![]() ![]() 2 For more information about the advantages of each type of viewfinder, see my article on the subject, here. The electronic viewfinder can give you a very good preview of what your exposure will look like, and it can provide more information than a standard viewfinder, but it does require more battery power. This also means that the light falling on the sensor is used to focus the lens (while a DSLR uses light reflected from the mirror to focus, and an assumption of how that light will be focused on the sensor when the mirror moves out of the way when the picture is taken). Instead, the light passes through the lens and directly onto the sensor, and the sensor feeds the image to an electronic viewfinder (rather than an optical viewfinder). ![]() With a mirrorless camera like the Nikon Z 50, that mirror is gone. All of those extra moving parts slow down the camera, introduce vibrations, and increase the risk of camera-failure. The mirror allows you to look directly through the lens to compose and focus, but then has to flip up out of the way when you take a picture to allow light to reach the sensor. The “mirrorless” part of the discussion comes from the lack of mirror between the lens and the sensor which normally reflects an image up to the (optical) viewfinder in an SLR 1 the “R” in SLR stands for “Reflex”, for the reflection of the image up to the viewfinder from a mirror. There are two major differences between the cameras that first need to be considered: the lens mount, and the viewfinder. The Basicsīefore going on, here’s a look at the basic specs of the two cameras, with the major differences highlighted in green where one camera has an obvious advantage.Ģ.36 million dot OLED electronic viewfinderġ920 x 1080 (120, 60, 50, 30, 25, 24 fps) There are two main grounds that should decide the issue for you: camera performance, and the viability of the overall system. They’re both excellent cameras, each with its own advantages. So that's what the feature set roughly stacks up to be too: it's small, easy to use, there's plenty of quick-access controls, a built-in viewfinder, and flip-down LCD touchscreen that can even be used to take selfies.If you’ve been looking at buying a new camera in the past year or two, you’ve almost certainly been confronted with the dilemma: mirrorless or DSLR? And if you’ve been considering the Nikon D7500, the introduction of the Nikon Z50 should bring that issue to the forefront. That's where the company is aiming, in terms of price and target audience. This is Nikon really showing that the Z mount is its absolute future.Īs for the Z50 itself, it is, in essence, the mirrorless equivalent of the Nikon D7500. And you could even buy pricier full-frame lenses and upgrade the body in the future, as there will always be cross-compatibility. Fact is: if you want access to Nikon's mirrorless line-up then the Z50 represents a cheaper way to do that. Put the 'wrong' lens on another camera body and it'll auto-crop accordingly there's no additional rear protrusion to make anything not compatible (like you'd get on a Canon EF lens when trying to put it onto an EF-S body, for example).Īnyway, we digress. The full-fat Z S-line lenses cover full-frame, while the Z DX lenses are designed to cover a DX (APS-C sized) sensor. ![]() There's great image quality and room for growth, with full access to those Z series lenses being a key selling point. But far from being the failed Nikon 1 series re-imagined, this is a more enthusiast-focused product that knows it's not just a point-and-shoot camera. Our quick takeĪt first we were a little perplexed about the Z50's existence, because its announcement and use of crop-sensor (or DX / APS-C) unties the association that the Z series had with full-frame and a pro-targeted audience.īut having seen the camera it makes a lot more sense, principally because any Z mount lens will fit, whether it's one of the two new Z DX designated optics or the pricier, larger and more capable S-Line optics that, in general, are designed for the Z6 and Z7.Īll that means the Z50 is a great mirrorless entry point. And it'll accept any Z mount lenses without restriction, showing the versatility of that mount. Huh? No, Nikon hasn't lost its marbles, it's delicately introducing a sub-category of Z for more enthusiast and entry-level shooters. Just over one year later, on the 10 October 2019, Nikon announced the Z50, a Z series camera with - wait for it - a smaller sensor size, yet which still uses the Z lens mount.
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