Some of the comments..... Have you not noticed the lack of entry level cameras? Here comes a competent new camera that is a pretty good value and some will still just complain. "Why doesn't the $900 dollar camera have the same features that the $1500 dollar cameras have!?(Squawks and screeches)"...... Yeah I can't afford the $500-600 more expensive camera. I'm thankful to see stuff like this Z50 II.
Im beyond hyped fpr this camera. I ONLY NEEDED a bigger sensor, ibis would be a bonus. The original z50 is just so portable but i love to print photos. Its my #2 camera and i dont need its price or size inflating. Amazing camera for anyone that has trouble always bringing their bigger kit with them. The z50 with its kit lens has made some STRIKING photos that blend in with my top of the line Z lenses like the plena or 105m
I was incredibly happy when I saw you in the promotional video on the Nikon Europa channel! I was telling my husband recently "Ricci hasn't published anything for a long time, he's definitely testing something new from Nikon" and today when I saw that you're on the Nikon channel I was very happy! 😍🍾
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It seems great. The only thing I wanted that is missing is IBIS.
The Z50 is my travel and take anywhere camera. Most people called it an entry level camera but it is actually a very capable camera with great image quality. The new Z50II is on steroids; impressive for such a small camera!
I think Nikon may have missed the mark on not creating a higher sensor DX format sensor I think it would have helped push it to a wider market, i.e. a landscape photographer who doesn't want to go the pricer and heavier full-frame format. Nevertheless an important improvement on the original Z50.
A very nice preview of the Z 50 Mark 2. A full review after some time of use would be useful. This will be a replacement for my D5300. So far I have felt the previous Nikon mirrorless options as downgrades for various reasons. I will of course like to see how it feels in my hands before I buy. My only questions I have not seen answered in previous reviews are. 1. Does this camera have either wi-fi, Buletooth or Gps. 2 How fast is the shuter speed 1/4000 for example. 3. Can I set up Back button Auto focus which I enjoy using. Keep up the good work.
Ricci, Excellent review, thanks. But as a longtime Z50 owner who was keenly anticipating this update, I’m really disappointed they didn’t add ibis or go to a 24 or 26 mp sensor. Those quality Nikon primes and 3rd party prime lenses from Sigma that we all hope will come to the Nikon mount soon are far less appealing without ibis. That leaves those of us who don’t want to carry the bulk of full frame gear to consider Fuji.
Thank you for your great vidéos. We used to call the " Viewfinder Cover " an " Eyecup ". My Z6's was torn a few weeks after and I ordered a new one. The round one on the Z8 is much better.
Thanks for the wonderful review. Congratulations from Bulgaria 🇧🇬👏. If I may, I would like to ask you a question about the apparatus. Does the z50ii have an hdmi output for video recording and transfer to an external recorder such as the Atomos family or an external ssd hard drive?
As a handheld macro shooter in manual focus, there is simply no need to upgrade from the Z50. No more megapixels, no better battery. Sure, the plus and minus buttons are no longer touch buttons, but they added more weight to the camera.
This was a well needed update to the Z50 but not what I hoped. I guess I'm still dreaming of that stacked apsc a mini Z9 (use case wildlife/birds). It looks like both Canon with the R7 now Nikon Z50II don't want us to take apsc seriously any more it's all about pushing us to use full frame and bigger more expensive lenses. Perhaps a Z8 primary with the Z50II as a secondary or alternatively an OM1-II (has a stacked sensor).
@@JMA-1804 I'm well aware of crop modes... I already have a Canon R7 has IBIS and 32MP a crop Z6III is 9.3MP. So not equivalent. Do you do wildlife with a Z6III? I'm getting the Z8 has a full stack sensor.
@@naturealbums, IBIS doesn't help that much with wildlife or fast-moving objects. You still need a fast shutter speed, which makes IBIS a moot point. In which case z50 ii is fine
Always great to see you, and hearing your comments on new products, Ricci! (I admit that since I got the Z9, I've quit looking for new camera bodies, but always have a quick look, regardless.) Hope you've got the time to get out and shoot on your own!
It looks like a really sweet camera! And it's got bird mode!! I love Love LOVE bird mode on my Z8, and am really hoping Nikon adds it soon to my Z6iii with a firmware update!!
Always happy to see a new vid from you Ricci! Very impressive upgrade with this Z50II. Probably the biggest surprise for me is the dedicated Bird Detection mode, while this was omitted from the Z6III 🤔 This gives me hope that we'll see this in the Z6III soon. And hope to see more vids from you - thanks!
Great review, thank you. Nice camera. But bird photographers who ache for ever more resolution and raw pre-capture and very quick sensor readouts will feel let down. At least I do. I used to shoot with a D500 and this still isn't a natural replacement.
Ricci - Can we expect a firmware update for the Z6 III soon? With bird mode and option to set AF box line thickness and AF mode cycle options like the Z8 and now Z50 II?
Thank you for the informative presentation. I see that this great little camera has 3D tracking in video mode which the Z6 iii still doesn't have(as per Nikon's website). Can we expect Nikon to make that available on the Z6iii ? What about the EVF lag in fast shooting mode, was that improved from the original Z50 ? Is focus stacking now available, as the Z50 was the only Nikon mirrorless not having it ?
The Nikon UK site says the Z50II has focus-shift photography for stills. No mention of it on the USA site though. You’ve tested the camera, so does it or doesn’t it?
Pretty much addresses all my concerns with my Z50, but makes it a bit larger - and I already confused it with my Z7 too often. :^) Need to think about it a bit, but I suspect this will join my kit. I have the bigger cameras and they have their use - but for just my enjoyment and walking around this smaller camera rules.
I think it is perfect. I don't want anything that it doesn't have except a joystick for changing focus points but when it has all those tracking modes, I can live without a joystick. 😊
From what we can see in the videos the Z50ii has the basic customizability to implement AF-Handoff techniques. Does the Z50 have a Focus Persistence Custom Setting as do the previous Expeed7 Nikon bodies? This setting enables Handoff.
Thanks for testing the bird mode. That is awesome. I am happy with this upgrade. it is still a super cheap and capable camera. I do not think IBIS is a dealbreaker. The Canon R8 doesn't even have IBIS. IBIS is not a game changer, just use lenses with VR people. I do wish the megapixel was higher, but for DX mode it is already a very pixel dense sensor. Great camera. I cannot wait to get my hands on it to upgrade my Z50.
