Nikon Z 50 Mirrorless Digital Camera

Sporting an especially sleek design, the Nikon Z 50 is a DX-format mirrorless digital camera revolving around the versatile Z Mount. Capable in both stills and video realms, the Z 50 features a 20.9MP CMOS sensor and EXPEED 6 image processor, which enables fast performance up to 11 fps, a reliable 209-point hybrid AF system with eye detection, and notable low-light performance to ISO 51200.

DESCRIPTION

For video shooters, UHD 4K is supported up to 30 fps along with Full HD recording at up to 120 fps for slow-motion playback. For fine-tuning your photos and videos, in-camera clip trimming can be used, and 20 Creative Picture Controls and 10 Special Effects settings help to infuse your imagery with a unique look.

The body design is impressively sleek yet still ergonomic to benefit all-day-long shooting. A high-resolution 2.36m-dot OLED EVF benefits working in bright conditions with clear eye-level viewing and the 3.2" rear touchscreen LCD has a 180° flip-down design that is perfect for selfies. The magnesium alloy body is weather-sealed, too, to suit working in inclement conditions. Additionally, for easy sharing, built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work in conjunction with the Nikon SnapBridge app for wirelessly transferring photos and videos and remotely controlling the camera from your mobile device.

20.9MP DX-Format CMOS Sensor and EXPEED 6 Image Processor

The DX-format 20.9MP CMOS sensor is paired with the EXPEED 6 image processor to provide a versatile mixture of high sensitivity, nuanced image quality, and fast overall performance. At native values, a sensitivity range from ISO 100-51200 permits working in a broad array of lighting conditions, and can be further expanded up to ISO 204800 for extreme low-light conditions. The mixture of resolution and sensor size also contributes to clean image quality and smooth color transitions with reduced noise throughout the sensitivity range. In addition to benefitting image quality, the EXPEED 6 processor also affords a wealth of speed throughout the camera system, including a top full-resolution continuous shooting rate of 11 fps as well as 30 fps shooting at 8MP.

UHD 4K Video Recording
Besides imaging, the sensor's design also incorporates a 209-point hybrid autofocus system, which uses both phase-detection and contrast-detection methods to quickly and accurately acquire focus for both stills and video applications. This focusing system also supports Eye Detection AF, which uses facial recognition to help lock focus onto subjects' eyes. 

Capable of recording more than just stills, the Z 50 supports UHD 4K video recording at up to 30 fps and Full HD recording at up to 120 fps, for slow-motion effects, along with the ability to save movie files to the in-camera memory cards or to an optional external recorder via HDMI out. In-camera time-lapse shooting is also possible with the ability to produce a finished UHD 4K video file directly from the camera.

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.

FEATURES

• 20.9MP DX-Format CMOS Sensor
• EXPEED 6 Image Processor
• UHD 4K and Full HD Video Recording
• 2.36m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder
• 3.2" 1.04m-Dot 180° Tilting Touchscreen
• ISO 100-51200, Up to 11 fps Shooting
• 209-Point Hybrid AF, Eye Detection
• Built-In Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

SPECIFICATIONS

Lens mount	Nikon Z mount
Compatible lenses	Z mount NIKKOR lenses F mount NIKKOR lenses with mount adapter; restrictions may apply
Effective pixels	20.9 million
Image sensor	23.5 x 15.7 mm CMOS sensor (Nikon DX format)
Total pixels	21.51 million
Dust-reduction system	Image Dust Off reference data (requires Capture NX-D)
Image size(pixels)	DX (24x16) image area 5568 x 3712 (L: 20.7 million), 4176 x 2784 (M: 11.6 million), 2784 x 1856 (S: 5.2 million) 1 : 1 (16x16) image area 3712 x 3712 (L: 13.8 million), 2784 x 2784 (M: 7.8 million), 1856 x 1856 (S: 3.4 million) 16 : 9 (24x14) image area 5568 x 3128 (L: 17.4 million), 4176 x 2344 (M: 9.8 million), 2784 x 1560 (S: 4.3 million) Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160 Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 1920 x 1080: 1920 x 1080
File format	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
Picture Control system	Auto, Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat, 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
Media	SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-I compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cards

File system DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31, PictBridge Electronic viewfinder 0.99-cm/0.39-in. approx. 2360k-dot (XGA) OLED electronic viewfinder with color balance and auto and 7-level manual brightness controls Frame coverage Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical Magnification Approx. 1.02x (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1) Eyepoint 19.5 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens) Diopter adjustment -3 to +3 m-1 Eye sensor Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays Monitor 8-cm/3.2-in., approx. 1040k-dot tilting TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170° viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage, and 11-level manual brightness controls Type Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter Speed 1/4000 to 30 s (select from step sizes of 1/3 and 1/2 EV), bulb, time Flash sync speed X=1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported Release modes Single frame, low-speed continuous, high-speed continuous, high-speed continuous (extended), self-timer Approximate maximum frame advance rate (measured under Nikon-specified test conditions)

