In this video I'm going to talk about the
Nikon Z fc and I'm going to run through some specs and features.
So the Z fc is a mirrorless camera with an aps-c sensor, it's got a really retro style look,
it kind of looks like a Nikon film camera, it has 20.9 megapixels and shoots photos up to 11 frames
per second, so it should be more than capable of capturing the action when you need it. It
shoots 4K video up to 30 FPS and shoots 1080p up to 120 FPS, which means that you've got that
option to shoot in slow motion if you want it. It can also shoot 4K time-lapse sequences in camera
so you don't have to shoot various photos and then take them into something like Lightroom or
Photoshop and then turn them into a time-lapse sequence after that. So you can also stream
with it but you would need to download the Nikon Webcam Utility, which is also free to download.
So Nikon recommend a couple of lenses with this camera because they sell it in two kits,
so one of them is with the 28mm f/2.8 which is what I've got on it at the moment,
and this one is really good if you want to shoot b-roll and you want to get a nice depth of field,
it's not the widest lens but you know you will get that depth of field. It's on an aps-c sensor
so the equivalent focal length is about 42mm, the other is a 16-50mm f/3.5 to 6.3 and that one is
best suited for actually if you want to vlog, you won't be able to vlog with this lens it's far too
wide, so the 16-50 is going to be better for that. What stands out the most about this camera is the
top dials it's got these control dials on the top which allow you to control your aperture, not your
aperture, your ISO, shutter speed, and exposure compensation, but there is a top display that
does show your aperture you just can't control your aperture with it with any of the top dials.
It's also got a high-resolution round EVF which is enabled when you look through it
and so when you move away from the EVF then it will just revert back to the display. And
if you vlog or you talk to the camera or take selfies you'll be happy to know that
there is a vari-angle screen, so unlike the Z 50 where the screen flips down this
screen flips outwards which is really useful and you can rotate it as well.
Now if you are looking to shoot with a log profile it sadly doesn't have one
but it does have 20 in-camera creative profiles which work for both video and photo. In terms
of focus points it has 209 of them and it has eye-detection autofocus so if you're focusing
on an animal or a human it will lock onto the eyes, and the autofocus is pretty good it's
pretty snappy so if you leave the frame you come back in it's pretty good at picking up
that face and picking up the eyes to focus on you again. Unfortunately there isn't any
in-camera stabilization which is a little bit of a shame but if you were to get the 16-50mm
then it does have optical stabilization, the 28mm doesn't have VR so that's a little bit
disappointing so if you are going to use it for b-roll you're better off using it on a gimbal
which is something that I did whilst I was going out and getting my b-roll shots with it anyway.
So if you want to just pick it up and get some footage or some photos it is a great camera for
just shooting in Auto you don't have to shoot in manual, obviously shooting in manual is going to
give you a lot more control over everything but if you just want something to pick up,
put it into Auto and know that you're going to get some decent footage then this is a great
camera similarly if you're shooting with photos then having those top dials is really useful
when you just quickly want to change between your ISO and your shutter speed, so awesome feature.
But yeah thanks for checking out the video, if you liked it and you found it useful do
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with the Z fc, thanks for watching this one, I'll catch you next time.