DESCRIPTION
Nikon Z30 Mirrorless Camera: Creator Ready
The Nikon Z30 is a purpose-built mirrorless camera that is small, networked, and targeted toward artists. It is best for vloggers and live streams. With 4K video recording, a sizable 20.9MP DX-format sensor, and Nikon's exceptional image quality, the Z30 combines these features with a unique feature set and design to enhance your content and accompany you on daily excursions.
4K Video Recording and Sensor Design
The camera's main component is a DX-format 20.9MP CMOS sensor, which not only meets the needs of video production but also transforms the Z30 into a powerful stills camera.
- UHD 4K recording up to 30p is supported for crisp, high-resolution video needs. Full HD 120p recording is available, too, for slow-motion playback.
- Continuous recording for up to 2 hours 15 minutes is possible for documenting events or any other situation that requires longer continuous takes.
- Live streaming is possible at up to Full HD 60p or 4K 30p, and the Z30 is compatible with a variety of web conferencing apps, meaning it can easily function as a high-quality webcam, too.
- For longer takes, streaming, and other instances where you need constant power, the Z30 can be powered via the USB Type-C port.
Photo Capabilities
- Versatile 20.9MP resolution suits stills needs, too, and means the Z30 is a perfect tool for capturing stills during productions or for photographing higher-resolution thumbnails and promotional images.
- The large DX-format sensor benefits working in low-light conditions by producing imagery with low noise, high clarity, and a useful sensitivity range from ISO 100-51200, or up to ISO 25600 when recording video.
- For photographing fast-moving action, a top continuous shooting speed up to 11 fps is available.
- Merging stills and video, in-camera time-lapse production is possible.
- Built-in presets and filters can also be used to refine your photos and videos straight from the camera.
Vlogging Essentials
The Z30 is a smartphone designed specifically for vlogging and content creation and includes a number of practical features for creators:
- Compact body design incorporates a 3.0" 1.04m-dot free-angle LCD screen. This positionable screen can face forward for accurate selfie compositions and can close inward to protect the screen from scratches and fingerprints when not in use.
- Selfie-style controls permit changing the focus position and exposure, as well as setting the self-timer, via the touchscreen when the screen is facing forward.
- Front red tally lamp clearly indicates when the camera is recording.
- Special attention is given to audio recording with the inclusion of a top stereo microphone along with the inclusion of a 3.5mm external microphone port for working with an optional mic. Also, there is an optional dedicated Wind Muff to cut wind noise and improve quality when using the onboard mic.
- Steady your handheld videos using the digital e-VR image stabilization, which helps to reduce unwanted wobbles and shakes while recording.
Fast, Reliable Autofocus
Hybrid autofocus system uses both phase-detection and contrast-detection methods to quickly and accurately acquire focus for both stills and video applications.
- Eye Detection AF uses facial recognition to help lock focus onto subjects' eyes.
- Face and eye tracking can recognize people, dogs, and cats, and can lock onto these subjects and track focus as they move around the scene.
- Ideal for product close-ups, the AF system quickly and naturally shifts focus as you hold something up to the camera and then re-shifts focus to the subject as the product is moved away.
Connectivity and Operation
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatibility work with the Snapbridge app for mobile devices, enabling remote camera control as well as wireless transferring of photos and videos to your smartphone or tablet.
