Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR Lens

Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR Lens
Long-Reach Telephoto Zoom for DX-Format Z-Series Mirrorless Cameras
The Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR is a sleek, long-reaching telephoto zoom lens engineered specifically for Nikon’s DX-format Z-mount mirrorless cameras. Spanning a versatile 75-375mm full-frame equivalent focal length range, this lens brings distant subjects into intimate focus, making it an exceptional choice for outdoor sports, wildlife tracking, travel documentary, and candid portraiture.

Despite its impressive telephoto reach, this lens utilizes a retractable design to maintain a remarkably compact and lightweight profile, making it a perfect, portable companion to carry alongside your standard kit zoom.

Versatile Telephoto Capabilities & Premium Optical Elements
75-375mm Equivalent Compression: Seamlessly transitions from a classic 50mm portrait perspective (75mm equivalent) with beautiful background separation, all the way to a powerful 250mm super-telephoto reach (375mm equivalent) to isolate faraway action.

Extra-Low Dispersion Glass: Incorporates one Extra-Low Dispersion (ED) element within its optical formula to actively reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations, yielding crisp structural resolution and high color accuracy.

Super Integrated Coating: Glass elements feature Nikon’s multi-layer Super Integrated Coating to suppress lens flare and ghosting. This multi-coating layer maintains rich, realistic image contrast and deep color fidelity, even when shooting under harsh midday sun or strong backlit outdoor settings.

5-Stop Image Stabilization & Smooth Stepping AF Motor
5-Stop Optical Vibration Reduction: Features built-in hardware Vibration Reduction (VR) that actively counteracts handheld camera shake by up to five shutter speed stops. This stabilization engine is vital at long telephoto extensions, ensuring tack-sharp still images and smooth, stable video recording when shooting handheld in low-light environments.

Whisper-Quiet STM Autofocus Drive: Driven by a fast, fluid stepping motor (STM) that locks focus onto moving subjects quickly and precisely. This near-silent operation makes the lens well-suited for video recording, ensuring that mechanical operational noise stays off your audio track.

Internal Focusing Performance: Features an advanced internal focusing architecture that moves only the internal lens groups during focus acquisition. This design maintains the physical length of the lens during use and enables significantly faster, more responsive focusing speeds.

Full-Time Manual Focus Override: Supports full-time manual focus override capabilities, allowing you to instantly make precise manual focus adjustments on the fly while in AF mode without needing to toggle a physical switch.

Advanced Exposure Control & Configurable Control Ring
Programmable Control Ring: Outfitted with a customizable control ring directly on the lens barrel. By default, it is configured to handle precise manual focusing, but it can easily be reassigned through your camera menu to manage aperture adjustments or exposure compensation variables.

Electromagnetic Aperture Mechanism: Incorporates a specialized electronic diaphragm system that provides incredibly stable, highly consistent exposure control. This electronic precision is especially beneficial when tracking subjects during fast continuous burst shooting modes.

Rounded Seven-Blade Diaphragm: Utilizes a rounded 7-blade aperture layout that delivers a smooth, circular out-of-focus bokeh quality, helping your main subjects pop beautifully against a soft background when using shallow depth-of-field techniques.

Technical Specifications
Focal Length Range: 50-250mm (75-375mm Full-Frame Equivalent)

Maximum Aperture Range: f/4.5 (at 50mm) to f/6.3 (at 250mm)

Minimum Aperture Range: f/22 to f/32

Lens Mount Type: Nikon Z Mount (Optimized for DX-Format Sensors)

Filter Thread Diameter: 62mm

Lens Optical Layout: 16 Elements configured in 12 Groups

Autofocus Motor Drive: Stepping Motor (STM) with Internal Focusing

Image Stabilization Hardware: Built-In Optical VR (Up to 5 stops of shake correction)

Aperture Blade Count: 7-Blade Diaphragm (Rounded)

Minimum Focus Distance: 1.64 feet / 50 cm (at 50mm) | 3.28 feet / 1.0 meter (at 250mm)

Maximum Magnification Ratio: 0.23x

Dimensions (Diameter x Length): Approx. 2.9 x 4.3″ / 74 x 110 mm (Retracted state)

Weight: Approx. 14.3 oz / 405 grams (Highly portable telephoto design)