Nikon Z7 & Z6 Reference Manual

Mirrorless

Nikon Z mount

FX (full-frame)

CMOS, 35.9 mm x 23.9 mm

46.89 million

Image Dust Off reference data (requires Capture NX-D); image sensor cleaning.

45.7 million

FX (36×24) image area, (L) 8256 x 5504 (45.4 million), (M) 6192 x 4128 ( 25.6 million), (S) 4128 x 2752 (11.4 million).
DX (24×16) image area, (L) 5408 x 3600 (19.5 million), (M) 4048 x 2696 (10.9 million), (S) 2704 x 1800 (4.9 million).
5 : 4 (30×24) image area, (L) 6880 x 5504 (37.9 million), (M) 5152 x 4120 (21.2 million), (S) 3440 x 2752 (9.5 million).
1 :1 (24×24) image area, (L) 5504 x 5504 (30.3 million), (M) 4128 x 4128 (17.0 million), (S) 2752 x 2752 (7.6 million).
16 : 9 (36×20) image area, (L) 8256 x 4640 (38.3 million), (M) 6192 x 3480 (21.5 million), (S) 4128 x 2320 (9.6 million).
Photographs taken during movie recording at a frame size of 3840 x 2160: 3840 x 2160.
Photographs taken during movie recording at other frame sizes: 1920 x 1080.

NEF (RAW): 12 or 14 bit (lossless compressed, compressed, or uncompressed); large, medium, and small available (medium and small images are recorded at a bit depth of 12 bits using lossless compression).
TIFF (RGB).
JPEG: JPEG-Baseline compliant with fine (approx. 1 : 4), normal (approx. 1 : 8), or basic (approx. 1 : 16) compression; optimal quality compression available.
NEF (RAW)+JPEG: Single photograph recorded in both NEF (RAW) and JPEG formats.

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.

1 XQD card

DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31, PictBridge

1.27-cm/0.5-in. approx. 3690k-dot (Quad VGA) OLED with color balance and auto and 11-level manual brightness controls

Approx. 100% horizontal and 100% vertical

Approx. 0.8× (50 mm lens at infinity, -1.0 m-1)

21 mm (-1.0 m-1; from center surface of viewfinder eyepiece lens)

-4 to +2 m-1

Automatically switches between monitor and viewfinder displays

Z mount NIKKOR lenses. F mount NIKKOR lenses with mount adapter; restrictions may apply.

Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter.

1/8000 to 30 s in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV, bulb, time, X200

X=1/200 s; synchronizes with shutter at 1/200 s or slower; Auto FP High-Speed sync supported

Single frame, low-speed continuous, high-speed continuous, high-speed continuous (extended), self-timer

Up to 9 fps. Low-speed continuous: 1 to 5 fps. High-speed continuous: 5.5 fps (14-bit NEF/RAW: 5 fps). High-speed continuous (extended): 9 fps (14-bit NEF/RAW: 8 fps). (measured under Nikon-specified test conditions)

2 s, 5 s, 10 s, 20 s; 1 to 9 exposures at intervals of 0.5, 1, 2, or 3 s

TTL exposure metering

Matrix metering.
Center-weighted metering: Weight of 75% given to 12 mm circle in center of frame; weighting can instead be based on average of entire frame.
Spot metering: Meters 4 mm circle (about 1.5% of frame) centered on selected focus point.
Highlight-weighted metering.

–3 to +17 EV (ISO 100, f/2.0 lens, 20 °C/68 °F)

CPU

Auto; programmed auto with flexible program (P); shutter-priority auto (S); aperture-priority auto (A); manual (M); user settings (U1, U2, U3)

–5 to +5 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M

Luminosity locked at detected value

ISO 64 to 25600 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV.
Can also be set to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, or 1 EV (ISO 32 equivalent) below ISO 64 or to approx. 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 25600; auto ISO sensitivity control available

Can be selected from Auto, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, or Off

Add, average, lighten, darken

HDR (high dynamic range), photo mode flicker reduction

493 points (phase-detection, in single-point AF) / 90% coverage vertically & horizontally.
Hybrid phase-detection/contrast AF with AF assist.

