Box contents:
- AN-DC25 Camera Strap
- BF-N1 Body Cap for Nikon Z-Mount Cameras
- EN-EL25 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
- USB cable UC-E24
Create vlogs like no one else
Leave your smartphone behind and bring your vlogging ideas to life with superior image quality so your content shines. Small, capable, and incredibly easy to use, the Z 30 opens up a world of creative possibilities with more light, more power, and more versatility. This mirrorless camera is designed for creators who have stories to share.
Show more. Tell more.
From product unboxing to reviews, recipes and tutorials. Music, cooking, travel, or even parkour. Whatever you do, if you have the ability to shoot professional-looking videos, your followers will thank you. The Z 30 lets you create footage with the clarity, depth of field, and sound expected from top-notch vloggers and streamers.
Essential in 4K
Whether shooting 4K UHD (30p) videos, time-lapse movies, or smooth slow motion in Full HD (120p), the Z 30 utilizes the full width of its large sensor to deliver an approx. 100% field of view. It's easy to frame both yourself and your subject.
There is no reason to stop
It can record up to 125 minutes of uninterrupted video footage, giving you plenty of options for long takes or continuous shooting. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, along with Nikon's SnapBridge app, allow you to upload content from anywhere.
Crisp and clear sound
Capture magnificent sound through the sensitive built-in stereo microphone or an external microphone. The audio menu contains options for recording voice or ambient sound, whether music or city street noise. There's also a wind noise reduction feature.
Step up to exciting quality
At home, in a studio, or on the go. The Z 30's imaging power will allow you to pre-record or stream the most exciting vlogs you've ever created and make your photo posts compelling with still images packed with detail. This is your chance to take things to the next level with content straight from the camera.
Creative and intuitive control
Lower, raise, and expand. The Z 30's 3-inch flip-up touchscreen, uncluttered displays, and thoughtful control layout let you capture any type of shot with ease. If you're shooting vlogs and photos, the camera lets you save separate settings for videos and stills and switch between them as needed. No need to pause to reconfigure settings.
Safe approach
Want to record the action or yourself while moving? Video AF mode uses full-time AF to save you the work of focusing. The camera keeps the focus locked on your subject, no matter what you do or how often you change the composition on the fly.
Follow the eyes
Eye and Animal Detection AF modes, available for both still images and video, quickly lock focus on the eyes of people or cats and dogs. The camera maintains sharp focus on the subject's eyes, even if they turn and look back.
Perfect exposure
Shoot confidently in any lighting without having to learn complicated settings. When shooting in automatic mode, you can quickly and easily adjust your camera's exposure compensation so your subject or face always appears well-lit.
- Type: Mirrorless
- Lens mount: Nikon Z mount
- Image Sensor: DX, CMOS, 23.5mm x 15.7mm
- Total pixels: 21.51 million
- Dust Reduction System: Image Dust Removal Reference Data (NX Studio software required)
- Effective pixels: 20.9 million
- Storage – File Format: NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit, JPEG: Compliant with JPEG baseline with good (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression, NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Individual photos are recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats
- Picture Control System: Auto, Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat, Creative Picture Control (Dream, Morning, Pop, Sunday, Gloomy, Dramatic, Quiet, Bleached, Melancholic, Pure, Denim, Toy, Sepia, Blue, Red, Pink, Gray, Graphite, Binary, Charcoal); the selected Picture Control can be modified; storage for custom Picture Controls
- Storage – Media: SD, SDHC (UHS-I compatible), SDXC (UHS-I compatible)
- Card slot: 1 Secure Digital (SD) card
- File system: DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31
- Compatible lenses: Z-mount NIKKOR lenses F-mount NIKKOR lenses (with mount adapter; restrictions may apply)
- Shutter type: Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter, electronic shutter
- Shutter speed: 1/4000 to 30 s (1/3 EV step sizes), Bulb, Time
- Flash Sync Speed: Syncs with shutter at X = 1/200 s or less; supports auto FP high-speed sync
- Shooting mode: S (single frame), CL (continuous low speed), CH (continuous high speed), Continuous H (enlarged), Self-timer
- Frame Rate1: Up to 11 fps, Continuous B: Approx. 1 to 4 fps, Continuous A: Approx. 5 fps; Continuous H (Extended): Approx. 11 fps.
