Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
I've noticed that over the past 6 months I've had better and more accurate results using the animal setting while photographing birds when shooting the Nikon Z9 and Z8 cameras with a wide variety of birds. Here I show the issue recorded through the viewfinder and you can clearly see how the animal setting does a much better job tracking the bird's head and eye especially with smaller in frame subjects.
I've noticed that over the past 6 months I've had better and more accurate results using the animal setting while photographing birds when shooting the Nikon Z9 and Z8 cameras with a wide variety of birds. Here I show the issue recorded through the viewfinder and you can clearly see how the animal setting does a much better job tracking the bird's head and eye especially with smaller in frame subjects.
