Nikon Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR lens review with samples

[@theizza68]

I've seen other KZbinrs absolutely trashing the aps c z lenses for image quality. This is what's wrong with some KZbinrs, they get spoiled by high-end gear and when they get something subpar, they simply trash it. Unlike you, Chris, you're unbiased and very detailed with your tests. Keep it up!

[@christopherfrost]

Thanks! I actually do quite like the APS-C sensor size - it's much better than people think

[@evertonporter7887]

@@christopherfrost I have a Nikon D7100 and I'm very happy with the quality of the images from its APS-C sensor.

[@austingarland4346]

True. I probably like Nikon the least of the 4 major brands, and yet I’m really impressed with these lenses lately especially for the price, size and weight. Yet people will swear by anything Fuji even though some of their lenses are optically overrated by comparison.

[@aditya_gupta]

@@austingarland4346 it's totally Nikon's fault. Their marketing department is terrible.

[@theizza68]

@@austingarland4346 yep, I'm on the Sony aps c system and pretty happy. I may pick up a fujifilm camera in the future. Yes, fujifilm lenses are overpriced for what they are in my opinion. Their top of the line 56mm, 35mm and 23mm have an okay AF system, and are not weather sealed. And only the 56mm is optically great.

[@sloppyjoe9156]

This is currently my most used lens for personal photography since I bought the two lens z50 bundle. I'm glad Nikon sent you the two lens kit to test. I've been able to use it for wildlife and portraiture with very nice results. Love that you're covering Nikon zmount lenses. A solid Nikon to cover is the 50mm af-s 1.8g if you're on a budget. It's a very common prime sold to both aps-C and full frame customers

[@mikkelstormhansen9733]

Thank you for this, now the Z50 is looking much more compelling

[@dashluge]

Eric Young I’m a new videographer who just purchased the z50 thanks for the confidence booster.

[@MB-dq2gz]

@Eric Young I agree, I enjoy using it more than my Z6 just with the two kit lenses and sometimes my 50mm S 1.8 in-between.

[@paulthomas8986]

Nikon has done a fantastic job so far with their Z lenses. Thanks for the review.

[@henningmartin2000]

This wobbliness mentioned @2:20 is quite common for a lens with VR. Lens image stabilization is based on a shiftable element, so there's nothing to be worried about.

[@dadalonglegs]

Phew, I thought there's something wrong with my lens 😅

[@AndreiDimaReviews]

This lens is quite sharp, great review!

[@Paul-D-Hoff]

The noise you heard when you shake the lens is the VR part of the lens. Daaaaaa

[@JohnAudioTech]

I love it when budget lenses can have great performance like this. The Canon 55-250 STM is a great performer and this one seems even better.

[@oliverdesouza5741]

Great review Christopher. I'm glad you've decided to look at Nikon now as most other 'reviewers' barely know the difference between reciprocity failure and pushing exposures! Just to clarify, the Z50's sensor is 20.8mp, so a similar pixel density to a 46.8mp full-frame sensor, which I wouldn't say is un-demanding. In fact, Nikon produced this sensor series first seen in the D500 after about 8-years of using a 24mp DX sensor (the highest that was around then), probably reflecting the fact the 21mp is a better balance of detail and diffraction usability [I believe you can get smartphones with 80mp sensors these days, LOL]. Anyway, let's not beat around the bush, the performance of this 50-250 is astonishing for the price and basically achieves similar to Canon L-lenses and Nikon Gold Ring versions from 5 years ago, in a much more handy package. This is due to the use of advanced aspheric elements in the optical formula, and top-level lens coatings. Moreover, the Z50 is a phenomenal performer for virtually all forms of amateur photography and video, again blowing away anything that was around 5 years ago, and I speak as a 30-year Nikon user with plenty of legacy gear. If only Nikon (or Hahnel/Annsmann) could get spare batteries out soon! Only really the field of fast sports / wildlife is beyond it's abilities, where not just fast AF-S tracking and frames rates, but also an optical viewfinder remains essential. Hence, an amateur needs still to buy a D500 for that. I'm looking forward to your findings on other Z and adapted F lenses. I can recommend any 300/2.8 or 200/2 from the last twenty years if you like perfection! But really, if you have a Z50 kit with 16-50 and 50-250, you are far ahead of any historical APS-C set-up, and many full-frame packages.

