Along with the Nikon Z5, a brand new lens, and two Z-mount teleconverters, Nikon additionally launched a couple of firmware updates at present. The Nikon Z6 and Z7 acquired some minor enhancements, whereas the Nikon Z50 acquired a major new function: Animal Detection AF.
The crop-sensor Nikon Z50 is a little bit of a sleeper: typically well-reviewed, the APS-C mirrorless digital camera has flown below the radar as producers (together with Nikon) preserve releasing full-frame mirrorless cameras left and proper. Given the full-frame fever, it’s good to see Nikon isn’t ignoring the littlest sibling within the Z-Collection lineup.
With Firmware Model 2.0, the Nikon Z50 will get Animal Detection AF (Face and Eye), improved topic monitoring that extra intently mirrors the 3D monitoring mode in Nikon’s DSLRs, help for the newly introduced TC-1.4x and TC-2x teleconverters, and some different minor updates and bug fixes.
The most important enchancment is clearly Animal Detection AF, and you’ll see it in motion within the demo under:
In line with the discharge notes, the Animal Detection possibility will now seem below Customized Setting a2 (Auto-area AF face/eye detection), and can robotically activate when the digital camera is about to Pet Portrait mode. Observe that the purpose of this function is to seize higher photographs of Canine and Cats, so whereas Animal Detection would possibly choose up on different animals, don’t anticipate it to compete with the spectacular wildlife images demo we noticed from Canon’s EOS R5 earlier at present.
To learn up on the complete launch notes or obtain Firmware Model 2.0 for the Nikon Z50 for your self, head over to the Nikon help web site right here.
