User Manual
Highly accurate AF that only Nikon can offer
Considering a coming era of imaging devices with a higher
pixel count, higher frame rate and higher dynamic range, and
that “reality” is increasingly demanded for images, focusing
accuracy is essential to maximize the resolving power of the
latest high-megapixel digital SLRs. More precise focusing is
also crucial for NIKKOR Z lenses that provide shallower depth
of field than NIKKOR F lenses. With every NIKKOR Z lens,
outstanding AF accuracy is attained clearing targeted design
values that are more rigorous than those of conventional
lenses. Besides the focal-plane phase-detection AF system
incorporated in the camera, with the stricter standards of lens
design principles, and minutely detailed lens information with
high-speed, large-capacity data communication between the
camera and lens, the NIKKOR Z lenses realize exceptionally
accurate AF control. To maximize this advantage, a higher-
speed, quieter AF actuator and optimized AF algorithm
are employed. Some lenses incorporate a newly developed
multi-focusing system that achieves extremely high focusing
accuracy while strictly compensating aberrations at close
distances via the highly precise control provided by the
combination of AF drive units within the lens body.
Movie performance that can fully meet the
expectations of users
Every NIKKOR Z lens delivers high optical performance in both
still and movie shooting, reproducing high-resolution images
that project a sense of depth. Superior movie performance is
realized through elaborate design carefully considering movie
recording. Contrary to still images that are completed in each
frame, the continuity of frames must be attached importance
to so that a clip can be viewed as smoothly moving images. To
eectively attain this, we have developed a particular optical
design that can minimize focus breathing (shifting of the angle
of view when adjusting focus), achieving supremely natural
movie expression with a minimized sense of incongruity.
What’s more, a control ring is incorporated in every lens to
which settings such as focus (M/A), aperture and exposure
compensation can be assigned. By rotating the ring, these
assigned functions can be adjusted seamlessly. The zoom
ring and control ring can be operated comfortably with the
appropriate torque to ensure outstandingly smooth image
creation. The operation sounds of the control ring, zoom, focus
and diaphragm mechanisms are intensively suppressed to
prevent them from being recorded in the movie file.
Nikon’s genuine camera style that embodies the
accumulation of its design know-how
It is essential that photographic equipment should be
ultimately refined tools that can function as if they are a part
of the photographer, allowing full concentration on shooting.
An advanced level of completion for such tools that feature
highly sophisticated and functional design has been pursued
in developing NIKKOR Z lenses.
Various lenses feature the same layout of the control ring
so that common operability is ensured even when a lens is
changed. Optimization of the shape of control parts and
their layouts, as well as the lens form that enables fingers to
reach them naturally, provide intuitive operation at the user’s
fingertips while looking into the viewfinder. In addition, when
designing the control ring, focus ring and zoom ring, factors
such as material, width and groove shape of knurling were
intensively evaluated in order to achieve fine and accurate
operational feel, assuring comfortable shooting for both stills
and movies.
Shock-resistant performance equivalent to that of NIKKOR
F lenses is also ensured. Every lens is designed carefully
considering dust- and drip-resistant capability to protect
the inside of the lens against dust and water droplets, for
enhanced weather-resistant performance. In addition, Nikon’s
original fluorine coat applied to lens surfaces provides high
antifouling performance and durability. These advanced
weather-resistant features give photographers the freedom to
continue shooting reliably and comfortably.
Rich image experience is
encapsulated within
Nikon’s lens technologies
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