Hey everyone! I hope you find this detailed walkthrough useful I did try and cut as much out as possible 🤣 but I felt there was just a lot of good stuff to talk about ! If you have any questions let me know Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video Ricci. Is it possible to customize the Wide-L box in such a way that the box covers the whole frame or are there any limits in terms of how big the box can get?
Hi Ricci, Thanks for all your great content. Can you please let us know the 20 fps lossess RAW buffer limit with the new angelbird 160gb cards...ie is it comparable to the 81 frames of the delkin black? Thanks again
Thank you, Ricci, and thank you, Nikon! Still waiting on my Z9, but regardless, this is all good news, and confirms what many of us thought at launch, which is that Nikon built this camera looking into the future, and there's still more to come. Excellent! :)
I was going to write about my wish of slow shutter speeds, by the end of the video it's already there! Now I can't wait & hoping to see this one & at least some new AF options upgrades for my Z6ii.
Hello Ricci, This look like a fun time. I must say I did my first Show Jumping event with thee Z9, what an amazing camera the Z9 is now. Looking forwards to getting this software. So thank you for this and all your super videos. Keep well, keep safe and enjoying your photography.
Thank you for doing this Ricci - these videos are fantastic and Nikon is just crushing it across social media lately with video updates, having pros with gear videos on launch day etc. Excited for the future!
It’s not too long ago some self proclaimed experts were suggesting Nikon’s days were over, oh how wrong they were 🤣😂🤣 Bring it on Nikon, thanks Ricci 😀👏👍
Thanks Ricci for the great presentation. I am a RAW shooter, and am disappointed with the pre-release doesn’t extend to the C20 Raw. In fact, I was hoping the 20 fps RAW could be increased to 30fps. Perhaps hoping too much. 😄😄 One more thing, it will be great if the timer and frame selection can be brought back in the iMenu like the Z7II. Cheers 🍻
In 2016 Olympus introduced this Pre Capture mode they call it Pro Capture. It came first in the OMD EM1.2 and reviewers love it. If anyone wants to see how this mode works just look for Olympus Pro Capture it seems to be about the same idea. Z9 Wildlife and Sports shooters will really enjoy it.
But Olympus ProCapture can work with RAWs - I don’t want to use JPEGs for wildlife. Surely Nikon could invoke Precapture for slower burst rates - say 15 fps, while shooting RAW?
Thanks Ricci for your comprehensive breakdown here. One concern that I'm increasingly hearing is from sports photographers shooting indoors under certain LED lighting (probably PWM control in particular) are banding issues that Nikon's flicker reduction algorithm is just not eliminating. One person is going as far as suggesting that leaving out the mechanical shutter was little more than cost cutting exercise that other manufacturers will not follow. Nikon need to investigate this ASAP. It would highly damaging to Nikon's reputation if the Z9's replacement resorted to having a mechanical shutter. My gut reaction is this issue that admittedly effects a minority of sports pros can be sorted by a firmware update.
thanks Ricci for excellent as usual work! as a wildlife raw shooter I was so happy about the pre capture - only to be so disappointed its jpeg only. I wouldn't mind to have it in raw even just for shortest durations of say 0.3 or 0.5 pre release. or even only for smaller raw fps option of 10-15 fps (if its a pipeline buffer issue). do you think it might be possible in raw in a future update ?
I agree, or maybe as a compromise, be able to shoot in RAW once the shutter is fully pressed but still have the pre/post capture in 30/120fps jpeg. It's better to get that 'missed' moment in jpg than not at all.
I’m unsure if it will be able to do raw in the future maybe with new faster cards and High efficiency raw Nikon held 8k 60 back to wait for faster cf cards so maybe they are waiting for even faster cf cards for other things
Closing remarks @29:31 - I do not believe in conspiracy theories but this is an excellent example of what a camera company can actually do when it's business managers are NOT trying to protect other models in their product line so as to not cannibalize sales. Nikon also does not have to worry about competing with smartphone technology capabilities. The Z9 is both impressive technically as well as value for the money and equally impressive firmware updates. This is a win-win for both the Nikon company and their customers. Bravo!
