Nikon Zf Mirrorless Camera with NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 SE Lens

The Nikon Zf and NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 SE create a beautifully matched full-frame kit that combines classic Nikon styling with thoroughly modern performance. The lens’s vintage-inspired knurling, silver accent ring, and heritage NIKKOR lettering complement the Zf’s mechanical-style controls, while its compact size and bright f/2 aperture make it ideal for everyday use.

Behind the traditional appearance is Nikon’s advanced EXPEED 7 processor, 24.5-megapixel full-frame sensor, sophisticated subject-detection autofocus, in-body stabilization, Pixel Shift shooting, and advanced 4K video.

⭐ Key Benefits

• 24.5-megapixel full-frame BSI CMOS sensor

• Special Edition NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 lens included

• Classic Nikon-inspired camera and lens styling

• Natural 40mm angle of view

• Bright f/2 maximum aperture

• Compact lens weighing approximately six ounces

• Nikon EXPEED 7 processor

• Up to eight stops of in-body stabilization

• Nine-type subject-detection autofocus

• 3D-tracking autofocus

• Subject detection with compatible manual-focus lenses

• Up to 30 fps High-Speed Frame Capture+

• Pre-Release Capture

• Pixel Shift shooting up to approximately 96 megapixels

• Dedicated black-and-white shooting position

• Full-width 4K UHD video at up to 30p

• Cropped 4K UHD video at up to 60p

• Internal 10-bit H.265 with N-Log and HLG

• Fully articulating touchscreen

• Dual memory-card slots

📸 24.5-Megapixel Full-Frame Image Quality

The Zf’s back-illuminated full-frame sensor produces detailed photographs with rich color, smooth tonal transitions, and broad dynamic range.

Its full-frame format provides:

• Strong low-light performance

• Natural background separation

• Greater control over depth of field

• Flexible 14-bit RAW files

• Wide tonal range

• Image quality suitable for large prints

• Full use of the included lens’s natural 40mm perspective

Images can be recorded as NEF RAW, JPEG, HEIF, or combined RAW-plus-processed formats.

🔭 A Natural 40mm Perspective

The included lens sits between the traditional 35mm and 50mm focal lengths. It is wide enough to show a subject’s surroundings without producing the exaggerated perspective of a wider lens, yet tight enough for natural-looking portraits and details.

The 40mm focal length is well suited to:

• Street and documentary photography

• Everyday family photographs

• Travel

• Environmental portraits

• Available-light photography

• Food and tabletop subjects

• Events and social gatherings

• Video and interviews

A prime lens does not zoom, encouraging the photographer to move through the scene and make deliberate compositional choices.

✨ Bright f/2 Maximum Aperture

The lens’s f/2 maximum aperture gathers considerably more light than a typical compact kit zoom.

This provides:

• Faster shutter speeds in low light

• Lower ISO settings

• Better indoor performance

• Attractive background blur

• Stronger subject separation

• Improved autofocus conditions

• Greater creative control over depth of field

Combined with the Zf’s full-frame sensor and in-body stabilization, the lens creates a highly capable available-light kit.

🎞️ Special Edition Heritage Design

The SE version of the lens shares its optical design with the standard NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 but adds styling inspired by classic manual-focus NIKKOR lenses.

Distinctive details include:

• Checked control-ring knurling

• Silver accent band

• Retro NIKKOR logo

• Heritage-inspired lettering

• Compact black exterior

These cosmetic details make it an especially appropriate match for the Nikon Zf.

🧳 Compact Everyday Combination

The 40mm f/2 SE measures approximately 1.8 inches long and weighs just six ounces.

Its compact dimensions preserve the Zf’s clean profile and make the complete kit easy to carry throughout the day.

This combination is particularly appealing for:

• Travel

• Street photography

• Everyday carry

• Events and social gatherings

• Campus life

• Personal documentary projects

• Lightweight full-frame photography

🔍 Close-Focusing Capability

The lens focuses as close as approximately 0.96 feet and provides a maximum reproduction ratio of 0.17x.

This is useful for:

• Food

• Crafts

• Flowers

• Travel details

• Tabletop photography

• Small products

• Personal objects

It is not a true macro lens, but its close focusing provides greater flexibility than its compact appearance might suggest.

🔇 Quiet Autofocus

A stepping motor provides fast, accurate, and nearly silent autofocus for photography and video.

The lens is designed to reduce focus breathing, helping maintain more consistent framing when focus shifts during video recording.

Autofocus performance benefits from the Zf’s advanced subject detection and 3D-tracking system.

✋ Up to Eight Stops of In-Body Stabilization

The 40mm f/2 SE does not contain optical VR, but the Zf stabilizes the image through its five-axis sensor-shift system.

The camera’s stabilization is rated for up to approximately eight stops under Nikon’s specified test conditions.

