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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
      • Reset photo shooting menu
      • Storage folder
      • File naming
      • Choose image area
      • Tone mode
      • Image quality
      • Image size
      • RAW recording
      • ISO sensitivity settings
      • White balance
      • Set Picture Control
      • Manage Picture Control
      • Set Picture Control (HLG)
      • Color space
      • Active D-Lighting
      • Long exposure NR
      • High ISO NR
      • Vignette control
      • Diffraction compensation
      • Auto distortion control
      • Skin softening
      • Portrait impression balance
      • Photo flicker reduction
      • High-frequency flicker reduction
      • Metering
      • Flash control
      • Flash mode
      • Flash compensation
      • Release mode
      • Focus mode
      • AF-area mode
      • AF/MF subject detection options
      • MF subject detection area
      • Vibration reduction
      • Auto bracketing
      • Multiple exposure
      • HDR overlay
      • Interval timer shooting
      • Time-lapse video
      • Focus shift shooting
    • The video recording menu
      • Reset video recording menu
      • Storage folder
      • File naming
      • Video file type
      • Frame size/frame rate
      • ISO sensitivity settings
      • White balance
      • Set Picture Control
      • Manage Picture Control
      • HLG quality
      • Active D-Lighting
      • High ISO NR
      • Vignette control
      • Diffraction compensation
      • Auto distortion control
      • Skin softening
      • Portrait impression balance
      • Video flicker reduction
      • High-frequency flicker reduction
      • Metering
      • Focus mode
      • AF-area mode
      • AF/MF subject detection options
      • Product review mode
      • MF subject detection area
      • Video self-timer
      • Vibration reduction
      • Electronic VR
      • Microphone sensitivity
      • Attenuator
      • Frequency response
      • Wind noise reduction
      • Mic jack plug-in power
      • Headphone volume
      • Timecode
      • External rec. cntrl (HDMI)
      • Hi-Res Zoom
    • The Custom Settings menu
      • Reset custom settings
      • a: Focus
        • a1: AF-C priority selection
        • a2: AF-S priority selection
        • a3: Focus tracking with lock-on
        • a4: Focus points used
        • a5: Store points by orientation
        • a6: AF activation
        • a7: Focus point persistence
        • a8: Limit AF-area mode selection
        • a9: Focus point wrap-around
        • a10: Focus point display
        • a11: Built-in AF-assist illuminator
        • a12: Focus peaking
        • a13: Focus point selection speed
        • a14: Manual focus ring in AF mode
      • b: Metering/exposure
        • b1: ISO sensitivity step value
        • b2: EV steps for exposure cntrl
        • b3: Easy exposure compensation
        • b4: Matrix metering face detection
        • b5: Center-weighted area
        • b6: Fine-tune optimal exposure
      • c: Timers/AE lock
        • c1: Shutter-release button AE-L
        • c2: Self-timer
        • c3: Power off delay
      • d: Shooting/display
        • d1: CL mode shooting speed
        • d2: Maximum shots per burst
        • d3: Pre-Release Capture options
        • d4: Sync. release mode options
        • d5: Exposure delay mode
        • d6: Shutter type
        • d7: Extended shutter speeds (M)
        • d8: Limit selectable image area
        • d9: File number sequence
        • d10: View mode (photo Lv)
        • d11: Starlight view (photo Lv)
        • d12: Warm display colors
        • d13: Display on during burst
        • d14: Release timing indicator
        • d15: Image frame
        • d16: Grid type
        • d17: Virtual horizon type
        • d18: Half-press to cancel zoom (MF)
        • d19: Custom monitor shooting display
        • d20: Custom viewfinder shooting display
      • e: Bracketing/flash
        • e1: Flash sync speed
        • e2: Flash shutter speed
        • e3: Exposure comp. for flash
        • e4: Auto c ISO sensitivity control
        • e5: Auto bracketing (mode M)
        • e6: Bracketing order
        • e7: Flash burst priority
      • f: Controls
        • f1: Customize i menu
        • f2: Custom controls (shooting)
        • f3: Custom controls (playback)
        • f4: Touch Fn
        • f5: Control lock
        • f6: Reverse dial rotation
        • f7: Release button to use dial
        • f8: Reverse indicators
        • f9: Reverse ring for focus
        • f10: Focus ring rotation range
        • f11: Control ring response
        • f12: Switch focus/control ring roles
        • f13: Power zoom (PZ) button options
        • f14: Full-frame playback flicks
      • g: Video
        • g1: Customize i menu
        • g2: Custom controls
        • g3: Control lock
        • g4: Limit AF-area mode selection
        • g5: AF speed
        • g6: AF tracking sensitivity
        • g7: Hi-Res Zoom speed
        • g8: Power zoom (PZ) button options
        • g9: Fine ISO control (mode M)
        • g10: Extended shutter speeds (S/M)
        • g11: View assist
        • g12: Zebra pattern
        • g13: Limit zebra pattern tone range
        • g14: Grid type
        • g15: Brightness information display
        • g16: Half-press to cancel zoom (MF)
        • g17: Custom monitor shooting display
        • g18: Custom viewfinder shooting display
        • g19: Red REC frame indicator
    • The playback menu
      • Delete
      • Playback folder
      • Playback display options
      • Filtered playback criteria
      • Series playback
      • Picture review
      • After delete
      • After burst, show
      • Record camera orientation
      • Auto-rotate pictures
    • The setup menu
      • Format memory card
      • Save user settings
      • Reset user settings
      • Language
      • Time zone and date
      • Monitor brightness
      • Monitor color balance
      • Viewfinder brightness
      • Viewfinder color balance
      • Viewfinder display size
      • Limit monitor mode selection
      • Auto rotate info display
      • REC lamp brightness
      • AF fine-tuning options
      • Non-CPU lens data
      • Distance units
      • Save focus position
      • Save zoom position (PZ lenses)
      • Image Dust Off ref photo
      • Pixel mapping
      • Image comment
      • Copyright information
      • IPTC
      • I connector function (headphone/remote cord connector function)
      • Voice memo options
      • Camera sounds
      • Silent mode
      • Touch controls
      • Self-portrait mode
      • HDMI
      • USB connection priority
      • Conformity marking
      • USB power delivery
      • Energy saving (photo mode)
      • Slot empty release lock
      • Save/load menu settings
      • Reset all settings
      • Firmware version
    • The network menu
      • Airplane mode
      • Nikon Imaging Cloud
      • Connect to smart device
      • Wireless remote (ML-L7) options
      • Bluetooth remote cntrl options
      • Connect to computer
      • Connect to FTP server
      • Connect to other cameras
      • ATOMOS AirGlu BT options
      • USB
      • Router frequency band
      • MAC address
    • 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
  • Z50II Reference Guide
  • Parts of the camera

Parts of the camera

  • Camera body
  • The monitor
  • The viewfinder
  • Touch controls
  • The Fn1 and Fn2 buttons
  • h (Picture Control) button
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