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MATT Y

GRAHAM

Ataglance

£1,199 twin lens kit

● 20.9MP APS-C CMOS sensor

● ISO 100-51,200

(expandable to 204,800)

● 11fps burst shooting

● 3.2in 1,040k-dot tilting

touch-sensitive LCD

● 2.36-million-dot OLED EVF

● 4K video at 30p

● 320-shot battery life

Testbench IN THE FIELD

T

ravel photography throws up a

perennial balancing act for

photographers. Sure, you want a

camera with impressive features that

will result in high-quality imagery and open up

creative options, all while keeping the weight

inside your cabin luggage low enough to avoid

any excess baggage charges.

Given this conundrum, it’s little wonder that

crop sensor mirrorless cameras often fi nd

favour with photographers heading off on a

long-haul adventure. As a result, the current

range of choice is staggering. From Sony’s

A6100 and more advanced A6400, to

Canon’s impressive 32.5MP EOS M6 Mark II

right through to Fujifi lm’s charismatic retro-

inspired offerings like the ever-popular X-T30.

Enter the Z 50 – Nikon’s fi rst ever APS-C

sensor mirrorless camera – to crash the party.

While Sony has been beavering away at this

sector of the market for years now, the Z 50 is

a fi rst-generation camera that was launched in

October last year, so already the odds are

stacked against it. A second jab comes in the

form of lens selection; at the time of testing

there are just two dedicated DX Z-mount

lenses available, the 16-50mm and 50-

250mm that make up the Z 50 twin lens kit

Although it’s fi ghting for space in a competitive

market, Matty Graham discovers Nikon’s Z 50

punches well above its diminutive weight during

a photography travel trip to Western Australia

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