jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

This is the "smallest DX mirrorless camera." List price: $999.99.

CO

I hope they have improved the autofocus performance over the Z6 and Z7. They couldn't match the AF performance of my D500.

Bill_de Loc: US

The 2 lens kit is $1350 covering 'equivalent' focal lengths from 24mm to 375mm. That's a pretty nice entry level , or walk about kit. The lenses are slow, most likely to keep the price and size down. VR is in the lenses, not the body.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1511295-REG/nikon_1632_z_50_mirrorless_digital.html

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Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

This has been on my mind all day. A few months ago I bought a Sony a6400 as a travel camera. It takes great pictures but I just can’t get comfortable with the different options and menus. I looked at the Zs, because I shoot Nikon, but there wasn’t enough savings on size or weight. It sounds like the Z5 is exactly what I wanted.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Yes. I tried a Sony NEX7 and dumped it for the same reasons.

It is what I would have preferred over my Z6, but that is a done deal and I also havea D5600. So this may not be coming soon to my household.

More info: https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-z50-initial-review-what-s-new-how-it-compares/1?ref_=pe_1822230_442454390_dpr_nl_394_5

IDguy Loc: Idaho

They may have done away with the in body stabilization because it is a disaster on my Z6. The sensor gets dirty fast and they don’t let you clean it.

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

In body stabilization was removed to keep cost down.
having it has nothing to do with a dirty sensor.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

It does because the shutter remains open on the Zs when changing lenses. And it is the reason they prohibit wet cleaning.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

It's going to be interesting to see how Canon responds.

They've had a lot of success with their M50 (top selling mirrorless in Japan)... but after five or six years still only have around 8 EF-M lenses available. Now they're busy designing and building RF-mount lenses... so I don't expect we'll see much new glass for the M-series cameras anytime soon.

Canon has treated their M-series more as "point n shoots with interchangeable lenses", than as serious amateur/pro grade cameras. I don't know if it's true, but have heard the M-series use a firmware more akin to what the Powershots use, rather than what the DSLRs use.

Now Canon will have three ditinct series of lenses running parallel, with limited interchangeability. The RF and EF-M mount cameras can use the EF and EF-S mount lenses, via an adapter. But RF-mount lenses can only be used on full frame RF-mount cameras. And EF-M lenses can only be used on APS-C format EF-M cameras. Three lens mounts... One with both full frame and APS-C variants, although the EF-S lenses use a modified EF mount designed to prevent their use on anything other than APS-C DSLRs. Another mount is full frame only. And yet another is APS-C only.

Nikon might have been slow to start... is just about the last manufacturer who didn't have an APS-C/DX format mirrorless and is way overdue introducing one.... but will only have essentially two lens series. Their Z-mount lenses will come in both FX and DX variants, but both will be usable on either full frame or DX Z-mount cameras. They'll still have both FX and DX F-mount lenses for their DSLRs, but (same as Canon EF/EF-S) those are adaptable for use on the Z-series cameras. Z-mount lenses are not adaptable for use on DSLRs.... Still, two lens mount systems, each with FX and DX variants.

If Canon introduces an APS-C camera with the RF-mount, that will be a death knell for the M-series and their lenses.



You mean "Z50", I'm sure.

BebuLamar

A very large mount for an APS-C sensor camera. No IBIS so now you have to have VR and non VR lenses.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

Sony cameras have IBIS. So having VR lenses aren't really necessary, if you have such a Sony camera. Nikon VR lenses for crop sensors cost more than non VR lenses. A market focused mostly on the amateur/hobbyist. It is best to have Nikon VR lenses. Not always necessary on shorter focal length lenses. The APS-C mirrorless battle is on, among the camera manufacturers. Sony's a6000 series is selling like hotcakes. Fujifilm 's T-20 and T-30 have good reviews, and are selling well. So, why can't Nikon get into the competition with lightweight affordable APS-C cameras? Nikon came out with this camera, just in time for the Black Friday Sales, that will begin next month. It will sell well, I'm certain.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Interesting again, I put this on yesterday and Administration moved it to another area. But you say even less about the Z50 than I did and Administration put your post on the photography forum. Interesting the way they treat two individuals with the same subject.

larkahn

The original A6000 (still popular) as well as the A6300, A6400, and the new A6100 do not have IBIS.

Bill_de Loc: US

One would think that after all your time here you would have learned that if you start a thread with a link in it, it properly gets moved to the "Links & Resources" section.

It ain't about you, but your lack of compliance with the forum rules.

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Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

Have you ever tried a Fuji mirrorless camera?
With most of the controls on the body, very little need to go into menus.
I have lot of different brands of cameras and enjoy using my Fujis the most.

Will