My Camera Doesn't Need Me Anymore - NEW Nikon Z9 Firmware 4.0 & Z8 Firmware 2.0

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Alan Young Photography

Alan Young Photography

11 ай бұрын

Yesterday, Nikon released the fourth major firmware update for the Nikon Z9 - version 4.0. One of the most interesting features is 'Auto Capture,' allowing the photographer to turn the Z9 into a powerful motion capture device. In this video, I explore how this can be used for automating backyard birding!
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@raysanders332
@raysanders332 11 ай бұрын
Best video about auto capture so far
@TouchLifeStudio
@TouchLifeStudio 11 ай бұрын
Very well explained. Lots of detail, easy to follow and great samples of your capture. Keep up with a great work.
@amarjeetpanesar4220
@amarjeetpanesar4220 11 ай бұрын
The autonomous capturing worked well , will love to see the 3D focusing too on the subjects moving forward and backwards from the focal plane of branch
@icyedge5283
@icyedge5283 11 ай бұрын
Great presentation Alan. Look forward to seeing more.
@victorlim5077
@victorlim5077 11 ай бұрын
Amazing!
@Brian-xo3mk
@Brian-xo3mk 11 ай бұрын
Fantastic presentation Alan, I now can only hope that Nikon introduces a similar update to my Z8 which is about 3 weeks old.
@RadAlzyoud
@RadAlzyoud 11 ай бұрын
Nikon USA said that they will update Z8 with Auto-Capture soon.
@raysanders332
@raysanders332 11 ай бұрын
Mark Cruz states it will be on the Z 8 soon.
@billboswell4509
@billboswell4509 10 ай бұрын
Great explanation and examples. Simple and to the point .
@aarong2374
@aarong2374 11 ай бұрын
well explained! Probably one of the best features for me I've seen in awhile
@RRRCCCDDD
@RRRCCCDDD 11 ай бұрын
Great vid. Thanks. Well done - Love it.
@OldGreyGoat01
@OldGreyGoat01 11 ай бұрын
That is nuts, in a good way. Nikon is really delivering with their firmware updates. Thanks for sharing this.
@19Photographer76
@19Photographer76 11 ай бұрын
Nicely done! I can't wait to try it at the a shoreline. The Nikon N90 with MF-26 data back was able to capture in a defined spot, not as slick, however.
@inverlane1939
@inverlane1939 11 ай бұрын
A very informative and well shot video. You have yourself a new subscriber 👍
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 11 ай бұрын
Thank you and thanks for watching!
@jimwilson6068
@jimwilson6068 11 ай бұрын
The towel not only protects from bird poop it helps keep the camera cool if it’s in the direct sun.
@georgetran1766
@georgetran1766 11 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial video. Wish you explained a little bit more about the pausing time. Thank you so much for sharing.😍
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! If helpful, this is from the Supplementary Firmware Update Manual: The pause option is "the minimum length of time the camera will wait before beginning shooting again" and it "can be selected using [Wait after shooting], which offers a choice of values of from 0 seconds to 30 minutes." I think, to me, this limitation may especially be helpful if you do not want to fill up your memory card too quickly. I suppose if I wanted to see what animals were dropping by, I'd set it to take a few shots, and then pause for a certain amount of time to preserve battery and card space.
@stephaniediamond9161
@stephaniediamond9161 9 ай бұрын
Can you put a copy of your final menu settings online so we can download it 😊😊😊😊
@jdparadigm430
@jdparadigm430 11 ай бұрын
Really nice presentation. Imagine if Nikon also add auto frame like from Sony’s latest feature, that would be epic. Thank you and hopefully a firmware update for z8 will come much sooner :)
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 11 ай бұрын
I’m also hoping to see another update where Pre-Release Capture enables some type of RAW shooting, too.
@joseftimar5087
@joseftimar5087 10 ай бұрын
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 as Ricci and others) 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
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this very detailed reply! I can't exactly answer your question because I didn't test the distance settings thoroughly, but I did notice that for my 105mm macro that I was limited to around 2.1 meters for the minimum distance, if that helps!
@joseftimar5087
@joseftimar5087 10 ай бұрын
