Auto Capture - Nikon Z9 - Watch This First!

[@RJP001]

Thank you for sharing. I haven't received my Z9 yet but wanted to explore this feature before it arrives. I thought Auto Capture would be a good choice for shooting sports, in particular volleyball. I'm hoping the Z9 will focus on a player on the opposite side of the volleyball net when I'm sitting on the rear floor area. I'm currently using a D5 that works pretty good but I have to focus on the player's kneepads or feet as the camera struggle mightily attempting to focus through the net. The net is a real challenge to say the least.

[@simonbooker]

Great video Joseph, its a wonderful utility for wildlife but .... thanks for the tech info on the 1-5 ratings :-) your vid is a real time saver for me even though a ninja of "trial & error" , you just saved me another 2 hours and 100 frames of binary chopping!

[@ShutterSpeak]

Thank you for watching!

[@NikCan66]

Another excellent video

[@stevebetts100]

Thanks for posting this, Joseph. Very helpful. I've had my successes and frustrations with auto capture also. I've captured some amazing shots, but also thousands of shots I need to delete. I'm photographing birds at the bird feeder in my yard. I find that motion only triggers too many false positives, but subject detection and distance are too restrictive. I'm also having trouble with the camera focusing on the bird feeder rather than the approaching birds, even in subject detection mode. I continue to tweak the settings and I'll let you know what I learn.

[@ShutterSpeak]

Thank you for watching. Let us know if you find the right formula

[@NikCan66]

Excellent yet again

[@PeterDolphin472]

Thanks, a good video explaining how to use it. I am on firmware 4.10 and I am surprised no bird only subject detection in auto capture which is now in auto focus. As it was fiddly setting it up for my bird feeder I wanted to save everything in a preset but I cannot see how to pre set and save, the online manual does not say how to do this. As far as I can see it adds your last settings automatically but you cannot control it by saying save these settings to preset X. Update: I think I have figured out pre set, at the start choose which preset to save this session in.

[@victorlim5077]

Great video, Joseph. I wonder if the motion setting can trigger capture during a lightning strike. Would be a amazing lightning trigger if so.

[@ShutterSpeak]

Makes sense that it could - give it a try but from a safe place!

[@ronaldmoravec2692]

Great stuff. Been doing this 60+ years. This has so much it confuses me and I will never learn to use it effectively or change it in the field. Sticking with Z6 & 7 and Leica M cameras

[@ShutterSpeak]

It's not too bad as long as you have time to test - it could get some great shots... or fill up a memory card.

[@lindaitken3321]

In your domo, you walked toward the camera. Does this still work when the subject is walking across the frame?

[@spokesdog9958]

Thank you. The auto capture menu does not seem to be intuitive so appreciate your video

[@drasitkumarmandal7431]

Excellent

[@ambrosechiu2338]

thanks Jo 😊

[@vincentjansen461]

Very interesting. I see you can set the distance to 0.4 meters or somehing like that. The closest distance I can use is 2 meters. Can you explain this?

[@howardwinkler3997]

Need Help with Nikon Auto Capture At the Target Area option ... the AREA box is greyed out. I have checked A8 in Custom Settings, Auto-Area AF is checked. I have tried UNchecking everything else ... still N/G. I don't know what else to look for.

[@19Photographer76]

So, when you had it set to Distance, it kept taking images. Was the aperture set closed enough that something was in focus? What do you use to mount your field monitor to a tripod leg?

[@ShutterSpeak]

There really seemed to be no reason for it to take photos when in distance, I honestly can only think that perhaps there wasn't enough contrast for it to correctly determine the distance but nothing in the scene changed so there should have been no trigger, as for the monitor... amzn.to/3XeNQp7

[@19Photographer76]

@@ShutterSpeak Thanks

[@joseftimar5087]

Hi! Thank you for your review, I have a question, which lens you have used an which is the minimal distance, which can be selected in auto capture with it. I tried 800mm f6.3, the minimal distance to set has been 16(!)m in auto capture (for regular use, not with auto capture 5m), after attaching TC 2,0x you get a minimal focus distance 32m, with 105mm f2.8 MC 2,1m (regular 29cm), with 24-120mm about 40cm at 24mm,, 2,4m at 120mm, if you turn the zoom ring, the distance grows automatically, but turning the zoom ring back, reduces the distance not again.I used for the selection of the minimal distance not the autofocus. Thank you for your answer in advance! Josef

[@ShutterSpeak]

I was testing with the 24-70 f/4.0

[@joseftimar5087]

Thank you Joseph, is your experience about the minimal distances for Auto Capture corresponding with that of my findings?

[@howardwinkler3997]

Never mind, I has an incorrect Area Mode selected. Nikon suggests that every time a change is made, check to be sure all is working as you thought it would. I think this option needs some simplification. I think Nikon should show us a starting point - one where all of the choices work.

[@ShutterSpeak]

It is a great tool but also can be a great deal of frustration that goes along with it. Maybe some updates in the future will help.