Down loaded 1.4 and to be honest seeing some improvements so thanks to Nikon for that. Any chance of a brief walkthrough of those upgrades, I’m happy but am seeing various responses and I think it would be good for both users and Nikon to get a view from an expert in the systems.👍
Wow. I feel slightly dizzy. I can't wait to install the update and play with the new options. I am also stoked about improvements to 3D tracking and other AF performance. Hopefully, Adobe will soon support the new video codecs.
Ricci - @11.22 seconds, you said something that will be a game changer.....I think the best autofocus mechanism in the industry....where using a fairly small autofocus point we pick the subject using AI and then using back button AF transfer it automatically over to 3D autofocus....this is something that another you tuber...Hudson Henry discussed.
Exciting update! I’d love to hear more about the Fast AF-ON function for rack focus. I also wish they will eventually add the option to 3D tracking like they just did for Recall shooting function where once you locked on the subject you don’t need to continuously press the back button to keep tracking.
Thank you for the very detailed breakdown. The pre capture is very promising! I've ordered mine 1st day of announcement (October) but still haven't received it. 😵
Hi Ricci and always thank you for your videos. They are a great source of information. Do you think we will ever see a pre capture RAW option in the Z8-Z9 cameras? Cheers
Thanks Ricci! Looks like a bunch of good stuff to add to the Z9. Just got mine yesterday so learning, adapting, setting it up. Really appreciate your simple, direct approach to your videos, especially explaining complex features. I may have missed it but it seems you said that you were planning on doing a video on your Z9 evf settings. Hope to learn how you have yours setup as a fellow wildlife shooter, a starting point would be great, especially since this is my first mirrorless.
I was so excited for the pre capture, now after knowing its only for JPEGs breaks my heart completely, being a birder JPEGs would be useless for me so does this feature. This could have been a game changer if Nikon would have supported Raw format with it. Thanks a lot Ricci for the detailed information.
Ps it would be interesting if the Z9 could do trap focus, I.e the camera fires when something moves into the focus area! Perhaps if the camera is set to fire only when something is in focus as in a focus release mode!
Excellent video Ricci. Thank you for all of the great information, I can't wait for the new AF features! Cheers! You better have some fast memory cards for Pre capture.
Just out of interest, have a 256GB and 128GB Lexar professional cfexpress type B cards in my Z9 , recorded at 8K 30 so far with no issues. The issue I am having is editing N-RAW in davinci resolve 18 in that the resolution in stepped down to FHD or less while playing then abruptly returns to 4K when paused. Very noticeable pixelation, making tuning image quality into educated guess work. Also if in settings I use crop , the image is displayed as if it were FHD. Maddening. Great video saved a lot of wading through the pdf.
Great stuff from Ricci. Always clear explanations. I do not have such a pro camera, but looking at the back screen of the Z9 I am truly frightened by the wide array of settings available. I’m not sure it’s a winning strategy
What Nikon really needs to do is implement auto focus-box movement - e.g. if my chosen auto-focus area is set to a box on the left (because I am taking photos of a subject looking to the right of frame [subject's left]) and then the subject looks to their right (and so I need to compose to the right so that the subject is looking into the frame), what needs to happen is my chosen auto-focus box needs to shift to the right side of the frame... voila! The perfect focusing system indeed! This could be implemented across the whole of the focusing system and would avoid manually trying to deal with this issue. Of course, the auto-eye and subject recognition in cameras these days is slowly taking out the need for this sort of thing, but it would still be a fantastic option. Think subject recognition with auto-eye focus of a child/person/bird/animal looking left to right rapidly with your composition needing to move rapidly! Anyway, great video Ricci...