For about 400 to 500 more would you recommend just going with a Z6II instead and having a full frame ibis??...although I'm sold in the flip screen, such a needed feature as a youtuber, but as a pro photographer the z6II seems like a better option...im on the fence
Fine little camera but what is the rationale behind holding back recall function. Settings ? These feature should be standard across all cameras with expeed 7 and subsequent processors .
Nice improvements BUT (I own 2 z full frame cameras) I was considering buying a z50 for its size and for its rear screen articulation for light walks in the city without a bad. The bigger size of this new z50II and its articulated screen kill my investment decision. Nikon Z DX line is still quite poor and mounting a bulky FF lens is not a good alternative to me
@@Bayonet1809 Right, and I would add the bigger EN-EL15 battery. So far, I doubt this Z50 II could be a real action camera, and I do not make videos, so I will stick with my Z50 and wait for other releases.
@@Bayonet1809 Well we can kiss all these 3 three improvements goodbye, on the Z50 ii that is.Perhaps a new " entry level " full frame will have those, but that will be an entire different ball game with full frame lenses. Do you think Nikon will ever come up with a flagship APSC ?
Toward the very end of the video, a Z50 II is shown on a tripod with what looks to be an orange L bracket. Could you provide the product name and identifier as I'd like to secure one when I order a Z50 II. And, as always, the video is very useful and much appreciated. Notably, your video on the Nikon site today includes some additional insights and explanations not included here. Love it!
@ Thank you for the useful reply. 3 legged thing makes three universal L brackets: the QR11 2.0, the Lexie, and the Ellie. Do you have a sense of which one was being used with the new Z50 II?
@@DavidStahl As far I can see It's the Ellie universal Arca L bracket. The same one I have on my Z6III now and had on my D7500. It was a simple swap. Oh, what you see at the end of the video is only the baseplate. The side plate is removed.
Ricci, in your opinion, I see you are using many non in body stability lens with this z50 II.....Do you find a big issue not having IBIS shooting stills with this camera, and do you see it as an overall better photo camera then the z50 which I thought was pretty good....for video though I'm sold...
I think it will be a nice camera for recording, which will replace my z30. At a not so terrible price I will be able to learn how to work with N-log. and it can be charged via cable which is a big plus for me. In z30 my battery runs out quickly.
Currently using the zfc, is it an upgrade on that? I use it for wildlife and landscapes mostly with the tamron 150-500mm for that extra reach. Would the z50II be more of a side step than upgrade?
Bird AF mode was supposed to be exclusive to the stacked sensors as its speed was based on that. I wonder if this is the same bird AF mode or a lesser implementation that doesn't depend on the stacked sensor speed. Or perhaps it is just smoke and mirrors and just a second entry for animal AF.
Yeah, underwhelming compared to the top of other APS-C lines with the old sensor, low resolution, and lack of IBIS. However, Expeed 7 and UHS-II and the AF Area + AF-ON makes up for a lot for me. I think I'm okay with it, particularly if it's for my sons as their first ILC in a bit. With the two kit zooms and a Viltrox prime or two, it's a very reasonable, small, kit.
Excellent review Ricci. It is very refreshing to hear a reviewer - especially one employed by Nikon - say that they wouldn't recommend the camera in electronic shutter mode for wildlife. I don't know if this is foolhardy or brave! If those were the only alternatives, what would you say it was? I think this could well be a D500 replacement for birders, because they are used to their mechanical shutters clacking away in a physical way. They are not used to a stabilised electronic shutter anyway, so why would they miss it or want it? The fact that this possible D500 replacement costs significantly less than some of the glass they already have and can use is a big factor. Yes it would have been nice to have a brand new stacked DX sensor but it would have easily doubled the sale price of the camera. I hope you're not suggesting the old DX sensor isn't any good? A lot of D500 users would take umbrage at that suggestion! I think it is a D500 replacement that could have been better - but lets face it, any camera ever released could have been better, even the Z9 has some short-falls, for a flagship to not be able to do everything that cameras in the Z range can do is a little perplexing, but it doesn't make it a bad camera! Sorry, I am rabbiting on now, good review, honest review, two thumbs up!
The specs of this camera is right up there with the d500 but with better focus tracking modes. I still think Nikon should come out with a replacement for the d500. I would like to see a partial stacked 24 mp sensor with IBIS in a bigger body like the z8. Give it everything the z8 has that will work on an apsc body. Give it 30 fps in raw not jpg. 240 fps in video for super slow motion. I think it could be done and under $2000. Give it 2 card slots with one being a cf express card. That camera will sell like crazy. I might would even buy one and I have a z8.
Looks great to me. I'm trading my Z50 for it right now. I'm OK with the slightly larger size for better hand fit, but I wouldn't want it any larger. I'd have been a little happier if they'd kept it smaller, but I guess they couldn't, with the new tech. I think 20 MP is just fine. We have stabilized lenses, so leaving out IBIS keeps the camera smaller, lighter and less expensive I expect. I'd have liked GPS (also missing in my Z8, which is really annoying). Even inexpensive hobby toys have GPS chips in them. Come on, Nikon...
Hi, could you please confirm if the z50ii has focus- shift photography, the uk nikon website indicates it has, but I can't see it mentioned anywhere else
I see no weather proofing from Nikon either. I can deal with no IBIS giving the more expensive Expeed 7 so you have trade offs. But at least some decent weather sealing now.
Would I be right in thinking that since this has the same sensor as the Z50 it exhibits the same viewfinder lag in continuous high (extended) release mode?
Picture Controls" to me seem to offer nothing new here, except their marketing as a way to compete with Fuji's film emulations. Nikon NX Studio and Nikon cameras already since ages can create profiles and modify them. They can be moved around between cameras via the memory card. In the B&W section, Nikon added Deep Tone Monochrome that reminds me of 120 confection Kodak Tri-X - my favourite. (The 120 confection - 60 mm wide - was used in real medium format cameras and it differed from the emulsion on the 135 confection films.) When I discovered the Deep Tone Monochrome, I copied it to NX Studio and to my Z camera. The grain differs, yes, and that's a matter of raw processing software. But it's not an issue. The gradation out of the box is beautiful. The picture controls are just profiles and in the meantime, Adobe emulates these "camera profiles" with profiles for Adobe Camera Raw too. You can shoot raw (i.e. Bayer colour) and in post convert to Deep Tone Monochrome B&W. Or other profiles. Note that in Adobe, "Adobe Standard" means you use a camera-specific-profile that tries to make all cameras look the same: Adobe flat, Adobe neutral - easily displayed on a 7-bits per channel monitor that emulates 8 bits per channel - with limited colour space. While Adobe Camera Raw is the raw processor for/in both Lightroom Classic (it IS the Develop tab) and Photoshop, its resources are in the Lightroom directories: 1,287 "Adobe Standard" profiles that all try to make your images look the same. If that doesn't work properly, then "the naive" blame cameras and sensors, as they have no clue. It may just be a less successful Adobe profile for your camera (down to firmware version in some cases). As I explain OLPF in my other comments, and this here is about profiles, we have to understand that Nikon in its NX Studio lags behind. Other apps have better AI in e.g. detail retrieval (or prevention of details loss). E.g. in highlights. In other words, use raw processing and profiles wisely. A JPEG export has little headroom for corrections and what's lost is lost. "Film emulations" are just simple profile files that get applied in JPEG generation. Or the rendition of your raw images/takes on the camera's display, in its eVF. Bluntly put, such profiles may reduce colour space and shift colours to another "palette". That may be artistically motivated and that's fine. For a bird shooter it doesn't add anything.
