Recall Shooting Functions (hold)
The Recall Shooting Functions option on the Nikon Z8 camera is such a good idea by Nikon, it allows the user to switch from their current camera settings to completely new settings at the touch of a button. When I'm photographing butterflies along the river bank and a pair of squacco herons suddenly flies overhead, I can instantly switch to the camera settings needed to get the best shot of them. When they've gone, I press the button again and I'm back where I started from, absolutely brilliant!!
From this-to-this at the touch of a button!!
Whatever the settings are on your Z8 while you’re taking photos, when you press the Recall button they will immediately change to the defaults you have set up. A second press of the button will revert the camera to the original settings.
This is how to set the 'Recall Shooting Functions' on your Nikon Z8 camera:
Open the camera's MENU
Choose CUSTOM SETTINGS MENU
Go into the menu item CONTROLS
Go to item f2 - Custom controls (shooting)
Select a camera button to set up the Recall Shooting Function on (I use the Fn2 button as it's perfectly positioned for me to use quickly)
Scroll to the Recall shooting functions (hold) option
Set up the settings to suit your shooting requirements
My settings for quick Bird photos are:
Shooting mode - M (manual)
Shutter speed - 1/2500
Aperture - f2.8
Exposure compensation - OFF
ISO sensitivity settings - Auto (sensitivity 64, Max 2500)
Metering - [o] (Centre-weighted)
White balance - OFF
Area mode - [3D]
AF subject detection options - 🐦⬛ (Bird)
Focus tracking with lock-on -
Blocked Shot AF response, the camera will track and focus on objects at the same distance as your subject. High values (4-5) make the camera slow to refocus when the shot is blocked. Low values (1-2) make the camera quickly refocus on new subjects passing in front of the camera. I use setting 2
Subject motion, birds in flight are rarely steady so the Erratic setting works best.
Release mode - High/10fps
Select DONE to save your settings (Don’t choose Save Current Settings as that only saves the current settings on your camera)
All you have to do now is go take photos, it's like having two cameras with you. Great job Nikon 👏👏👏
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