Nikon Z50 II Mirrorless Digital Camera With 18-140mm F3.5-6.3 VR

Brand

Nikon

Manufacturer Part Number

VOK150ZA

Lens Mount

Nikon Z mount

Picture Angle

DX-Format

Image Sensor

Sensor Size

23.5 mm x 15.7 mm

Image Sensor Type

CMOS

Total Pixels

21.51 million

Dust-Reduction System

Image Dust Off reference data (requires NX Studio)

Image Area (pixels)

[DX (24x16)] selected for image area: (L) 5568 x 3712 ( 20.7 million) (M) 4176 x 2784 ( 11.6 million) (S) 2784 x 1856 ( 5.2 million) [1:1 (16x16)] selected for image area: (L) 3712 x 3712 ( 13.8 million) (M) 2784 x 2784 ( 7.8 million) (S) 1856 x 1856 ( 3.4 million) [16:9 (24x14)] selected for image area: (L) 5568 x 3128 ( 17.4 million) (M) 4176 x 2344 ( 9.8 million) (S) 2784 x 1560 ( 4.3 million)

Effective Pixels (Megapixels)

20.9 million

Movie

Movie

3840 x 2160 (4K UHD): 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p
1920 x 1080: 120p/100p/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p
1920 x 1080 slow-motion: 30p (x4)/25p (x4)/24p (x5) Note: Actual frame rates for 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively.

Movie Metering

TTL metering using camera image sensor

Movie Active D-Lighting

Extra high, High, Normal, Low, and Off

Movie ISO 

Mode M: Manual selection (ISO 100 to 25600; choose from step sizes of 1/6, 1/3 and 1 EV); auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) available with selectable upper limit * Note: ISO sensitivity is limited to 400 to 25600 when HLG is selected for tone mode. * Note: ISO sensitivity is limited to Lo 0.3 to 2.0 and 800 to 25600 when N-Log is selected for tone mode. Modes P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) with selectable upper limit Modes Auto, SCN: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600)

Movie Audio Recording Format 

Linear PCM (48 KHz, 24 bit, for videos recorded in MOV format) , AAC (48 KHz, 16 bit, for videos recorded in MP4 format)

Movie Video Compression

H.265/HEVC (8 bit/10 bit) , H.264/AVC (8 bit)

Movie File Format

MOV , MP4

Other options for video recording

Time-lapse video recording, electronic vibration reduction, time codes, REC lamp, N-Log and HDR (HLG) video, wave-form display, red REC frame indicator, video recording display zoom (50%, 100%, 200%, and 400%), extended shutter speeds (modes S and M), option to view video recording info available via i menu, and Hi-Res Zoom

File System

File Format Still Images

NEF (RAW): 14 bit; choose from lossless compression, high efficiency (high), and high efficiency options JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression HEIF: Supports fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats NEF (RAW)+HEIF: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and HEIF formats

Picture Control

Auto , Standard , Neutral , Vivid , Monochrome , Flat Monochrome , Deep Tone Monochrome , Portrait , Rich Tone Portrait , Landscape , Flat Creative Picture Controls (Dream, Morning, Pop, Sunday, Somber, Dramatic, Silence, Bleached, Melancholic, Pure, Denim, Toy, Sepia, Blue, Red, Pink, Charcoal, Graphite, Binary, Carbon); selected Picture Control can be modified; storage for Custom Picture Controls * Note: Choice of Picture Controls is restricted to Standard, Monochrome, and Flat when HLG is selected for tone mode during still photography.

File System

DCF 2.0 Exif 2.32 MPEG-A MIAF

Storage Media

SD , SDHC (UHS-II compliant) , SDXC (UHS-II compliant)

Card Slot

1 Secure Digital (SD) card

Viewfinder

Viewfinder

1.0-cm/0.39-in., approx. 2360k-dot (XGA) OLED electronic viewfinder with color balance and auto and 13-level manual brightness controls

Eye Sensor

Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays

Compatible Lenses

Z mount NIKKOR lenses F mount NIKKOR lenses (mount adapter required; restrictions may apply)

Viewfinder Frame Coverage

Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical

Shutter

Shutter Type

Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter

Frame Advance Rate

Up to 30 fps Continuous low-speed: Approx. 1 to 5 fps Continuous high-speed: Approx. 5.6 fps (when using silent mode and image quality settings other than NEF (RAW) and NEF (RAW) +: Approx. 9.7 fps) Continuous high-speed (extended): Approx. 11 fps (in silent mode: Approx. 15 fps) High-speed frame capture + (C15): Approx. 15 fps High-speed frame capture + (C30): Approx. 30 fps * Maximum frame advance rate as measured by in-house tests.