-1 to +19 EV (-4 to +19 EV with low-light AF)

Autofocus (AF):
Single-servo AF (AF-S), Continuous-servo AF (AF-C), full-time AF (AF-F; available only in movie mode); predictive focus tracking.
Manual focus (M):
Electronic rangefinder can be used

493 (single-point AF)

Pinpoint, single-point, and dynamic-area AF (pinpoint and dynamic-area AF available in photo mode only); wide-area AF (S); wide-area AF (L); auto-area AF

Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single-servo AF) or by pressing the center of the sub-selector

5-axis image sensor shift

Lens shift (available with VR lenses)

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

Front-curtain sync, slow sync, rear-curtain sync, red-eye reduction, red-eye reduction with slow sync, slow rear-curtain sync, off

-3 to +1 EV in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV available in modes P, S, A, and M

Lights when optional flash unit is fully charged; flashes as underexposure warning after flash is fired at full output

ISO 518 hot-shoe with sync and data contacts and safety lock

i-TTL flash control, radio-controlled Advanced Wireless Lighting, optical Advanced Wireless Lighting, modeling illumination, FV lock, Color Information Communication, Auto FP High-Speed Sync, unified flash control

Auto (3 types), natural light auto, direct sunlight, cloudy, shade, incandescent, fluorescent (7 types), flash, choose color temperature (2500 K to 10,000 K), preset manual (up to 6 values can be stored), all except choose color temperature with fine-tuning

Exposure,  Flash,  White balance,  ADL

TTL exposure metering using main image sensor

Matrix, center-weighted, or highlight-weighted

3840 x 2160 (4K UHD); 30p (progressive), 25p, 24p.
1920 x 1080; 120p, 100p, 60p, 50p, 30p, 25p, 24p.
1920×1080 (slow-mo); 30p ×4, 25p ×4, 24p ×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 available at all sizes except 3840 x 2160, 1920 x 1080 120p/100p, and 1920 x 1080 slow-mo, when quality is fixed at high.

MOV ,  MP4

H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding

Linear PCM ,  AAC

Built-in stereo or external microphone with attenuator option; sensitivity adjustable

Auto: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to 25600).
P, S, A: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to Hi 2) with selectable upper limit.
M: Auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 64 to Hi 2) available with selectable upper limit; manual selection (ISO 64 to 25600 in steps of 1/3 or 1/2 EV) with additional options available equivalent to approximately 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1, or 2 EV (ISO 102400 equivalent) above ISO 25600.

Can be selected from Same as photo settings, Extra high, High, Normal, Low, or Off

Time-lapse movies, electronic vibration reduction, time codes, movie log output (N-Log)

8 -cm ( 3.2 –in.) diagonal. Tilting TFT touch-sensitive LCD with 170° viewing angle, approximately 100% frame coverage, and color balance and 11-level manual brightness controls. Approx. 2100 k-dot.

Full-frame and thumbnail (4, 9, or 72 images) playback with playback zoom, playback zoom cropping, movie playback, photo and/or movie slide shows, histogram display, highlights, photo information, location data display, picture rating, and auto image rotation.

Type C connector (SuperSpeed USB). Connection to built-in USB port is recommended.

Type C HDMI connector

Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter; plug-in power supported)

Stereo mini-pin jack (3.5 mm diameter)

Can be used with MC-DC2 and other optional accessories

IEEE 802.11b/g/n/a/ac

2412 to 2462 MHz (channel 11) and 5180 to 5320 MHz

2.4 GHz band: 7.0 dBm. 5 GHz band: 12.1 dBm

Authentication: Open system, WPA2-PSK

Approximately 10 m (32 ft) without interference; range may vary with signal strength and presence or absence of obstacles

Communication protocols: Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2;
Operating frequency: Bluetooth: 2402 to 2480 MHz; Bluetooth Low Energy: 2402 to 2480 MHz

Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, English, Spanish, Greek, French, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Arabic

One EN-EL15b rechargeable Li-ion battery; EN-EL15a/EN-EL15 can also be used, but note that fewer pictures can be taken on a single charge and that charging AC adapter can be used to charge EN-EL15b batteries only

EH-5c/EH-5b AC adapter (requires EP-5B power connector, which is available separately)

1/4–in. (ISO 1222)

Approx. 134 x 100.5 x 67.5 mm (5.3 x 4 x 2.7 in.)

Approx. 675 g (1 lb. 7.9 oz.) with battery and memory card but without body cap; approx. 585 g/1 lb. 4.7 oz. (camera body only)

0 °C to 40 °C (+32 °F to 104 °F)

85% or less (no condensation)

BF-N1 Body Cap, DK-29 Rubber Eyecup (comes attached to camera), EN-EL15b Rechargeable Li-ion, Battery with terminal cover, MH-25a Battery Charger (comes with either an AC wall adapter or power cable of a type and shape that varies with the country or region of sale), AN-DC19 Strap, EH-7P Charging AC Adapter (supplied with a plug adapter attached in countries or regions where required; shape depends on country of sale), HDMI/USB Cable Clip, UC-E24 USB Cable, BS-1 Accessory Shoe Cover.