Z 50

First camera and I love it!

First camera and I love it!

With what it had to offer in specs and price compared to similar other cameras, I chose the Z50 as soon as I held it in my hand, fits my hand perfectly. This is my first interchangeable lens camera with all these settings. With only 10 days of owning this camera, I attended an airshow with over 4 hours of almost non-stop high performance aircraft flying. I am still stunned, impressed and most definitely satisfied with the results. I used the neck strap and pretty much carried the camera in my right hand from 9:30AM- 4:30PM and not once did my hand dislike it. Since then I have taken several photographs of birds flying and still. With the 50-250 lens, I can get very sharp zoomed in photographs without having to edit them, except an occasional crop so others don’t have to do all their zooming.

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My first experience with mirrorless cameras after using my D810 with professional lens for years. I mostly interested in taking still pictures, now so much in video. The pictures are sharp in the daylight, lots of detail providing you understand that noticeable grain/noise starts to creep in the pictures around ISO 800, which is easy to get too in a hurry with high starting F stop zoom kit lens. I love the touch screen and the small size and good grip. Glad Nikon kept on on-board flash. I have spent lots of time watching videos to get the most from the Auto ISO function. Now i learned to work with the camera to limit noise. Auto focus is great. I am sticking with Z lens for now. The camera single card slot is not a problem so far as I backup my pictures after every shoot. I agree this is a great travel camera.

I owned a Nikon Coolpix P7800 for many years. The image quality was astonishing for a camera with such a small sensor. However, the exposure range was less than 12 EVs and the color depth was about 20 bits. This was fine for most situations but I often wanted to see more in my pictures than the camera could deliver. The Z50 is the perfect replacement for the P7800. It is not much larger than the P7800, it has a much better electronic viewfinder and the image quality is noticeably better. I use the 18-140 mm zoom lens, which covers the same range as the 6-42.5 mm lens on the Coolpix. So far, the difference of 1 and 2/3 stops between the two lenses has not been a problem, thanks to the higher ISOs of the Z50 and the vibration reduction mechanism in the lens. This is a great little camera. And it has many, many features that I have not tried yet.

I bought my Z50 from Nikon as a refurb with both kit lenses. It has been a great buy-a fine picture taker that is super light and easy to use. My previous kit was a D7100 with various lenses and a Panasonic m4/3 with multiple lenses. I loved the portability of the Panny but hated it’s many small, fiddly buttons. I liked the ease of use of the D7100 but found it a little too heavy for casual use. The Z50 has been perfect, providing all the quality I need as an “advanced amateur” while being almost as light as the Panasonic and as easy to use as the D7100.

I love this camera. As a first rime Nikon user, the Z50 feels like a great entry camera. My only complaint is in the lack of built-in stabilizer when trying to take a picture. Great, otherwise, super light, and I love the photos that I've been able to get from it.

My Z50 is my first mirror less camera. I wanted a second body to complement my D7200, I have a 18/300 DX lens and the wonderful 200/500 f5.6 telephoto that I am very happy with for my photo interest. I love to photograph birds, landscapes, flowers, night photography lots of interest. I thought very strongly about getting D7500, but after seeing wonderful images being taken with the Nikon mirror less cameras, and knowing this is the technology of the future I chose the Z50. I am very glad I made this choice, I have found the setup easy and Nikon user friendly (having had the D7200 a while and a previous D5100) finding things were easy. The EVF is the most “different” item to get used to. Everyone is different but for me this was pretty easy for me, after taking the brightness us one step on the EVF I love it outdoors and in. I wanted to stay with a DX sensor due to my wildlife interest for the reach. I got the FTZ II adapter with the camera body only so I can mount one lens on the Z50 and one on the D7200 to be ready for anything while out and about. The Z50 shines with the huge telephoto lens as well as my beloved 18/300 all around lens. The controls are amazingly easy to interact with while shooting and extremely well thought out. Many of the buttons I customized on my D7200 were set up in the way I use that camera (probably just lucky but welcome) by default. Image quality is superb, the camera feels very well made and finished. I will add Z series lenses when possible, however I am so pleased to be able to use my existing lenses for now. I also considered a D500, however I like to engage in the “newer tech” when I see an industry going a certain way. I sincerely hope Nikon continues development of the DX line and the rumored Z60 or Z70 is in our future. I am still learning the capabilities and very much enjoying the results. I believe Z50’s capabilities will be enjoyed a long while, thanks for a great camera!