Nikon's Z5 II is the most affordable full-frame digicam but with inner RAW video

After years of lagging behind rivals in relation to video seize (after which abruptly buying cinema digicam producer RED), Nikon is pushing new boundaries in that space. Its newest salvo is the $1,699 24-megapixel full-frame Z5 II, maybe the most affordable mirrorless digicam up to now to help inner RAW video. It additionally affords improved autofocus with new AI powers, cleaner photos and enhanced picture stabilization.

The Z5 II is a wholesale remake of the original Z5 and that begins with video. Whereas nonetheless restricted to 4K 30 fps and cropped 4K 60 fps, it might probably now seize these codecs internally utilizing the corporate’s 12-bit N-RAW format with N-log, together with 10-bit H.265 and 8-bit H.264. Apparently, it is going to file in N-RAW to SDXC UHS-II playing cards, because the digicam lacks high-speed CFexpress slots. That doubtless means you may want to purchase very quick (and expensive) playing cards and that the N-RAW video might be extremely compressed. Nonetheless, it is a characteristic accessible on no different digicam on this worth vary.

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Nikon can be promising much-improved autofocus bolstered by a brand new image-processing engine and tech borrowed from its high-end Z9 and Z8 fashions. The Z5 II can now lock onto topics extra rapidly, notably human eyes, faces and our bodies, and works in decrease gentle all the way down to -10 EV, in comparison with -3 EV earlier than. In the meantime, the AI system can detect as much as 9 topic sorts starting from animals (together with a Chicken Detection mode) to bicycles. When working in Auto-Space AF, these topics may be detected, centered on, and tracked robotically.

Native ISOs have been boosted to 100-64000 (50-204,800 in expanded modes), up from a most 51,200 earlier than. That ought to enhance noise ranges throughout the ISO ranges, the corporate mentioned. Nevertheless, decision remains to be restricted to 24 megapixels.

Nikon's full-frame Z5 II is one of the cheapest mirrorless cameras yet with internal RAW video

In-body stabilization has been boosted to 7.5 stops with supported lenses, method up from 5 stops on the Z5. That is paired with digital stabilization designed to maintain handheld video regular.

The Z5 II’s viewfinder nonetheless affords an honest 3.69-million dots of decision, however brightness has been boosted to three,000 nits with 13 ranges of brightness management. And it now comes with a 1.7-million-dot vari-angle show that is an enormous enchancment from the earlier mannequin’s tilt-only display screen. The physique now has a deeper grip to enhance dealing with and comes with a one-touch Image Management button for previewing and switching between coloration profiles in actual time, matching a current development began by Fujifilm’s X100 VI.

Different options together with twin SD UHS-II card slots, 3.5mm headphone and mic jacks, digicam to cloud connectivity through Nikon’s Imaging Cloud and a brand new weather-proof construct “on par with the Z6 III,” in response to Nikon.

The Z5 II appears to be like to be a formidable hybrid full-frame digicam for the cash and rivals Sony and Canon do not actually have something in the identical worth vary that may match it. Nevertheless, it additionally comes at a worth $300 greater than the Z5 was at launch. Nonetheless, it might tempt filmmakers and others away from equally priced crop sensor cameras from the likes of Fujifilm and Sony. The Z5 II is now on pre-order for $1,699 (physique solely) or $1,999 with a 24-50mm f/4-6.3 kit lens.

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