Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/2.8 VR
Product Highlights
- f/2.8 Aperture
- Built-in Stabilisation
- Silent STM Autofocus
- Lightweight Design
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Made for Every Day.
Go wherever your imagination takes you with the NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/2.8. It captures stunning portraits, expansive landscapes, beautiful bokeh and dynamic videos with clarity in any lighting. Versatile and ideal for all creative styles.
f/2.8
Max. Aperture
~330g
Lightweight design
0.15m
Min. focus distance
0.24x
Min. reproduction ratio
Unleash Your Artistic Expression.
Limitless creation with a lens as versatile as you.
With a wide end of 16mm1 and a mid-telephoto end of 50 mm, capture everything from expansive landscapes with stunning clarity to intimate portraits with beautifully captured skin tones.
Isolate subjects with beautiful bokeh.
Create with artistic and expressive flair with a constant f/2.8 aperture. Dial in the perfect amount of background or foreground blur to make your subjects pop.
Capture dynamic shots and picture-perfect portraits.
Shoot with true compositional flexibility with a focus distance of 0.15 m (at wide end) and 0.25 m (at telephoto end). Get up-close and personal with subjects and shoot with comfort, even when you’re in a tight spot.
Built for better image quality.
With chromatic aberration effectively minimised thanks to an advanced optical build, capture clear and sharp images even at max aperture.
Deliver Your Vision With Clarity.
Let lens-shift Vibration Reduction (VR) expand your creative horizons. Capture stunningly clear images in low light, at night, or handheld in any crowd.
Vibration Reduction: steady shots every time. You don’t need to bring your tripod along!
Bring clarity to low-light environments, you get grain-free photos even at higher ISO.
Up to 5.0-stops2 compensation, best for night scenes.
Control in Your Hands. Creativity in Your Frame.
Lightweight at 330g.
Perfect for your everyday set-up, meaning you’re ready wherever and whenever inspiration hits.
Portable at 74.5mm x 88mm.
Move freely with a compact design that allows for agile handling, so you can concentrate on the shot.
Smooth-operating control ring.
Assign functions like manual/auto focus, exposure, or ISO sensitivity for simple and intuitive control.
Built for Video.
Enjoy natural video expression with the tactile control ring and Hi-Res Zoom3. Smoothly adjust zoom, focus and brightness for seamless storytelling.
Minimise focus breathing4 with a fixed angle of view when adjusting focus. Shoot high quality, stable footage like a pro.
No distracting noise with an advanced STM (stepping motor) for exceptionally quiet autofocus.
What's in the box?
- 1 x Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/2.8 VR
- 1 x Nikon LC-67B Front Lens Cap
- 1 x Nikon LF-N1 Rear Lens Cap
- 1 x Nikon HB-118 Lens Hood
- Minimum Focus Distance
16 mm zoom position: 0.15 m (0.5 ft) 24 mm zoom position: 0.18 m (0.59 ft) 35 mm zoom position: 0.21 m (0.69 ft) 50 mm zoom position: 0.25 m (0.82 ft)
- Internal Focusing
- Yes
- Mount Type
- Nikon Z mount
- Maximum Aperture
- f/2.8
- Minimum Aperture
- f/22
- Focal Length
- 16-50mm
- Filter Size
- 67mm (P=0.75)
- Format
- APS-C size/DX-format
- Weight (g) (body only)*1
- Approx. 330 g (11.7 oz)
- Dimensions (D x L) (mm)
- Approx. 74.5 mm x 88 mm (3 in. x 3.5 in.)
- Lens Elements
- 12 elements in 11 groups (including 1 ED element and 2 aspherical elements)
- Maximum Reproduction Ratio
- 0.24 x (50 mm focal length)
- Minimum Angle of View (APS-C size/DX-format)
- DX format: 83° to 31° 30′
- Minimum Angle of View (APS-C size/DX-format)
- DX format: 83° to 31° 30′
- Diaphragm Blades
- 9 ( rounded diaphragm opening )
- Supplied Accessories
- LC-67B Lens Cap (front cap), LF-N1 Lens Cap (rear cap), HB-118 Lens Hood