[@EricMustardman]

Thank you for your usefull and unbiased review. Nikon has had that tradition of offering cheap and cheerful plasticky lenses with good or even very good optical performance at very budget-friendly prices. You can't really ask for much more at that price point. The two DX Z zooms won't be in the way of taking good photos and even videos, and if they do, they won't be to blame but the six inches behind the EVF.

[@yourdad-k5h]

His voice, accent, and music all come together to make the perfect soothing review video 👌. Keep it up!

[@natedagreat90]

Been taking portraits with this lens. Had my subject in a field where there were trees in the background about 50 yards behind her. I stood back and zoomed in to about 200mm to close in on her so the distance of the trees behind gave me a beautiful blured background. Do thats one way to get great bokeh when taking portraits.

[@michaeljkeeney]

Your reviews are simply the best. 💜

[@lorenzogattaldo3764]

Well done, Nikon! Thank you Chris for the review.

[@richardhenson3028]

I love my Z50 kit lenses! The 50-250mm is my primary lens, and the 18-50mm is an excellent all-purpose lens. If you can afford the new Z lenses, have fun, but the kit lenses are a great way to get awesome imagery on a budget.

[@dabj9546]

Is this actually way sharper than the Canon version?

[@anthonylemon9015]

Thank you for your review I’m enjoying my Z50 and it’s kit lenses. An honest review.

[@patrick.771]

Hello again! ;) Thank you for your Nikon reviews!! I looked at the Z50 for months but then I bought a Fuji and after your reviews I regret it a little bit. Even though the Fuji system is great... but the Z50 would have been awesome for my hiking tours. Camera + 2 lenses less than 1 kilo(!) And you get amazing image quality for such a small and inexpensive kit. The Z primes work really really good on the Z50 too - Photo-me-Ike did great comparisons with the full frame Z6. The reason why I moved to Fuji was Nikons (not existing!) APS-C lens strategy.

[@aditya_gupta]

If you're enjoying your fuji then what's there to regret about?

[@christopherminnerly1133]

Nice good review, I am old enough to remember the two Leica Elmar lenses that collapsed some 30 years ago. As for the lens hood that’s £30 extra, a must for this lens. All in all a nice little performer!

[@Ohlukei]

If you want to use it for macro photo by getting as close to the object as possible use around 160 mm of focal length (not the full 250 mm). At this focal length the object will be the biggest on the picture taken. If you use the Nikkor DX 16-50 mm lens instead use around 34 mm of focal length (not the full 50 mm) to get the object the largest on the photo.

[@JessDemant]

A Nikon lens many regular users will be very happy with, and in fact it can also be used by the slightly more knowledgeable users with great success, and of course a professional user can also get really good pictures with this little winner!

[@benni1015]

Whenever i see those sharp lenses, i'm getting a bit disappointed with my old tokina 50-210mm. Starts at f2.8-4, but image quality is really not good. Have to stop down everytime to get usable pictures.

[@corrbox2]

Thank you for your very detailed and informative review. I like the way you go into the different focusing tests at different lengths of the zoom. That helps my decision making a great deal. I do not have a Z50, but I have the new Z fc which came with the kit lens, 16-50mm. I was thinking about adding this zoom lens as a potential additional lens for long reach photos. You are very honest in the way you describe the over-all lens manufacturing quality, which I totally understand at it's selling price. I find it rediculous that Nikon does not include a lens shade with the lens, why not? It's just another form of lens protection made out of composite plastic. 👎. I get the whole "bring the cost down" thing. Anyway, thanks again, your review is short and to the point. Thank you. 👍👍😎📸

[@opalyankaBG]

It might sound like nitpicking but the Z50's sensor resolution rounds to 21 mp. And its horizontal resolution is just 8% less than a 24 mp sensor or 12% less than a 26 mp sensor. Such differences are indistinguishable by the human eye.

[@thenoobieditor]

It also has it's advantages like less rolling shutter and better low light performance. Specs-wise the z50 may seem to lag behind, but it's way better than it seems to be, definitely punches above it's weight class. (Speaking from experience)

[@XC_Xenon]

Is this lens good for plane spotting?

[@stephanweiskorn6760]

Excellent video 😊!

