Mirrorless

Nikon Z mount

DX-format CMOS sensor, 23.5 mm x 15.7 mm

21.51 million

Image Dust Off reference data (NX Studio software required)

20.9 million

[DX (24 x 16)] 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); photos taken during movie recording with a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160; photos taken during movie recording with a frame size of: 1920 x 1080

NEF (RAW): 12 or 14-bit, JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with 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

Auto, Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat, Creative Picture Control (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

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

1 Secure Digital (SD) card

DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31

NIKKOR Z mount lenses, NIKKOR F-mount lenses (mount adapter required; limitations may apply)

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

1/4000 to 30 s, (step sizes of 1/3 EV), Bulb, Time

X=1/200 s or slower; auto FP high-speed sync supported

S (single frame), CL (continuous low), CH (continuous high), Continuous H (extended), Self-timer

Up to 11 fps, Low-speed continuous: approx. 1 to 4 fps, High-speed continuous: approx. 5 fps, High-speed continuous (extended): approx. 11 fps

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

TTL exposure metering using camera image sensor

Matrix metering, center-weighted metering: 75% of sensitivity concentrated on an 8 mm circle in the center of the frame; sensitivity can instead be based on the average of the entire frame, spot metering: Metering in a 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of the frame) centered on the selected AF-point high-light weighted metering

-4 to +17 EV

Auto, P: programmed auto with flexible program; S: shutter-priority auto; A: aperture-priority auto; M: manual; U1, U2, and U3: user settings modes

Range: -5 to +5 EV, Increment: 1/3 step

Luminosity locked at detected value

ISO 100 to 51200 in 1/3 EV steps; also can be set to approx. 1 EV above ISO 51200 (equivalent to ISO 102400) or approx. 2 EV above ISO 51200 (equivalent to ISO 204800); auto ISO sensitivity control available (recommended exposure index)

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

Add, average, lighten, and darken

HDR (High Dynamic Range), flicker reduction in photo mode

Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF

-4.5 to +19 EV2, without low-light AF: -3 to +19 EV

Single-servo AF (AF-S), continuous-servo AF (AF-C), auto-switch AF mode (AF-A; available in photo mode only), full-time AF (AF-F; available in movie mode only), predictive focus tracking; manual focus (M): electronic rangefinder can be used

209, number of AF points available in photo mode with single-point AF selected for AF-area mode and DX selected for image area

Pinpoint AF (available in photo mode only), single-point AF, dynamic-area AF (available in photo mode only); wide-area AF (S), wide-area AF (L), wide-area AF (L-people), wide-area AF (L-animals); auto-area AF, auto-area AF (people); auto-area AF (animals)

Press AE-L/AF-L button or press shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF/AF-S)

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

Front-curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction with slow sync, off

-3 to +1 EV, in 1/3 EV steps, available in P, S, A, and M modes

Lights when external flash is fully charged and flashes as an underexposure warning after flash fires at full output

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

i-TTL flash control, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync

Auto (3 types), natural light auto, direct sunlight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, fluorescent (3 types), flash, choose color temperature (2500–10000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all with fine-tuning except for choose color temperature

Exposure and/or flash, white balance, and ADL

TTL exposure metering using main image sensor, TTL exposure metering using camera image sensor

Matrix, center-weighted, or highlight-weighted

3840 x 2160 (4K UHD): 30p (progressive)/25p/24p, 1920 x 1080: 120p/100p/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p, 1920 x 1080 (slow-motion): 30p (x4)/25p (x4)/24p (x5)

MP4 format

H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding

Linear PCM (for videos recorded in MOV format), AAC (for videos recorded in MP4 format)

Built-in stereo microphone or external with attenuator option; adjustable sensitivity

Range: -3 to +3 EV, Increment: 1/3 step

M: manual selection (ISO 100 to 25600; 1/3 EV step size); auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) available with selectable upper limit P, S, A: auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) with selectable upper limit, Auto: auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) (recommended exposure index)

Similar to photo settings, Extra High, High, Normal, Low, and Off

Time-lapse video recording, electronic vibration reduction, time codes, with recording lamp