a substantial FU like this
Yes for adding exposure delay mode again. Use it all the time
Hello Ricci, Thanks for the great info.
Awesome as always !!
Hahaha! Just before seeing this video I had just watched a video on auto capture by Digitutor but there was no mention of a new firmware update, so I was chastising myself for not having seen this in my menu and that I should fully now read the manual!😂😂😂 Ricci you are King!👏🏾👍🏾🙏🏾
Hopefully they bring these updates to the Z8
excellent. thank you for this.
Great stuff
Thanks for the run throughs Ricci!
Very well done Nikon and well done Ricci, clear, easy to understand accurate information as is your hallmark, Cheers Ricci much appreciated! 👏👍😀 Ps no “exposure delay mode” was a weird omission, thankfully it’s been added, I reckon lots of users will be delighted by that single improvement! 😀
Setting shutter' sound as type E may be result explosive!
Thanks for this very informative video.
Thanks mate! Great video as always ;)
Thanks, great information...one thing, I did not see if you mentioned what the size number equates to...is 1 small and 5 big? thanks
About the shutter sounds: I'm missing the FM2 sound (specially for long exposures 🙂)
Amazing news wow on the features...however it does mess up my priority to buy the Z8 some excellent new features on the Z9. Considering the financial commitment in buying these cameras would be nice to know if I get the Z8 I will get those new features eventually or if not maybe the Z9 has become the better camera for me even though I wanted a mini Z9 ie the Z8. Thanks for keeping us up to date.
Some really solid changes there. Will be interesting to see how many of these flow down to the Z8. I think all Z cameras should default to Type E camera sounds (ouch). ;-)
Thank you
Good news on the shutter delay. I hope this gets into the next Z8 update
Ricci, Thank you.
I hoped you would have discussed exposure delay mode...
For me the come back of the DLY i s the Best improvement. Hopefully the also add it to the Z8.
Hi Ricci, Thank you very much for the detailed explanations. It's cool what Nikon delivers. 👍🙂🙂
Is there still the display/viewer black-out for longer exposure times (between 1/8 ..1s) ??? 🥴
Nice to sea that they re-integrated exposure delay 🙂
So the HEIF from Z8 is coming later?
We need Exposure Delay in the Z8 as well. This is an essential feature for us Landscape Photographers. I already miss this in my Z8 and use it all the time in my D850.
Up to now I have used Snapbridge to trigger my Z9 with my phone if the button press is a concern, it's a simple solution that takes seconds to implement.
Very pleased with what they have given us, however I am still holding out for pre capture in raw even if at 10FPS and HE compressed. Could they not give us pre capture in HEIC?
Did I miss some settings or bracketing still only allows for 3 and 5 shots?
That is such a miss for me... I often shoot 2-shot bracketing on my z7ii ("normal" exposure and one extra -3ev exposure to retain hotspots).
With the z9 and z8 i always have to take a useless long exposure, which takes a long time too, since it only has 3 and 5 steps.
Thanks for the video. I will be using it to capture birds in the desert behind my home (Arizona, USA). I am wondering if the camera’s response is fast enough to capture lightening, either air to ground or cloud to cloud? Currently I just just set the camera to fire a few hundred times sighted on a particular area. Well maybe not that many shots but when reviewing the take later it seems like that many.
The Canon R5 has something called, “face priority ttl” which reads the exposure off the portrait when using ttl flash. It’s great as it separates the exposure from the background and gives better consistency on the model. TTL works fine on the Z9 but when I want add more flashes say a rim light the ttl might get confused, often overexposing the face. I’m having to go all manual most of the time to overcome this and when I’m on an outside shoot doing different locations it becomes a chore. Is there a chance this feature can be added in a future update? I’m very jealous of my R5 buddies right now!
The Exposure Delay I miss the most with the Z8 - will Nikon bring it back there, too?
I can use the intervall timer as a work around, but it is not stored in the bank and uses a different start button.
Thanks for this review 🫡
Is there any place on the internet where I can submit requests regarding firmware functionality? I'm specifically interested in adding a 3x4 aspect ratio. It was available on the D850, and I used it every time I did photo shoots for print magazines or intentionally framed for platforms like Instagram. Currently, the options are 1x1 and 16x9. Adding 3x4 shouldn't be a huge problem, I believe :) I know that you can set guidelines for a 3x4 aspect ratio, but full-frame framing was definitely more convenient.
@Nemat Eynullayev Yes. You are correct 👍🏻
Thank you Ricci for this video. My problem is that I only get it to work in video mode, not photographique mode. What do I do wrong, tried several different FF lenses. Great regards Robbie Nijman.