[@zygmuntziokowski7877]

Good Review, how does the lens performs on Z5 or full frame camera?

[@Money1Films]

Great review, thank you 👍🏻

[@LockeLeon]

It's a shame that Nikon doesn't develop some prime for the aps-c mirrorless camera because it has a lot of potential.

[@VRGRPK]

It’s very early for such a comment. The Z system is so new, so we have to wait for a few more years...

[@HR-wd6cw]

For the Z7 shooters, this may be a very inexpensive, and viable option for someone who wants a small telephoto zoom lens for travel, of course you have to be OK with the 19MP images but the only people that will really care about that would be those who either crop a lot or print large (beyond say 8x10). But you're not really losing much over a using a dedicated APS-C camera (maybe 1.5MP, but not enough to make a huge difference).

[@fattestallenalive7148]

Why would you consider this when the 24-200 already exists? Any sane mind would choose that instead of cropping away the expensive megapixels that you paid with the z7. Plus the 24-200 already is sorta in the budget category. If you really want to get the most out of the least money then choosing an apsc camera in the first place would've been better

[@bilbobaggins4913]

@@fattestallenalive7148 £200 vs £600 might be one reason why a Z7 shooter would consider this. I am seriously considering it as a light cheap compact travel lens for my Z7ii, to go with the compact 40mm f2 and Laowa 14mm FF I travel with. (I have better but larger F mount lenses I use with FTZ if I am on a more serious shoot)

[@letni9506]

Also because it gives you an extra 75mm over the 24-200 in crop mode, so wildlife is more doable. The size and price difference isn't insignificant.

[@beavertown2006]

Really looking for this review, you are a star.

[@parthsethia4223]

I'm impressed

[@marvincerdena]

Thank you so much for your reviews! Awesome channel. Just managed to save for a z50. Should i go with the 2 kit lenses? or just the body and get a different lense?

[@sunesnigel]

What did you get? I have a z6 but i want to go aps-c to reduce size. I would however want to have ibis. Would love to have this lens.

[@quockhanhang8323]

Review Nikon Z5 vs Nikkor Z 24-200mm f4-6.3

[@bhwrice]

Another great Z Mount review! Thank you for taking a look at these new lenses. Would you consider wading into more theoretical comments on the optics? For example, I noticed a marked lack of color fringing on the test chart. Why is this?

[@beavertown2006]

I've never seen you as a Canon fanboy although your main gears are Canon, in contrary, I find your judgement towards other brands the same standard as you judge Canon.

[@dineshbabup9235]

The lens does not rotate till 250mm as mentioned on it.. it stays in btw 200-250mm.. y is that so?

[@mohanvlogs2114]

Bro i just want to ask a question I have purchased this camera nikon z50 I got both kit lens in 55-250mm lens there is a sound coming from inside the lens when I'm shacking it and when I'am attaching it on the camera it is not coming.is it happening with your camera also?

[@antonisaridis9952]

I'm currently using a Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ED VR on my Nikon Z50 with the ftz adapter. Do you recommend switching to the Nikon Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR?

[@dniliveact]

love the channel 📸

[@panjimn]

Fuji xf 10-24mm pleaseee🙏🙏🙏

[@Powerland56]

Fujifilm 90 2.0 first 😎

[@LYYYCC]

how about z5 with this lens?

[@root9065]

I never understood why more lens manufacturers don't put an aperture ring on their lenses, or at least let you remap the ring on the lens the way this one does, so you don't need to map the control dial to adjust every single setting. I mean it comes pretty natural to adjust the aperture directly on the lens, from my experience with Fuji lenses, and there is plenty of room for an aperture ring on longer lenses like these.

[@christopherfrost]

It's an extra manufacturing cost for them

[@sloppyjoe9156]

The control ring on nikon z (and I believe some Canon rf lenses) can be mapped to aperture

[@root9065]

@@sloppyjoe9156 Yes I noticed in the review, I meant more manufacturers should do this :) like Sigma for example.

[@root9065]

@@christopherfrost True, but since we're building lenses and not tooth brushes, perhaps an extra $20-30 on the final lens cost isn't that big of a hit to have real options in hand :D Just my 0.02.