This helps during:

• Handheld low-light photography

• Evening street photography

• Interiors

• Available-light portraits

• Stationary subjects

• Handheld video

• Slower shutter speeds

Focus-point VR prioritizes stabilization around the selected autofocus position rather than only at the center of the frame.

Stabilization cannot freeze subject movement, so faster shutter speeds may still be necessary.

🎛️ Classic Direct Controls

The Zf provides dedicated top-plate dials for:

• Shutter speed

• ISO sensitivity

• Exposure compensation

These controls allow important settings to be viewed and adjusted without entering menus.

Front and rear command dials remain available for photographers who prefer contemporary operation. The camera can therefore be used as deliberately or as quickly as the situation requires.

⚫ Dedicated Black-and-White Mode

A dedicated black-and-white position on the photo/video selector provides immediate access to monochrome photography.

Available monochrome Picture Controls include:

• Monochrome

• Flat Monochrome

• Deep Tone Monochrome

The electronic viewfinder previews the result before capture, allowing the photographer to compose directly in light, shadow, contrast, texture, and tone.

The 40mm lens’s natural perspective is especially well suited to monochrome street and documentary photography.

🎯 Nine-Type Subject Detection

The autofocus system can recognize:

• People

• Dogs

• Cats

• Birds

• Cars

• Motorcycles

• Bicycles

• Trains

• Airplanes

The camera can prioritize eyes, faces, heads, or entire subjects depending on their position and size.

🔄 3D-Tracking Autofocus

Nikon’s 3D-tracking follows a selected subject as it moves throughout the frame.

It is particularly helpful for:

• Street photography

• Children and pets

• Weddings and events

• Performances

• Candid portraits

• Everyday action

The f/2 aperture provides the autofocus system with additional light in dim environments.

🔎 Manual-Focus Assistance

When a compatible manual-focus lens is attached, the Zf can detect a subject or eye and magnify that area to help the photographer focus precisely.

This complements the camera’s traditional controls and makes it appealing to users of vintage NIKKOR lenses, adapted optics, and modern manual-focus lenses.

An appropriate adapter is required for non-Z-mount lenses, and available functions vary by lens.

🧩 Pixel Shift up to 96 Megapixels

Pixel Shift shooting records multiple exposures while moving the sensor in precise increments.

Compatible Nikon software combines the files to produce an image at several available resolutions, including approximately 96 megapixels.

Pixel Shift is ideal for stationary subjects such as:

• Artwork

• Products

• Architecture

• Interiors

• Still life

• Archival reproduction

• Landscapes without moving foliage or water

A sturdy tripod is required, and moving subjects can produce artifacts.

⚡ High-Speed Continuous Shooting

The Zf offers:

• Approximately 7.8 fps in Continuous High

• Approximately 14 fps in Continuous High Extended

• 15 fps High-Speed Frame Capture+

• 30 fps High-Speed Frame Capture+

High-Speed Frame Capture+ records JPEG files using the electronic shutter. RAW files are not available at the highest rates.

Electronic-shutter images can show distortion with extremely fast movement or banding under some artificial lighting.

⏪ Pre-Release Capture

Pre-Release Capture temporarily buffers photographs while the shutter is held halfway. Once it is fully pressed, the camera can save JPEG images captured up to one second earlier.

This helps record difficult-to-anticipate moments such as:

• A changing expression

• A pet jumping

• A performer beginning an action

• A bird taking flight

• A race starting

🎥 Advanced 4K Video

The Zf provides:

• Full-width 4K UHD at 24p, 25p, or 30p

• Cropped 4K UHD at 50p or 60p

• Full HD at up to 120p

• Internal 10-bit H.265

• Nikon N-Log

• HDR HLG

• Waveform display

• Timecode

• Electronic Vibration Reduction

• In-camera slow motion

• Extended recording sessions under suitable conditions

The 40mm lens provides a natural perspective for interviews, details, documentary footage, and general video. It can be too tight for arm’s-length vlogging or small-room self-recording.

🎨 Picture Controls

The camera includes an extensive selection of in-camera creative appearances:

• Standard

• Neutral

• Vivid

• Portrait

• Rich Tone Portrait

• Landscape

• Flat

• Three monochrome styles

• Creative Picture Controls

• Custom Picture Controls

These appearances can be previewed through the electronic viewfinder before capture.

👁️ Electronic Viewfinder

The 3.69-million-dot OLED viewfinder provides approximately 0.8x magnification and 100% frame coverage.

It previews:

• Exposure

• White balance

• Picture Control

• Depth of field

• Monochrome appearance

• Focus position

This combines a classic eye-level photographic experience with the benefits of modern mirrorless technology.

🤳 Fully Articulating Touchscreen

The 3.2-inch, 2.1-million-dot touchscreen swings outward and rotates forward.

It supports:

• High- and low-angle photography

• Waist-level street photography

• Vertical content

• Self-recording

• Tripod-mounted video

• Overhead compositions

The screen can be turned inward to protect its surface and preserve the camera’s traditional appearance.

