Nikon Z50

[mikew]

Well i bought into this on the launch day, had to leave the Nikon DSLRs as they were just too heavy to enjoy, had a spell with m4/3 which i liked but i wanted to get back to my first love.

IMO the camera is amazing especially for Nikon's first venture into Z mount DX, a few things do lag behind others like the AFC, its good but no match for the Olympus EM1MK11 since the firmware update, not tried the tracking as i have not had the opportunity, but as photographers, we do need a challenge 😉.
I got the twin lens kit although i am a long lens person from what others have said the 16-50mm is spot on, the 50-250 is very sharp, they are made to a price with plastic mounts but even the 50-250 is so light that shouldn't be a problem.
No IBIS but VR in the lens which i used with my EM1MK11 and Panny 100-400 so i don't miss it.
Also I bought the FTZ adapter so can choose from a vast array of F mount lenses with no loss of IQ or features, already i have the Sigma 100-400 for the days i feel up to it and the Sigma 105mm macro.

One bonus i found was the sensor quality because i need high shutter speeds even with VR i use auto iso from the lowest to the max, my thoughts are if thats what i need to get the image i will take it, see if i can sort it later.

Some high ISO samples





If you were printing or cropping ok they would be no good but this is all i do with my images

[Garry]

All look good to me, especially at those numbers.

What processing did you do after ? Did you use a noise reducer? The images do look very clean. I agree with you that they would probably not work if you blew them up large. But are fine for forums.

[Ian]

First of all - great catch (literally!) with the gull and the fish dinner. Is that an inland freshwater catch?

The Nikon D50's big ace is the sensor. Being full frame and developed with Sony it will perform extremely well, especially in low light. I'm interested to hear your views on the focusing as Nikon is relatively inexperienced with on-sensor PDAF,

The D50 is a remarkably small body, too, for a full frame - but there is no getting away from the size of those FF lenses, though they will probably be smaller than equivalent DSLR lenses, particularly at the wide end of the focal length range.

How do you find the refinement of the shutter?

Do keep us posted on how you adapt to it 👍

Ian

[mikew]

All look good to me, especially at those numbers.

What processing did you do after ? Did you use a noise reducer? The images do look very clean. I agree with you that they would probably not work if you blew them up large. But are fine for forums.

Thanks, i use adobe camera raw and then photoshop, i never use noise reduction on the main subject only on the background, these will have had that or subject selection inverted and lens blur on the backgound

[mikew]

First of all - great catch (literally!) with the gull and the fish dinner. Is that an inland freshwater catch?

The Nikon D50's big ace is the sensor. Being full frame and developed with Sony it will perform extremely well, especially in low light. I'm interested to hear your views on the focusing as Nikon is relatively inexperienced with on-sensor PDAF,

The D50 is a remarkably small body, too, for a full frame - but there is no getting away from the size of those FF lenses, though they will probably be smaller than equivalent DSLR lenses, particularly at the wide end of the focal length range.

How do you find the refinement of the shutter?

Do keep us posted on how you adapt to it 👍

Ian

Thanks Ian its inland water, the Z50 isnt FF its a dx crop sensor which i think makes the results even better, if someone could cover their lens needs with the two kit lenses 16-50 50-250 then these are amazingly small and light, not sure what your asking about the shutter.

This was something i found interesting when decideing

[Thai-Mike]

https://youtu.be/_o19-t3EgoM

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[Ian]

Thanks Ian its inland water, the Z50 isnt FF its a dx crop sensor which i think makes the results even better, if someone could cover their lens needs with the two kit lenses 16-50 50-250 then these are amazingly small and light, not sure what your asking about the shutter.

This was something i found interesting when decideing

My experience with FF is that the shutters are loud - even wors with DSLRs of course with the mirror too. One thing I find amazing about the E-M1ii is its almost silent shutter.

Ian