[@christopherfrost]

@@root9065 I personally agree - really, it depends what market their aiming for with the lens in question

[@kevc.2958]

it's much better than the efm counterpart damn

[@clintonsteephen9509]

Does this lens suits with Nikon z5

[@gregkarris6869]

The optics are loose because of the Stabilization System. The lenses have to move inside...

[@christopherfrost]

You're probably right. But this one was worse than usual

[@gregkarris6869]

Christopher Frost Photography Can you please do a review of the Z50?

[@beavertown2006]

The EOS-M was selling like hot cakes when there were only 22mm f/2.0 pancake, 11-22mm and 55-200mm, all great sharp and reasonably priced lenses, I wish the Z50 would have done the same as a starting point.

[@holahi2064]

Is it compatible with z5?

[@Jimmyageek]

The best feature of Z50 is Image Capture 8MP during 4K Video recording!

[@Greetz108]

First I was not really on fire when Nikon lined up their Z50 with both kitlenses. I was looking for the Z6, but now with this 2 great little lenses I have an awesome kit for traveling and have it already ready for quick shots... For full frame Look the Sigma 18-35mm f1. 8 is a perfect complement - specially the AF shows now great performance. I am using the Sigma also for Astrophotography - great Job Nikon! But for next time I wish the opportunity for wireless remotes and an fully articulating flip screen!!

[@VRGRPK]

There is a wireless remote for the Z50 and it’s called ML-L7!

[@aditya_gupta]

Hi Christopher. Thanks for the review. One thing no one is taking about is that this lens is Parfocal. Can you verify this. It's pretty amazing for a kit lens to be Parfocal.

[@aditya_gupta]

So, i asked this question in dpr forum, the explanation is that this lens is not Parfocal but the camera is doing some clever calculations to keep the focus fixed when changing focal length.

[@nino1996ify]

Is it worth getting this lens for my nikon z6? I see it’s really good lens and cheap to be honest

[@christopherfrost]

Yes but as I mentioned it doesn;t give a full-frame image - you'll have to shoot in a low resolution DX mode

[@nino1996ify]

which settings do you recommend for this lens? if i shoot RAW will it be a problem?

[@rudesilva6590]

I have a z6 and b/c this is a DX lens you end up with 9ish mp which sounds bad but is fine for basic stuff not printing over 8x10's I got the 16-50mm DX which is what I basing my opinion on.. Its fine for 4k and the stabilization makes these lenses amazing..

[@Ryezn5057]

Which studio mic do you use? Thanks for the vid!

[@wa3667]

It seems that Z mount lenses are quite nice even low price kit. Not same as kit lenses we used in DSLR, how dramatic image quality in mirrorless.

[@tntmebs123]

Why won't this fit my nikon d3200? But it says it would?

[@DavidMunoz-wt6lt]

No one said it. A d3200 is a DSLR with F mount. The Z50 is a mirrorless with Z mount. Completely different lens systems.

[@stjepanjina]

Please test Nikon Z 24-200mm

[@kingsamvisuals]

This is really good performance. How does it compare to the xf55-200?

[@christopherfrost]

Take a look at my review of that lens - you'll find all the infoz you need there :-)

[@RoarkRobinson]

Please sony make one of these! In need a small, long, sharp lens for my a7riii, even if i have to crop in.

[@VictorRodriguez-xt2nh]

Tamron 70-180 2.8?

[@RoarkRobinson]

@@VictorRodriguez-xt2nh Great lens and I'm very tempted. Just too expensive for now and a bit bigger than ideal. I'm adapting a canon 70-200 f2.8 at the moment and it's a bit large for longer hiking trips. That being said the 28-200 seems to answer my cheaper and lighter request whilst being more versatile so things just keep getting better

[@VictorRodriguez-xt2nh]

@@RoarkRobinson I hear you, I'm tempted to buy the nikon z50 for the kit lenses quality at this price and weigh.

[@nate7603]

any plans on making a review on the new a7s?

[@christopherfrost]

I don't really review cameras

[@ageprevention]

These zmoumt lenses are starting to look like winners. :)

[@nashsok]

Any chance you'll be reviewing the new Laowa 9mm f/5.6 lens? (Hopefully you don't mind too much people asking you if you'll review lenses in the comments!)

[@muhammadumar1125]

I have z5 I bought it after watching ur vdo....zoom shot looks better.