Ricci, I may have asked this before, but I've not heard anyone give a good answer. I'm grateful that Nikon added in Exposure delay - as many have been asking for - but why on Earth have they not added live Zebras for stills. If there was some reason it couldn't be added to show on the screen, okay, but it's there in video mode. What gives? That would be so nice to go manual ISO instead of AUTO ISO especially if Nikon allowed the adjustments to ISO ceiling to match RAW as in the Sony A1. Have you asked about this feature with anyone from Nikon?
"I will see you, very soon" wink. Sounds like a "I've been using X for a month..."
Mmmmm...
Thank you very much!
Thank you Ricci for the great, as always, overview. I tried the Auto-Capture with the 8 Z 800mm pf lens and the distance's Near value can be only dialed to 16m at the minimum distance . why can't I choose closer distances ? Is there a way to change it ?
Thanks - very soon sounds good ;-)
I tried the setup today with 500mm/5.6 PF but the AF-C does not start automatically so I had to focus manually after I pressed the video button. It happened the same way with my Z 100-400mm S lens unless I set the distance. Your help is appreciated. Thank you for sharing.
I was a little puzzled about the section on exposure delay- mainly the comment that it wasn't present or went away.
Is this different from choosing the delay option that's available in the FPS menu? That option has been on my Z9 since purchase in october 22. If these are two different functions, can someone explain the differences to me? Please and thank you!
Do you think the new mode could be used as a trigger to photograph lightning?
AUTOCAPTURE for long telephoto lenses, how does the autofocus work? because of the shallow depth of field, would it be able to focus and take pictures in time for fast moving across the frame subjects? it have to be prefocused? would it mantain 3d tracking or other modes? if the subject is a lot out of focus because of the DOF of the long telephoto lens, 400, 600 or 800, will it recognizeit and shoot it? Thanks
D and E sounds are absolutely silly lol. B sounds pretty good though!
my original reaction when I first heard E was interesting 🤣
@@RicciTalks it’s almost painful through my head phones lmfao good content my friend 👌
Thanks Ricci! 1 question: I am missing the point of the 300 s with pre release... what does it change? I was actually hoping to rather see raw support for the pre release function ... cheers
Previous if you activated pre release capture but didn’t actually fire
pre release capture would force you to stop after 30 seconds (you would have to let go of AF )
Now pre release capture will run for up to 300 seconds before you actually press the shutter button. When you do it will then store the previous 1 second.
Let’s say ur waiting for a bird to fly off a perch and that bird doesn’t move with the old FW you could only wait for 30 second with the new FW you can wait for 300 seconds
Thanks for clarifying 👍
I would love to have this feature on my Z6.
Did I miss a part about the camera going to sleep and kicking back on? Leaving it for four hours is fun but do you have to turn off the sleep function?
I really don’t know if the camera in auto capture also does aoutofocus or just triggers with a predifined distance? Also I would like to know if it’s important where the focus point is. Thanks for your explanations Ricci. Great content
"I´ll see you all very soon.... " How soon? IS THE 180 600 ARRIVING???? :P
Thanks. Any changes to how the Z9 accepts third party batteries? Curious to know after seeing multiple reports that the Z8 won’t accept third party batteries whereas my Z9 and Z 6II got along well with them.
Thank you for your review of Firm 4 - can you change the distance meter to go from meters to feet and inches?
Exposure delay mode is essentially a self-timer. Honestly, I wasn't even aware that the Z9 (or Z8) lacked that.
I was shocked when I heard it didnt have it.. apparently Z9 owners have been moaning about it for a while.
But it’s not they are different
@@RicciTalks How so…?
Not at all, it will analyze the scene and only trigger when certain events occur and will continue capturing images as long as these events do occur if my understanding is correct
@@bernardlanguillier7970 I think you're confusing auto capture with exposure delay and self-timer. The latter two are similar, but exposure delay, I believe, locks in settings so that things like your aperture won't shift at the instant the shutter trips, whereas the self-timer only makes final calculations at the instant exposure is made. They're really the same functionality, just with different parameters attached. Auto capture is a whole different thing.
Great explanation. I have been using Auto Capture for several days. The camera is set up in the shade with the target area in full sun. I noticed that when I change the battery after 4 hours that the camera is warm to the touch. Is that normal? The Auto temperature cutout is set to Standard.
Hi Ricci, excellent - thanks. Great firmware upgrade... but, does 300 secs pre-capture work with back-button focus or just half-press on the shutter ?
Ricci, when using auto capture, the distance is shown only in meters. I changed the distance units to feet in the setup menu, but it had no effect on the Auto Capture distance Near of Far. The distance in the viewfinder for the lens is set appropriately.
Thoughts?