The Z fc is where classic Nikon camera design meets innovative Z series technology for superb image quality and pure, unadulterated style. Wherever you shoot, whatever you shoot—from stills to movies to vlogs. Propel your creativity into the future with the lightweight DX-format mirrorless camera that puts iconic in your hands.
Capture your iconic moments with a camera that connects you to the aesthetic you’ve always loved. Inspired by the celebrated Nikon FM2 SLR film camera from the early ‘80s, the Z fc mirrorless camera boasts authentic design details that have been meticulously re-created: from the control dials to the round viewfinder and the classic Nikon logo engraved on the pentaprism.
Iconic—it’s in the family
The black textured body. The subtle grain in the silver metal of the frame. The Z fc mirrorless camera displays just as much character as the Nikon SLR film cameras of yesterday—and its special-edition NIKKOR Z lens looks the part too. It’s all about original design details from back then. And real creative power for today.
Physical control dials
Individual dials let you control shutter speed, exposure compensation, and ISO sensitivity without going into the camera menu. You can also set up the camera so that you can use the command dials for shutter speed or exposure compensation.
Top display panel
Are you going for portraits with shallow depth of field, or wide street scenes that are sharp from front to back? The small display panel lets you confirm aperture at a glance by showing you the f/stop number you’re shooting at.
Round electronic viewfinder
The high-resolution viewfinder on the Z fc is electronic, but the design is circular—just like the optical viewfinder was on the Nikon FM2. You’ll see everything clearly and it activates when you bring the camera up to your eye.
Built for today
The Z fc might look like it just stepped out of the ‘80s, but the robust magnesium-alloy chassis ensures this mirrorless camera is ready for today. Sturdy in every way, the body is also lightweight and easy to carry around. Hang it from your shoulder and prepare for admiring glances from passers-by.
You can feel the quality
The skeleton of the Z fc is forged from magnesium alloy, the same material used in Nikon’s professional cameras. Striking an optimal balance of durability and lightness, this is a camera designed to go wherever inspiration takes you.
Designed around the revolutionary Nikon Z mount, the Z fc mirrorless camera can capture your iconic moments in stunning quality. Thanks to the Z mount, the large 20.9 MP DX-format sensor captures more light. And more light means more of everything good—sharpness, contrast, focusing speed, and low-light performance.
Iconic moments in real detail
The Z fc doesn’t just look iconic. Thanks to its high-resolution sensor and wide automatic light-sensitivity range of 100–51200 ISO, this camera gives you superb sharpness, detail, and clarity—day or night. The smooth, fast autofocus system lets you shoot at up to 11 frames per second. You’ll get the shot, no matter how fleeting the action might be.
Type | Mirrorless |
|---|---|
Lens mount | Nikon Z mount |
Image sensor | DX, CMOS, 23.5 mm x 15.7 mm |
Total pixels | 21.51 million |
Dust-reduction system | Image Dust Off reference data (NX Studio software required) |
Effective pixels | 20.9 million |
Image size (pixels) | [DX (24x16)] selected for image area: (L)5568 x 3712 (20.7 million), (M)4176 x 2784 (11.6 million), (S)2784 x 1856 (5.2 million), [1:1 (16x16)] selected for image area: (L)3712 x 3712 (13.8 million), (M)2784 x 2784 (7.8 million), (S)1856 x 1856 (3.4 million), [16:9 (24x14)] selected for image area: (L)5568 x 3128 (17.4 million), (M)4176 x 2344 (9.8 million), (S)2784 x 1560 (4.3 million), Photographs taken while recording videos at a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160, Photographs taken while recording videos at other frame sizes: 1920 x 1080 |
Storage file formats | NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit, JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1:4), normal (approx. 1:8), or basic (approx. 1:16) compression, NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats |
Picture Control System | Auto, Standard, Neutral, Vivid, Monochrome, Portrait, Landscape, Flat, 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 |
Storage media | SD, SDHC (UHS-I compliant), SDXC (UHS-I compliant) |
Card slot | 1 Secure Digital (SD) card |
File system | DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31 |
Viewfinder | 1.0-cm/0.39-in. approx. 2360k-dot (XGA) OLED electronic viewfinder with color balance and auto and 7-level manual brightness controls |
Frame coverage | Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical |
Magnification | Approx. 1.02x (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m-¹) |
Eyepoint | 19.5 mm (-1.0 m-¹; from back end of viewfinder eyepiece lens) |
Diopter adjustment | -3 - +3 m-¹ |
Eye sensor | Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays |
Compatible lenses | Z mount NIKKOR lenses F mount NIKKOR lenses (mount adapter required; restrictions may apply) |
Shutter type | Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter |
Shutter speed | Using the shutter-speed dial: 1/4000 to 4 s (1 step), Bulb, Time x (Flash sync) Using the main command dial: 1/4000 to 30 s (1/3 step, can be extended up to 900 s in mode M), Bulb, Time x (Flash sync) |
Flash sync speed | X= 1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower; auto FP high-speed sync supported |
Release mode | S (single frame), CL (continuous low speed), CH (continuous high speed), Continuous H (extended), Self-timer |
Frame advance rate1 | Up to 11 fps, Continuous L: Approx. 1 to 4 fps, Continuous H: Approx. 5 fps, Continuous H (extended): Approx. 11 fps |
Self-timer | 2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 s |
Exposure metering | TTL metering using camera image sensor |
Metering method | Matrix metering, Center-weighted metering: Weight of 75% given to 8 mm circle in center of frame; weighting can instead be based on average of entire frame, Spot metering: Meters 3.5 mm circle (about 2.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point, Highlight-weighted metering |
Metering range2 | –4 to +17 EV |
Mode | Auto, P: programmed auto with flexible program, S: shutter-priority auto, A: aperture-priority auto, M: manual |