Thanks to Nikon for the sensor, which is 8 years old for the 4k 60 crop for the lack of stabilization and minimal improvements. I don't understand Nikon's policy. they do everything to kill interest in their dx cameras
At this point i understand camera is not everything if u want to be only a beginner or if u jst want to shoot sm lyt stuff dont buy these , better enjoy with phones. If u want to seriously takeup photography buy an entrylevel FF camera atleast and start building the kit Nikon need to make a ZF in a regular formfactor with better AF and call it Z5ii. That would be my goto recommendation for new enthusiasts. And also highquality lightweight hybrid lenses are much needed for professionals . Sony and Canon are already doing . a good ecosystem is all needed afterall to be in a brand.
You can basically buy a used Z6ii for the price of a Z50II....this camera has waay too many shortcomings for its asking price...IBIS +24MP at least could have been justified...the Z50ii will surely get a heavy discount a year from now, it's just not compelling enough
Ricci, I like you videos, alas it is not the camera for me... Others may want to know if the usbc port allows in camera charging and/or external power supply. Regards from the netherlands, Gilbert
If Nikon could make that new remote cable work on the Zf I would be oh so grateful! Having to use a bluetooth cable release on a retro camera is just wrong.
A 30MP sensor with IBIS in addition to all the new improvements would have made this the APSC camera to buy. Good to see that the AF is brought up to date however. I think the improved AF and that pretty deep buffer/burst rate might be enough to switch existing D500 users to switch to the Z50II. Arguably sports and wildlife shooters perhaps dont need IBIS given the longer lenses generally have stabilization built in plus they will be using faster shutter speeds anyway. Some good improvements over the Mk1 but I think we expected a bit more to be honest.
Sadly a missed opportunity for Nikon. Should have made a bit larger and ~200$ more expensive but implement IBIS. I can never use a camera without IBIS anymore tbh. It's a life changing technology.
Having owned a Z50 for a number of years now I love the small size, I think I'd prefer the format of the zfc though. But this looks awesome and I want to buy myself one. The 30 frames a second will be great for getting action shots of friends and families.
I have zero interest in this camera personally, but I get asked ALL the time what I recommend for beginners who want a "real" camera, and I'm often stuck because I want to recommend a APS-C Nikon, but the D50 really really needed this update. So glad I can finally recommend this.
@@estwern The big one is I found the autofocus genuinely frustrating. I heard it got a bit better with firmware updates, but I really didn't care for it when I tried it earlier on.
@@seanmolincreative if you are not up to date with firmware updates and what those bring to old cameras, you should not give buying advice to beginners in photography because you cannot recommend based on current characteristics of the equipment. or at least, disclose that your informations are based on an interaction from 3 years ago.
At this size they could have easily fit IBIS and batteries from their bigger bodies. A missed opportunity. PS: NIKON, if you are reading this, please fix the video backup to the second card slot on your higher-end bodies!
Commenters elsewhere point to the 20MP D500 or the 12MP D90. That, to me, is rather deluded. Nothing special about that D500 "sensor", it's simply very good. And still can be applied in new cameras today, justifiably so. But it's only so sharp because Nikon did not place an OLPF over it. That's a huge deal. And the 12MP D90, very likely HAS an OLPF over its sensor. With the processing power of the EXPEED 7 (IMO the size increase in the Z 52 is caused by the EXPEED 7) we don't need an OLPF. Below is more explanation. My nickname for the OLPF is "fuzzy filter" by the way. Compare, e.g. in DxOMark, the sharpest F-mount lens when mounted on a D800 (36MP with OLPF) to mounted on a D800E 36MP and OLPF Eliminated). Everything else the same ("ceteris paribus" in science). To see what MP give you, compare that lens when on a 24MP full frame to the D800 (both with OLPF). Then compare the MP effect between the D800E and the D810/850. You will see shockingly little improvement in sharpness. "We" in the photographic and graphic industry work with "linear" (one dimensional) units for resolution because these predict how humans perceive sharpness (detail resolution): Dots per Inch, Pixels per inch, LinePairs per millimetre. And with "linear magnification". MP are an area unit (two dimensional AKA "squared"). If you want two times more resolution compared to your X*Y=MP sensor, then you need linear doubling: 2X*2Y=4MP. As long as you have an OLPF in cases you compare this will work - except at increasing resolution the OLPF works increasingly against you. MP predict processing power and data shifting, plus memory and storage requirements. Other than that it is marketing hype. And, in the case of Nikon, APS-C cameras like the D500 and Z 50 have no OLPF, but a 24MP full frame has one. That's why the 20MP D500 looks so great compared to the 24MP full frame camera. The problem of having an OLPF versus not having one, is in the interpretation by raw processing software developers of the Bayer social contract. In the Bayer paradigm, we shoot with a colour-blind sensor (because three layers - R, G, B - over each other as in colour film) is not feasible, that has a precisely matching its grid array of colour filters over it. Each photosite is filtered down to one spectral colour band and hence its data elements (measured EV) are monochrome (mono=single, chrome= colour). The raw file has red data elements, green data elements, and blue data elements from different photosites. The Bayer social contract then is that "raw processing" (conversion) software must guess the missing colours so R becomes RGB, G becomes RGB, B becomes RGB. In the case of Nikon and Adobe, the attitude was, we give you a lot more sharpness by not placing the OLPF, but you have to swallow more noise. That is residual Bayer noise following from inadequate deBayerisation and has nothing to do with "not enough photons" or quantum physics. It merely follows from the Bayer paradigm. Yes, the red patch in your reference shot of your Colour Checker Passport may give "0" light level from the photosites under a Blue (phase not pigment) filter, but that's because the patch is pure red, not because "there was not enough light" in the subject - this is simply Bayer paradigm and its social contract dictates this Blue photosite's data element must be converted into pure red (in its RGB values). The same goes for the Green data elements that must become RGB. Topaz understood what we needed when they released DeNoise AI, DxO followed some time later with DeepPRIME in PhotoLab and next stand alone in PureRAW. Years, later, Adobe gave an option to Camera Raw in 2023 (and it handled digital artefacts - "demosaicking" - in the worst of ways). Nikon still has work to do. Note, aside. In colour theory, neither black, nor grey, nor white, are colours. So in that theory, we cannot call a B&W image "monochrome" and a Leica called that is a farce. The history - became hysterical - is that the first emulsions had sensitivity in one spectral colour band, so these were "monochrome" in sensitivity, when their images had analogue grey values between (almost) black and (almost) white. These emulsions called monochrome, became the norm in photographic B&W printing paper because this allowed you to leave a coloured light on in the darkroom. The second generation B&W film had two spectral band of sensitivity and was called "orthochromatic" (orthos=correct) because it represented the real world in better grey values. Not long after we got B&W film with sensitivity across the entire humanly visible spectrum (+ a bit more) that got called "panchromatic" (pan=all). If Leica had called their "Monochrom" instead "Panchrom" it would have been true to theory and history.
