Nikon Z30

I have had my Nikon Z30 camera 16mm-50mm and 50mm-250mm kit lenses for one year now and I am very happy with the image quality. Early on I had trouble with the touch screen in bright sun light. I turned the brightness setting all the way up and that took care of that problem. I still have trouble in low light conditions with the camera not focusing. With the AF-auto mode set to animals the camera is excellent at finding an animal to focus on. [...] The Nikon Z30 is a very under rated photography camera. [...]

[...] Which camera has better stabilization while walking/walking and talking? Nikon Z30 with the kit lens or Sony ZV-1 Mark 2? I know that you tested both cameras. I wanna get a camera in the future for YouTube content creation (indoor videos such as gaming, unboxings, reactions as well as travel videos for my international travel channel) and I care a lot about stabilization, beside 4K quality, really good autofocus and the fact that the camera shouldn't be big, should be small and compact. I love the Sony ZV-1 M2 but maybe the Nikon Z30 has better stabilization. [...]

i HAD THIS CAMERA AND ONE OF MY BAD SIDE FOR ME IS THE CARD READER IS NOT AS DURALE AS MY OLD CAMERA. I FIND THAT Z SERIES CAMERA ISN'T AS DUARABLE AS DSLR AND I JUST USED IT IN A YEAR THEN IT WENT IMMEDIETLY TO THE TECHNICIANS. [...] SO WHEN I BOUGHT A NEW CAM FOR ME I WENT BACK TO DSLR DIDN'T WENT TO UPGRADE Z SERIES ANYMORE. [...]

[...] Here are some thoughts on the Nikon Z30 after my recent trip to Japan: First off, if you wear different glasses for reading and distance, bad news. You’re probably going to hate this camera. [...] Now a bunch of my photos will need post-editing cleanup. Battery life? [...] The monitor is always on (again, no viewfinder), and it drains power fast. I was also using a lens adapter for some older lenses, which might have contributed to the drain. With a prime lens and a 300mm, I found the battery dying much faster than expected. [...]

I got a Z30 with the 16-50mm and the 50-250mm and I am very happy with the results. These are not amazing lenses but after some practice I got results that convinced me that this is a great travel camera, in addition to produce very good results for other purposes under the right circumstances. [...] I agree that battery life is not great for video, and with the fact that under low light situations the autofocus may not be the best, but for that price range this camera is amazing. I have a couple of FX cameras, and a D500, but I got use to have the Z30 with me and I always take it with my other gear. [...]

I bought it for my daughter; but I use it to video all their school activities. Of the 400+ parents that show up; I'm the only one with an actual camera and tripod. [...] But I found a few videos on youtube on how to "fake" the N-log profile; and that's what I've been using. It's a great camera; if they ever update it to EXPEED 7; I might upgrade it. [...]

I keep wanting my Nikon Z30 to be a camera that it isn't: an excellent stills camera. It's an OK stills camera, but it's fantastic at video - which is what I got it for. [...]

I think Nikon advertising the Z30 as a vlogging camera was a big mistake. [...] The build quality, image quality and size are the big winners for me. I sold my Sony A6600 and its lenses and switched to the Z30 for financial reasons, and even though the A6600 was far better at video, the Z30 is no slouch for the money. My one recommendation to people looking to get the Z30 is, buy - it - used! There are so many, practically brand new, Z30s on Ebay that people are pricing them way under value to move them. If you buy the Camera plus a lens new, you can easily spend $1,000, but practically new plus a lens on Ebay is as low as $450. The only thing I really hate about the Z30, is that the battery life sucks. Even if it would have increased the weight a small bit, they should have fit their Standard EN-EL15C battery in there.

I got the Z30 because it was new, shot 4K vids, was mirrorless and compact and because it was affordable for me. I do trainspotting and it works great for that.

[...] As a beginner getting into photography, I'm planning to pick up a Nikon Z30 with the 16-50mm kit lens. [...]

if you don't mind focusing with purely an LCD, I've had pretty decent results with the Nikon Z30. It's the cheapest Z mount camera available, I think it's like $600 for the body.

[...] But I bought the Nikon z30 which I love btw. That was my Finland camera. [...] Liking the Sony a7r but also like the idea of a toy film camera I do have issues

[...] I bought my Z6 (first gen) used for $800 about 3 years ago. I also have a Nikon Z30 and DSLR, D600, that I still use occasionally as well as 2 Nikon film cameras. [...]

Thanks Dave, sharing about Nikon z 30 experience, I was looking for vlog camera, moment I am using iPhone.

I really like cameras without EVF, as they look much cleaner, more compact, and more elegant overall. I've used several cameras with EVFs, but I almost never use them — to me, they're unnecessary. What I find unfortunate is that Nikon still hasn’t released any full-frame camera without an EVF.