What filter size does the Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR take?

The Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR takes 46mm screw-in filters — its front filter thread is 46mm. Any standard 46mm UV, polarizer or ND filter screws straight on.

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Nikon Z lenses that share the 46mm thread

Buy one good set of 46mm filters and it also fits:

• Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 24mm f/1.7 — 24mm f/1.7

Screw-in filters are mount-agnostic — 6 verified lenses on other mounts also take 46mm: see every 46mm lens.

A step-up ring also lets a 46mm lens use one size-larger filters, which is how many photographers standardize a single filter set across lenses.

All 46mm lenses: the 46mm hub · every covered lens: filter sizes index · this lens on Amazon: Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR

Thread sizes verified 2026-08-28 against community-maintained per-mount lens specification tables (compiled from the manufacturers' own spec sheets), matched brand-strictly to our lens index. Lenses whose thread we could not uniquely verify are left out rather than guessed — coverage grows as verified data lands.