really impressive little camera for the price point. Everyone has been calling for a d500 mirrorless replacement and personally I think this is it. The buffer is really impressive, 11fps is great and it's got bird mode af...for the price I think most should be happy.
@@romainplagnol882 for the price...yes. Remember this is an entry level camera but a very capable one, you might need to carry a few extra batteries in your pocket if shooting all day but again, for the price, thats not really a big deal. There are loads APSC cameras out there from other brands which have shockingly poor buffers...unlike a small battery (that you can carry more with you) there is nothing you can do about a camera with a tiny buffer. That will impact your day of wildlife shooting significantly more.
I think the fujifilm XM5 provides a better value than the Nikon Z50II , after nikon acquired Red , I was expecting better video capabilities, 4k60 at 1.5 crop is weak.
Why do RUclipsrs call this type of screen "Fully Articulated" This type of screen isn't FULLY articulated, it only flips outward and twists up and down. I get that you cant take pics of yourself if the screen only tilts and you can't see it from the front. But this type of screen is just as bad in a different way, you can not do waist level shooting without doubling the width of the setup, you have to look to the left of where you are actually pointed. If the screen tilts along the same axis as the lens, then you can hold the camera in your right hand and with your thumb tap and take a picture, now to do that it is a two-handed affair. Also when the screen is able to tilt up, the rest of the camera body provided shade, and your body behind, shielded the camera screen from light. now with the screen out to the left of the camera, it just reflects more and is harder to see outside. RUclipsrs keep ruining cameras, one by one, and now even the Nikons, just sad. Now if it was FULLY articulating, and kept everyone happy, (like the Sony A7RV) that would be cool, but this cheap flippy outty spinny crap has to end.
As a budget wildlife camera it's OK, mostly due to price. I still prefer a6700 and don't regret switching to sony after Z6III launch. If you have a good nikon lenses like 500pf and don't want to spend a a lot on AF upgrade for wildlife it makes sense to buy z50II.
Some of the comments..... Have you not noticed the lack of entry level cameras? Here comes a competent new camera that is a pretty good value and some will still just complain. "Why doesn't the $900 dollar camera have the same features that the $1500 dollar cameras have!?(Squawks and screeches)"...... Yeah I can't afford the $500-600 more expensive camera. I'm thankful to see stuff like this Z50 II.
But for $900 it should have ibis.
There are cameras in a similar price bracket that have it.
@@letni9506 what camera?
Im beyond hyped fpr this camera.
I ONLY NEEDED a bigger sensor, ibis would be a bonus.
The original z50 is just so portable but i love to print photos.
Its my #2 camera and i dont need its price or size inflating.
Amazing camera for anyone that has trouble always bringing their bigger kit with them.
The z50 with its kit lens has made some STRIKING photos that blend in with my top of the line Z lenses like the plena or 105m
You basically just told us what are the capabilities of this camera. No extra fluff. Great review.
great review - good call out on the new secure viewfinder eyepiece - hope those appear in other cameras.
I was incredibly happy when I saw you in the promotional video on the Nikon Europa channel! I was telling my husband recently "Ricci hasn't published anything for a long time, he's definitely testing something new from Nikon" and today when I saw that you're on the Nikon channel I was very happy! 😍🍾
It seems great. The only thing I wanted that is missing is IBIS.
agree
It's missing a better battery life too.
Z50 was terrible in this aspect.
@@romainplagnol882after moving up to the full frame Z line, I despize my z50 batteries. I ALWAYS bring 2 becuase they just randomly die
The Z50 is my travel and take anywhere camera. Most people called it an entry level camera but it is actually a very capable camera with great image quality. The new Z50II is on steroids; impressive for such a small camera!
The z50 is very underrated. I love having something small and light like the z50. I'll be getting the Z50ii just for the improved focus ability.
@@BABA-ws5eo Yes it is. Just spend the weekend in the woods with the family. The Z50 with the Viltrox 20mm was my companion. Great images!
@pascalhibon7928 great to hear, out of interest what is your main camera body when not using z50?
@@tyana9991 I alternate between a D850 and a Z6II. I still can't give my trusted D850.
@pascalhibon7928 I too use a D850 and had been looking for a lightweight travel camera. The z50 ii might be a contender!
Thank you Ricci, full information, haves and have nots, everything one needs to know in a short video. Excellent...
Great review, thank you. If it had IBIS and a tilting screen, I wouldn't hesitate.
I think Nikon may have missed the mark on not creating a higher sensor DX format sensor I think it would have helped push it to a wider market, i.e. a landscape photographer who doesn't want to go the pricer and heavier full-frame format. Nevertheless an important improvement on the original Z50.
A very nice preview of the Z 50 Mark 2. A full review after some time of use would be useful. This will be a replacement for my D5300. So far I have felt the previous Nikon mirrorless options as downgrades for various reasons. I will of course like to see how it feels in my hands before I buy. My only questions I have not seen answered in previous reviews are. 1. Does this camera have either wi-fi, Buletooth or Gps. 2 How fast is the shuter speed 1/4000 for example. 3. Can I set up Back button Auto focus which I enjoy using. Keep up the good work.