Shutter Release Modes

Single frame , continuous low-speed , continuous high-speed , continuous high-speed (extended) , high-speed frame capture + with Pre-Release Capture , Self-timer

Flash Sync Speed

Flash synchronizes with shutter at speeds of 1/250 or 1/200 s or slower (but note that the guide number drops at speeds of 1/200 to 1/250 s); sync speeds as fast as 1/4000 s are supported with auto FP high-speed sync

Shutter Speed

1/4000 to 30 s (choose from step sizes of 1/3, 1/2, and 1 EV, extendable to 900 s in mode M), bulb, time

Self-timer

2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 s

Exposure

Exposure Metering 

TTL metering using camera image sensor

Exposure Modes 

Matrix metering Center-weighted metering: Weight of 75% given to 8 or 6 mm circle in center of frame or weighting can be based on average of entire frame Spot metering: Meters circle with a diameter of approximately 3.5 mm centered on selected focus point Highlight-weighted metering

Exposure Lock

Luminosity locked at detected value

Scene Modes

Auto, P: programmed auto with flexible program, S: shutter-priority auto, A: aperture-priority auto, M: manual Scene modes: portrait; landscape; child; sports; close up; night portrait; night landscape; party/indoor; beach/snow; sunset; dusk/dawn; pet portrait; candlelight; blossom; autumn colors; food

Sensitivity

ISO Sensitivity

ISO 100 to 51200 (choose from step sizes of 1/3 and 1 EV); can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 204800 equivalent) above ISO 51200; auto ISO sensitivity control available * Note: ISO sensitivity is limited to 400 to 51200 when HLG is selected for tone mode.

Active D-Lighting

Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, and Off

Focus / Autofocus

Focus Point

Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF/AF-S) or by pressing the AE-L/AF-L button

Built-in Flash Distance

Manual pop-up flash raised via flash pop-up control

AF-Area Mode

Pinpoint (available in photo mode only), single-point, dynamic-area (S, M, and L; available in photo mode only), wide-area (S, L, C1, and C2), and auto-area AF; 3D-tracking (available in photo mode only); subject-tracking AF (available in video mode only)

Lens Servo

Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S) , continuous-servo AF (AF-C) , AF mode auto-switch (AF-A, photo mode only) , full-time AF (AF-F, video mode only) , predictive focus tracking Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used

Flash

Flash-ready Indicator

Lights when built-in flash or optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full output

Accessory Shoe

ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock

Flash Control

TTL: i-TTL flash control; i-TTL balanced fill-flash is used with matrix, center-weighted, and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash with spot metering

Flash Sync Modes

Fill flash, red-eye reduction, slow sync, slow sync + red-eye, rear-curtain sync, auto, auto + red-eye reduction, auto slow sync, auto slow sync + red-eye, flash off

Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS)

i-TTL flash control, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, FV lock, Color Information Communication, auto FP high-speed sync

White Balance

White Balance

Auto (3 types), natural light auto, direct sunlight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, fluorescent (3 types), flash, choose color temperature (2500 to 10,000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all with fine-tuning

White Balance Bracketing

Exposure and/or flash , white balance , ADL

Monitor

Monitor Size

8 -cm ( 3.2 -in.) diagonal

Monitor Resolution

Approx. 1040 k-dot

Monitor Type

Vari-angle TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170° viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage, and color balance and 13-level manual brightness controls

Playback

Playback Functions

Full-frame and thumbnail (up to 4, 9, or 72 pictures) playback with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, video playback, slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, auto picture rotation, picture rating, filtered playback, voice memo recording and playback, IPTC information embedding and display, skip to first shot in series, series playback, save consecutive frames, and motion blend

External Interface

USB connector

Type C USB connector (SuperSpeed USB) ; connection to built-in USB port is recommended

HDMI output connector

Type D HDMI connector

External audio input

Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported)

Audio output/remote cord

Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter) MC-DC3 Remote Cord can be used. * Auto switch between headphone and remote cord is available

Power

Battery / Batteries

One EN-EL25a rechargeable Li-ion battery* * EN-EL25 batteries can also be used. Note, however, that fewer pictures can be taken on a single charge than with the EN-EL25a.

AC Adapter

EH-8P AC adapters (available separately); supplied UC-E25 USB cable required

Dimensions & Weight

Dimensions

Approx. 127 x 96.8 x 66.5 mm ( 5 x 3.9 x 2.7 in.) (body only)

Weight

Approx. 550 g ( 1 lb. 3.4 oz. ) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 495 g/1 lb. 1.5 oz. (camera body only)