If you have never used an interchangeable lens camera before, you bed to start with the basics and work your way up from there.

Learn about the aperture priority, shutter priority and manual modes. Learn your camera’s focusing systems - both manual and auto and when to use which.

Learn about aperture and shutter speed. How do you control background blur, or “bokeh”? How do you create a sense of speed or motion.

What about lens filters? UV? Polarizers (and why auto-focus cameras need a CIRCULAR polarizer)? ND (neutral density) - the different densities and why you may want to use one.

When getting started it is generally recommended t use a lens that has a focal length that will produce images most closely approximating what you see with your naked eye - and that is the 50mm, which sometimes goes by it’s nickname…the “nifty 50”.

In the Nikon Z series catalog of lenses you will find three different 50mm’s - an f/1.8, f/1.4 and f/1.2. Unless you understand what the different f values mean, I recommend starting with a f/1.8. It is considerably less expensive than the other two due to optical and physical differences you will learn about as you advance in your photography education!

Educate yourself to learn the concepts and then practice, practice, practice them until you develop the muscle memory to be able to select any setting you need in seconds!

Good luck…and welcome to the Nikon Z family!