{"id":52316,"date":"2022-08-21T23:02:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T23:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-nikon-z9s-pre-release-feature-makes-lightning-triggers-obsolete\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T23:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T23:02:40","slug":"the-nikon-z9s-pre-release-feature-makes-lightning-triggers-obsolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-nikon-z9s-pre-release-feature-makes-lightning-triggers-obsolete\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nikon Z9’s ‘Pre-Release’ Feature Makes Lightning Triggers Obsolete"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’ve ever tried to photograph lightning during the daytime, you know it’s almost impossible. By the time you press the shutter button, it’s gone. That’s why lightning triggers, while no guarantee of success, exist. But the addition of the new \u201cPre-release\u201d feature in the Nikon Z9 mirrorless camera now makes those triggers obsolete. It guarantees success, as I found out last week.<\/p>\n
Over the last half-dozen years I’ve been running small-group photography trips to places around the United States. Sedona, Arizona, with many great locations nearby, moderate summer weather, and a good chance for storms has been high on my list of \u201cneed to do a workshop there.\u201d Last week I finally did, and it was as good as I’d hoped. But it was the thunderstorm we watched Thursday evening that resulted in a new \u201cAha!\u201d moment for me. <\/p>\n
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Among the many features added to the Nikon Z9 with the release of firmware 2.0, \u201cPre-release\u201d was an eye-opener for action photographers. It allows you to wait until you see the action, then press the shutter button and capture the moments before<\/em> you pressed. It really changes how you work, but it wasn’t until I was on my way to Sedona, and thinking about the possibility of lightning, that I realized I could take advantage of Pre-release for that. <\/p>\n While we had some lightning the first night, while I was running a low-level lighting demonstration, capturing lightning during a time exposure is pretty easy. It wasn’t until a couple of days later that we had lightning during daylight. That’s a lot tougher to shoot.<\/p>\n