DESCRIPTION
The Nikon Z50 is a DX-format mirrorless digital camera with a particularly svelte design that revolves around the adaptable Z Mount. The 20.9MP CMOS sensor and EXPEED 6 image processor of the Z50, which excels in both stills and video, allow for quick performance up to 11 fps, a dependable 209-point hybrid AF system with eye detection, and noteworthy low-light performance to ISO 51200. In addition to Full HD recording at up to 120 fps for slow-motion playback, UHD 4K is enabled for video shooters up to 30 frames per second. In-camera clip cutting, 20 Creative Picture Controls, and 10 Special Effects options can be utilised to fine-tune your photographs and videos and give them a distinctive appearance.
Although the body is incredibly slim, it is nonetheless ergonomic for all-day photography. A high-resolution 2.36 million dot OLED EVF provides clear eye-level viewing for working in bright environments, and the 3.2" back touchscreen LCD offers a 180° flip-down design that is ideal for selfies. For operating in bad weather, the magnesium alloy body is also weather-sealed. Additionally, for simple sharing, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth integrate with the Nikon SnapBridge software to provide wireless photo and video transfers as well as remote camera control from your mobile device.
20.9MP DX-Format CMOS Sensor and EXPEED 6 Image Processor
The EXPEED 6 image engine is combined with the DX-format 20.9MP CMOS sensor to offer a flexible blend of high sensitivity, nuanced image quality, and quick overall performance. A sensitivity range of ISO 100–51200 at native values enables working in a wide range of lighting settings, and it can be extended up to ISO 204800 for extremely low light conditions. Additionally, the combination of resolution and sensor size results in clear image quality, seamless colour transitions, and less noise across the whole sensitivity range. The EXPEED 6 processor not only improves image quality but also grants the camera system a wealth of speed, with a high full-resolution continuous shooting rate of 11 fps and 30 fps shooting at 8MP.
In addition to image capabilities, the sensor's architecture includes a 209-point hybrid autofocus system that employs both phase-detection and contrast-detection techniques to quickly and precisely acquire focus for both stills and video applications. Additionally, this focusing system offers Eye Detection AF, which makes use of facial recognition to assist in focusing on the eyes of people.
UHD 4K Video Recording
In addition to still images, the Z50 can record UHD 4K video at up to 30 frames per second and Full HD video at up to 120 frames per second for slow-motion effects. Movie files can be saved to the in-camera memory cards or an optional external recorder via HDMI out. With the capacity to create a final UHD 4K video clip directly from the camera, in-camera time-lapse recording is also feasible.
Body Design and Connectivity
- A large 3.2" 1.04m-dot LCD screen is available for bright, clear, and vivid image playback and live view shooting. The screen has a 180° flip-under tilting design, which benefits front-facing selfie captures, and it is also a touchscreen for more intuitive operation, navigation, and settings control.
- A 3.6m-dot electronic finder is present for comfortable eye-level viewing. It has a 1.02x magnification and uses NIKKOR optics to guarantee a sharp, clear image.
- Single SD memory card slots supports up to the UHS-I protocol for quickly storing photo and video files.
- A robust magnesium alloy chassis is both dust- and weather-resistant to benefit working in harsh climates and inclement conditions.
- Built-in SnapBridge connectivity to enable seamless transfer of low-resolution imagery as well as remote shooting capabilities. BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and Wi-Fi enables communication between the camera and a smart device and, additionally, the mobile device can remotely trigger the shutter and display a live view image from the camera to enable working from a distance.
- Included EN-EL25 rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides approximately 300 shots per charge, and in-camera charging is supported when using the optional EH-73P charging AC adapter.
Other Camera Features
- Multiple Exposure mode lets you combine several exposures into one frame for creative effects.
- Special Effects Modes: Night Vision; Super Vivid, Pop, Photo Illustration, Toy Camera Effect, Miniature Effect, Selective Color, Silhouette, High Key, and Low Key.
- Creative Picture Controls: Dream, Morning, Pop, Sunday, Somber, Dramatic, Silence, Bleached, Melancholic, Pure, Denim, Toy, Sepia, Blue, Red, Pink, Charcoal, Graphite, Binary, and Carbon.
- In-Camera Image Editing: Distortion Control, D-Lighting, Image Overlay, NEF (RAW) Processing, Perspective Control, Quick Retouch, Red-eye Correction, Resize, Side-by-Side Comparison, Straighten, Trim, and Trim Movie.
- Language Support: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.
