Introduction
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR is an ordinary zoom lens for Nikon DX APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras, the place it supplies a 24-75mm equal focal size in 35mm full-frame phrases.
The Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR for Nikon was first introduced in October 2019. This lens is made in Thailand.
It options 9 components in 7 teams, together with 4 aspherical components and one extra-low dispersion component to assist restrict spherical aberrations and distortion, whereas the Tremendous Built-in Coating suppresses flare and ghosting.
The Nikkor Z 28mm has a minimal focusing distance of 20cm / 0.66 ft with a most magnification of 0.2x.
It contains a rounded 7-blade diaphragm which creates a horny blur to out-of-focus areas of the picture and an inner focusing mechanism which suggests the lens barrel would not transfer.
This lens makes use of a stepping motor for quick, quiet and exact auto-focusing and full-time handbook focus override can be attainable.
The Vibration Discount picture stabilization system reduces digital camera shake by as much as 4.5 stops for sharper handheld capturing.
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens is priced at £329 / $299 within the UK and USA, respectively.
Ease of Use
Weighing in at simply 135g / 4.8 oz, the plastic bodied Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR is extremely gentle for the standard zoom lens.
Its total dimension and weight may be very well-suited to a digital camera just like the Nikon Z fc that we examined it with, as proven within the product photographs.
It measures 70mm x 43mm / 2.8 in. x 32mm / 1.3in., making it one of many smallest lenses at the moment accessible for Nikon’s Z-series mirrorless cameras.
This lens has a button-free retractable design – all you need to do is rotate the zoom ring to increase the lens earlier than you’ll be able to press the shutter button to take an image.
When the lens is retracted, it is locked into place so it gained’t lengthen unexpectedly.
The lens is longest when prolonged to 16mm, the place it provides one other 3cm to the general size.
Construct high quality is okay, exceeding what you would possibly anticipate from such an reasonably priced zoom lens, though the all-plastic building could show much less sturdy within the long-term.
It incorporates a plastic mount, reasonably than metallic, and a plastic lens barrel with only a single management, the generously sized focusing ring.
If you happen to’re someone who not often makes use of handbook focusing, then an alternative choice is to set the focusing ring to manage a unique perform, comparable to aperture, ISO pace or publicity compensation. That is one thing you’ll be able to set by way of the digital camera’s major menu and will be fairly helpful in sure circumstances.
Maybe understandably given the modest asking worth, this lens doesn’t have a dust- and moisture-sealed design to help capturing in additional inclement situations.
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens accepts economical 46mm filters by way of plastic threads on the entrance of the lens.
The lens options built-in optical picture stabilisation which presents 4.5 stops of compensation, reasonably than relying as a substitute on the digital camera physique’s stabilisation system.
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens has a reasonably slim, ridged motor-assisted focus ring that’s fairly properly damped. Guide focusing is feasible by choosing it on the digital camera physique or full-time handbook focus override can be attainable when in AF mode.
Because the the main focus ring isn’t mechanically coupled, there aren’t any onerous stops at both finish of the vary, making it slightly tougher to set focus at infinity. Polariser customers must be happy that the 48mm filter thread would not rotate on focus.
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens utilises a stepping AF motor that produces nearly silent, easy and fairly snappy auto-focusing, making it well-suited to capturing each stills and video, with the general lens size remaining fixed throughout focusing.
Relating to auto-focusing, it proved to be a reasonably fast performer on the Nikon Z fc digital camera that we examined it with.
We did not expertise very a lot”searching”, both in good or dangerous gentle, with the lens precisely focusing more often than not.
This lens solely ships with entrance and rear lens caps – there isn’t any lens hood or any sort of case included within the field.
Focal Vary
The 16-50mm focal size vary supplies an angle of view of 83° to 31° 30′ on a DX-format APS-C digital camera, which is equal to a 24-75mm focal size in 35mm full-frame phrases.
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Chromatic Aberrations
Chromatic aberrations, usually seen as blue or purple fringes alongside contrasty edges, had been probably not obvious in our check photographs, solely showing in very excessive distinction areas.
Vignetting
With the Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens set to its most aperture, there may be apparent gentle fall-off within the corners, requiring you to cease down by at the very least 3 f-stops to utterly forestall it.
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Distortion
Commendably there’s hardly any barrel or pin-cushion distortion evident in both the JPEG or RAW recordsdata.
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Sunstars and Flare
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR would not produce very good sunstars even when stopped-down to f/22 or larger, as proven beneath, and additionally it is fairly vulnerable to flare when capturing instantly into the solar.
Macro
The Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR isn’t a macro lens, providing a detailed minimal focusing distance of 0.2m / 0.66 ft on the 24mm focal size and a most magnification of 0.2x. The next examples show how shut you may get to your topic.
Bokeh
Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is normally described in qualitative phrases, comparable to easy / creamy / harsh and so on.
Within the Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon have employed an iris diaphragm with 7 rounded blades, which has resulted in fairly interesting bokeh.
We do realise, nonetheless, that bokeh analysis is subjective, so we have included a number of examples beneath in your perusal, all shot wide-open.
Sharpness
With a view to present you the way sharp the Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F3.5-6.3 VR lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next web page.