- Intuitive design includes a '?' button to provide a clear explanation of all camera settings, there is a dedicated Auto mode for times when you'd rather the camera optimize the shooting settings, and there's a customizable 'i' menu for quick access to your essential settings.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type
- Type
- Digital camera with support for interchangeable lenses
- Lens Mount
- Nikon Z mount
Image Sensor
- Effective Pixels
- 20.9 million
- Sensor Size
- 23.5 mm x 15.7 mm
- Image Sensor Format
- DX
- Image Sensor Type
- CMOS sensor
- Total Pixels
- 21.51 million
- Dust-Reduction System
- Image Dust Off reference data (NX Studio software required)
- Image Area (pixels)
- DX-format
(L) 5,568 x 3,712
(M) 4,176 x 2,784
(S) 2,784 x 1,856
1:1 (16 x 16)
(L) 3,712 x 3,712
(M) 2,784 x 2,784
(S) 1,856 x 1,856
16:9 (36 x 20)
(L) 5,568 x 3,128
(M) 4,176 x 2,344
(S) 2,784 x 1,560
Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3,840 x 2,160: 3,840 x 2,160
Photographs taken during movie recording at other frame sizes: 1,920 x 1,080: 1,920 x 1,080
File System
- File Format Still Images
- NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit
JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression
NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
- Storage Media
- SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-I compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards
- File System
- DCF 2.0
Exif 2.31
Viewfinder
- Viewfinder
- None
Shutter
- Shutter Type
- Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 - 30 sec. (step of 1/3 EV), bulb, time
- Flash Sync Speed
- Up to: X=1/200 sec.; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 sec. or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported
- Top Continuous Shooting Speed
- 11 frames per second (at Full Resolution)
- Top Continuous Shooting Speeds
- 11 frames per second
Exposure
- Exposure Metering System
- TTL metering using camera image sensor
- Metering Range
- Spot metering: -4 to +17 EV
- Exposure Compensation
- -5 - +5 EV, Increment of 1/3 EV
- Exposure Lock
- Luminosity locked at detected value
- Picture Control
- Auto
Flat
Landscape
Monochrome
Neutral
Portrait
Standard
Vivid
Creative Picture Controls: (Dream, Morning, Pop, Sunday, Somber, Dramatic, Silence, Bleached, Melancholic, Pure, Denim, Toy, Sepia, Blue, Red, Pink, Charcoal, Graphite, Binary, Carbon)
Selected Picture Control can be modified
Storage for custom Picture Controls
- Multiple Exposure
- Yes
Add
Average
Lighten
Darken
Sensitivity
- ISO Sensitivity
- ISO 100 - 51,200 in steps of 1/3 EV
Can also be set to approx. 1 EV above ISO 51200 (ISO 102400 equivalent) or to approx. 2 EV above ISO 51200 (ISO 204800 equivalent)
Auto ISO sensitivity control available
- Active D-Lighting
- Can be selected from:
Auto
Extra High
High
Normal
Low
Off
- Active D-Lighting Bracketing
- Yes
Focus/Autofocus
- Autofocus System
- Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF
- Detection Range
- -4.5 to +19 EV (without low-light AF: -3 to +19 EV)
Measured in photo mode at ISO 100 and a temperature of 20 Degree C/68 Degree F using single-servo AF (AF-S) and a lens with a maximum aperture of f/1.8
- Lens Servo
- Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous-servo AF (AF-C); AF mode auto-switch (AF-A; available only in photo mode); full-time AF (AF-F; available only in movie mode); predictive focus tracking
Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used
- Focus Point
- 209 (single-point AF)
Number of focus points available in photo mode with single-point AF selected for AF-area mode and DX selected for image area
- AF-Area Mode
- Pinpoint
Single-Point
Dynamic-area AF
Wide-area AF (S)
Wide-area AF (L)
Wide-area AF (L-people)
Wide-area AF (L-animals)
Auto-area AF
Auto-area AF (people)
Auto-area AF (animals)
- Focus Lock
- Yes
Flash
- Flash Control
- TTL: i-TTL flash control; i-TTL balanced fill-flash is used with matrix, center-weighted, and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash with spot metering
- Flash Sync Modes
- Front-curtain sync
Rear-curtain sync
Red-eye reduction
Red-eye reduction with slow sync
Slow sync
Off
- Flash-ready Indicator
- Lights when optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full output
- Accessory Shoe
- ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock
- Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)
- i-TTL flash control, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync
