Nikon just announced the aps-c size sensor mirrorless camera for the Z mount system
called the Z50. Gonna go over it today with the specs. I also want to mention the
marketing of the camera, at least in the USA. Gonna read this quote first: "Meet the Z
series mirrorless camera for the rest of us. Insanely small. Tough. Dead simply to use.
Connected to your phone. Ready to transform you into a pro-caliber creator.
Your followers won't know what hit 'em."
Build quality appears to be very similar
to the Z6 and Z7. There is a little bit of downside with that pop-up flash that
is in the camera. Because weather resistance is probably not as good
due to that...
It has dual dials on the camera, which I think is a very very nice
feature for a camera of this level.
The EVF extends back from the camera quite a
bit, which is nice from ergonomic standpoint with the Z6 and Z7 it's very
similar. Of course this is a little more compact, but it's still juts out quite a
bit which is nice.
It does have the U1 and U2 custom setting save modes on the top
main dial, which is nice to see. That's always good to be able to push full
settings into those and then be able to switch between those quickly. And then
when you switch them it'll reset the settings, but still use your saved
settings. So that's really nice.
Does have a microphone port with the creator..
concept.. creator aspect to it. I think that fits well. It doesn't have a
headphone jack, but I don't think that's a big deal for a camera like this at
this price point.
It is nice to see that it has some type of phase detect,
contrast detect, mixed autofocus system. Of course we will really have to see
once it comes out with how good it is, but it is in there and it's not just
like a simple contrast based system.
The bottom of the camera you have the battery slot
and SD card slot down there. That's not ideal. I use those on my M50 and
M5 now with those cameras. And it's just... If you're connecting it to tripod you
just have to consider it might not be easy to pull a battery out. With that you
have an EN-EL25 battery. This is a new battery for the whole system. And of
course, it's not the same as the Z6 and Z7, which is a hassle if you're trying to
use both this camera and those ones for maybe a backup or whatever you'll have a
different battery. So with that battery it is around 300 shots per charge rated.
It'll... of course, be more in most situations, but not super great. It's okay
I guess. Would have been nicer to see the actual EL15B battery, which is in a lot
of their better cameras. Almost double the power inside that battery which
would have been really nice. With the Sony A6600 they decided to put that
larger battery in. It is of course a more expensive camera, so... Just would have been
nice if they had done the older larger capacity battery in there.
With the Z50
you have the flip down screen 180 degrees. I actually have my new used M5
from Canon that has the same mechanism, for the most part. Flips fully downward.
You can see here that.. if you try to use a tripod it'll be right in the center of
it. Now, these creators that they talk about will have to buy some type of bracket,
Which I'm sure there are a lot of them available. I'm going to be looking for
one potentially for this. To just basically shift the camera over from
the tripod so you can still see the screen and mount it. Not a huge deal but
it is odd. One of the weirdest designs of screens, but it is nice to at least have
some capability to fully face the lens.
I think one of the biggest drawbacks of
this camera is going to be no internal stabilization on it. Now, they do have two
lenses released, or will be released with this camera. they're simple kit lenses.
They're not fast. They did release a lens roadmap for the Z system and there is
one DX lens on there. It is 18 to 140 millimeter. Probably be a slow lens as
well. Just a large zoom, so if you want that mix of these two lenses that are
coming out first. You can get that later on. I think one of the issues with the Z mount
now is that all the S lenses, all the higher-end lenses, they're mostly 1.8.
They don't have VR in them. So with this camera you want to potentially use like
the 35, which is fine without VR. The 50 also. But if you want something wider
like the 14 to 30 f/4, which I think would have been a really nice combination for
vlogging and all these content creators. There is a.. let's see what it is.. 10 to 20
millimeter VR lens, which will probably be a nice fit for this at least outdoors.
Situations where you don't need a ton of light but the sensor in the Z50 should be
pretty nice. It'll be a decent combo if you do have the adapter. I do think Nikon
should open up the mount to Sigma, Tamron especially, also Tokina maybe just
to have a better lens range. Especially for the aps-c size stuff.
I think it was a big missed opportunity not putting internal stabilization in
the Z50. With that large Z mount that way if you put a full frame lens on the
camera I could see that being a super amazing quality level of stabilization
with aps-c and then their full frame S lenses, or whatever. They didn't do it
this time but maybe later... we'll see. Anyways, that was a general look at the
Z50 and the Z mount system related to aps-c. Hope you enjoyed the video. If you did,
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