Pre Release Capture with the Nikon Z8 | Bird Photography Made Easy!

[@stupest]

Very clear explanation of how to set this up.

[@musiqueetmontagne]

Excellent, concise real life explanation of using this amazing pre capture software. Thanks for uploading.

[@bob-cat]

Gutter nests also common here in Florida with the notorious Carolina Wren with tragic consequences. Also in vehicle engine compartments if parked too long in the spring. Z8 on my wish list, will come back to this video when I get one.

[@Blinsaff]

Wow, never heard of birds nesting in engine compartments. Probably quite cozy and safe I guess. Thanks for watching!

[@paulverma9770]

Hi @blinsaff. Thanks for the pre capture demo, which I watched with interest as a new Z8 shooter in Melbourne.

[@Blinsaff]

Oh nice, you need to give it a try! Thanks for watching

[@NicolasAlexanderOtto]

Hm, I stopped at jpg only.

[@iamkcchan]

Hi, thx for your demonstration. May I know what tripod and gimbal head you were using in this video? Are they good? Hope you can make a review on that. Thank you.

[@Blinsaff]

thanks for watching. Sure - the tripod is a Benro Mach 3 carbon fibre tripod and the gimbal head is the Benro GH5C Carbon Fiber Gimbal head. Both are quite good and very light.

[@captinktm]

Great video boss straightforward explanation. But I already have far to many shots to wade through at 9 fps. I also recon I could and do get these shots with a prehistoric 850. But my images will of course be raw and at least of equal quality (some say better). The method I use is two eyes open. So the shot is set up and I then go to live view silent mode. Then I use a trigger release and a good old saying from my army days "watch and shoot" Yes on occasions I miss the first shot but hey we have to have something to come back for next time. If I set it to mode 2 I can get 30 fps jpeg! I guess the advantage of the Z9 and 8 is the focusing?

[@Blinsaff]

Cheers! Advantage of the Z8/9 is the focus and no blackout of the viewfinder when shooting at high speeds. But in the end it’s whatever works and lets you get the shot, even if it’s with “vintage” tech!

[@captinktm]

@@Blinsaff You are absolutely spot on, and sooner or later I will take the plunge and get the Z9 just for the focus system.

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

Combine that with auto capture and you could just take a nap while it makes great shots :)

[@Blinsaff]

haha that would be dream

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

@@Blinsaff u can do it with the Z8 :)

[@beegee2234]

If one uses back button focus will this still work?

[@Blinsaff]

Yes, it works exactly the same. 🙂

[@architecture_logs]

Sony wannabe

[@2008kgv]

Canon offers in Raw mode . Why Nikon can’t offer.

[@bhargavrajyaguru6887]

Even though canon is slower still they're offering in RAW

[@pokharel_puru]

auto capture is better for your situation

[@VeronicaDeBruin-hq5yb]

excellent...what kind of tripod do you use?

[@Blinsaff]

@@VeronicaDeBruin-hq5yb Benro carbon fibre mach 3

[@beegee2234]

Thank you!

[@57sapke]

Great video, I wonder what memory card you use. At this moment I use a CF express type B extreme pro 256GB Sandisk card and if I take 20fps raw lossless the buffer starts to stutter within 3 seconds, so I set it now to 12fps and stutter after 8 seconds.

[@Blinsaff]

@@57sapke hmmm. I use a Lexar Professional 128gb CF express card and it handles it pretty well.

[@57sapke]

@@Blinsaff Ok, I presume card type B

[@Blinsaff]

@@57sapke yes

[@57sapke]

@@Blinsaff I wonder how many seconds you can shoot in sequence without stutter. I own a Sandisk Extreme Pro CFexpress Type B and when I shoot 20fps raw lossless it's stutter within 3 seconds.

[@Blinsaff]

@@57sapke just did a test. In lossless raw, at 20fps it started to skip at around 12 seconds. At 12fps it went to like 40 seconds. I generally shoot in High Efficiency Star, and at both 20fps and 10fps it doesn’t even bat an eye. Would probably never stop until the battery ran out

[@BigFoot-w4d]

Was this done with Version 2 of Z8? Btw, what the JGP file size of pre capture? Thanks

[@Blinsaff]

This was done with the 1.01 firmware (shot in December last year). Average jpg size for the pre capture shots is around 2.5 MB

[@StevenDavisPhoto]

I didn't realize pre-release doesn't work with RAW :(

[@Blinsaff]

Yeah it’s kind of a bummer. Hopefully firmware can fix it