Z50II Reference Guide

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Table of contents

Before you begin
- When your first photo can’t wait
- Content by Nikon to enjoy photos
- Package contents
- About this document
- For your safety
- Notices
Parts of the camera
- Camera body
- The monitor
- The viewfinder
- Touch controls
- The Fn1 and Fn2 buttons
- h (Picture Control) button
Using the menus
- The G button
- The i button (i menu)
First steps
- Attaching the strap
- Inserting the battery and a memory card
- Charging the battery
- Attaching a lens
- Opening the monitor
- Camera setup
Basic photography and playback
- Taking photographs (b auto)
- Recording videos (b auto)
- Playback
Shooting settings
- Image recording options (image area, quality, and size).
- Focus
- Exposure
- Release mode
- ISO sensitivity
- White balance
- Picture Controls
Video recording
- Video file types
- Video frame size and rate options
- Video recording: Shooting mode
- Points to note when filming videos
- Recording HLG video
- Recording N-Log video
- Hi-Res Zoom
- Product review mode
- Video self-timer
- Live streaming (USB streaming (UVC/UAC))
Viewing pictures
- Viewing pictures
- Photo information
- The i button (playback mode)
- Playback zoom
- Protecting pictures from deletion
- Rating pictures
- Selecting pictures for upload
- Filtered playback
- Viewing slide shows
- Deleting pictures
Retouching photographs
- Retouching photographs
- RAW processing
- Trim
- Resize
- D-Lighting
- Straighten
- Distortion control
- Perspective control
- Monochrome
- Overlay (add)
- [Lighten] and [Darken]
- Motion blend
Editing videos
- Editing videos
- Trimming videos
- Saving the current frame as a JPEG still
- Creating stills from a selected length of footage
Voice memos
- Recording voice memos
- Playing voice memos
Connecting to HDMI TVs and recorders
- Connecting to HDMI devices
- TVs
- Recorders
Connecting to smart devices
- The SnapBridge app
- Wireless connections
Connecting to computers or FTP servers
- Making the connection
- Computers: Connecting via USB
- Computers: Connecting via wireless LAN
- FTP servers: Connecting via wireless LAN
- What you can do when the camera is connected to a computer or FTP server
- Troubleshooting wireless LAN connection
Connecting to Nikon Imaging Cloud
- About Nikon Imaging Cloud
- Connecting the camera to Nikon Imaging Cloud
- Error codes
Connecting to other cameras
- What inter-camera connections can do for you
- Synchronized release
- Synchronizing camera clocks
Nikon cloud service, software, and applications
- Cloud service
- Computer software
- Smartphone (tablet) apps
Flash photography (the built-in flash)
- Flash photography with the built-in flash
- Flash modes
- Flash compensation
- FV lock
Flash photography (optional flash units)
- Flash photography with optional flash units
- Using an on-camera flash
- Flash control mode
Remote flash photography
- What is remote flash photography?
- Controlling remote flash units
Menu guide
- The photo shooting menu
- The video recording menu
- The Custom Settings menu
- The playback menu
- The setup menu
- The network menu
- My Menu/Recent settings
Troubleshooting
- Before contacting customer support
- Problems and solutions
- Alerts and error messages
Technical notes
- Compatible lenses and accessories
- Camera displays
- Compatible flash units
- Other compatible accessories
- Caring for the camera
- Caring for the camera and battery: Cautions
- Specifications
- Approved memory cards
- Memory card capacity
- Memory card capacity (videos)
- Battery endurance
- Trademarks and licenses
- Compliance information