Despite all that technology, it offers pretty mediocre shooting speeds of 4.5 fps with full autofocus and AE. That’s only slightly less than Canon’s 5 EOS RP fps, but much less than you’ll find in comparable priced APS-C cameras like Sony’s 11fps A6600.
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As mentioned, video is not a strong point with the Z5. It can record videos at 4K 30fps, but just like with Canon’s EOS R and EOS RP, you have a 1.7X crop. You can shoot 1080p using the full width of the sensor (probably with line break), but at a maximum of only 60 fps.
Fortunately, the Z5 has a full five-axis body stabilization system (or vibration reduction, as Nikon calls it), just like the Z6 and Z7. And unlike those models, it has two UHS II card slots instead of the Z6 / Z7’s only XQD slot. This will be good news for photographers who need a backup and don’t want to spend more on XQD cards.
Other features include a 3.69 million-dot OLED electronic viewfinder, tiltable but not fully articulated touchscreen, and 390 shots per charge of the new EN-EL15C battery. The Z5 uses polycarbonate on the back and bottom instead of a magnesium alloy like the Z6, but it is still sealed against dust and moisture.
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The Z5 arrives in August and costs $ 1,400 for the body alone, or $ 1,700 with the new 24-50mm f / 4-6.3 lens (pictured above). Nikon also introduced new 1.4x and 2.0X teleconverters ($ 550 and $ 600 respectively) and said it will launch a Windows 10 webcam utility for many of its DSLRs and Z-mount cameras next month.