Hi Ricci, I don't want to sound like a broken record, so I won't say it this time, but suffice to say I am a Z6ii owner and love the camera.... I have heard that the firmware is very close now. What I wanted to say was, where can we make suggestions (for firmware updates)? Through using the camera (I have taken over 8,000 shots in about 4 months) we get an idea of what we'd like to see and perhaps we don't know whether it is possible to implement, but we don't have anywhere (to my knowledge) we can go to make suggestions. It would be a useful exercise for Nikon, wouldn't it? I mean, I heard about their investors report, Nikon up to 2030, where I am sure they say they want to work closer with content creators... what about a suggestions page?
A question for a future video, is it possible with focus point assignment to FN buttons to essentially set focusing marks like a focus puller would (but autofocus)? Could be especially interesting with the external grip! Essentially: start rolling camera a the first mark, press FN1 and either af-on or use af-f, let it hit, then press FN 2 for another mark and engage af again.
Great update but tell me if nikon will consider 8k 10 bits 4.2.2 instead of 4.2.0 and why not 24p instead of 23.98.Thanks I have 2 Z9.I like all your videos. Thanks
what would have been useful is to have the ability to recall more than one set of functions when two buttons are assigned. wakey wakey Nikon this one was obvious. 😁both lens function buttons are really useful for this.
Thank you! I love the clear, balanced explanation and critique of the features and how you show the navigation. I am still waiting for my Z9 but feel more prepared as a result of your videos.
Hi, thanks for the video update, always look forward to seeing your take on new releases so thank you. I just wondered if we would see any Z II demos for the updated AF features, or is it to minor to discuss? I hope Nikon have fixed the back focus issue, as it sometimes drives me round the bend. Thanks again
@@RicciTalks I was reading about TicoRaw/N-Raw flexibilities. they have mentioned its capable to have compression ratio from 16:1 to 2:1 and looking at data rate of 12:1 B-Raw which is kinda similar to N-Raw its technically possible to run 12:1 and 16:1 compression ratio N-Raw on Z6II/Z7II. i am wondering if Nikon is not going to announce Z6III and Z7III soon can they put N-Raw in Z6II Z7II. because looking at the data rate dual expeed 6 can handle its not impossible to have 12:1 or 16:1 4k N-Raw on both bodies.
@@RicciTalks so do you think a significant firmware update for the z6ii and Z7ii is close to being released ? And what do you expect they might change or improve on that update ? Thanks 🙏🏻
Thanks for this, Ricci. I was so excited to try the N-RAW 8K .... As a Mac and Final Cut user (soon to be M1 when my Studio arrives) I guess I'll have to wait and see if Apple adds support but won't hold my breath. Don't have time to learn DaVinci so I guess it's ProRes for me. That tops out at 4K though, eh? Edit: ah, up to 5.4K. That's pretty good.
I’m also a final cut user but I don’t see me needed to record 8k raw too often 😊 For what it’s worth running davinci though Rosetta seemed nice and smooth even with 8k raw files but yes I’d still love to see native support
BTW, the Resolve 17.4.6 update has supposedly added support for N-RAW on M1 Max processors (native, not Rosetta). Not sure about other Apple silicon processors
Hi Ricci! I wonder if there is Pre-capture option for video recording on Z9 (2.0 software). I use pre-capture for stills and love it, but couldn't find it for video. Thx a lot for your channel!
Your PC does not need to be intel based AMD works everything works fine even if your a Mac user with a M1 chip it works also you have to convert your footage.
Hey Ricci! Love your video - as always very informative. Do you think it’s possible for Nikon to implement 12-bit raw stills in the Z 9? And also to increase the max stills frame rate, given it can do 8k60 at 12 bit? Perhaps in the summer firmware update? 😂
For N-Raw Nikon should have adapted Blackmagic B-Raw. they let you select different compression ratio from 3:1 to 12:1 so for RU-vid videos you can just use 12:1 ratio and for professional projects you can choose 8:1/5:1/3:1. and for Video mode Nikon should adapt BMPCC cameras menu Ui its very clean and easier.