💾 Dual Memory-Card Slots

The Zf contains:

• One full-size UHS-II SD card slot

• One UHS-I microSD card slot

They can be configured for overflow, backup, separate file types, or copying images between cards.

The microSD card is located inside the battery compartment and is less convenient than a second full-size slot, but it provides valuable backup capability.

🎙️ External Audio Connections

The camera includes:

• Built-in stereo microphones

• 3.5mm external microphone input

• 3.5mm headphone output

• Adjustable recording sensitivity

• Wind-noise reduction

• Microphone attenuator

These connections allow improved audio capture and direct monitoring during video production.

🔌 USB-C Charging and Power

The Zf uses the Nikon EN-EL15c rechargeable battery.

USB-C supports:

• In-camera charging

• Compatible external operating power

• High-speed data transfer

• Tethered operation

• Streaming and webcam use

An external charger and USB power adapter are sold separately.

🌦️ Durable Construction

The Zf uses magnesium alloy on the top and front covers, while its brass control dials provide a substantial tactile feel.

The camera and lens are designed with consideration for dust- and moisture-resistant performance. They are not waterproof and should still be protected from heavy rain, sand, and saltwater.

📋 Camera Specifications

Specification	Details
Sensor	24.5MP full-frame BSI CMOS
Processor	EXPEED 7
Lens mount	Nikon Z
Autofocus	Hybrid phase/contrast detection
Focus points	273 in single-point AF
Subject detection	Nine subject types
Tracking	3D tracking
In-body stabilization	Five-axis sensor shift
Maximum stabilization rating	Up to approximately 8 stops
Pixel Shift	Up to approximately 96MP
Extended continuous shooting	Up to approximately 14 fps
High-Speed Frame Capture+	Up to approximately 30 fps JPEG
ISO range	100-64,000
4K video	Up to 60p; crop at 50/60p
Full HD video	Up to 120p
Internal video	Up to 10-bit H.265
Viewfinder	3.69-million-dot OLED
Rear display	3.2-inch vari-angle touchscreen
Main memory card	UHS-II SD
Secondary memory card	UHS-I microSD
Battery	Nikon EN-EL15c
Approximate body weight	1 pound, 9.1 ounces with battery and card

🔍 Lens Specifications

Specification	Details
Lens	NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 SE
Format	Full frame
Maximum aperture	f/2
Minimum aperture	f/16
Optical construction	6 elements in 4 groups
Special elements	2 aspherical elements
Minimum focus distance	0.96 feet
Maximum reproduction ratio	0.17x
Diaphragm	9 rounded blades
Filter size	52mm
Approximate dimensions	2.8 × 1.8 inches
Approximate weight	6 ounces
Optical VR	No; uses camera’s in-body stabilization

🎯 Ideal For

• Street and documentary photographers

• Travel

• Everyday family photography

• Available-light photography

• Environmental portraits

• Black-and-white photography

• Photographers who prefer traditional controls

• Nikon film-camera enthusiasts

• Manual-focus lens users

• Anyone wanting a compact full-frame prime-lens kit

⚖️ Zf 40mm Kit vs. Zf Body Only

Feature	Zf with 40mm f/2 SE	Zf Body Only
Ready to photograph	Yes	Lens required
Included focal length	Natural 40mm perspective	Determined by selected lens
Low-light aperture	Bright f/2	Depends on lens
Style	Matched heritage design	Depends on selected lens
Portability	Excellent	Depends on lens
Best for	Everyday, street and travel photography	Existing Nikon Z owners

📦 In the Box

• Nikon Zf mirrorless camera

• NIKKOR Z 40mm f/2 SE lens

• Nikon EN-EL15c rechargeable battery

• Nikon AN-DC27 camera strap

• Nikon UC-E25 USB cable

• Nikon BS-1 accessory-shoe cover

• Nikon DK-33 rubber eyecup

• Nikon BF-N1 body cap

• Nikon LC-52B front lens cap

• Nikon LF-N1 rear lens cap

• Manufacturer documentation

Memory cards, an external battery charger, USB power adapter, protective filter, lens hood, and camera bag are sold separately.

🧰 Recommended Kit Additions

Complete the Zf kit with:

• High-speed UHS-II SDXC memory card

• Quality microSDXC backup card

• Additional Nikon EN-EL15c battery

• Nikon MH-25a battery charger

• 52mm protective filter

• Optional Nikon Zf grip

• NIKKOR Z 28mm f/2.8 SE for wider street photography

• NIKKOR Z 85mm f/1.8 S for portraits

• Compatible Nikon Speedlight

• Compact protective camera bag

• Comfortable camera strap

🏪 Why Buy from Cameragraphics?

Cameragraphics is an authorized Nikon dealer with professional photographers on staff. We can help select the right memory cards, grip, battery, filter, bag, lighting, and additional lenses for your photographic style.

We specialize in Nikon’s current mirrorless system and do not stock DSLR products.

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