Nikon Z-mount

Nikon Z-mount

Type	Bayonet
Inner diameter	55 mm
Tabs	4
Flange	16 mm
Connectors	11 electrical pins
Introduced	2018

Nikon Z-mount (stylised as ${\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} }$) is an interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its mirrorless digital cameras. In late 2018, Nikon released two cameras that use this mount, the full-frame Nikon Z7 and Nikon Z6. In late 2019 Nikon announced their first Z-mount camera with an APS-C sensor, the Nikon Z50. In July 2020 the entry-level full-frame Z5 was introduced. In October 2020, Nikon announced the Nikon Z6II and Nikon Z7II, which succeed the Z6 and Z7, respectively. The APS-C lineup was expanded in July 2021, with the introduction of the retro styled Nikon Zfc, and in October 2021, Nikon unveiled the Nikon Z9, which effectively succeeds the brand's flagship D6 DSLR.^[1] The APS-C lineup was further expanded with the Nikon Z30, announced at the end of June 2022.^[2] The Nikon Z6III was announced in June 2024.^[3] In November 2024, Nikon announced the Z50II, the first APS-C camera to use the Expeed 7 processor introduced with the Z9.^[4]

Nikon SLR cameras, both film and digital, have used the Nikon F-mount with its 44 mm diameter since 1959. The Z-mount has a 55 mm diameter. The FTZ lens adapter allows many F-mount lenses to be used on Z-mount cameras.^[5] The FTZ allows AF-S, AF-P and AF-I lenses to autofocus on Z-mount cameras. The older screw-drive AF and AF-D lenses will not autofocus with the FTZ adapter, but they do retain metering and Exif data. Z-mount cameras support metering as well as in-body image stabilization (IBIS) with manual focus lenses.

The 55 mm throat diameter of the Nikon Z-mount makes it the largest full-frame lens mount.^[6][7] It is much larger than the F-mount and the E-mount used by Sony mirrorless cameras^[8] but only slightly larger than the 54 mm of both the Canon EF and RF mounts. It is also slightly larger than the 51.6 mm diameter full-frame mirrorless Leica L-Mount.^[9] The Z-mount has also a very short flange distance of 16 mm,^[10] which is shorter than all mentioned lens mounts. This flange distance allows for numerous lenses of nearly all other current and previous mounts to be mounted to Z-mount with an adapter.

The Z-mount 58 mm f/0.95 S Noct lens reintroduced the Noct brand historically used by Nikon for lenses with ultra-fast maximum apertures.^[11][12]

Nikon published a roadmap outlining which lenses are forthcoming when the Z-mount system was initially announced.^[13] The roadmap has been updated multiple times.^[14] As of February 2025, all lenses in the last version of the roadmap from September 2023 were released. Several lenses which were not indicated on the roadmap were released as well.^[15][16] On October 30, 2024, Nikon announced that it is developing a video-centric, standard zoom lens with power zoom, the NIKKOR Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ.^[17][18] On February 13, 2025, the details of the lens were released,^[19][20][21] alongside the announcement of the first two RED Digital Cinema cinema cameras which integrate Z-mount, the V-Raptor [X] and Komodo-X.^[22][23] Nikon also announced two "RED Z to PL Adapter Pack" mount adapters (one of which has an electronic ND feature), which enable the use of PL-mount lenses on Z-mount RED cameras.^[22]