The Nikon Z 50 is the latest mirrorless camera from the company and the first to offer a DX format (crop) sensor. Along with that smaller size is a smaller price, making it an intriguing option for photographers and videographers looking for a portable camera or a good backup option. This great video takes a first look at the new Z 50.
Coming to you from Andrew Marr, this excellent video takes a first look at the Nikon Z 50. The Z 50 is quite the interesting camera, as it offers Nikon's latest mirrorless tech in a very small package, and it comes in at just $850 (or only $1,200 in a kit with two lenses). Despite that low price, it offers a lot of great features that make it rather capable in a lot of situations. It comes with an impressive 11 fps continuous shooting rate, making it excellent for fast action and sports photography, 4K 30p video for filmmakers, a 209-point hybrid autofocus system, and a weather-sealed magnesium alloy body for anyone working in the elements. Altogether, the Z 50 looks to be a quite versatile camera for photographers and videographers alike that offers an affordable entry point to Nikon's new mirrorless system. Check out the video above for Marr's full thoughts.
No matter how good the Nikon APS-C bodies get, unless Nikon changes its tune in regard to lenses, I would never recommend them.
Nikon doesn't respect APS-C at all. Nikon DX has been around for 17+ years and what did we get? 4 primes in total. Two of them macros, one a fisheye. It's pathetic. No 35mm or 85mm or 28mm equiv. Laughable and sad. The zoom situation isn't much better. It took them 15 years or something to come up with an affordable wide-angle zoom (and of course there are no wide-angle primes either). There are no professional DX zoom lenses except the 17-55 which hasn't been updated in ages.
Nikon DX had one thing going for them (except niche cases like d500 for wildlife): Great performance/cost ratio, not least thanks to great and affordable 3rd party choices like the Sigma 17-50/2.8. But of course Nikon stubbornly doesn't share their lens protocol and who knows when and if Tamron, Sigma and Tokina will produce for Z mount.
I find it borderline unethical for reviewers who know about the lens situation not to heavily emphasize it in every review. A new buyer can't be expected to know that.
I am a Nikon user, and I don’t know why but I felt that this guy was going a bit out of his way to give the camera a good review, kind of obliged to review it positively.
Just an impression based on other reviews I have seen of the same camera.