Z fc

Is the battery that you purchased, a genuine Nikon battery, or a third party battery?? Nikon has sometimes changed their firmware to brick the camera, when using an off brand battery. I am not saying that I am aware that they have done this to the ZFc, but it is possible. All Nikon firmware is a com

I switched from Nikon mirrored to Fuji. I was in the same boat, looking at the Zf and Zfc for a nice retro manual digital camera. I loved my FF camera and the depth of field it has (I have take many great photos with it.). I liked the Zf more than the Zfc, but neither truly offered that manual camer

the other has slightly better specs Replace "slightly" with "significantly". The Z50ii has way better subject detect AF, a remote release port, user presets and custom buttons, so many other small details too that add up. All the APSC Nikon Zs share the same sensor, so there's little practical diffe

The Zfc only has Nikon's advanced picture controls system. So you can do custom profiles and tone curves; but not flexible picture controls. https://nikonrumors.com/2025/09/30/the-art-of-color-science.aspx/ The ZF has flexible picture controls--and presumably a Zfc-ii will have them too if one gets

My wife and I were wedding photographers who retired during Covid. We unloaded our DSLR gear at the time and took a small break. We jumped into mirrorless this year. My wife picked up a Z fc and I picked up at Z50ii. We are shooting purely for fun and not going back into business. I can’t stand shoo

Z50 II is on the latest generation of Nikon software, whereas the Zfc is a generation back. The extra customizability, improved autofocus (subject detection and the return of 3D tracking), and better camera responsiveness are worth the upgrade

Also, (OK) long-press should ALWAYS return the focus point to its home position, even if the focus move mode isn't active. There's a lot of menu settings that imply operation that would make sense, but the actual operation takes an extra step (first move the point, then press OK for >0.5s). Honestly