Dive boldly into every photographic opportunity with the Z 5 right by your side and capture stories that will stand out from the rest. Weave through streets filled with diverse characters and tell their stories in the utmost clarity. Thanks to the Z 5’s high-sensitivity image processing, you’ll be able to enjoy the flexibility of shooting in low-light situations and capture the subtleties while effectively rendering all the textures and details. Its maximum standard sensitivity of ISO 512001 is made possible by a combination of Nikon’s full-frame sensor and EXPEED 6 image-processing engine, realising high resolution and low noise even at higher ISO levels.
So, feel inspired to express your stories wherever you go. The Z 5 has a 273-focus point2 hybrid autofocus (AF) system designed to capture great shots even at the periphery. When you’ve got a camera that covers a wide area of up to approx. 90% horizontally and vertically in the frame, you won’t have to worry about missing the main event. Be present in every moment with the help of its fast and accurate focal-plane phase-detection AF, which allows you to focus on living your life without having to pause and adjust the settings.
The Z 5’s Eye-Detection AF and Animal-Detection AF3 enables you to select which eye to focus on even during scenes with multiple eyes through viewfinder photography. Revel in the fact that this autofocus feature also extends into movies, with the ability of detecting animal faces even during movie recording, ensuring sharp focus on all moments in the wild or indoors with your pets
Find every one of these incredible features loaded in this powerful camera and amplify its functions with its kit lenses. All the kit lenses deliver superior optical performance and cover a highly versatile focal length range. For a compact, lightweight and affordable standard zoom lens option, the NIKKOR Z 24-50mm f/4-6.3 VR is ideal for creators passionate about creating and expressing themselves freely without limitations. Elevate your craft and upgrade to a S-Line standard zoom lens with high image quality through the NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S. Its versatility allows you to be out and about all day, while its lightweight size makes it easy to put into your bag when you’re on the move. Alternatively, all your needs can be met with just a single high-power zoom lens. Cover a wide variety of scenes – wide-angle, telephoto, and everything in between – with the impressive NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR and never worry about having to switch between lenses while in the field.
When life gives you beautiful candid moments and memories to last a lifetime, the Z 5 will encapsulate every mood and atmosphere just as you experience them.For the content creators on the go, convey the emotions of every scene by applying fine-tuned presets with Creative Picture Controls. With more than 20 available presets built into your camera, you’ll find all the settings you’ll need to enhance each and every mood. This can be applied to both stills and movies, giving you the flexibility to edit on the go, all within your camera. Expand your image-making options and make every preset uniquely yours with the customisable settings.Aided by the Z 5, you will have all the tools you need to push your creative limits and do more than merely capturing a scene — youll be able to create on the spot. With smooth and steady filming available for any creative project, achieved by the image sensor shift 5-axis in-camera Vibration Reduction (VR)4, you’ll never again have to worry about footage not being usable during post-processing.
Enabling you to enjoy effortless control over your photography experiences, the Z 5’s superior operability makes it easy to expand your creative repertoire. With a high portability and compact design of approximately 875g with the NIKKOR Z 24-50mm f/4-6.3 VR kit lens, this is the grab and go camera you need to slip into a day pack or a purse for any adventure no matter how big or small.
Master the equipment at your fingertips with the help of its intuitive operability. Its touch-operable, tilting and approximately 1040k-dot and 8.13cm (3.2) monitor means you’ll be able to access the menu easily and quickly select which setting you need, allowing you to view your captures with ease. This level of convenience is further reinforced by the option to use a remote control through SnapBridge, giving you more flexibility in the field.
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
24.93 million
Dust-reduction system
Image sensor cleaning, Image Dust Off reference data (Capture NX-D software required)
Effective pixels
24.3 million
Image size (pixels)
[FX (36 x 24)] selected for image area: (L) 6016 x 4016 ( 24.2 million) (M) 4512 x 3008 ( 13.6 million) (S) 3008 x 2008 ( 6.0 million) [DX (24 x 16)] selected for 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 (24 x 24)] selected for 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 (36 x 20)] selected for image area: (L) 6016 x 3384 ( 20.4 million) (M) 4512 x 2536 ( 11.4 million) (S) 3008 x 1688 ( 5.1 million) Photographs taken while filming movies at a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160 Photographs taken while filming movies at other frame sizes: 1920 x 1080
File format (image quality)
NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit (lossless compressed or compressed) JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression; size-priority and 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
SD, SDHC (UHS-II compliant), SDXC (UHS-II compliant)
Card slot
2 Secure Digital (SD) cards The card in Slot 2 can be used for overflow or backup storage or for separate storage of NEF (RAW) and JPEG images; pictures can be copied between cards.
