Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR Assessment

Introduction

Ease of Use

Weighing in at simply 405g / 14.3oz, the plastic bodied Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR could be very gentle for a super-telephoto zoom lens.

Its general measurement and weight could be very well-suited to a digital camera just like the Nikon Z50 that we examined it with, as proven within the product pictures.

It measures 74 x 110mm / 3x 4″ when set to the 50mm focal size, making it one of many smallest ultra-zoom lenses at the moment out there for Nikon’s Z-series mirrorless cameras.

This lens has a button-free retractable design – all it’s important to do is rotate the zoom ring to increase the lens earlier than you may press the shutter button to take an image.

When the lens is retracted, it is locked into place so it received’t lengthen unexpectedly.

The lens is longest when prolonged to the 250mm focal size, the place it provides one other 8cm to the general size.

Construct high quality is okay, exceeding what you would possibly anticipate from such an reasonably priced zoom lens, though the all-plastic development might show much less sturdy within the long-term.

It incorporates a plastic mount, relatively than metallic, and a plastic lens barrel with simply two controls, the generously sized focusing ring and the programmable management ring.

You should use the management ring to manually focus by default, however you may customise it to entry numerous digital camera features, reminiscent of aperture, ISO velocity or publicity compensation. That is one thing you may set through the digital camera’s predominant menu and might be fairly useful in sure circumstances.

Maybe understandably given the modest asking worth, this lens doesn’t have a dust- and moisture-sealed design to assist taking pictures in additional inclement circumstances.

The Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR lens accepts 62mm filters through plastic threads on the entrance of the lens.

The lens options built-in optical picture stabilisation which gives 5 stops of compensation, relatively than relying as an alternative on the digital camera physique’s stabilisation system.

The Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR lens has a ridged motor-assisted focus ring that’s fairly properly damped. Handbook focusing is feasible by deciding on it on the digital camera physique or full-time handbook focus override can also be doable when in AF mode.

Because the the main focus ring shouldn’t be mechanically coupled, there are not any exhausting stops at both finish of the vary, making it somewhat harder to set focus at infinity. Polariser customers needs to be happy that the 62mm filter thread does not rotate on focus.

The Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR lens utilises a stepping AF motor that produces nearly silent, easy and fairly snappy auto-focusing, making it well-suited to taking pictures each stills and video, with the general lens size remaining fixed throughout focusing.

In relation to auto-focusing, it proved to be a reasonably fast performer on the Nikon Z50 digital camera that we examined it with.

We did not expertise very a lot “searching”, both in good or unhealthy gentle, with the lens precisely focusing more often than not.

This lens solely ships with entrance and rear lens caps – there isn’t any lens hood or any form of case included within the field.

Focal Vary

The 50-250mm focal size vary offers an angle of view of 31° 30′ to six° 30′ on a DX-format APS-C digital camera, which is equal to a 75-375mm focal size in 35mm full-frame phrases.

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Chromatic Aberrations

Chromatic aberrations, sometimes seen as blue or purple fringes alongside contrasty edges, have been not likely obvious in our take a look at pictures, solely showing in very excessive distinction areas.

Vignetting

With the Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR lens set to its most aperture, there’s apparent gentle fall-off within the corners, requiring you to cease down by at the least 3 f-stops to fully forestall it.

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Distortion

Commendably there’s not an excessive amount of pin-cushion distortion evident, in both the JPEG or RAW information.

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Sunstars and Flare

The Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR produces fairly good sunstars when set to 50mm and stopped-down to f/22 or larger, as proven beneath. Flare is effectively managed even when taking pictures instantly into the solar and not using a lens hood fitted.

Macro

The Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR is kind of a great macro lens, providing an in depth minimal focusing distance of 0.5m / 1.64ft on the 50mm focal size and 1.0m / 3.29ft on the 250mm focal size, with a most magnification of 0.23x. The next examples exhibit how shut you may get to your topic.

Bokeh

Bokeh is a phrase used for the out-of-focus areas of {a photograph}, and is often described in qualitative phrases, reminiscent of easy / creamy / harsh and so forth.

Within the Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon have employed an iris diaphragm with 7 rounded blades, which has resulted in fairly interesting bokeh, particularly on the longer telephoto focal lengths.

We do realise, nonetheless, that bokeh analysis is subjective, so we have included a number of examples beneath in your perusal, all shot wide-open.

Sharpness

With a purpose to present you the way sharp the Nikon Z DX 50-250mm F4.5-6.3 VR lens is, we’re offering 100% crops on the next pages.