Best Nikon Z lenses in 2024 for the Nikon Z5, Z6, Z6 II, Z7, Z7 II, Z8, Z9, Zf, Z50, Z30 and Z fc

The list of the best Nikon Z lenses keeps getting bigger. Nikon is continuing to update the lens range to ensure that it covers every focal length photographers and videographers are likely to use. If you're looking to buy a Nikon Z lens it can. be difficult to know where to start – so, we've compiled this comprehensive list of all the finest Nikon Z lenses we've used, tested and reviewed. 

Our go-to lens tester
Matthew Richards
Our go-to lens tester
Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer and a Nikon Z6 II owner – and that makes him our best-qualified writer to recommend the best Nikon Z primes and zooms you can buy. 

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Matthew Richards

Matthew Richards is a photographer and journalist who has spent years using and reviewing all manner of photo gear. He is Digital Camera World's principal lens reviewer – and has tested more primes and zooms than most people have had hot dinners! 


His expertise with equipment doesn’t end there, though. He is also an encyclopedia  when it comes to all manner of cameras, camera holsters and bags, flashguns, tripods and heads, printers, papers and inks, and just about anything imaging-related. 


In an earlier life he was a broadcast engineer at the BBC, as well as a former editor of PC Guide.

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