• Low-speed continuous: 1 to 4 fps
• High-speed continuous: 5 fps
• High-speed continuous (extended): 11 fps

Metering system TTL exposure metering using camera image sensor Metering modes

• 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 (ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20°C/68°F) -4 to +17 EV Exposure modes

• Auto modes; programmed auto with flexible program (P); shutter-priority auto (S); aperture-priority auto (A); manual (M)
• Scene modes: portrait; landscape; child; sports; close up; night portrait; night landscape; party/indoor; beach/snow; sunset; dusk/dawn; pet portrait; candlelight; blossom; autumn colors; food
• Special effect modes: night vision; super vivid; pop; photo illustration; toy camera effect; miniature effect; selective color; silhouette; high key; low key
• User settings: U1 and U2

Exposure compensation -5 to +5 EV (select from step sizes of 1/3 and 1/2 EV) available in P, S, A, M, SCN, and EFCT modes Exposure lock Luminosity locked at detected value ISO sensitivity
(Recommended Exposure Index) ISO 100 to 51200 (select from step sizes of 1/3 and 1/2 EV); can also be set to approx. 1 or 2 EV (ISO 204800 equivalent) above ISO 51200; auto ISO sensitivity control available Multiple exposure Add, average, lighten, darken Autofocus Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist Detection range (single-servo AF, photo mode, ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20°C/68°F) -4 to +19 EV (Without low-light AF: -2 to +19 EV) 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 points (single-point AF, photo mode, DX image area) 209 AF-area modes Pinpoint, single-point, and dynamic-area AF (pinpoint and dynamic-area AF available in photo mode only); wide-area AF (S); wide-area AF (L); auto-area AF Focus lock Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing AE-L/AF-L (protect) button 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°C/68°F) 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 modes Fill flash, red-eye reduction, slow sync, slow sync + red-eye, rear-curtain sync, auto, auto + red-eye reduction, auto slow sync, auto slow sync + red-eye, flash off Flash compensation -3 to +1 EV (choose from step sizes of 1/3 and 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 Auto (3 types), natural light auto, direct sunlight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), flash, choose color temperature (2500 K to 10,000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all except choose color temperature with fine-tuning Bracketing types

Exposure, white balance and ADL

Metering system TTL metering using camera image sensor Metering modes Matrix, center-weighted or highlight-weighted Frame size (pixels)
and frame rate

3840 x 2160 (4K UHD); 30p (progressive), 25p, 24p

1920 x 1080; 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p,24p

1920x1080 (slow-motion); 30p x4, 25p x4,24p x5

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 3840 x 2160, 1920 x 1080 120p/100p, and 1920 x 1080 slow-motion, in which case quality is fixed at ★ (high) File format MOV, MP4 Video compression H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding Audio recording format Linear PCM, AAC Audio recording device Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity adjustable ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)

• M: Manual selection (ISO 100 to 25600; select from step sizes of 1/3 and 1/2 EV); auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) available with selectable upper limit
• P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) with selectable upper limit
• Auto, SCN, EFCT (excluding night vision): Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600)
• Night vision: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to Hi 4)

Maximum movie recording length 29 min. 59 s Other movie options Time-lapse movies, electronic vibration reduction Playback Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images) playback with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, movie playback, photo and/or movie slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, auto image rotation, and picture rating USB Hi-Speed USB with Micro-B connector; connection to built-in USB port is recommended HDMI output Type D HDMI connector Audio input Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported) Wireless (may differ by country or area)

Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac

Operating frequency: 2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180 to 5320/5180 to 5825/5180 to 5805 MHz

Maximum output power (EIRP): 2.4 GHz band: 6.9 dBm, 5 GHz band: 10.2 dBm

Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK

Bluetooth

Communication protocols: Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2

Operating frequency: Bluetooth: 2402 to 2480 MHz Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402 to 2480 MHz

Maximum output power (EIRP): Bluetooth: 1.4 dBm Bluetooth Low Energy: -0.1 dBm

Range (line of sight) Approximately 10 m (32 ft) without interference; range may vary with signal strength and presence or absence of obstacles Battery One EN-EL25 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery Charging AC adapter EH-73P Charging AC Adapter Tripod socket 1/4 in. (ISO 1222) Dimensions
(W x H x D) Approx. 126.5 x 93.5 x 60 mm (5 x 3.7 x 2.4 in.) Weight Approx. 450 g (15.9 oz.) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 395 g/14 oz. (camera body only) Operating environment Temperature: 0 to 40°C/32 to 104°F; humidity: 85% or less (no condensation)

IN THE BOX

• Nikon Z 50 Mirrorless Digital Camera
• Nikon EN-EL25 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery (7.6V, 1120mAh)
• Nikon MH-32 Battery Charger
• Nikon UC-E21 USB Type-A Male to Type-B Micro Male Cable (Black)
• Nikon AN-DC20 Camera Strap
• Nikon BF-N1 Body Cap
• DK-30 Rubber Eyecup
• Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR Lens (Optional)