Nikon raises Z50 II prices in Japan amid rising costs
Nikon’s Z50 II body is jumping to 159,900 yen in Japan, and the full APS-C kit lineup is getting more expensive before June 1.
If you have been eyeing Nikon’s Z50 II, the countdown just got real. Nikon Japan said the body will rise from 145,200 yen to 159,900 yen on Monday, June 1, 2026, alongside higher prices for the 16-50 VR Lens Kit at 182,300 yen, the Double Zoom Kit at 214,200 yen, and the 18-140 VR Lens Kit at 215,300 yen.
The Z50 II is only one piece of a broader revision that also covers four Z-series mirrorless camera products, two binoculars, five loupes and one binocular accessory. Nikon said it could no longer keep absorbing rising raw-material, manufacturing and logistics costs through efficiency and rationalization alone. The company also corrected an initial pricing typo in its May 20 update to the notice.
That matters because the Z50 II is not a bare-bones starter body. Nikon positions the DX-format camera as an entry-level model with real enthusiast hardware: a 20.9-megapixel sensor, EXPEED 7 processing, Pre-Release Capture at up to 30 fps, 5.6K-oversampled 4K 10-bit H.265 N-Log video, Full HD/120p slow motion and autofocus support for nine subject types carried over from the Z9 and Z8. Nikon also built in Nikon Imaging Cloud support and a dedicated Picture Control button, which gives the camera a one-press route into color presets and imaging recipes.
The new Japanese pricing lands on top of a launch cycle that already showed how differently Nikon has been pricing the same camera around the world. Nikon announced the Z50 II on November 7, 2024, and in the U.S. it arrived in late November at $909.95 body-only, $1,049.95 with the 16-50mm kit and $1,299.95 as the two-lens kit. Nikon Canada listed the body at $1,249.95 and the 16-50mm kit at $1,449.95.
For buyers weighing whether to move now or wait, the bigger picture is Nikon’s cost pressure. The company said fiscal 2026 revenue reached 677.163 billion yen, but it still posted an attributable net loss of 86.088 billion yen and an operating loss of 112.448 billion yen. Imaging sales volumes grew on the strength of the Z5II, Z50II and ZR, yet revenue and profit fell because of one-time costs, tariff impacts, lower average selling prices and higher promotional spending.
That makes the Z50 II a sharper value calculation than it was a few days ago. The camera itself has not changed, but the price tag has, and the cheapest window closes with the June 1 revision.
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