SPECIFICATIONS
Type
- Type
- Digital camera with support for interchangeable lenses
- Lens Mount
- Nikon Z mount
Image Sensor
- Effective Pixels (Megapixels)
- 20.9 million
- Sensor Size
- 23.5 x 15.7mm
- Image Sensor Format
- DX
- Image Sensor Type
- CMOS
- Total Pixels
- 21.51 million
- Dust-Reduction System
- Image Dust Off reference data (requires Capture NX-D)
- Dust-Off Reference Photo
- Yes
- Image Area (pixels)
- DX-format
(L) 5568 x 3712
(M) 4176 x 2784
(S) 2784 x 1856
1:1 (16 x 16)
(L) 3712 x 3712
(M)
2784 x 2784
(S) 1856 x 1,856
16:9 (24 x 24)
(L) 5568 x 3128
(M) 4176 x 2344
(S) 2784 x
1,560
Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160
Photographs
taken during movie recording at other frame sizes: 1920 x 1080: 1920 x 1080
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
- Card Slot
- 1 slot
- File System
- DCF 2.0
Exif 2.31
PictBridge
Viewfinder
- Viewfinder
- 0.39" approx. 2360k-dot (XGA) OLED electronic viewfinder with color balance and auto and 7-level manual
brightness controls
- Viewfinder Frame Coverage
- Approx. 100% horizontal
100% vertical
- Viewfinder Magnification
- Approx. 1.02x (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)
- Viewfinder Eyepoint
- 20 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)
- Viewfinder Diopter Adjustment
- -3 to +3 m-1
- Eye Sensor
- Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays
Lens
- Depth-of-Field Control
- Yes
- Lens Compatibility at a Glance
- Z mount NIKKOR lenses
F mount NIKKOR lenses with mount adapter; restrictions may apply
- Compatible Lenses
- Z mount NIKKOR lenses
F mount NIKKOR lenses with mount adapter; restrictions may apply
Shutter
- Shutter Type
- Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter;
electronic shutter
- Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 to 30 sec. in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time
- Fastest Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 sec.
- Slowest Shutter Speed
- 30 sec.
- Flash Sync Speed
- Up to: X=1/200 sec.; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 sec. or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported
- Bulb Shutter Setting
- Yes
- Shutter Release Modes
- Single frame
Low-speed continuous
High-speed continuous (extended)
Self-timer
- Frame Advance Rate
- Low-speed continuous: 1-4 fps
High-speed continuous (extended): 5 fps
High-speed continuous (extended): 11
fps
- Continuous Shooting Options
- Low-speed continuous: 1-4 fps
High-speed continuous (extended): 5 fps
High-speed continuous (extended): 11
fps
- Top Continuous
- Shooting Speed at Full Resolution: 11 frames per second
- Self-Timer
- 2, 5, 10, 20 sec.; 1-9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 sec.
Timer duration electronically
controlled
Exposure
- Exposure Metering System
- TTL metering using camera image sensor
- Metering Method
- Matrix metering
Center-weighted metering: Weight of 75% given to 8 mm circle in center of frame; weighting
can instead be based on average of entire frame
Spot metering: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of frame)
centered on selected focus point
Highlight-weighted metering
- Metering Range
- Highlight-weighted metering: -4 to +17 EV
(ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20 Degree C/68 Degree F)
- Exposure Meter Coupling
- CPU
- Exposure Modes
- Auto
Programmed auto with flexible program (P)
Shutter-priority auto (S)
Aperture-priority auto
(A)
Manual (M)
User settings (U1, U2, U3)
- Scene Modes
- Autumn Colors
Beach /
Snow
Blossom
Candlelight
Child
Close-up
Dusk/Dawn
Food
Landscape
Night
Landscape
Night Portrait
Party/Indoor
Pet Portrait
Portrait
Sports
Sunset
Special Effect
Modes: night vision; super vivid; pop; photo illustration; toy camera effect; miniature effect; selective color;
silhouette; high key; low key
- Exposure Compensation
- -5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, M, SCENE and EFFECT modes
- Exposure Bracketing
- 2 to 9 frames in steps of 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, or 1 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
Sensitivity
- ISO Sensitivity
- ISO 100 - 51,200 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Can also be set to approx. 1 or 2 EV (ISO 204,800 equivalent)
above ISO 51,200; auto ISO sensitivity control available
- Lowest Standard ISO Sensitivity
- 100
- Highest Standard ISO Sensitivity
- 51200
- Lowest Expanded ISO Sensitivity
- 100
- Highest Expanded ISO Sensitivity
- 204800
- High ISO Noise Reduction
- Yes
- Active D-Lighting
- Can be selected from:
Auto
Extra High
High
Normal
Low
Off
Focus/Autofocus
- Single-Point AF Mode
- Yes
- Dynamic AF Mode
- Yes
- Auto-area AF Mode
- Yes
- Autofocus System
- Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist
- Detection Range
- -2 to +19 EV (-4 to +19 EV with low-light AF)
Detection range (ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20 Degree C/68 Degree F)
- 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)
- AF-area Mode
- Pinpoint
Single-Point
Dynamic-area AF
Wide-area AF (S)
Wide-area AF (L)
Auto-area AF
Pinpoint
and Dynamic-area AF available in photo mode only
- Focus Lock
- Yes
- Focus Modes
- Pinpoint
Single-point
Dynamic-area AF
Wide-area AF (S)
Wide-area AF (L)
Auto-area AF
Pinpoint
and Dynamic-area AF available in photo mode only
- Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points
- 209
- Vibration Reduction
- Lens shift using voice coil motors (VCMs)
- Autofocus Fine Tune
- Yes
Flash
- Built-in Flash
- Manual pop-up flash raised via flash pop-up control Guide Number: Approx. 7/22, 7/22 with manual flash (m/ft,
ISO 100, 20 Degree C/68 Degree F)
- X-Sync Speed
- 1/200 sec.
Synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported
- Top FP High Speed Sync
- Up to: 1/4000 sec.
- 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
- Fill flash
Rear-curtain sync
Red-eye reduction
Red-eye reduction with slow sync
Slow
sync
Auto
Auto with red-eye reduction
Auto slow sync
Auto slow sync with red-eye reduction
Flash
off
- Flash Compensation
- -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in P, S, A, M, and SCN modes
- Flash-ready Indicator
- Lights when built-in flash or 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 Bracketing
- Yes
Live View
- Live View Shooting
- Photography Live View Mode
Movie Live View Mode
Movie
- Movie Metering
- TTL exposure metering using main image sensor
- Movie Maximum Recording Time
- 29 minutes 59 seconds
- 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 3,840x2,160 / 30 fps
4K UHD 3,840x2,160 / 25 fps
4K UHD 3,840x2,160 / 24 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080
/ 120 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 100 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 60 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 50
fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 30 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 25 fps
Full HD 1,920x1,080 / 24 fps
Full HD
1,920x1,080 slow-mo / 30 fps x4
Full HD 1,920x1,080 slow-mo / 25 fps x4
Full HD 1,920x1,080 slow-mo / 24
fps x5
- Movie (Contd.)
- 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 available except at sizes of 3,840 x 2,160, 1,920 x 1,080 120p/100p, and
1920 x 1080 slow-motion or when U or 6 is selected in q mode, in which case quality is fixed at m (high)
- Movie Audio
- Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity can be adjusted
- Movie ISO
- 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
P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) with
selectable upper limit AUTO, SCN, EFCT (excluding Night Portrait): Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to
25,600)
Night Portrait: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to Hi 4)
- Movie Active D-Lighting
- Can be selected from:
Extra high
High
Normal
Low
Off
- Movie e-VR
- Yes
Electronic vibration reduction
- Movie HDMI Output
- Yes
- Movie Focus Peaking
- Yes
- Movie Highlight Display (Zebras)
- Yes
- Time-Lapse Movie
- Yes
- AF for Movie
- Yes
Monitor
- Monitor Size
- 3.2" diagonal
- Monitor Resolution
- 1040000 dots
- Monitor Type
- Tilting TFT
Touch-Sensitive LCD
- Monitor Angle of View
- 170 Degree viewing angle
Approximately 100% frame coverage
- Monitor Adjustments
- 11-level manual brightness controls
- Virtual Horizon Camera Indicator
- Yes
Playback
- Playback Functions
- Auto Image Rotation
Cropping
Full-frame and Thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images)
Highlights
Histogram
Display
Location Data
Display
Movie Playback
Photo and/or Movie Slide Shows
Photo
Information
Picture Rating
Playback with Playback Zoom
Playback Zoom
Slide Shows
- In-Camera Image Editing
- Distortion Control
D-Lighting
Image Overlay
NEF (RAW) Processing
Perspective Control
Quick
Retouch
Red-eye Correction
Resize
Side-by-Side Comparison
Straighten
Trim
Trim Movie
- Image Comment
- Yes
Interface
- Interface
- Hi-Speed USB with Micro-B connector; 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/a/ac
Operating frequency: 2412-2472 MHz (channel 13) and 5180-5700 MHz
Maximum
output power (EIRP): 2.4 GHz band: 7.0 dBm 5 GHz band: 12.1 dBm
Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK
- Smart Device App Connectivity
- SnapBridge
- Bluetooth
- Yes
Menus
- Total Custom Settings
- 42
- My Menu
- Yes
- Recent Settings
- Yes
- Supported Languages
- Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian,
Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai,
Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Time Settings
- Date, Time and Daylight Savings: Yes
- World Time Setting
- Yes
Power
- Battery / Batteries
- One EN-EL25 rechargeable Li-ion battery
- Battery Life (shots per charge)
- 300 shots (CIPA)
Movies: Approx. 75 min. of movie recording
- AC Adapter
- EH-73P charging AC Adapter
- Battery Charger
- MH-32 Battery Charger
Battery
- Battery Info
- Required, included
- Battery Material
- Lithium-Ion
- Battery Quantity
- 1
- Battery Type
- Non-Universal
Physical
- Tripod Socket
- 1/4" (ISO 1222)
- Operating Environment
- Temperature: 32 to 104 Degree F (0 to 40 Degree C)
Humidity: Less than 85% (no condensation)
- Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth)
- Approx. 5.0 x 3.7 x 2.4" (126.5 x 93.5 x 60mm)
- Weight
- Approx. 14.0 oz. (395g) (Camera body only)