White Balance
- White Balance
- Auto (3 types)
Choose color temperature (2,500 K-10,000 K)
Cloudy
Direct sunlight
Flash
Fluorescent (3 types)
Incandescent
Natural light auto
Preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all except choose color temperature with fine-tuning
Shade
- White Balance Bracketing
- Yes
Movie
- Movie Metering
- TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
- Movie Maximum Recording Time
- Up to 125 minutes
- Movie File Format
- MOV
MP4
- Movie Video Compression
- H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
- Movie Audio Recording Format
- Linear PCM
AAC
- Movie
- 4K UHD 3,840 x 2,160 /30p/25p/24p
Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 /120p/100p/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p
Actual frame rates for 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively
Quality selection (normal/m) available at all sizes except 3840 x 2160, 1920 x 1080 120p/100p, and 1920 x 1080 slow-motion, when quality is fixed at m
- Movie Audio
- Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity can be adjusted
- Movie ISO
- Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600)
M: Manual selection (ISO 100 to 25,600 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV); auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) available with selectable upper limit
Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100-25600)
- Movie Active D-Lighting
- Can be selected from:
Auto
Extra High
High
Normal
Low
Off
- Time Code
- Yes
- Movie e-VR
- Yes
- Movie HDMI Output
- Yes
- Movie Focus Peaking
- Yes
- Movie Highlight Display (Zebras)
- Yes
- Time-Lapse Movie
- Yes
- AF for Movie
- Yes
Monitor
- Monitor Size
- 3.0 in. diagonal
- Monitor Resolution
- 1040 k dots
- Monitor Type
- Vari-angle TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170 Degree viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage
Color balance and 11-level manual brightness controls
Playback
- Playback Functions
- Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar)
Highlights
Histogram Display
Location Data Display
Movie Playback
Photo and/or Movie Slide Shows
Photo Information
Picture Rating
Playback with Playback Zoom
Playback Zoom Cropping
Photo and/or video slide shows
Interface
- Interface
- USB: Type C USB connector (SuperSpeed USB); connection to built-in USB port is recommended
Type D HDMI connector; Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported)
- Wi-Fi Functionality
- Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Africa, Asia, Bolivia, and Oceania)
Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac (Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Mexico)
Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a (other countries in the Americas)
Operating frequency: 2412-2462 MHz (channel 11; Africa, Asia, Bolivia, and Oceania)
Operating frequency: 2412-2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180-5805 MHz (other countries in the Americas)
- Wi-Fi Functionality (Contd.)
- Operating frequency: 2412-2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180-5825 MHz (U.S.A., Canada, Mexico)
Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK
Maximum output power (EIRP):
2.4 GHz band: 4.5 dBm
5 GHz band: 6.8 dBm (countries in the Americas)
- Smart Device App Connectivity
- SnapBridge
- Bluetooth
- Communication protocols: Bluetooth Specification
Version 4.2
Operating frequency: Bluetooth: 2402-2480 MHz
Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402-2480 MHz
Maximum output power (EIRP)
Bluetooth -1.0 dBm
Bluetooth Low Energy: -2.5 dBm
Menus
- Supported Languages
- English
French
Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish
Power
- Battery / Batteries
- One EN-EL25 rechargeable Li-ion battery
- Battery Life (shots per charge)
- 330 shots (CIPA)
Movies: Approx. 75 min. of movie recording
- AC Adapter
- EH-7P charging AC adapter (available separately)
- Battery Charger
- MH-32 Battery Charger (available separately)
Battery
- Battery Info
- Required, included
- Battery Material
- Lithium ion
- Battery Type
- EN-EL25
- Battery Quantity
- 1
Physical
- Tripod Socket
- 1/4 in. (ISO 1222)
- Operating Environment
- Temperature: +32 Degree F-104 Degree F (0 Degree C-40 Degree C)
Humidity: Less than 85% (no condensation)
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 5.1 x 2.9 x 2.4" (128 x 73.5 x 59.5mm)
- Weight
- Approx. 12.4 oz (350g)
