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You'll need a Commander-capable Speedlight in the hot shoe for that.

That's because it uses low visibility red patterns to throw on subjects, and the Z system autofocus sensors are sensitive to blue light, not red. With a caveat: the Autofocus Assist Lamp in all the Speedlights does not work with the Z cameras. You may have to make the settings on the flash and not with the camera menus/controls, but it'll work. If you stick a CLS flash in the hot shoe of a Z camera, it'll work. The Z50 has a built-in flash unit, which is somewhat similar to the SB-300 in capabilities (i.e., lower power and few features). You can always use it as an optical wireless remote if you then later step up to a bigger flash on camera. If you're going to dabble with a Speedlight, the SB-500 is what I'd steer you towards. I'm on record as saying that most Z System camera owners should at least have an SB-500 in their kit. It doesn't help that Nikon's Speedlight brochure isn't up to date (doesn't cover the Z's) and is also confusing as to all the options and dependencies.Īt present, my suggestion for Z camera owners is that they pay closest attention to the SB-500 and SB-5000, as those are two most versatile units that are fully supported by the in-camera menu system. Other older CLS flashes, such as the SB-600, SB-800, SB-900, or SB-910 have to be controlled outside the Z camera menu system. That's the complete list, and it's an important list to know, as the internal firmware of the recent cameras, including the Z cameras, only fully supports these Speedlights (with the exception of the SB-700 for some reason, which does not link to the Flash Control menu in the camera Nikon calls flashes that work with the in-camera menu as having Unified Flash Control).