Ricci, Excellent review, thanks. But as a longtime Z50 owner who was keenly anticipating this update, I’m really disappointed they didn’t add ibis or go to a 24 or 26 mp sensor. Those quality Nikon primes and 3rd party prime lenses from Sigma that we all hope will come to the Nikon mount soon are far less appealing without ibis. That leaves those of us who don’t want to carry the bulk of full frame gear to consider Fuji.
Thank you for your great vidéos.
We used to call the " Viewfinder Cover " an " Eyecup ". My Z6's was torn a few weeks after and I ordered a new one. The round one on the Z8 is much better.
Thanks for the wonderful review.
Congratulations from Bulgaria 🇧🇬👏.
If I may, I would like to ask you a question about the apparatus.
Does the z50ii have an hdmi output for video recording and transfer to an external recorder such as the Atomos family or an external ssd hard drive?
As a handheld macro shooter in manual focus, there is simply no need to upgrade from the Z50. No more megapixels, no better battery.
Sure, the plus and minus buttons are no longer touch buttons, but they added more weight to the camera.
This was a well needed update to the Z50 but not what I hoped. I guess I'm still dreaming of that stacked apsc a mini Z9 (use case wildlife/birds). It looks like both Canon with the R7 now Nikon Z50II don't want us to take apsc seriously any more it's all about pushing us to use full frame and bigger more expensive lenses. Perhaps a Z8 primary with the Z50II as a secondary or alternatively an OM1-II (has a stacked sensor).
just around $1000. You can not require so much highend features for this price.
@@toactv1962 I didn't complain about the price... I would have gladly paid double for a stacked pro version.
@@naturealbumsStop complaining. You can always shoot z6 iii or zf in crop mode and still have the flexibility to shoot full frame
@@JMA-1804 I'm well aware of crop modes... I already have a Canon R7 has IBIS and 32MP a crop Z6III is 9.3MP. So not equivalent. Do you do wildlife with a Z6III? I'm getting the Z8 has a full stack sensor.
@@naturealbums, IBIS doesn't help that much with wildlife or fast-moving objects. You still need a fast shutter speed, which makes IBIS a moot point. In which case z50 ii is fine
Always great to see you, and hearing your comments on new products, Ricci! (I admit that since I got the Z9, I've quit looking for new camera bodies, but always have a quick look, regardless.) Hope you've got the time to get out and shoot on your own!
It looks like a really sweet camera! And it's got bird mode!! I love Love LOVE bird mode on my Z8, and am really hoping Nikon adds it soon to my Z6iii with a firmware update!!
Great review, thank you! I received the Z50 earlier this year and this new version looks like a compelling upgrade.
Me too. But ig the z50 is still quite the value for money.
Thanks Ricci for this very good review and for the sharing. I have a small question please : is the Z50 able to take photos White you take a video ?
Always happy to see a new vid from you Ricci! Very impressive upgrade with this Z50II. Probably the biggest surprise for me is the dedicated Bird Detection mode, while this was omitted from the Z6III 🤔 This gives me hope that we'll see this in the Z6III soon. And hope to see more vids from you - thanks!
Great that it's the same price as the Z50 (UK) but not sure how this compares to Fuji, which people in this price bracket would go for?
Great review, thank you. Nice camera. But bird photographers who ache for ever more resolution and raw pre-capture and very quick sensor readouts will feel let down. At least I do. I used to shoot with a D500 and this still isn't a natural replacement.
Great video! Sorry if I missed it, but does the Z50II support focus shift shooting?
Yes, the official Nikon page for this lists focus shift under "Other options for still photos" if you expand the list of features.
Ricci - Can we expect a firmware update for the Z6 III soon? With bird mode and option to set AF box line thickness and AF mode cycle options like the Z8 and now Z50 II?
Thank you for the informative presentation. I see that this great little camera has 3D tracking in video mode which the Z6 iii still doesn't have(as per Nikon's website). Can we expect Nikon to make that available on the Z6iii ? What about the EVF lag in fast shooting mode, was that improved from the original Z50 ? Is focus stacking now available, as the Z50 was the only Nikon mirrorless not having it ?
The Nikon UK site says the Z50II has focus-shift photography for stills. No mention of it on the USA site though. You’ve tested the camera, so does it or doesn’t it?
It does
Pretty much addresses all my concerns with my Z50, but makes it a bit larger - and I already confused it with my Z7 too often. :^) Need to think about it a bit, but I suspect this will join my kit. I have the bigger cameras and they have their use - but for just my enjoyment and walking around this smaller camera rules.
I like that its larger! and new screen is very good!
I think it is perfect. I don't want anything that it doesn't have except a joystick for changing focus points but when it has all those tracking modes, I can live without a joystick. 😊
they could use pre-release RAW on the z6iii but they decided not to, the buffer is infinite, so they could have added it
From what we can see in the videos the Z50ii has the basic customizability to implement AF-Handoff techniques. Does the Z50 have a Focus Persistence Custom Setting as do the previous Expeed7 Nikon bodies? This setting enables Handoff.
Nice review, I think this will be a very popular camera.
A quick question, does precapture work with mechanical shutter?
Nice looking camera and good review. In my mind this is the Z70, it has high end AF, and good features, but a consumer grade body, LCD and VF.
Thanks for testing the bird mode. That is awesome. I am happy with this upgrade. it is still a super cheap and capable camera. I do not think IBIS is a dealbreaker. The Canon R8 doesn't even have IBIS. IBIS is not a game changer, just use lenses with VR people. I do wish the megapixel was higher, but for DX mode it is already a very pixel dense sensor. Great camera. I cannot wait to get my hands on it to upgrade my Z50.
For about 400 to 500 more would you recommend just going with a Z6II instead and having a full frame ibis??...although I'm sold in the flip screen, such a needed feature as a youtuber, but as a pro photographer the z6II seems like a better option...im on the fence
Substantial upgrades at a very reasonable price. Perfect? No. But I think there's a real market for this model.
Great review. Thank you.
Fine little camera but what is the rationale behind holding back recall function. Settings ?
These feature should be standard across all cameras with expeed 7 and subsequent processors .
they need to sell other cameras as well....