@@alanyoungphoto Thank you, it helps aß far, aß you report the same experience with the Z 105mm, weich I made and it seems to support the impression, that the Otter data I collected with other lenses are in fact correct.
@GrahamGphotoParker
@GrahamGphotoParker 11 ай бұрын
Hi interesting video thank you I have a z9 but only f type lenses. But they dont appear to work. Have you tested any of your f type lenses and which ones work?
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 11 ай бұрын
They will work with Auto Capture, but you won’t be able to use the Distance Parameter. Motion and Subject detection will still work just fine, and all of the footage in my video was captured without using the distance parameter (my lens was too close).
@GrahamGphotoParker
@GrahamGphotoParker 11 ай бұрын
@@alanyoungphoto thanks so much for the quick reply. Distance doesn’t worry me thankfully. But I have tested it with 3 of my f type lenses and when I press the start the rear screen goes blank. I have reached out to Nikon but they haven’t come back to me yet.
@trojanhman8136
@trojanhman8136 11 ай бұрын
If you automate it, is it photography?
@tectoramia-sz1lu
@tectoramia-sz1lu 10 ай бұрын
I see this feature has now been removed from the Z8.
@longrider9551
@longrider9551 10 ай бұрын
What's the point if your not taking the photos?
@matthewyoung4363
@matthewyoung4363 11 ай бұрын
How is the battery life while in auto/capture mode?
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 11 ай бұрын
Better with photo than video. I have two batteries and I was swapping them out every 2-3 hours. That said, I didn’t test battery thoroughly.
@terilapetino6337
@terilapetino6337 10 ай бұрын
What were your video settings?
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 10 ай бұрын
For the birds I have the camera set to record in 4k at 120fps, if that is what you are asking!
@nerpaint
@nerpaint 11 ай бұрын
it,s that in jpeg ?
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 11 ай бұрын
These were straight out of camera to RAW. I converted directly to jpg for the video with no changes.
@nerpaint
@nerpaint 11 ай бұрын
@@alanyoungphoto aha . ok. tnx :)
@nerpaint
@nerpaint 11 ай бұрын
the only thing missing is a pre-shutter that has an option for raw ..😁
@alanyoungphoto
@alanyoungphoto 10 ай бұрын
I really want that too!
@fredlar9421
@fredlar9421 11 ай бұрын
It's so difficult for a Japanese camera maker to do the tiny trick and even release it as a major update. All these kinds of things are simply a third party app if the camera is running on a true OS.
@malcolmstephens9999
@malcolmstephens9999 11 ай бұрын
Get rid of those starlings!!
@alansach8437
@alansach8437 11 ай бұрын
I was joking the other day with a friend. "Soon," I said, "cameras won't need us at all! Ai will do everything. We will just program them, and send them out on a drone, while we get fat and lazy watching Gilligan's Island reruns and munching bon bons!" Maybe it wasn't a joke?
@user-vo4kh4qt4m
@user-vo4kh4qt4m 11 ай бұрын
Caution! I recently downloaded firmware for the Zfc from Nikon. When I hit the upload, the camera shut itself down and would not restart. Nikon support told me it would have to be sent to a service center. I mailed it, at my expense. After a week, I got an estimate for repair. Almost $ 300.00. This camera was just over one year old, purchased directly from Nikon and had less than 1,000 actuations. The camera worked perfectly until I tried to upload the firmware. Note - I own over two dozen Nikon cameras including four Z series and I am very familiar with the update procedure. Has anyone else had this problem? Got the camera back. They had to replace the Main PCB. Less than 1,000 clicks and worked perfectly until I tried to update.
@QbekR
@QbekR 11 ай бұрын
I'm sorry but it is your fault. But from other way Nikon should fix firmware files to check if firmware is appropriate to body that is gone be updated😮
@user-vo4kh4qt4m
@user-vo4kh4qt4m 11 ай бұрын
How can it be my fault! I did nothing!
@QbekR
@QbekR 11 ай бұрын
@@user-vo4kh4qt4m "When I hit the upload"🤷‍♂️ You uploaded wrong firmware.
@livejames9374
@livejames9374 11 ай бұрын
@@QbekR why would you assume that? He’s talking about a Zfc firmware most likely.
@QbekR
@QbekR 11 ай бұрын
@@livejames9374 ups😁
@illusionviper
@illusionviper 8 ай бұрын
I think Sony is the flagship killer maybe
@genegao6988
@genegao6988 11 ай бұрын
leave it on SF street and see if it needs you or not 😂
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