Product Description
Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16–50mm f/3.5–6.3 VR Lens
The Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16–50mm f/3.5–6.3 VR Lens is a compact and versatile zoom lens designed for Nikon’s DX-format mirrorless cameras. Known for its "pancake" design, this lens is incredibly portable and ideal for everyday shooting, from wide-angle landscapes to close-up portraits.
Key Features:
- Compact and Lightweight: Weighs only 135g and features a retractable design that collapses to a pancake shape, making it highly portable and easy to carry.
- Silent Control Ring: Allows for smooth manual focus, aperture control, and exposure compensation, ensuring quiet operation ideal for video recording.
- Wide Focal Range: Covers 16–50mm, providing flexibility from wide-angle to standard focal lengths.
- Minimum Focusing Distance: Just 0.2m, enabling sharp focus on close-up subjects and adding creative versatility to your shots.
- In-Lens Vibration Reduction (VR): Reduces camera shake, allowing for sharp images even in low light or while handheld. Ideal for vlogging, it keeps video stable and blur-free.
- Automatic Electromagnetic Aperture Control: Ensures consistent and accurate exposure control, especially beneficial for fast continuous shooting.
- 7-Blade Rounded Diaphragm: Produces smooth, aesthetically pleasing bokeh effects.
Optical Performance:
- Advanced Optical Design: Features 9 elements in 7 groups, including 1 ED (Extra-Low Dispersion) glass element and 4 aspherical elements. This design helps to reduce chromatic aberrations and improve overall image clarity.
- Wide Angle of View: Offers an angle of view ranging from 83° to 31° 30’ (DX image area), accommodating a variety of shooting scenarios.
Practical and Versatile:
- Optimised for Nikon Z Mount: Designed to take full advantage of the wide Nikon Z mount for exceptional light-gathering capability and overall performance.
- Internal Focusing System: Maintains a compact lens profile while enabling fast and precise focusing.
Supplied Accessories:
- LC-46B: 46mm Snap-On Front Lens Cap
Optional Accessories:
- HN-40: Screw-on Lens Hood
- CL-C4: Lens Case
- 46mm Screw-on Filters: Compatible with standard 46mm filters for additional creative control.
Specifications:
- Focal Length: 16–50mm
- Maximum Aperture: f/3.5–6.3
- Minimum Aperture: f/22
- Angle of View: 83° to 31° 30' (DX format)
- Minimum Focusing Distance: 0.2m
- Lens Construction: 9 elements in 7 groups
- Filter Size: 46mm
- Weight: Approx. 135g
The Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16–50mm f/3.5–6.3 VR Lens offers exceptional portability without compromising on versatility and performance. Its compact design, wide focal range, and advanced optical features make it an excellent choice for everyday photography and video work, whether you're capturing landscapes, portraits, or anything in between.
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| Type | Nikon Z mount |
| Format | DX |
| Focal length | 16-50 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/3.5 to 6.3 |
| Minimum aperture | f/22 to 40 |
| Lens construction | 9 elements in 7 groups (including 1 ED element and 4 aspherical elements) |
| Angle of view | 83° to 31° 30' (DX image area) |
| Focal length scale | Graduated in millimeters (16, 24, 35, 50) |
| Focusing system | Internal focusing system |
| Minimum focus distance | 16 mm zoom position: 0.25 m (0.82 ft), 24 mm zoom position: 0.2 m (0.66 ft), 35 mm zoom position: 0.23 m (0.76 ft), 50 mm zoom position: 0.3 m (0.99 ft) (measured from focal plane) |
| Maximum reproduction ratio | 0.2x |
| Vibration reduction | Yes. Lens shift using voice coil motors (VCMs) |
| No. of diaphragm blades | 7 (rounded diaphragm opening) |
| Filter attachment size | 46 mm (P = 0.75 mm) |
| Diameter x length (extension from lens mount) | Approx. 70 mm/2.8 in. maximum diameter x 32 mm/1.3 in. (distance from camera lens mount flange when lens is retracted) |
| Weight | Approx. 135 g (4.8 oz.) |
| Autofocus | Yes |
| Internal focusing | Yes |
| Focusing | Auto, Manual |
| Supplied accessories | LC-46B 46 mm Snap-on Front Lens Cap, LF-N1 Rear Lens Cap |
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