Nice improvements BUT (I own 2 z full frame cameras) I was considering buying a z50 for its size and for its rear screen articulation for light walks in the city without a bad. The bigger size of this new z50II and its articulated screen kill my investment decision. Nikon Z DX line is still quite poor and mounting a bulky FF lens is not a good alternative to me
If you have Nikons ear a firmware update for the ZF to use the headphone jack based remote would be great ..thanks!
Guess I'm still waiting for a Z70 then.
No reason for me to get rid of the d500 yet
And what specs do you expect in that one ?
@@Cervin_Suisse New sensor, IBIS, perhaps higher resolution EVF.
@@Bayonet1809 Right, and I would add the bigger EN-EL15 battery. So far, I doubt this Z50 II could be a real action camera, and I do not make videos, so I will stick with my Z50 and wait for other releases.
@@Bayonet1809 Well we can kiss all these 3 three improvements goodbye, on the Z50 ii that is.Perhaps a new " entry level " full frame will have those, but that will be an entire different ball game with full frame lenses. Do you think Nikon will ever come up with a flagship APSC ?
Great video as usual, thanks. No IBIS?
Toward the very end of the video, a Z50 II is shown on a tripod with what looks to be an orange L bracket. Could you provide the product name and identifier as I'd like to secure one when I order a Z50 II. And, as always, the video is very useful and much appreciated. Notably, your video on the Nikon site today includes some additional insights and explanations not included here. Love it!
The L bracket is from the company 3 legged thing. It's a universal L bracket wich can be adapted to multiple camera's. Great piece of kit.
@ Thank you for the useful reply. 3 legged thing makes three universal L brackets: the QR11 2.0, the Lexie, and the Ellie. Do you have a sense of which one was being used with the new Z50 II?
@@DavidStahl As far I can see It's the Ellie universal Arca L bracket. The same one I have on my Z6III now and had on my D7500. It was a simple swap.
Oh, what you see at the end of the video is only the baseplate. The side plate is removed.
@ Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated!
Ricci, in your opinion, I see you are using many non in body stability lens with this z50 II.....Do you find a big issue not having IBIS shooting stills with this camera, and do you see it as an overall better photo camera then the z50 which I thought was pretty good....for video though I'm sold...
I think it will be a nice camera for recording, which will replace my z30. At a not so terrible price I will be able to learn how to work with N-log. and it can be charged via cable which is a big plus for me. In z30 my battery runs out quickly.
Currently using the zfc, is it an upgrade on that? I use it for wildlife and landscapes mostly with the tamron 150-500mm for that extra reach. Would the z50II be more of a side step than upgrade?
Excellent concise review. Thank you Ricci. If only they had made it a little smaller rather than a little larger.
Bird AF mode was supposed to be exclusive to the stacked sensors as its speed was based on that. I wonder if this is the same bird AF mode or a lesser implementation that doesn't depend on the stacked sensor speed. Or perhaps it is just smoke and mirrors and just a second entry for animal AF.
Yeah, underwhelming compared to the top of other APS-C lines with the old sensor, low resolution, and lack of IBIS. However, Expeed 7 and UHS-II and the AF Area + AF-ON makes up for a lot for me. I think I'm okay with it, particularly if it's for my sons as their first ILC in a bit. With the two kit zooms and a Viltrox prime or two, it's a very reasonable, small, kit.
Excellent review Ricci. It is very refreshing to hear a reviewer - especially one employed by Nikon - say that they wouldn't recommend the camera in electronic shutter mode for wildlife. I don't know if this is foolhardy or brave! If those were the only alternatives, what would you say it was? I think this could well be a D500 replacement for birders, because they are used to their mechanical shutters clacking away in a physical way. They are not used to a stabilised electronic shutter anyway, so why would they miss it or want it? The fact that this possible D500 replacement costs significantly less than some of the glass they already have and can use is a big factor. Yes it would have been nice to have a brand new stacked DX sensor but it would have easily doubled the sale price of the camera. I hope you're not suggesting the old DX sensor isn't any good? A lot of D500 users would take umbrage at that suggestion! I think it is a D500 replacement that could have been better - but lets face it, any camera ever released could have been better, even the Z9 has some short-falls, for a flagship to not be able to do everything that cameras in the Z range can do is a little perplexing, but it doesn't make it a bad camera! Sorry, I am rabbiting on now, good review, honest review, two thumbs up!
does this have the high efficiency raw? and if so, how many MB are the raws? thanks
It has HE raw. Not sure about the size
The specs of this camera is right up there with the d500 but with better focus tracking modes. I still think Nikon should come out with a replacement for the d500. I would like to see a partial stacked 24 mp sensor with IBIS in a bigger body like the z8. Give it everything the z8 has that will work on an apsc body. Give it 30 fps in raw not jpg. 240 fps in video for super slow motion. I think it could be done and under $2000. Give it 2 card slots with one being a cf express card. That camera will sell like crazy. I might would even buy one and I have a z8.
I think this may actually be a great little second body to go along side a z8
Hi, does the viewfinder have an increased framerate like the 120Hz of the z6III, compared to the 60Hz of the old Z50?
How would you hold the camera if ports were on the other side :)
Looks great to me. I'm trading my Z50 for it right now. I'm OK with the slightly larger size for better hand fit, but I wouldn't want it any larger. I'd have been a little happier if they'd kept it smaller, but I guess they couldn't, with the new tech. I think 20 MP is just fine. We have stabilized lenses, so leaving out IBIS keeps the camera smaller, lighter and less expensive I expect. I'd have liked GPS (also missing in my Z8, which is really annoying). Even inexpensive hobby toys have GPS chips in them. Come on, Nikon...
Very nice camera, I do like a cable remote but mounted on the front.
So if I understand what I see here, the "EFCT" position on the upper dial in the Z50 has been replaced by the Picture Control button on the Z50 II?
No IBIS ?
@@yewsungtan8926 He never mentioned that, so, probably no…
No
Hi, could you please confirm if the z50ii has focus-
shift photography, the uk nikon website indicates it has, but I can't see it mentioned anywhere else
I see no weather proofing from Nikon either. I can deal with no IBIS giving the more expensive Expeed 7 so you have trade offs. But at least some decent weather sealing now.
Can the Picture Control button be customized and assigned a different function?
Would I be right in thinking that since this has the same sensor as the Z50 it exhibits the same viewfinder lag in continuous high (extended) release mode?
for me major issue is color moir. would like to know how often it occur
You said you would use mechanical shutter to avoid distorsion. Why would electronic shutter bring distorsion?
Picture Controls" to me seem to offer nothing new here, except their marketing as a way to compete with Fuji's film emulations. Nikon NX Studio and Nikon cameras already since ages can create profiles and modify them. They can be moved around between cameras via the memory card.