Hi Ricci, I have always appreciated your thorough testing however I have come across a problem with the Z9 and would like you to identify if its an issue with my camera. For my Z9 camera I cannot get 20 fps. 1. Menu Settings, A1 set to focus priority. 2. Af/c mode 3. 20 fps mode. 4. Whilst focusing either back button or shutter button focusing (Settings A6 af activation does not matter) At any Aperture between f6.3 - f22 camera does not get 20 fps and stutters. At any Aperture between f1.8 - f5.6 camera does get 20 fps. When Settings A1 is set to Release priority. Camera can attain 20 fps with no issues. Is this replica-table on your end or is it a fault with my camera. It occurs with z24-70, z85 1.8, Nikon f mount 80-400, nikon 105 f mount 2.8. It does not occur with 2 tamron lenses I have, however they do not have the Linkage aperture lever on the lens (unlike the f mount G lenses that do have it).
Very exciting and will be anxious to see the update. As a wildlife/bird shooter first and foremost, having the ability to customize your focus area was something I liked on the D6. I'm wondering if the wide area AF Large is still as large as you get or if you can go bigger than that? What's really nice too is being able to hold a change you make, as it's quite helpful to move from one mode for a perched bird to another for a bird in flight. Thanks, Ricci for putting this out so soon.
@@RicciTalks Thanks! Hopefully it won't be too hard to figure out. I'm real happy that apparently you can click a function button and not have to hold it down if I got that right in the video, but you can stay in that mode. I do that a lot for birds, wanting Wide Area Large for in flight birds, a smaller area for a perched bird. I'd envision using a larger box if possible too for birds in flight creating another button and one for 3D. But having to hold it down is a challenge.
@@RicciTalks Hi Ricci, is the speed of the AF(either movement and recognition for an eye) the same as in AF Wide L? So maybe it gets slower, due to a wider field it has to cover?!
Dear Nikon, I said it several times: The firmware update I'm most interested in is the possibility to close the shutter on the Z7, Z6,.. cameras while changing the lens. That's presumably just one line of code, so please, just do it and give me the option. Then I finaly can justify the change from my D810.. Oh, and if you could trickle down some of the new features of the Z9 or release a Z8, that would be great.
The case here is that the shutter would be exposed. Do not forget that Z mount is bigger than the rest and also closest to the sensor (or the shutter) and there the danger is bigger. I believe this is the reason that Nikon doesn't add it, because this would mean that more people would need to service their cameras.
This Is never ever going to happen Iv explained this multiple times You absolutely do not want to use your actual shutter as a block the chances of damaging the shutter and adding to shutter wear and tear significantly outweigh any benefit gained by stoping 1 or two bits of dust ! The Z9 does not use a shutter it’s a specifically designed harder guard that drops down to stop dust The other Z cameras do not physically have this option
@@RicciTalks First of all: I truely appreciate your response. If course I already heared your argument several times and I do understand Nikons concerns, I just don't think that the difference to other manufacturers mounts is that big of a difference when it comes to exposure of the shutter. Anyway, if I can't have the closed shutter, how about a speced down Z9 within an Z7? :D
Ricci, are there any bug fixes, such as a fix for the occasional freeze up related to the protective shutter being set to close at powerdown? Thank you very much. I'm still looking forward to getting my Z9 and 100-400.
Thank you Ricci for the Video. 🙂 (and Nikon for the improvements 😊) - have they brought back the d4 Exposure delay mode? (for Astro, Studio, etc) - it would be good to have 5-digit for the image numbering. - Which of the "officially compatible" Cf-Express card are recommended and don't get to hot?
No exposure delay No change to file number either sadly The only “official recommended” cards are the pro grade and nikon CFe cards both of which I don’t use
Watch those Anglebird cards. I have a pair of 512 SE cards. One of them has failed after only a few shoots with my Z9. If I shoot with it, the Z9 EVF glitches while shooting and files aren't recorded reliably.