[@rachelsowinski4727]

How’s the image quality? I just bought it for my z5 and little worried lol

[@muhammadumar1125]

@@rachelsowinski4727 it's good & enough for me! Evrybdys is entitled to their opinion.

[@alpcns]

I'd be happy to pay $25 more for a metal mount, and even more happy to pay $50 more for improved overall build quality. The optical quality is spectacular, though.

[@aditya_gupta]

Build quality is pretty acceptable, much better than Nikon/canon dslr kit lenses. Although, i agree with metal mount thing. Still, it's a very solid lens with good plastic quality.

[@alpcns]

@@aditya_gupta Thanks, that's good to know.

[@VRGRPK]

alpcns I always smile when someone predicts the price elevation of a product, if something is added to it 🙂. Are all of you working at Photo Manufacturing???

[@alpcns]

V.R. Happy to see you happy. Research, development, manufacturing and education. here. Nothing optical ;-)

[@rudolffoldvary5654]

No CA, flare resistant, great consistent little performer for landscape "travel lite life" :)

[@martinMZ72]

Thanks for the Review. I'm planning to use this lense on a Z6 due to it's size and light weight. Is this a good idea? Has anyone tried this combination?

[@koolkutz7]

I don't really see the point of using this lens on a Z6 as you will have to shoot in the DX crop mode to avoid vignetting. I assume the Z6 will give you approx 10MP image files in DX crop mode like my D600 did? Unfortunately Nikon does not really have any full frame telephoto Z Mount zoom lenses that are budget friendly yet. The Z 70-200 f2.8 is very expensive!

[@martinMZ72]

@@koolkutz7 Thats exactly the point. There is no lightweight and cheap telephoto alternative for the Z-Mount. Thank you for your answer.

[@Georgeos777]

@@martinMZ72 did you buy it now because i had the same thought for my z5, i dont want very heavy and very expensive lense

[@martinMZ72]

@@Georgeos777 No I decided not to buy it because of the dramatically reduced Megapixel. But I might buy a Z50 in the springtime and then use the lense with that camera.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΠαπάς-ψ4β]

What do you think of z50 in comparison with z6.. Is the sensor good enough for overall use. Im gonna buy this camera once the price drops. By the way I really enjoy your reviews.

[@HappyHubris]

I'm not Chris, but the Z50 is a bit of a mixed bag. Here is a thorough review: www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-z50-review

[@patrick.771]

Photo-me-Ike compared it to the Z6 in many od his videos, recommend to check them out

[@angphatnguyen4537]

Z DX lenses have very exelent sharpess

[@Azagan]

Is it sutable nikon D 850?

[@christopherfrost]

As I said in the video, and as I said in the description, it's for Nikon's mirrorless Z-mount cameras only

[@chrisbusby4395]

You have a D850 and don’t understand a Z lens wont fit hmmm?

[@jdaiseyphoto]

Jupiter-8 review when?

[@christopherfrost]

?

[@bhwrice]

@@christopherfrost The Jupiter-8 (sometimes marked in Cyrillic, ЮПИТЕР-8) is a Soviet copy of the Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f/2. Anyone hunting for a vintage lens on ebay will be familiar with this lens, they are cheap! Fun, but optically inferior.

[@veer66]

If Z50 had vari-angle screen, I'd switch to Z DX. The lenses are sharp, compact, light, and affordable. 😺

[@patrick.771]

and a joystick please :)

[@geopapa80]

Cmon Sony make something like this at that price even with a plastic mount! I know they never will but don't I have the right to dream?

[@HappyHubris]

No you'll use the 55-210mm and hate it or upgrade to the 70-350mm for $900. Because Sony. :(

[@geopapa80]

@@HappyHubris yeah that's sad

[@starbase218]

I like these videos due to the effect of chrisfrostian.

[@8part6]

i'm really impressed

[@kornasteniker3939]

Looks like a neat little Tele. BUT and that's always a nogo for me when buying a lens: The plastic Lens mount. I absolutely can't stand lenses who don't have a metal lens mount due to the fact that a plastic construction is much more prone to cracking the mount when you drop your cam by accident. Nontheless: Thanks for the vid Christopher. Good work as always :-)

[@HarryPowerColt]

These Nikkor Z kit lenses make my Fuji XF 18-55 and 55-200 look like trash when it comes to image quality.

