The Nikon Zfc is an absolutely gorgeous and relatively capable camera that is burdened by its design: it just isn't very practical.
The Nikon Zfc is a crop sensor mirrorless digital camera designed to replicate the classic Nikon FM2 Film camera, often considered one of the best 35mm film cameras of all time. While the system looks amazing and definitely brings a huge hit of nostalgia, does it live up to that legacy?
Even the top of the camera looks almost identical to what you would find on a classic 35mm film system with manual dials for the ISO, shutter speed, and an exposure compensation dial. There’s even a small LCD display near the on/off switch that displays the current aperture setting of the attached lens.
The top plate of the body of the Zfc is metal, but the bottom is actually painted plastic, likely to reduce the overall weight of the system. On that note, the Zfc isn’t weather sealed. That, to me, is a massive missed opportunity, especially considering how the FM2 is considered basically an indestructible tank of a camera. In comparison, with the Zfc, you wouldn’t want to even take it out of the bag if there’s a slight drizzle for fear of ruining it.
The touchscreen and menu system is identical to the rest of the current Nikon mirrorless lineup aside from the fact you can flip and rotate it 180 degrees to be used as a selfie screen/monitor should you choose to do so. This, while not exactly perfect, is a more than welcome addition to the Nikon mirrorless lineup that I truly hope they continue moving forward with new camera bodies.
The autofocus is where things start to improve for the Zfc compared to the Z50 though, as the Zfc actually has a little bit better of a system with its additional wide-area autofocus for people and animals as well as a full-time eye AF for video mode. Basically, I never had to really worry about the autofocus on the system when shooting in low light or high-speed objects.
In this sense, it feels truly like an old-school film system with many of the bells and whistles of a modern state-of-the-art mirrorless camera. From a nostalgic standpoint, I absolutely loved it… but from a working professional photographer’s standpoint who often has to capture images in very rapid bursts in very different lighting and speed situations, it was wildly frustrating.
And while each of those modes actually works just fine, to me it feels like you’re shooting with a glorified retro-looking point-and-shoot instead a modern mirrorless system.
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