Hi Ricci, great video! Does RSF (Hold) use the same settings as RSF or can I configure them separately? I'd love to use RSF on a button to slow down my shutter speed (say for a perched bird) and then RSF (hold) to enable/disable subject detection. Would be nice to do all this without it being a choice of one or the other depending on settings banks.
@@RicciTalks I asked this here and on the Nikon Canada video before your quick reply. They replied last night with "Hey Phil, it uses the settings from the regular RSF, so you aren’t able to configure two separate settings. Good idea for the future though!" - so now I have 2 polar opposite answers! As a fellow countryman I guess I'll believe you for now and I'll just have to see on Wednesday! 🤣
Thank you for this video as always a great job. Can you expand a bit on your comment that 3D tracking was improved?, In what way. Also were there any other improvements to existing AF modes?
Nex firmware -> pre shooting -> jpg 30fps , then the actual shooting RAW 20fps -> after scene capture 30fps jpg , must be possible don't you thing? JPG fine is 22Mb , RAW He ( not star) also 22Mb , so the 30 fps could be bumped up the next "round" , who will know? Wait and see.. it is all awesome , very impressive camera
Hey Ricci, great video as always. How much is the bitrate difference between N-Raw and Prores Raw? Is Prores Raw much larger than N-Raw and is that the reason that it's not available for 4K 120 and 8K resolutions?
Hi Ricci--- It appears that in the final 2.00 you cannot change the size of W-C1 and W-C2 from the i menu. You have to go to the Photo Shooting Menu > AF-area mode and configure it from there. I don't see the new middle "OK" option to change the size of the AF area. I still only have i return and OK. Am I missing something? Seems to be an issue if you have the EVF set to Priority Mode. In the other modes you can access the W-C1 and W-C2 from the i menu on the back screen. You can see and jump to the size change via the EVF in Priority mode. Weird.
Just updated this and have been finding bugs - seems like the number of options for the i-menu have been reduced? For example, I can no longer have 'release mode' in the i-menu, which is really annoying...
Wow, what a rollercoaster of emotions for my morning train journey! We're finally getting a pre-capture feature - yass, totally awesome! (I think I chuckled a bit out loud - people looked) Definitely a stand-out feature of the OM system and something that'll be very welcome on my Z9... except it's only for the 30/120 fps jpeg modes - booo!! I will definitely try it out and probably use it, but if it was available in the RAW mode I'd probably use it a lot more of the time because I wouldn't have to change anything to activate it. Any ideas why this restriction is there? I imagine the high speed jpeg modes might actually be something more like video and frame extraction in terms of the processing pipeline, so different to the RAW process. Anyway, I really hope that this is a road that Nikon decide to continue along and maybe add pre-capture for RAW shooting in the Z9 at a later date or perhaps in a future camera body...
Guess the restriction is because of buffer space available (has to fit 2 seconds or more of images). Still, if you can do it with JPEGs at 30fps, it should be possible with RAWs at 20fps, with compression set to max. Would be nice if it got added later as a third high speed mode (C20).
Hi Ricci, thanks for your videos. I don’t have a Z9 yet but I just want to have an idea. What’s the recording limit for 4k 120p in N-Log with the Angelbird 512gb? Thank you!
Thanks for the info. Shame about pre capture being jpeg only as that limits it to a very niche set of shooters. Can’t see wildlife people using it as they pretty much shoot raw. Still a nice update though.
Hey Ricci, thanks for the presentation. - Hey Nikon: Kinda ridiculous to make it not downloadable at presentation date, specially because you messed up the Easter present to the world and by today, April 14th busting my personal birthday present 😵💫. Pre capture is cool, I know it from the Olympus OM-D EM1 Mk 3, this will boost birds in flight photography, never miss the start of a bird. Disappointed like Ricci it's not working with NEF, the Olympus can do it in ORF (the Olympus RAW format).