[@patrick.771]

If you watch his Nikon reviews and after that a Fuji review it's almost like a shock :) (For new Fuji owners like me) Especially the 16-80 which costs 850 Euro(!) looks awful. But build quality and feel is excellent I have to say ...

[@cosmoinstant]

Unfortunately, Fuji zoom lenses are crappy. Besides 8-16 2.8 which is too big, heavy, and expensive and 16 - 55 2.8 there is nothing good out there. the kit 18 - 55 is overrated imo

[@HarryPowerColt]

Photography is not about getting the sharpest images. I used to have Olympus cameras with the M.Zuiko PRO lenses and while the image quality was spectacular on my 17mm f1.2 PRO (the best I have ever seen, seriously), the sharpness was so high that the photos ended up looking weird, so clinical. Having said that, the Fuji XF lenses are a bit overpriced, although they have a much better build quality and have faster apertures than average. I think they're far more than okay for any use, so don't worry about the image quality and simply enjoy them :)

[@patrick.771]

@@HarryPowerColt agree, but depends on what you do. For landscape photography corner sharpness often is important and fast apertures are not.

[@Aksunkuvat]

Relax your just having bad sample of xf18-55. XF18-55 makes look that lens like trash while being 2.8-4

[@Darhhaall]

I am courious - what are you using lenses like this for? Sure I had kit tele lens when I started with photography, but after more than ten years, I use only 85/1,8 as my longest lens (on full frame) and see very little reason why I would need longer. 200 mm seems usable only if you do sports or wild animals. 375 mm with this f-stop?

[@letni9506]

It's good for wildlife. Flowers from a distance and people too, to get subject separation that would otherwise be lacking due to the aperture. Zooming into vast landscapes. These lenses make sense for smaller sensors. With many subjects you want to stop down anyway so 4.5 to 6.3 is fine. Only indoors is it not going to be much use. There's a reason 70-300 is popular for full frame

[@chrisbusby4395]

It’s useful for a few different styles of photography even at those apertures

[@sleeplessgiant7407]

Reminds me of the 70-300 dx version I had, amazing results for such a cheap and lightweight plastic little lens

[@beavertown2006]

I have the afp 70-300 dx which is very sharp, I have a feeling this 50-250 paired with the Z50 would be sharper than the D500 with 70-300.

[@8part6]

their new lenses are really sharp....the new Z lenses

[@cyrilhamel8289]

How about reviewing Nikon's 70-200mm F/4 ??... Pleaz-pleaz-pleeeeaaazzz... 🙂

[@Abhishek98317]

You gave the Canon 55-250 STM the "Red Ring", guess you have to give this one a "N" badge and a Gold ring :D

[@webdaddy]

Both of the new APS-C lenses are very impressive.

[@felixputtra3242]

Review Canon EF 28-300mm or Canon EF 35-350mm legend lens 👍 Thankyou

[@Yvtur]

Hello community. i am completly new on this world of camera, not background so ever. I just bought mi first camera a Z50 with this lens. This lens make a little very small noise, that makes me cringe. i do not know if it is normal. Can someone bring me peace of mind?

[@patrick.771]

that's normal. While shooting (due to image stabilization) and also while carrying.

[@ruelapas6240]

Amazing.. Thanks. 🙏 🇵🇭.

[@momchilyordanov8190]

That's some serious performance, especially for that kid of money.

[@vaibhavpisal]

I was surprised to see samples of this and tiny pancake kit lens on z50. They looked like taken with a prime lens. I must say sharpness wise its as consistent as good 24-70 f2.8 lenses on ff camera. And that flare resistance. Nikon has done some magic here. Although rendering quality does look like a kit lens. Not beautiful and breathtaking as some premium glass. I wish nikon make a z version of 16-80 with this sharpness. That lens has amazung character to its images.

[@patrick.771]

How do you recognise "rendering quality" in photos? What do you exactly mean by that? Just asking because I never heard that before ...