In the B&W section, Nikon added Deep Tone Monochrome that reminds me of 120 confection Kodak Tri-X - my favourite. (The 120 confection - 60 mm wide - was used in real medium format cameras and it differed from the emulsion on the 135 confection films.)
When I discovered the Deep Tone Monochrome, I copied it to NX Studio and to my Z camera.
The grain differs, yes, and that's a matter of raw processing software. But it's not an issue. The gradation out of the box is beautiful.
The picture controls are just profiles and in the meantime, Adobe emulates these "camera profiles" with profiles for Adobe Camera Raw too. You can shoot raw (i.e. Bayer colour) and in post convert to Deep Tone Monochrome B&W. Or other profiles.
Note that in Adobe, "Adobe Standard" means you use a camera-specific-profile that tries to make all cameras look the same: Adobe flat, Adobe neutral - easily displayed on a 7-bits per channel monitor that emulates 8 bits per channel - with limited colour space.
While Adobe Camera Raw is the raw processor for/in both Lightroom Classic (it IS the Develop tab) and Photoshop, its resources are in the Lightroom directories: 1,287 "Adobe Standard" profiles that all try to make your images look the same. If that doesn't work properly, then "the naive" blame cameras and sensors, as they have no clue. It may just be a less successful Adobe profile for your camera (down to firmware version in some cases).
As I explain OLPF in my other comments, and this here is about profiles, we have to understand that Nikon in its NX Studio lags behind. Other apps have better AI in e.g. detail retrieval (or prevention of details loss).
E.g. in highlights.
In other words, use raw processing and profiles wisely. A JPEG export has little headroom for corrections and what's lost is lost. "Film emulations" are just simple profile files that get applied in JPEG generation. Or the rendition of your raw images/takes on the camera's display, in its eVF. Bluntly put, such profiles may reduce colour space and shift colours to another "palette". That may be artistically motivated and that's fine. For a bird shooter it doesn't add anything.
Thanks to Nikon for the sensor, which is 8 years old for the 4k 60 crop for the lack of stabilization and minimal improvements. I don't understand Nikon's policy. they do everything to kill interest in their dx cameras
What is the viewfinder blackout like? This is a serious drawback to the previous generation
Nice camera, but we're still waiting for the NIKKOR Z 35mm f/1.2 S 😞
Firstly 🎉
Question, can the tally light (video light on the front) be turned off?
At this point i understand camera is not everything if u want to be only a beginner or if u jst want to shoot sm lyt stuff dont buy these , better enjoy with phones. If u want to seriously takeup photography buy an entrylevel FF camera atleast and start building the kit
Nikon need to make a ZF in a regular formfactor with better AF and call it Z5ii. That would be my goto recommendation for new enthusiasts.
And also highquality lightweight hybrid lenses are much needed for professionals . Sony and Canon are already doing . a good ecosystem is all needed afterall to be in a brand.
Any back button AF options?
You can basically buy a used Z6ii for the price of a Z50II....this camera has waay too many shortcomings for its asking price...IBIS +24MP at least could have been justified...the Z50ii will surely get a heavy discount a year from now, it's just not compelling enough
New generation IBIS is not a novelty but a godsend, and dual memory slots helps me organize my photos and videos. So, we’ll pass this one
Ricci,
I like you videos, alas it is not the camera for me...
Others may want to know if the usbc port allows in camera charging and/or external power supply.
Regards from the netherlands, Gilbert
If Nikon could make that new remote cable work on the Zf I would be oh so grateful! Having to use a bluetooth cable release on a retro camera is just wrong.
I would have been ok with the old sensor, if it had IBIS. Without IBIS and no DX primes with VR, seems very limited for handheld video.
A 30MP sensor with IBIS in addition to all the new improvements would have made this the APSC camera to buy. Good to see that the AF is brought up to date however. I think the improved AF and that pretty deep buffer/burst rate might be enough to switch existing D500 users to switch to the Z50II. Arguably sports and wildlife shooters perhaps dont need IBIS given the longer lenses generally have stabilization built in plus they will be using faster shutter speeds anyway. Some good improvements over the Mk1 but I think we expected a bit more to be honest.
Yeah but the battery is small and is it fully weather sealed?
@@Frippin-MTBD80 did he say fully waether sealed?
Sadly a missed opportunity for Nikon. Should have made a bit larger and ~200$ more expensive but implement IBIS. I can never use a camera without IBIS anymore tbh. It's a life changing technology.
Z50 II + IBIS = $1400. That's why IBIS is missing.
Going back and forth between my Zfc and Z6 I don't really notice lack of IBIS.
low pass or AA filter?
Having owned a Z50 for a number of years now I love the small size, I think I'd prefer the format of the zfc though. But this looks awesome and I want to buy myself one. The 30 frames a second will be great for getting action shots of friends and families.
I have zero interest in this camera personally, but I get asked ALL the time what I recommend for beginners who want a "real" camera, and I'm often stuck because I want to recommend a APS-C Nikon, but the D50 really really needed this update. So glad I can finally recommend this.
and what downsides did the original "z50" had that you cannot recommend it to BEGGINERS?
@@estwern The big one is I found the autofocus genuinely frustrating. I heard it got a bit better with firmware updates, but I really didn't care for it when I tried it earlier on.
@@seanmolincreative if you are not up to date with firmware updates and what those bring to old cameras, you should not give buying advice to beginners in photography because you cannot recommend based on current characteristics of the equipment. or at least, disclose that your informations are based on an interaction from 3 years ago.
So looks like this is not D500 replacement even though it has same sensor.
Not having IBIS is a huge mistake
IMO, It would have been a bit better if it had 24mp and ibis, but that's just me
At this size they could have easily fit IBIS and batteries from their bigger bodies. A missed opportunity.
PS: NIKON, if you are reading this, please fix the video backup to the second card slot on your higher-end bodies!
Commenters elsewhere point to the 20MP D500 or the 12MP D90. That, to me, is rather deluded.
Nothing special about that D500 "sensor", it's simply very good. And still can be applied in new cameras today, justifiably so. But it's only so sharp because Nikon did not place an OLPF over it. That's a huge deal.
And the 12MP D90, very likely HAS an OLPF over its sensor. With the processing power of the EXPEED 7 (IMO the size increase in the Z 52 is caused by the EXPEED 7) we don't need an OLPF. Below is more explanation. My nickname for the OLPF is "fuzzy filter" by the way.
