Your full frame journey begins with the Z 5. Simple yet sophisticated, compact yet powerful, the Z 5 is built to grow with you. It’s everything you’d expect from a full frame mirrorless camera —intense detail, expansive views, brilliant low light capabilities, 4K video and more—plus all the innovative tools you need to push the limits of your creativity.

Detailed 24MP Images

The Nikon Z 5 Mirrorless Camera captures intensively detailed 24MP full-frame images and 4K UHD videos. It offers a superb 273-point autofocus system that can focus near the edges, detect and follow eyes and track subjects. With built-in VR image stabilization, the camera can capture sharp, stabilized photos and videos even when shooting handheld.

Power and Stability

Z 5 is powered by Nikon’s fast, comprehensive EXPEED 6 image processing system. It is the reason why the camera features sensational photo and video quality as well as auto-focus, low light capabilities, image clarity, distortion control and more. NIKKOR Z lenses activate 5-axis VR image stabilization giving you 5 stops of stabilization in up to 5 directions. The Z 5 is also compatible with F-Mount NIKKOR lenses as well.

Silent Mode

With this mode you can capture photos with no need to worry about drawing attention to yourself. When taking photos of pets and wildlife this camera mode is ideal for it.

See Clearly

Easily see the photo you are going to take in real time with the Z 5's superb electronic viewfinder. Once you put your eye to it, it activates giving you a high resolution and glare-free view of how your photo will look. All features are visible in real time such as ISO, picture controls, white balance and exposure.

Flash of Genius

Easily make your subjects stand out, enhance natural light or fill in shadows thanks to the Z 5's compatibility with Nikon's Creative Lighting System.

Dual SD Card Slots

Carry more storage with the dual SD card slot capability that the Z 5 comes with. This will allow you to do things like separate file types like RAW and JPEG or still and videos. You can also set up automatic back up and overflow storage.

Record Beautiful Videos

Shoot 4K Ultra HD footage using all the advantages of mirrorless technology and the Z system’s high-performance optics.

Easily create beautiful time-lapse movies. Set up Z 5 on a tripod or stable surface, compose your shot, set your time interval and number of shots and let the camera do the rest. You can simultaneously create your timelapse movie in-camera and save the full resolution stills. 

Creative Features

The Nikon Z 5 comes packed with creative features, including timelapse, multiple exposures, creative picture controls and focus shift photography. Establish a wireless connection between the Nikon Z 5 FX-format Mirrorless Camera and a compatible smartphone, tablet or PC for quickly transferring images or controlling the camera remotely along with live image preview for photos and videos.

Easily Pair and Share

Connect to the Z 5 to the SnapBridge app once and that's it! Your phone and camera will be bonded for life. You can set it to automatically transfer photos or manually transfer the ones you want yourself. When you can't be behind your camera, easily take out your phone and see what the camera sees, change settings and take the photo or record video.You can also do a wireless transfer of your images to your MAC or PC with Wi-Fi.

Nikon Z 5 FX-format Mirrorless Camera Body

Type

Type: Digital camera with support for interchangeable lenses

Lens mount: Nikon Z mount

Image Sensor

Effective pixels: 24.3MP

Sensor size: 35.9 x 23.9 mm

Image sensor format: FX

Image sensor type: CMOS

Total pixels: 24.93 million

Dust-reduction system: Image Dust Off reference data (requires Capture NX-D); image sensor cleaning

Image area (pixels):

FX-format:

(L) 6,016 x 4,016

(M) 4,512 x 3,008

(S) 3,008 x 2,008

DX-format:

(L) 3,936 x 2,624

(M) 2,944 x 1,968

(S) 1,968 x 1,312

1:1 (24 x 24):

(L) 4,016 x 4,016

(M) 3,008 x 3,008

(S) 2,000 x 2,000

16:9 (36 x 20):

(L) 6,016 x 3,384

(M) 4,512 x 2,536

(S) 3,008 x 1,688

Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3,840 x 2,160: 3,840 x 2,160Photographs taken during movie recording at other frame sizes: 1,920 x 1,080

File System

File format still images:

NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit (lossless compressed or compressed)

JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression; size-priority and optimal-quality compression available

NEF (RAW) + JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats

Storage media: SD (Secure Digital) and UHS-II compliant SDHC and SDXC memory cardsFile system:

DCF 2.0

Exif 2.31

Viewfinder

Viewfinder: 1.27-cm/0.5-inch approx. 3690k-dot (Quad VGA) OLED with color balance and auto and 11-level manual brightness controls

Viewfinder frame coverage: Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical

Viewfinder magnification: Approx. 0.8x (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m -1)

Viewfinder eyepoint: 21 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)

Viewfinder diopter adjustment: -4 to +2 m−1

Eye sensor: Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays

Shutter

Shutter type: Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter

Shutter speed: 1/8000 to 30 sec. in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time, X200

Flash Sync speed:

Up to: X=1/200 sec.

Synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 sec. or slower

Auto FP High-Speed sync supported

Exposure

Exposure metering system: TTL metering using camera image sensor

Metering range: Matrix or center-weighted metering: -3 to +17 EV

Exposure compensation: -5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M

Exposure lock: Luminosity locked at detected value

Picture control:

Auto

Flat

Landscape

Monochrome

Neutral

Portrait

Standard

Vivid

Creative Picture controls: (Dream, Morning, Pop, Sunday, Somber, Dramatic, Silence, Bleached, Melancholic, Pure, Denim, Toy, Sepia, Blue, Red, Pink, Charcoal, Graphite, Binary, Carbon)

Selected Picture Control can be modified

Storage for custom Picture Controls

Sensitivity

ISO sensitivity:

ISO 100 - 51,200 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV

Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 or 1 EV (ISO 50 equivalent) below ISO 100 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1 EV (ISO 102,400 equivalent) above ISO 51,200; auto ISO sensitivity control available

Active D-Lighting:

Can be selected from:

Auto

Extra High

High

Normal

Low

Off

Active D-Lighting Bracketing: Yes

Focus/Autofocus

Autofocus system: Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist

Detection range:

-3 to +19 EV (without low-light AF: -2 to +19 EV)

Measured in photo mode at ISO 100 and a temperature of 20 °C/68 °F using single-servo AF (AF-S) and a lens with a maximum aperture of f/2.0

Lens servo:

Autofocus (AF): Single-servo AF (AF-S); continuous-servo AF (AF-C); full-time AF (AF-F; available only in movie mode); predictive focus tracking

Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used

Focus point:

273 (single-point AF)

Number of focus points available in photo mode with single-point AF selected for AF-area mode and FX selected for image area

AF-area mode:

Pinpoint

Single-Point

Dynamic-area AF

Wide-area AF (S)

Wide-area AF (L)

Auto-area AF

Pinpoint and Dynamic-area AF available in photo mode only

Focus lock: Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing center of sub-selectorVibration reduction: 5-axis image sensor shift, lens shift available with VR lenses

Flash

Flash control: TTL: i-TTL flash control; i-TTL balanced fill-flash is used with matrix, center-weighted, and highlight-weighted metering, standard i-TTL fill-flash with spot metering

Flash sync modes:

Front-curtain sync

Rear-curtain sync

Red-eye reduction

Red-eye reduction with slow sync

Slow sync

Off

Flash compensation: -3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and MFlash-ready indicator: Lights when optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full outputAccessory shoe: ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lockNikon Creative Lighting System (CLS): i-TTL flash control, radio-controlled Advanced Wireless Lighting, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, modeling illumination, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync, unified flash control

White Balance

White balance:

Auto (3 types)

Choose color temperature (2,500 K–10,000 K)

Cloudy

Direct sunlight

Flash

Fluorescent (7 types)

Incandescent

Natural light auto

Preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all with fine-tuning

Shade

White Balance Bracketing: Yes

Movie

Movie metering: TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

Movie maximum recording time: 29 minutes 59 seconds

Movie file format:

MOV

MP4

Movie audio recording format:

Linear PCM

AAC

Movie:

4K UHD 3,840 x 2,160 / 30 fps

4K UHD 3,840 x 2,160 / 25 fps

4K UHD 3,840 x 2,160 / 24 fps

Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 / 60 fps

Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 / 50 fps

Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 / 30 fps

Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 / 25 fps

Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 / 24 fps

Actual frame rates for 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively

Quality selection available at all sizes except 3,840 x 2,160 when quality is fixed at high

Movie audio: Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity can be adjustedMovie ISO:

Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600)

M: Manual selection (ISO 100 to 25,600 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV); auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) available with selectable upper limit

P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) with selectable upper limit

Movie Active D-Lighting:

Can be selected from:

Auto

Extra High

High

Normal

Low

Off

Time code:

Yes

Drop frame

Movie e-VR: YeMovie HDMI output:

Yes

Start/Stop supported

Movie focus peaking: YesMovie highlight display (Zebras): YesTime-lapse movie: Up to 4K UHD; Silent mode optionAF for movie: AF Speed and AF Tracking Sensitivity can be adjusted

Monitor

Monitor size: 3.2 inch diagonal

Monitor resolution: 1,040,000 dots

Monitor type:

Tilting TFT

Touch-sensitive LCD

Playback

Playback functions:

Auto Image Rotation

Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar)

Highlights

Histogram Display

Location Data Display

Movie Playback

Photo and/or Movie Slide Shows

Photo Information

Picture Rating

Playback with Playback Zoom

Playback Zoom Cropping

Interface

Wi-Fi functionality:

Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac

2412–2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180–5825 MHz (U.S.A., Canada, Mexico)

2412–2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180–5805 MHz (other countries in the Americas)

Maximum output power (EIRP): 2.4 GHz band: 7.4 dBm 5 GHz band: 12.2 dBm

Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK

Smart Device App connectivity: SnapBridge

Bluetooth:

Communication protocols: Bluetooth Specification

Version 4.2

Operating frequency: Bluetooth: 2402–2480 MHz

Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402–2480 MHz

Approximately 10 m (32 feet) without interference; range may vary with signal strength and presence or absence of obstacles

GPS: Via the SnapBridge app

Menus

Supported languages:

English

French

Portuguese (Brazil)

Spanish

The languages available vary with the country or region in which the camera was originally purchased.

Power

Battery:

One EN-EL15c rechargeable Li-ion battery

EN-EL15b/EN-EL15a/EN-EL15 batteries can also be used. Note, however, that fewer pictures can be taken on a single charge than with the EN-EL15c. The EH-7P charging AC adapter can be used to charge EN-EL15c/EN-EL15b batteries only.

Battery life (shots per charge):

Stills:

Viewfinder only: Approx. 390 shots

Monitor only: Approx. 470 shots

Movies:

Viewfinder only: Approx. 115 min. of movie recording

Monitor only: Approx. 120 min. of movie recording

AC adapter:

EH-7P Charging AC Adapter

EH-5d/EH-5c/EH-5b AC Adapter (requires EP-5B power connector, available separately)

Battery charger: MH-25A Battery Charger

Miscellaneous

Tripod socket: 1/4 inch (ISO 1222)

Operating environment:

Temperature: 32 to 104-degree-F (0 to 40-degree-C)

Humidity: Less than 85% (no condensation)

Dimensions (W x H x D): Approx. 5.3 x 4.0 x 2.8 inch (134 x 100.5 x 69.5 mm)Weight: Approx. 20.9 oz. (590 g) camera body only