Lens mounts · Nikon Z
Nikon Z mount: cameras, lenses & what adapts
Nikon's mirrorless mount from 2018, with the shortest flange distance of any full-frame system and F-mount lenses usable via the FTZ adapter.
Full frame imaging circle· 16.00mm flange distance· Mirrorless, since 2018
Cameras on Nikon Z
Every body in the catalogue that takes Nikon Z lenses, newest first. Prices are the best new price from a UK retailer we track.
Lens range
154 Nikon Z lenses in the catalogue. Native means made by a company that also makes Nikon Z bodies; third-party is everyone else.
Best Nikon Z lenses by genre
Top three per genre from the lens engine, scored on this lens's own format. The same scores you see on each lens page; Gear Builder re-scores them for the exact body you pick.
Flange distance & adapting
A plain adapter is a spacer: it can only add distance between lens and sensor. Glass from a mount with a longer flange distance adapts cleanly onto Nikon Z; glass from a shorter one needs corrective optics.
- Type
- Mirrorless
- Coverage
- Full frame
- Crop factor
- 1.00×
- Maker
- Nikon
- Introduced
- 2018
Lenses you can put on a Nikon Z body
36 other mounts adapt onto Nikon Z without corrective glass. Focus and framing only; autofocus and aperture control depend on the adapter.
Adapters we list for Nikon Z bodies
- Techart Canon EF to Nikon Z Autofocus Adapter Canon EF lenses · autofocus · 4 options
- Urth Canon FD Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Canon FD lenses · manual
- Urth Contax/Yashica (C/Y) Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Contax/Yashica lenses · manual
- Techart Leica M to Nikon Z Autofocus Adapter Leica M lenses · autofocus · 4 options
- Urth M39 Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Leica Screw Mount (M39) lenses · manual
- Urth M42 Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount M42 lenses · manual
- Urth Minolta Rokkor (SR/MD/MC) Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Minolta SR lenses · manual
- Urth Sony A (Minolta AF) Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Minolta/Sony A lenses · manual
- Nikon Mount Adapter FTZ II Nikon F lenses · autofocus · 5 options
- Urth Olympus OM Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Olympus OM lenses · manual
- Urth Pentax K Lens Mount to Nikon Z Camera Mount Pentax K lenses · manual
- Techart Sony E to Nikon Z Autofocus Adapter II Sony E lenses · autofocus · 2 options
Where Nikon Z lenses can go
Current camera mounts that accept Nikon Z glass.
How deep is the Nikon Z lens range?
The lens-ecosystem scores Camera Match uses when it ranks Nikon Z bodies for wildlife, sports, portrait, macro, food, architecture and astro. Scored 0–10 from the native lenses buyable new, with the reasoning shown.
Z 180-600 (£1,599, just above the line), Tamron 150-500 Z (~£1,100), Z 28-400 (£1,299), Z DX 50-250 (375 equiv), Z 100-400 S, Z 400 f/4.5, 600 f/6.3 PF, 800 f/6.3 PF; Sigma's 100-400 DG DN is not offered in Z, so only one sub-£1,500 ≥ 400 mm zoom. Source ↗
Z 85 f/1.2 S, Z 85 f/1.8 S, Z 135 f/1.8 S Plena, Viltrox 85 f/1.8 Z, Sigma 56 f/1.4 (DX, 84 equiv). Source ↗
Z MC 105 f/2.8 VR S (1:1), Z MC 50 f/2.8 (1:1), Laowa 100 f/2.8 2× and 90 f/2.8 2× in Z; two first-party 1:1 lenses only. Source ↗
Z 14-24 f/2.8 S, Z 14-30 f/4 S, Z DX 12-28 (18-42 equiv), Laowa 15 f/4.5 Shift and 20 f/4 Shift in native Z; Nikon's PC-E tilt-shifts are F-mount (adapter only) and the PC 19 is discontinued. Source ↗
Z 14-24 f/2.8 S, Z 20 f/1.8 S, Z 24 f/1.8 S, Viltrox 16 f/1.8 Z, Sigma 14 f/1.4 Art (Z, 2025), Samyang 14 f/2.8 Z. Source ↗
Batteries, cards & filters for Nikon Z
The battery models and card types Nikon Z bodies use, and the most common filter threads on Nikon Z lenses. Each links to the cameras or lenses that share it and what to buy.
Next step
Lens counts and picks come from the catalogue and the lens engine, so they change as lenses are added. Ecosystem scores are researched per mount with a source and feed Camera Match's lens-range feature. How scoring works · All mounts