Is This Affordable Lens All Nikon Shooters Need?

Nikon's Z 50 mirrorless camera has gained a fair bit of popularity by offering an affordable APS-C entry into the world of mirrorless cameras in a compact but capable body. The NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens offers a huge range of focal lengths in a small body, making it a natural companion to the Z 50 for a wide gamut of uses. This excellent video review takes a look at the lens and the sort of image quality and performance you can expect from it in practice. 

Coming to you from Christopher Frost, this great video review takes a look at the Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens. With an equivalent range of 27-210mm, this lens certainly offers a lot of coverage, particularly at its price, as long as you do not need a wide aperture. It also comes with a stepping motor for smooth and quiet autofocus suitable for both photos and video, Vibration Reduction with up to five stops of compensation, programmable Control Ring, and a minimum focusing distance of 7.9 inches, making it all the more versatile. Of course, you shouldn't expect top-shelf image quality from a lens with such a wide focal length range, but it still produces impressive results. Check out the video above for Frost's full thoughts on the lens.

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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The Z50 has done great things for me. I'm thinking seriously about this lens once we start traveling again.