Bennvdm
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There is new official nikon z9/z8 settings guide- wildlife edition, but this is not the guide you have been looking for.
Luckily we know where to get our wildlife settings guide from
Manuals, near the bottom for Z8
Direct link at time of posting
https://download.nikonimglib.com/archive6/jsNgx001E7HK063uyaG39rhhoL57/Z9Z8_TG_Wildlife_(En)01.pdf
It does not contain any useful info to me and lots of settings that make no sense. Half is marketing for recommended wildlife lenses, but does not even do the lenses justice.
Ie Aperture priority mode with auto iso with max of 2000iso and fast shutter speeds is a sure way of ensuring under exposed images.
For medium game like lions etc, it recommends dynamic small afs area mode with animal subject detection on. Subject detection does not work in dynamic and single point af mode.
It does not even say that should be AF-C mode when static subjects start to move under basic camera settings…
Luckily we know where to get our wildlife settings guide from
Manuals, near the bottom for Z8
Direct link at time of posting
https://download.nikonimglib.com/archive6/jsNgx001E7HK063uyaG39rhhoL57/Z9Z8_TG_Wildlife_(En)01.pdf
It does not contain any useful info to me and lots of settings that make no sense. Half is marketing for recommended wildlife lenses, but does not even do the lenses justice.
Ie Aperture priority mode with auto iso with max of 2000iso and fast shutter speeds is a sure way of ensuring under exposed images.
For medium game like lions etc, it recommends dynamic small afs area mode with animal subject detection on. Subject detection does not work in dynamic and single point af mode.
It does not even say that should be AF-C mode when static subjects start to move under basic camera settings…
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