As the impact of smartphones on the camera industry has gradually shifted from body cameras to APS-C interchangeable lens cameras, professional camera brands have not only changed their product lines to mid-to-high-end products and full-frame cameras, but also tried to provide Entry-level APS-C cameras are undergoing transformation, among which Sony is the first to launch the ZV-E10 interchangeable lens camera for Vlogs, and Nikon is also announcing the Z 30 interchangeable lens APS-C camera for Vlog-oriented products today, emphasizing that it is the smallest size Nikon The Z camera is regarding 350 grams per camera, and is regarding 20,000 yen cheaper than the Z 50.
The Nikon Z 30 is expected to be launched in Japan in early August, with an estimated price of regarding 980 million yen for a single body, regarding 120,000 yen with a DX16-50mm VR standard lens, and an estimated 150,000 yen with a DX16-50mm VR and DX50-250mm VR dual lens Japanese yen.
▲The body lines remind the author of the previous high-end Coolpix body cameras
The product concept of the Z 30 is similar to that of the ZV-E10. It uses Vlog with Nikon as the marketing slogan. It adopts an entry-level body design that eliminates the need for an electronic viewing window. The black angular body lines remind the author of the previous Nikon Coolpix series. At the same time, the strap buckle adopts the design without the ring to avoid the friction sound of the triangle ring when recording. In order to meet the needs of short film shooting, the screen on the back of the camera adopts a multi-angle flip structure, and the recording time of FullHD 24p / 25p is higher than that of the traditional 29 minutes and 59 seconds to 125 minutes, but only 35 minutes of recording in 4K UHD quality.
▲ In FullHD quality, a single-segment video can be recorded for 125 minutes, but a single-segment video in 4K quality is up to 35 minutes
The Z 30 is equipped with a 20.88MP APS-C component, and the highest ISO for video recording is 25,600. It can record nearly 100% viewing angle in 4K format, and does not use center cropping; the main difference between the Nikon Z30, which focuses on short films, compared to the Nikon Z50 is that Eye AF and Animal AF can still be used for object recognition and focusing during video recording. At the same time, the USB Type-C of the body not only supports battery charging, but also supports shooting power supply function.
▲ Can be used with SmallRig Triple Grip 3070 shooting handle
Nikon Z 30 is equipped with a single SD card slot, which can correspond to UHS-1 format memory cards. The battery used is EN-EL25, which can shoot regarding 330 pictures or provide 75 minutes of video recording. In addition to providing ML-L7 Bluetooth controller for selection In addition, it also cooperated with SmallRig to launch the exclusive SmallRig Triple Grip 3070 shooting handle.