| Type |
Digital camera with support for interchangeable lenses |
| Lens mount |
Nikon Z mount |
| Image sensor format |
FX |
| Image sensor type |
CMOS |
| Sensor size |
35.9 mm x 23.9 mm |
| Total pixels |
46.89 million |
| Dust-reduction system |
Image Dust Off reference data (requires Capture NX-D); image sensor cleaning |
| Effective pixels |
45.7 million |
| Image size (pixels) |
FX (36x24) image area (L) 6048 x 4024 ( 24.3 million) (M) 4528 x 3016 ( 13.7 million) (S) 3024 x 2016 ( 6.1 million) DX (24x16) image area (L) 3936 x 2624 ( 10.3 million) (M) 2944 x 1968 ( 5.8 million) (S) 1968 x 1312 ( 2.6 million) 1 : 1 (24x24) image area (L) 4016 x 4016 ( 16.1 million) (M) 3008 x 3008 ( 9.0 million) (S) 2000 x 2000 ( 4.0 million) 16 : 9 (36x20) image area (L) 6048 x 3400 ( 20.6 million) (M) 4528 x 2544 ( 11.5 million) (S) 3024 x 1696 ( 5.1 million) Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160 Photographs taken during movie recording at other frame sizes: 1920 x 1080 |
| File format |
NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit (lossless compressed, compressed, or uncompressed); large, medium, and small available (medium and small images are recorded at a bit depth of 12 bits using lossless compression) TIFF (RGB) JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx. 1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression; optimal quality compression available NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats |
| Picture Control system |
Auto, Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat Creative Picture Controls (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 |
| Media |
XQD |
| File system |
DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31, PictBridge |
| Viewfinder |
1.27-cm/0.5-in. approx. 3690k-dot (Quad VGA) OLED electronic viewfinder with color balance and auto and 11-level manual brightness controls |
| Frame coverage |
Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical |
| Magnification |
Approx. 0.8x (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m(*1)) |
| Eyepoint |
21 mm (-1.0 m(*1); from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens) |
| Diopter adjustment |
-4 to +2 m(*1) |
| Eye sensor |
Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays |
| Compatible lenses |
Z mount NIKKOR lenses F mount NIKKOR lenses with mount adapter; restrictions may apply |
| Type |
Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter |
| Speed |
1/8000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time, X200 |
| Flash sync speed |
X=1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported |
| Modes |
Single frame, low-speed continuous, high-speed continuous, high-speed continuous (extended), self-timer |
| Approximate maximum frame advance rate(measured under Nikon-specified test conditions) |
Up to 9 fps Low-speed continuous: 1 to 5 fps High-speed continuous: 5.5 fps (14-bit NEF/RAW: 5 fps) High-speed continuous (extended): 9 fps (14-bit NEF/RAW: 8 fps) |
| Self-timer |
2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 s |
| Metering system |
TTL metering using camera image sensor |
| Metering mode |
Matrix metering Center-weighted metering: Weight of 75% given to 12 mm circle in center of frame; weighting can instead be based on average of entire frame Spot metering: Meters 4 mm circle (about 1.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point Highlight-weighted metering |
| Range |
(ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20 °C/68 °F) –4 to +17 EV |
| Mode |
Auto; programmed auto with flexible program (P); shutter-priority auto (S); aperture-priority auto (A); manual (M); user settings (U1, U2, U3) |
| Exposure compensation |
–5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M |
| Exposure lock |
Luminosity locked at detected value |
| ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) |
ISO 64 to 25600 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 32 equivalent) below ISO 64 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 25600; auto ISO sensitivity control available |
| Active D-Lighting |
Can be selected from Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, or Off |
| Multiple exposure |
Add, average, lighten, darken |
| Other options |
HDR (high dynamic range), photo mode flicker reduction |
| Autofocus system |
Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist |
| Detection range (ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20 °C/68 °F) |
-1 to +19 EV (-4 to +19 EV with low-light AF) |
| Lens servo |
Single-servo AF (AF-S), Continuous-servo AF (AF-C), full-time AF (AF-F; available only in movie mode) ; predictive focus tracking Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used |
| Focus points (single-point AF, photo shooting mode, FX image area) |
493 (single-point AF) |
| AF-area mode |
Pinpoint, single-point, and dynamic-area AF (pinpoint and dynamic-area AF available in photo mode only); wide-area AF (S); wide-area AF (L); auto-area AF |
| Focus lock |
Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing center of sub-selector |
| Camera VR |
5-axis image sensor shift |
| Lens VR |
Lens shift (available with VR lenses) |
| Control |
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 |
| Mode |
Front-curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction with slow sync, slow rear-curtain sync, off |
| Flash compensation |
-3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M |
| Flash-ready indicator |
Lights when optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full output |
| Accessory shoe |
ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock |
| Nikon Creative Lighting System (CLS) |
i-TTL flash control, radio-controlled Advanced Wireless Lighting, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, modeling illumination, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync, unified flash control |
| White balance |
Auto (3 types), natural light auto, direct sunlight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), flash, choose color temperature (2500 K–10,000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all except choose color temperature with fine-tuning |
| Bracketing types |
Exposure, flash, white balance, ADL |
| Metering system |
TTL exposure metering using main image sensor |
| Metering mode |
Matrix, center-weighted, or highlight-weighted |
| Frame size (pixels) and frame rate |
3840 x 2160 (4K UHD); 30p (progressive), 25p, 24p 1920 x 1080; 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p 1920×1080 (slow-mo); 30p ×4, 25p ×4, 24p ×5 Actual frame rates for 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively; quality selection available at all sizes except 3840 x 2160, 1920 x 1080 120p/100p, and 1920 x 1080 slow-mo, when quality is fixed at high |
| File format |
MOV, MP4 |
| Video compression |
H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding |
| Audio recording format |
Linear PCM, AAC |
| Audio recording device |
Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity adjustable |
| ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index) |
Auto: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to 25600) P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to Hi 2) with selectable upper limit M: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to Hi 2) available with selectable upper limit; manual selection (ISO 64 to 25600 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV) with additional options available equivalent to approximately 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 25600 |
| Active D-Lighting |
Can be selected from Same as photo settings, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, or Off |
| Other options |
Time-lapse movies, electronic vibration reduction, time codes, movie log output (N-Log) |
| Monitor size |
8 -cm ( 3.2 –in.) diagonal |
| Monitor type |
Tilting TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170° viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage, and color balance and 11-level manual brightness controls |
| Monitor resolution |
Approx. 2100 k-dot |
| Playback |
Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images) playback with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, movie playback, photo and/or movie slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, picture rating, and auto image rotation |
| USB connector |
Type C connector (SuperSpeed USB) ; connection to built-in USB port is recommended |
| HDMI output connector |
Type C HDMI connector |
| Audio input |
Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported) |
| Audio output |
Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter) |
| Accessory terminal |
Can be used with MC-DC2 and other optional accessories |
| Wi-Fi |
IEEE 802.11b/g/n 2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) 2.4 GHz band: 7.0 dBm Open system, WPA2-PSK |
| Bluetooth |
Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2 Bluetooth: 2402 to 2480 MHz Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402 to 2480 MHz |
| Range (line of sight) |
Approximately 10 m (32 ft) without interference; range may vary with signal strength and presence or absence of obstacles |
| Battery |
One EN-EL15b rechargeable Li-ion battery; EN-EL15a/EN-EL15 can also be used, but note that you may not be able to take as many pictures on a single charge and that charging AC adapter can be used to charge EN-EL15b batteries only |
| AC adapter |
EH-5c/EH-5b AC adapter (requires EP-5B power connector, which is available separately) |
| Tripod socket |
1/4–in. (ISO 1222) |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) |
Approx. 134 x 100.5 x 67.5 mm ( 5.3 x 4 x 2.7 in.) |
| Weight |
Approx. 675 g ( 1 lb. 7.9 oz. ) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 585 g/1 lb. 4.7 oz. (camera body only) |
| Operating environment |
Temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C (+32 °F to 104 °F) Humidity: 85% or less (no condensation) |
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