- Timer: 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures in 0.5, 1, 2 or 3 s intervals
- Exposure metering: TTL metering using the camera's image sensor
- Metering mode: Matrix or center-weighted metering: A weight of 75% of the value is assigned to the 8 mm circle in the center of the frame, the weight can be based on the average of the entire frame, Spot metering: 3.5 mm metering circle (2.5% of the frame) placed in the center of the selected focus point highlight-weighted metering
- Measuring range (ISO 100, f/1.4 lens, 20°C): -4 to +17 EV
- Mode: Auto, P: Programmed Auto with Flexible Program, S: Shutter-Priority Auto, A: Aperture-Priority Auto, M: Manual U1, U2, and U3: User setting modes
- Exposure Compensation: Range: -5 to +5 EV; Increment: 1/3 stop
- Exposure lock: The brightness is locked at the detected value
- ISO sensitivity: ISO 100 to 51200 in 1/3 EV steps; can also be adjusted by approx. 1 EV above ISO 51200 (equivalent to ISO 102400) or by approx. 2 EV above ISO 51200 (equivalent to ISO 204800); automatic ISO sensitivity control available (recommended exposure index)
- Active D-Lighting: Auto, Extra High, High, Normal, Low, and Off
- Multiple Exposure: Add, Average, Lighten, Darken
- Other options: HDR (High Dynamic Range), Flicker Reduction in Picture Mode
- Autofocus: Hybrid Phase Detection/Contrast Detection AF
- Detection range: -4.5 to +19 EV2, Without Low Light AF: -3 to +19 EV
- Lens servo: Single-servo AF (AF-S), Continuous-servo AF (AF-C); Auto-switch AF (AF-A; available in photo mode only), Full-time AF (AF-F, available in movie mode only), Predictive focus tracking, Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder possible
- Focus Points: 209, number of focus points available in photo mode with Single-point AF selected for AF-area mode and DX selected for image area
- AF-area mode: Small-area AF (Photo mode only), Single-point AF, Dynamic-area AF (Photo mode only), Wide-area AF (S), Wide-area AF (L), Wide-area AF (L People), Wide-area AF (L Animals), Auto-area AF; Auto-area AF (People), Auto-area AF (Animals)
- Focus Lock: Press the AE-L/AF-L button or press the shutter button halfway (Single-Servo AF/AF-S)
- Flash control: TTL: i-TTL flash control; i-TTL balanced fill-flash is used with matrix metering, center-weighted metering, and highlight-weighted metering, while standard i-TTL fill-flash is used with spot metering
- Flash mode: Front-curtain sync, Slow sync, Rear-curtain sync, Red-eye reduction, Red-eye reduction with slow sync, Off
- Flash Compensation: -3 to +1 EV in 1/3 steps, available in P, S, A, and M modes
- Flash-ready indicator: Illuminates when the optional flash is fully charged; flashes as an underexposure warning after the flash fires at full power.
- Accessory Shoe: ISO 518 direct-connect shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock
- Nikon Creative Lighting System
- i-TTL Flash Control, Advanced Optical Wireless Lighting, Flash Value Lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync
- White Balance: Auto (3 types), Auto Daylight, Direct Sunlight, Cloudy, Shade, Incandescent, Fluorescent (3 types), Flash, Choose Color Temperature (2500K-10,000K), Manual Preset (up to 6 values can be stored), all fine-tuned except Choose Color Temperature.
- Bracketing types: Exposure and/or flash, white balance and ADL
- Video: Measurement
- TTL exposure metering using the main image sensor; TTL metering using the camera's image sensor
- Video: Measurement
- Matrix, center-weighted or highlight-weighted
- Video – Frame size (pixels) and frame rate3 4
- 3840 x 2160 (4K UHD): 30p (progressive)/25p/24p, 1920 x 1080: 120p/100p/60p/50p/30p/25p/24p, 1920 x 1080 slow motion: 30p (x4)/25p (x4)/24p (x5)
- Video – File format MOV, MP4
- Video – Video Compression: Advanced H.264/MPEG-4 Video Coding
- Video – Audio recording format: Linear PCM (for videos recorded in MOV format), AAC (for videos recorded in MP4 format)
- Video – Audio Recording Device
- Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; adjustable sensitivity
- Video: Exposure Compensation
- Range: -3 to +3 EV; Increase: 1/3 step
- Video – ISO Sensitivity
- M: Manual selection (ISO 100 to 25,600; 1/3 step size); Automatic ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) with selectable upper limit P, S, A: Automatic ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) with selectable upper limit, Auto: Automatic ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25,600) (recommended exposure index)
- Video: Active D-Lighting
- Same as photo settings, Extra High, High, Normal, Low, or Off
- Video: Other options
- Time-lapse video recording, electronic vibration reduction, time codes, with recording indicator light
- Monitor: 7.5 cm diagonal; tiltable TFT touchscreen LCD with 170° viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage, and 11-level manual color balance and brightness controls; approximately 1040k dots
- Playback: Full-frame playback and thumbnail playback (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, video playback, photo and/or video slideshow, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, automatic image rotation, and image rating