Compare, e.g. in DxOMark, the sharpest F-mount lens when mounted on a D800 (36MP with OLPF) to mounted on a D800E 36MP and OLPF Eliminated). Everything else the same ("ceteris paribus" in science).
To see what MP give you, compare that lens when on a 24MP full frame to the D800 (both with OLPF). Then compare the MP effect between the D800E and the D810/850.
You will see shockingly little improvement in sharpness. "We" in the photographic and graphic industry work with "linear" (one dimensional) units for resolution because these predict how humans perceive sharpness (detail resolution): Dots per Inch, Pixels per inch, LinePairs per millimetre. And with "linear magnification". MP are an area unit (two dimensional AKA "squared").
If you want two times more resolution compared to your X*Y=MP sensor, then you need linear doubling: 2X*2Y=4MP. As long as you have an OLPF in cases you compare this will work - except at increasing resolution the OLPF works increasingly against you. MP predict processing power and data shifting, plus memory and storage requirements. Other than that it is marketing hype.
And, in the case of Nikon, APS-C cameras like the D500 and Z 50 have no OLPF, but a 24MP full frame has one. That's why the 20MP D500 looks so great compared to the 24MP full frame camera.
The problem of having an OLPF versus not having one, is in the interpretation by raw processing software developers of the Bayer social contract.
In the Bayer paradigm, we shoot with a colour-blind sensor (because three layers - R, G, B - over each other as in colour film) is not feasible, that has a precisely matching its grid array of colour filters over it. Each photosite is filtered down to one spectral colour band and hence its data elements (measured EV) are monochrome (mono=single, chrome= colour). The raw file has red data elements, green data elements, and blue data elements from different photosites. The Bayer social contract then is that "raw processing" (conversion) software must guess the missing colours so R becomes RGB, G becomes RGB, B becomes RGB.
In the case of Nikon and Adobe, the attitude was, we give you a lot more sharpness by not placing the OLPF, but you have to swallow more noise. That is residual Bayer noise following from inadequate deBayerisation and has nothing to do with "not enough photons" or quantum physics. It merely follows from the Bayer paradigm. Yes, the red patch in your reference shot of your Colour Checker Passport may give "0" light level from the photosites under a Blue (phase not pigment) filter, but that's because the patch is pure red, not because "there was not enough light" in the subject - this is simply Bayer paradigm and its social contract dictates this Blue photosite's data element must be converted into pure red (in its RGB values). The same goes for the Green data elements that must become RGB. Topaz understood what we needed when they released DeNoise AI, DxO followed some time later with DeepPRIME in PhotoLab and next stand alone in PureRAW. Years, later, Adobe gave an option to Camera Raw in 2023 (and it handled digital artefacts - "demosaicking" - in the worst of ways). Nikon still has work to do.
Note, aside. In colour theory, neither black, nor grey, nor white, are colours. So in that theory, we cannot call a B&W image "monochrome" and a Leica called that is a farce. The history - became hysterical - is that the first emulsions had sensitivity in one spectral colour band, so these were "monochrome" in sensitivity, when their images had analogue grey values between (almost) black and (almost) white. These emulsions called monochrome, became the norm in photographic B&W printing paper because this allowed you to leave a coloured light on in the darkroom. The second generation B&W film had two spectral band of sensitivity and was called "orthochromatic" (orthos=correct) because it represented the real world in better grey values. Not long after we got B&W film with sensitivity across the entire humanly visible spectrum (+ a bit more) that got called "panchromatic" (pan=all). If Leica had called their "Monochrom" instead "Panchrom" it would have been true to theory and history.
really impressive little camera for the price point. Everyone has been calling for a d500 mirrorless replacement and personally I think this is it. The buffer is really impressive, 11fps is great and it's got bird mode af...for the price I think most should be happy.
One of the poorest battery life on the market for a "wildlife" camera? Seriously??
@@romainplagnol882 for the price...yes. Remember this is an entry level camera but a very capable one, you might need to carry a few extra batteries in your pocket if shooting all day but again, for the price, thats not really a big deal. There are loads APSC cameras out there from other brands which have shockingly poor buffers...unlike a small battery (that you can carry more with you) there is nothing you can do about a camera with a tiny buffer. That will impact your day of wildlife shooting significantly more.
I think the fujifilm XM5 provides a better value than the Nikon Z50II , after nikon acquired Red , I was expecting better video capabilities, 4k60 at 1.5 crop is weak.
Malaysia noted..🇲🇾
Hello Ricci, Nice introduction to the Nikon Z50ii.
Does it have 900s shutter speed in manual?
yes, I checked this on the Nikon website. great feature for astro
@@martinsarre Yeah, any long exposure really. I can retire my intervalometer - one less thing to carry.
All about the price, if the price becomes close to FX cameras, nobody will look at DX...
It's priced in the same bracket as the Sony A6400 & Canon R10 & Fuji XT30ii
There are plenty of people using fuji right now...
Still waiting on a D500 replacement .....
Why do RUclipsrs call this type of screen "Fully Articulated" This type of screen isn't FULLY articulated, it only flips outward and twists up and down. I get that you cant take pics of yourself if the screen only tilts and you can't see it from the front. But this type of screen is just as bad in a different way, you can not do waist level shooting without doubling the width of the setup, you have to look to the left of where you are actually pointed. If the screen tilts along the same axis as the lens, then you can hold the camera in your right hand and with your thumb tap and take a picture, now to do that it is a two-handed affair. Also when the screen is able to tilt up, the rest of the camera body provided shade, and your body behind, shielded the camera screen from light. now with the screen out to the left of the camera, it just reflects more and is harder to see outside. RUclipsrs keep ruining cameras, one by one, and now even the Nikons, just sad. Now if it was FULLY articulating, and kept everyone happy, (like the Sony A7RV) that would be cool, but this cheap flippy outty spinny crap has to end.
If the next Nikon DX camera still doesn't have IBIS, then Nikon is done with the APS-C product line.
As a budget wildlife camera it's OK, mostly due to price. I still prefer a6700 and don't regret switching to sony after Z6III launch. If you have a good nikon lenses like 500pf and don't want to spend a a lot on AF upgrade for wildlife it makes sense to buy z50II.
Actually I'm excited. Z50ii with the 400mm F4.5 seems like a great lightweight birding rig.
Looks like a mirrorless D500
D500 is still DX king. Sadly! To me it doesn't make sense to take the 50' . I'd rather put the money into better glass.
Bit Sad it is bigger than Z50 😢