Nikon Z50, 16-50mm & 50-250mm Unboxing

I love the unboxing (and I love the camera too). Great work. I find the lenses fantastically sharp and contrasty. Very good kit.

I'm way more excited about the Z50 than I was the Z6 and Z7. It seems like a much better fit for its market niche and price. Should be a fantastic compact camera.

I do wish that the card slot had been UHS-II, but for that price point I can't really complain.

Like it but would love to see proper review....

Love the mullet description for the lens! haha

I'd have a hard time buying a Z50 body over a full frame Canon RP body, which is close enough in cost. Buuuut, Canon only has the $900 24-240mm to cover his range in glass...

Disappointment you didint show the strap. How is the touch feel in the strap? Is the feel Nice and soft against the skin?

Thank you for the video Ken! I am torn between the Z50 and EOS RP. You recommended buying the latter in your written review. Care to share some extended thoughs? I have been shooting professionally but now I want to focus more on landscape and travelling photography so that's a priority. Thanks for your feedback!

Wow I can't wait for your official taped review! I personally love this camera

Never heard your voice. Your voice sounds like a young person.

Do you have enough space between grip and lens, Ken? It seems the space is fairly small like Sony cameras.
Title might be called "unboxing" rather than "first look."

True about the placement of the play button!!! After pooking myself in the eyes trying to reach the play button on my Z6, I dedicated one of the funktion buttons on front of the camera to act as a play button. The "old" place for a play button only makes sense on a DSLR, where you always take the camera away from you to watch the screen. When having a mirrorless with EVF, play is used with your eyes in the EVF! Well done Nikon! Looking forward to the next mirrorless FX camera!!!

Gray market not only doesn't have a warranty but Nikon won't even touch it for service if you need something down the road

A great unboxing Ken, thanks!

Would have bought one if it is F mount lens

This is exactly what I wanted from Nikon! So tired of lugging around 6lbs of D800 and 24-120 lens for just a casual vacation. This guy is a featherweight, has a tiny pancake lens, uses SD cards, has a built-in flash (hugely important!), and let's me explore mirror less tech (silence, optical viewfinder, focal points, etc) without any extra buttonry or bs getting in the way...I'm excited for this!

Hi Ken, nice to see you on YT..
Just a remark that has nothing to do with photography.
In many sentences you lift the pitch at the very end. Nearly anybody else does that only for questions. Some people may think that is some dialect thing. For me as a non-native English speaker it is irritating.

Else - nice unboxing and i hope we will have a real review soon!

So I promised myself I am not buying another crop sensor camera. Seeing the size of this 16-50 though... tempting. Looking forward to the actual review Ken thank you!

I lost it at mullet. Thanks for showing this camera. I'm wondering if it will fail, as almost everyone just uses their phones. The photos at your review and gallery are very, well photographic. Well,, duh.
My old days were 49 mm filters.

Greetings from France! I love your website and your videos!

Ken: Is there any way to shorten the image review time on the LCD and viewfinder? When I take a photo, the image stays on my screen for about 5 seconds. If I want to quickly recompose and shoot another photo, I have to wait until the image review clears! I would prefer a 1- to 2-second review.

Great review! Best feature of the Z series: prices of dslr are dropping. But honestly, still find it a bit weird that mirrorless bodies and lenses are mostly 25-50% more expensive than their dslr counterparts. Basically for the same specs, same sensor, same output. Perhaps I am just getting old. 😏

Is it true that there is no way to use an external intervalometer for exposures longer than 30s on the Z50?

where is iphone factory?

I'm thinking about upgrading my nikon d7100 to the z50. I bought my d7100 in 2013 when it first came out.

If compared with XT30 which one good at low light performance ?

excellent to see hear read you after A VERY LONG TIME.... Z50 WILL BE HERE IN 3 DAYS. 1 SOLD 2 OTHERS Cameras i hopeing to travel to norway and Italy soon i have my fingers crossed the it make a great travel camera .

CANERA! CAMERA! CAMERAA

Can you upload wildlife/bird photography from zoom lens?

Ken, thanks for all the information you exude (well, it seems like it ). I think I have read most of your site.

Want to see in VIVID +3? Get lens implant surgery!
I had cataract surgery a few years ago with lens implant and now see in VIVID +3. Other lens transplant folks told me the same thing. A little research revealed that we can see just a bit farther into the blue end of the spectrum. One of the perks of being 80 years old.

I really wanted to purchase this camera for sports photography (motorsports, volleyball, basketball and soccer), but I read that this camera is not suitable for action and sports photography, mainly because the auto-focus struggles with tracking moving subjects.

Maybe I was expecting the same kind of performance of the Z7 or Sony's Mirrorless cameras, now I don't know if I should buy a Z50 or a D7500/D500. :(

How bright is the EVF? I have (apart from my D90) an Olympus OMD and when, in very bright sunlight, I look into the EVF I get a very dark image, as looking into a dark cave.

nicely done, thank you for the film

Ken Rockwell? That Ken Rockwell? I have missed the moment when you started your channel, but now I am subscribing to you right away. This is bigger than any camera announcement of the year. Wishing you all the best, Ken, and thank you for all the hard work you've been doing for the community.