Nikon Z fc with Wide-Angle Zoom Lens | Retro-inspired compact mirrorless stills/video camera with 16-50mm zoom lens | Nikon USA Model

While I am not a professional photographer, I can confirm I am now the go-to photographer within my family/friends group. This beautiful retro-style camera puts out amazing pictures. (Noting the photo is only as good as the lens you buy) with quality lenses this camera is spectacular. I love the retro look, it’s not cheap plastic either. Hands down the best (and most favorite) camera I’ve ever owned. There are mixed signals regarding the auto-focus on video mode out, I personally do not have any problems. I find the settings I need and hit record and it tracks/focuses like a Boss. Love this camera- period. As for the seller: arrived early, well packaged, in pristine condition. Original packaging undamaged in transit. Cost was appropriate and not inflated, couldnt ask for a smoother transaction truth be told. I do recommend the seller as well as the camera.

I love this camera. I came up with Nikon film SLRs including the FM2 that this is based upon so I find the Zfc very intuitive to handle. It's better than my D7000. The controls on the top deck are great--no menu-diving for basic adjustments! The fold-out display itself is well organized and convenient especially since it will flip around and fold flat against the camera. I use the touchscreen all the time. The viewfinder is bright and not too busy. Picture quality is excellent shooting JPGs at the FINE level. I like the "Silent" setting--good for quiet, indoor events. I bought an SB-700 speedlight--no complaints there. The Zfc will even accept my legacy SB-25 on manual. Autofocus is fantastic, metering great. I use some of the creative filter settings. Snapbridge works well with my Android phone. Very easy to review and share images in the moment with onboard wifi & Bluetooth.I'm aware that the full-frame Nikon Zf is favored by many for its sensor size and marginally higher-quality images. If I want to approximate that with the Zfc though, I can shoot RAW up to about 20 MB/shot. I don't use the camera for video at all--I'm a stills guy who prefers shooting news events and features. The Zfc does feel light and smaller by comparison with the Zf. That's not necessarily a drawback as I believe the quality is fine, although I did add a Smallrig grip that matches the camera perfectly. If you want to want to do street photography without spending a ton of money, get the Nikkor 28mm 2.8 prime or one of the even more diminutive, relatively fast lenses and blast away.

Cool retro camera works great NIKON is the best.

I got this for my wife as she’s a Nikon user and I shoot on a Canon 1dx Mark II but I find myself asking to borrow her camera cause of how small and light it is. Very great camera, super lightweight, easy to use, we end up taking this camera around with us most places.

Edit: I used AI to generate some ideas on settings, and wanted to add some cool new pictures I was able to snap up! Original review below.Likes: there’s so much to learn!Get back to basics. Shutter, Aperture, ISO, F-Stops, lighting, etc. or go Auto and Point and shoot.Dislikes: there’s so much to customize!Want Auto ISO? It’s in a menu. Is it important to learn? Ya! Want to make a shortcut? You can! Want to change how it focuses? You can too.Other things:Expensive but works well. The camera/webcam function is good. Sturdy build quality and doesnt need to be the fanciest leather or metals.Out of the box:You might just need to click the button on the left of the eyehole. It’ll swap through a couple of settings: screen, swap between the screen to your lookout eyehole, etc. The rest you can fool around with.

Amazing camera love the vintage look easy to use great quality image phenomenal little lens

Nice little camera. Unfortunately it's meant to look like the Nikon FM2. That camera was metal. This one is mostly plastic. Even the 28mm lens mount is plastic. It doesn't have the tactile feel of the FM2 but it's a modern interpretation.Aside from aesthetics...Focus point keeps moving. Need to find a way to lock it without switching off the touch screen.The touch screen works in some modes, like adjusting the focus point but not in the i menu for selecting things.As usual the Bluetooth is barely usable. I've never found a camera where it works like phones do.The F mount adapter is too expensive. I'd love to use other Nikon lenses because I'm not buying a bunch of z mount just for this camera.Top plate, back, bottom plate are (I think, they certainly feel) all plastic. Very light but also feels a little like a toy. The flimsy battery door is no worse than any other mirror less.I still like the camera. I just wish they'd actually made it really like the FM2 or EL2.Controls seem ok, not the quality feel of their 80's counterpart but perfectly usable. Not as good as the Z5 either.One thing this will do that the fm2 couldn't is preview the exposure. I like that about mirrorless.Focus is fast and accurate but with a small sensor and 28mm lens everything is in focus anyway. The 28 should be f/1.8 or f/2 but with DX it doesn't matter much. The sensor is so good at high iso the only reason for a faster lens is depth of field and that's not happening on 28mm/DX anyway.Updated after a month. I had it in the box to return but the photos from it are great and it's a pleasure to use. So I kept it. I was originally going to return it and get the Z5, I ended up keeping it especially as the Z5 is only $999 currently.Compared to the Z5 the z fc lacks heft. For some that might be a positive since it means lighter. For some that's a negative.I do wish Nikon would standardize their menus. The focus settings in the z fc with the latest firmware are superior to the Z5 (again latest firmware). I wish they were all the same so I could not have to think about the focus modes and their impact while taking photos. If you're a pin spot focus person you won't notice this. If you use eye detect then you will. Not a big deal though and possibly over time the firmware will all synchronize.One of the best things about Nikon is the nikonpc.com website which let's you download photo styles (picture profiles) and load these into the camera. This means you can get the jpeg "color science" however you like it. Of course in raw this has no effect.I've owned the Df before this, I loved that camera except for the focus speed. This is in the same style but with super up to date technology. If like it if Nikon had made this camera exactly the same except with a ff sensor and with more metal. But that's like saying I want my car to be like the one in the 80s but as safe as today's cars. Back to the z fc. Great camera. You'll take as good photos with this as any Fuji or Canon. If you want full frame for the same cost but with modern styling get the Z5.Update several months later. I really like this camera. The original concern about it not being hefty and made of metal has left me. I find it a joy to use and am finding myself ignoring other cameras and using the z fc. I use the 28 and 40mm lenses and both are superb. One reason I use this over the other Z or even D series cameras is this has the best face/eye focus tracking of any that I've used (I've not tried the z9). It's faster and better able to find the eye than the others. Even with the latest firmware in each camera.So glad I didn't return this for what would have been a knee jerk reflex.