File system
DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31
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 (mount adapter required; restrictions may apply)
Type
Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter
Speed
1/8000 to 30 s (choose from step sizes of 1/3 and 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
S (single frame), CL (continuous low speed), CH (continuous high speed), Self-timer
Approximate frame advance rate
• Continuous L: Approx. 1 to 4 fps • Continuous H: Approx. 4.5 fps * Maximum frame advance rate as measured by in-house tests.
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
-3 to +17 EV * Figures are for ISO 100 and f/2.0 lens at 20 °C/68 °F
Mode
Auto, P: programmed auto with flexible program, S: shutter-priority auto, A: aperture-priority auto, M: manual U1, U2 and U3: user settings modes
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 100 to 51200 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 50 equivalent) below ISO 100 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 51200; auto ISO sensitivity control available
Active D-Lighting
Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, and 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
-3 to +19 EV * Without low-light AF: -2 – +19 EV * Measured in photo mode at ISO 100 and a temperature of 20 °C/68 °F using single-servo AF (AF-S) and a lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.0
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 point
273 * Number of focus points available in photo mode with single-point AF selected for AF-area mode and FX selected for image area
AF-area mode
Pinpoint (available in photo mode only), single-point, 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/AF-S) or by pressing the center of the sub-selector
Camera on-board VR
5-axis image sensor shift
Lens on-board VR
Lens shift (available with VR lenses)
Flash 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
Flash mode
Front-curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction with slow sync, off
Flash compensation
-3 to +1 EV in steps 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 to 10,000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all with fine-tuning except choose color temperature
Bracketing types
Exposure and/or flash, white balance, ADL
Metering system
TTL exposure metering using main image sensor TTL metering using camera 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: 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p * Actual frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively * Quality selection (normal/high) available at all sizes except 3840 × 2160, when quality is fixed at high
File format
MOV, MP4
Video compression
H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding
Audio recording format
Linear PCM (for movies recorded in MOV format), AAC (for movies recorded in MP4 format)
Audio recording device
Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity adjustable
Exposure compensation
–3 to +3 EV (choose from step sizes of 1/3 and 1/2 EV) available in modes P, S, A, and M
ISO sensitivity (Recommended Exposure Index)
M: Manual selection (ISO 100 to 25600; choose from step sizes of 1/3 and 1/2 EV); 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)
Active D-Lighting
Same as photo settings, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, and Off
Other options
Time-lapse movie recording, electronic vibration reduction, time codes
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. 1040 k-dot
Playback
Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, movie playback, photo and/or movie slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, auto image rotation, and picture rating
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
Built-in (can be used with MC-DC2 remote cords and other optional accessories)
Wi-Fi for Africa, Asia (except China, Japan, Korea), Middle East & Oceania
IEEE 802.11b/g/n 2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) 0.7 dBm Open system, WPA2-PSK
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2 Bluetooth: 2402 to 2480 MHz Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402 to 2480 MHz Bluetooth: –4.8 dBm Bluetooth Low Energy: –6.3 dBm
Range (line of sight)
Approximately 10 m (32 ft){sup(*)} * Without interference. Range may vary with signal strength and presence or absence of obstacles.
Battery
One EN-EL15c rechargeable Li-ion battery{sup(*)} * EN-EL15b/EN-EL15a/EN-EL15 batteries can also be used. Note, however, that fewer pictures can be taken on a single charge than with the EN-EL15c. The EH-7P charging AC adapter can be used to charge EN-EL15c/EN-EL15b batteries only. Anker PowerCore+ 26800 PD 45W is the recommended portable charger.
Battery pack
MB-N10 battery pack (available separately); takes two EN-EL15c{sup(*)} batteries * EN-EL15b/EN-EL15a/EN-EL15 batteries can be used in place of the EN-EL15c. The number of pictures that can be taken on a single charge (i.e., battery endurance) will however drop compared to the EN-EL15c.
Charging AC adapter
EH-7P charging AC adapter (available separately)
AC adapter
EH-5d/EH-5c/EH-5b AC adapter; requires EP-5B power connector (available separately)
Tripod socket
1/4–in. (ISO 1222)
Dimensions
Approx. 134 x 100.5 x 69.5 mm ( 5.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 in.) (width × height × depth)
Weight
Approx. 675 g ( 1 lb. 7.9 oz. ) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 590 g/1 lb. 4.9 oz. (camera body only)
Operating environment
Temperature: 0 °C to 40 °C (+32 °F to 104 °F) Humidity: 85% or less (no condensation)
Supplied accessories
BF-N1 Body Cap, DK-29 Rubber Eyecup (comes attached to camera), EN-EL15c Rechargeable Li-ion, Battery with terminal cover, MH-25a Battery Charger (comes with either an AC wall adapter or power cable of a type and shape that varies with the country or region of sale), AN-DC19 Strap, UC-E24 USB Cable, BS-1 Accessory Shoe Cover