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

[@TouchLifeStudio]

Very well explained. Lots of detail, easy to follow and great samples of your capture. Keep up with a great work.

[@raysanders332]

Best video about auto capture so far

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

thank u for explaining the size and speed stuff. i was lost too.

[@billboswell4509]

Great explanation and examples. Simple and to the point .

[@icyedge5283]

Great presentation Alan. Look forward to seeing more.

[@Brian-xo3mk]

Fantastic presentation Alan, I now can only hope that Nikon introduces a similar update to my Z8 which is about 3 weeks old.

[@RadAlzyoud]

Nikon USA said that they will update Z8 with Auto-Capture soon.

[@raysanders332]

Mark Cruz states it will be on the Z 8 soon.

[@aarong2374]

well explained! Probably one of the best features for me I've seen in awhile

[@RRRCCCDDD]

Great vid. Thanks. Well done - Love it.

[@amarjeetpanesar4220]

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

[@inverlane1939]

A very informative and well shot video. You have yourself a new subscriber 👍

[@alanyoungphoto]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@victorlim5077]

Amazing!

[@OldGreyGoat01]

That is nuts, in a good way. Nikon is really delivering with their firmware updates. Thanks for sharing this.

[@19Photographer76]

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.

[@georgetran1766]

Excellent tutorial video. Wish you explained a little bit more about the pausing time. Thank you so much for sharing.😍

[@alanyoungphoto]

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]

Can you put a copy of your final menu settings online so we can download it 😊😊😊😊

[@joseftimar5087]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@trojanhman8136]

If you automate it, is it photography?

[@jimwilson6068]

The towel not only protects from bird poop it helps keep the camera cool if it’s in the direct sun.

[@terilapetino6337]

What were your video settings?

[@alanyoungphoto]

For the birds I have the camera set to record in 4k at 120fps, if that is what you are asking!

[@GrahamGphotoParker]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@matthewyoung4363]

How is the battery life while in auto/capture mode?

[@alanyoungphoto]

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.

[@longrider9551]

What's the point if your not taking the photos?

[@nerpaint]

it,s that in jpeg ?

[@alanyoungphoto]

These were straight out of camera to RAW. I converted directly to jpg for the video with no changes.

[@nerpaint]

@@alanyoungphoto aha . ok. tnx :)

[@nerpaint]

the only thing missing is a pre-shutter that has an option for raw ..😁

[@alanyoungphoto]

I really want that too!

[@jdparadigm430]

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]

I’m also hoping to see another update where Pre-Release Capture enables some type of RAW shooting, too.

[@tectoramia-sz1lu]

I see this feature has now been removed from the Z8.

[@alansach8437]

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?

[@RattlesnakeJake-d3u]

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]

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😮

[@RattlesnakeJake-d3u]

How can it be my fault! I did nothing!

[@QbekR]

@@RattlesnakeJake-d3u "When I hit the upload"🤷‍♂️ You uploaded wrong firmware.

[@livejames9374]

@@QbekR why would you assume that? He’s talking about a Zfc firmware most likely.

[@QbekR]

@@livejames9374 ups😁

[@fredlar9421]

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]

Get rid of those starlings!!

[@illusionviper]

I think Sony is the flagship killer maybe

[@genegao6988]

leave it on SF street and see if it needs you or not 😂