NIKON Z 50
www.nikon.co.uk £849/$859
Nikon’s Z 7 and Z 6 full-frame mirrorless cameras are impressive pieces of kit, but needless to say not everyone can afford them. The Z 50 brings Nikon’s mirrorless camera technology to the hobbyist market.
Nikon’s first stab at producing interchangeable-lens mirrorless cameras didn’t exactly set the world on fire: the 1-series’ relatively small, low-resolution 1-inch CX sensor – with a 2.7x crop factor – quickly fell behind its mirrorless rivals. The solution was the Z mount, which was introduced in late 2018 and so arrived somewhat late to the mirrorless party; if you’re going to turn up late, you’re going to have to make quite an entrance – and the Z series has certainly done that.
With the Z mount, Nikon rethought lens mount design from the ground up. The first two cameras in the range, the Z 7 and the Z 6, showcased this cutting-edge tech with a range of S-line lenses that are among the