[@vaibhavpisal]

@@patrick.771 it is not a scientific test per say. I just open flickr group for lenses i want to compare and see 100s of images at a time and see if i consistently like colours rendered by a lens. I think we can agree that not all lenses render images in same way, regardless of how sharp it is. Comparing nikkor dx 16-80 and dx 18-55, i dont see any differences in sharpness. But images coming from 16-80 have this, soft golden colour like its taken on a beautiful sunset consistently. Nothing looks harsh on it, even if i shot rocks and boulders. Kit lens on other hand has dull colors, out of focus areas are hazy, contrast between dark and bright areas looks harsh to me. Its all subjective, you might not find it that way.

[@patrick.771]

@@vaibhavpisal ah, thank you! Now I know what you mean :) I personally really like the D750 full frame look, the look of some Fuji lenses and the Tamron 2.8 trinity style. My old Nikon 35mm 1.8 is also nice. And the colours of the new Z primes. Bought a new camera some weeks ago and I looked at sample images for months ...

[@vaibhavpisal]

@@patrick.771 cool. I also like full frame look. Really hard to describe what it is though. Its like I find those images pleasant for no particular reason.

[@iemboyshostel]

That lens will shame lot of full frame lenses in image quality

[@zhaiminwei250]

z读ze是最标准的 ，我赞同

[@limitless6216]

100% likes - nice =)

[@joekelly9369]

4.5-6.3 thats scared me off ,

[@chrisbusby4395]

Don’t be scared,have fun lol

[@sonipyon_SPQR]

The lens flare is not noticeable at all. Impressive.

[@mjmorden]

It’s a DX lens, there is no conversion. It’s a crop frame lens. 50mm is 50mm, 250mm is 250mm.

[@HappyHubris]

It's a shame that the Z50 was so underwhelming and that Nikon isn't pumping out a full DX lens lineup. There's definitely room for an APSC ecosystem with cheap very high quality lenses built on the latest production methods (e.g. without the mediocre older lenses of EF-M, E-APSC, and XF).

[@KungPowEnterFist]

The Z50 is underwhelming? That is an interesting statement. Its basically a D7500+. Z50 launch price, $860. D7500 launch price, $1300. The Z50 is actually a pretty good camera at a fantastic price.

[@VRGRPK]

Maybe you must inform Nikon about your magical 🧙‍♂️ way of designing and producing lenses in no time!

[@jimstirling7223]

Let me guess a Sony user ? 😄

[@frankluo230]

Nikon Z holy trinity is current pinnacle of full frame leader optically. Just look at 24-70f2.8 and 70-200f2.8, leagues above whatever Sony has to offer. That was based on test units sent by Sony to reviewers. Reality is even worse. GM zoom lenses are made in China, inconsistent quality control, non existence quality assurance, you get lens lotto at its best. Nikon is much more reliable and consistent.

[@ilmatanela1816]

IMHO that's where the difference between a conglomerate corporation like Sony and a company like Nikon, which has more then a century of experience in manufacturing lenses, comes in. Sony certainly has the lead in technology, currently, but if we compare overall user experience, quality control, lenses performance, ergonomics, reliability and build quality I think Nikon is way ahead. I wish Nikon will find success and stay in the market, as when I'll decide to buy my first mirrorless it will be my first choice.

[@HappyHubris]

Nikon has nothing to compete with the Tamron trinity. I dislike the option of "pay the price of a used car or too bad."

[@cedric3379]

“even at f6.3” hold on a sec and let's figure out how many stops there are from f1.4 to f6.3

[@eliasalerno8942]

why would you want that, its useless information? anyway: 1.4 > 2 > 2.8 > 4 > 5.6 and 6.3 isnt a full stop so its 4.5 stop difference.

[@alpcns]

There's even more stops from 0.95 to 6.3. So what?

[@diegorivera2711]

First?

[@benni1015]

Sooner or later i will get that archievment.

[@jimgeorgantis]

f4,5 - 6,3 hahahhahha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christopherfrost]

That isn't really much darker than normal for a small, inexpensive telephoto zoom lens

[@chrisbusby4395]

Bye

[@JJ-mx3gh]

This tutorial is very helpful....... to the 20 Nikon shooters left. Lol jk

[@VRGRPK]

So you think you are very funny???

[@thomasbowden2348]

@@VRGRPK agree

[@chrisbusby4395]

Probably a Sony fanboy,I hate Sony cameras ,had a couple that was enough for life