Exposure compensation | Range: –3 to +3 EV (–5 to +5 EV when the exposure compensation dial is set to [c]), Increment: 1/3 step |
Exposure lock | Luminosity locked at detected value |
ISO sensitivity | ISO 100 to 51200, in steps of 1/3 EV, can also be set to approx. 1 EV above ISO 51200 (ISO 102400 equivalent) or to approx. 2 EV above ISO 51200 (ISO 204800 equivalent); auto 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), photo mode flicker reduction |
Autofocus | Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist |
Detection range | -4.5 to +19 EV 3, Without low-light AF: -3 to +19 EV |
Lens servo | Single-servo AF (AF-S), Continuous-servo AF (AF-C), AF mode auto-switch (AF-A; available only in photo mode), full-time AF (AF-F; available only in video mode), predictive focus tracking, Manual focus (M): Electronic rangefinder can be used |
Focus points4 | 209 |
AF-area mode | Pinpoint 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 shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF/AF-S) |
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 modes | 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 steps of 1/3 EV, available in modes P, S, A, and M |
Flash-ready indicator | Lights when optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full output |
Accessory shoe | ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock |
Nikon Creative Lighting System | i-TTL flash control, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, FV lock, Color Information Communication, auto FP high-speed sync |
White balance | Auto (3 types), natural light auto, direct sunlight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, fluorescent (3 types), flash, choose color temperature (2500 K to 10,000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all with fine-tuning except choose color temperature |
Bracketing types | Exposure and/or flash, white balance, ADL |
Movie - metering | TTL exposure metering using main image sensor, TTL metering using camera image sensor |
Movie - metering method | Matrix, center-weighted, or highlight-weighted |
Movie - frame size (pixels) and frame rate5 | 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) |
Movie - file format | MOV, MP4 |
Movie - video compression | H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding |
Movie - audio recording format | Linear PCM (for videos recorded in MOV format), AAC (for videos recorded in MP4 format) |
Movie - audio recording device | Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity adjustable |
Movie - ISO sensitivity | M: Manual selection (ISO 100–25600; step size of 1/3 EV); auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) available with selectable upper limit P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) with selectable upper limit AUTO: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100 to 25600) (Recommended Exposure Index) |
Movie - Active D-Lighting | Same as photo settings, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, and Off |
Movie - Other options | Time-lapse video recording, electronic vibration reduction, time codes |
Monitor | 7.5-cm (3.0–in.) diagonal, Vari-angle TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170° viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage, and color balance and 11-level manual brightness controls, Approx. 1040k-dot |
Playback | Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images or calendar) playback with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, video playback, photo and/or video slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, auto image rotation, and picture rating |
USB | Type C USB connector (SuperSpeed USB); connection to built-in USB port is recommended |
HDMI output | Type D HDMI connector |
Audio input | Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported) |
Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) standards | IEEE 802.11b/g/n |
Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) operating frequency | 2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) |
Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) maximum output power | 2.4 GHz band: 8.1 dBm |
Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) security | Open system, WPA2-PSK |
Bluetooth standards | Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2, Bluetooth: 2402 to 2480 MHz, Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402 to 2480 MHz, Bluetooth: 2.6 dBm, Bluetooth Low Energy: 1.1 dBm |
Battery | One EN-EL25 rechargeable Li-ion battery |
AC adapter | EH-7P charging AC adapter (available separately) |
Tripod socket | 0.635 cm (1/4 in., ISO 1222) |
Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 134.5 x 93.5 x 43.5 mm (5.3 x 3.7 x 1.8 in.) |
Operating environment - temperature | 0 °C to 40 °C (+32 °F to 104 °F) |
Operating environment - humidity | 85% or less (no condensation) |
Supplied accessories | BF-N1 body cap, DK-32 viewfinder eyepiece (comes attached to camera), EN-EL25 rechargeable Li-ion battery, MH-32 battery charger (plug adapter supplied in countries or regions where required; shape depends on country of sale), AN-DC23 strap |
¹ Maximum frame advance rate as measured by in-house tests.
² Figures are for ISO 100 and f/2.0 lens at 20 °C/68 °F.
³ 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/1.8.
⁴ Number of focus points available in photo mode with single-point AF selected for AF-area mode and DX selected for image area.
⁵ Actual frame rates for 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, and 24p are 119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25, and 23.976 fps respectively. Quality selection (normal/high) available at all sizes except 3840 x 2160, 1920 x 1080 120p/100p, and 1920 x 1080 slow-motion, when quality is fixed at high.
⁶ Type-C to Type-C USB cable required.Unless otherwise stated, all measurements are performed in conformity with Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA) standards or guidelines.
All figures are for a camera with a fully-charged battery.
The sample images displayed on the camera and the images and illustrations in this document are for expository purposes only.
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Material code
Z fc - VOA090AE
Z fc + 28 SE Kit - VOA090K001
Z fc + 16-50 VR (Silver Edition) Kit - VOA090K002
Z fc + 16-50 VR + 50-250 VR Kit - VOA090K003
Z fc Vlogging Kit - VOA090K005
