Nikon will no longer include USB-C charger with its Z7, Z7 II mirrorless camera systems

Why just $10? EH-7P Charging AC Adapter $59.95 at Nikon US.

I'm pretty sure they cost of manufacturing is under $20.

canon doesnt supply a usb cable either

…OR… stop including chargers, NOT lower the price, and put the money saved into other areas of the BOM (bill of materials) so that the manufacturer can provide a better camera for the money paid by the consumer.

The global chip shortage is real and manufacturers who weren’t able to lock in their supply chain costs are already facing dramatic increases. Margins can only be cut so far — and I don’t think they’re as fat to begin with as many here believe.

We’re going to be paying more for less moving forward. It’s all too easy to blame it on “greed” when the reality is that for some of these manufactures its about survival in a declining market.

Many an optimist has longed to hear those words...

It costs a lot less than buying a new camera/lenses every 5 minutes, like many do on here, but whatever gets you through...

$20 charger? that charger probably cost Nikon $2 at most

False equivalency. Some might upgrade at every opportunity. Others don’t. Either way at some point the cost of shooting film exceeds the cost of a using digital camera. My first “serious” digital camera — thought by my peers to be “expensive” at the time — paid for itself in reduced lab costs in less than one year.

I’m not discouraging or disparaging you, or anyone else, from shooting film if that’s your jam — and I acknowledge that this decision goes beyond the economics of the respective mediums. I do see irony in your “vindication” based on Nikon’s decision to remove a $20 (if I were to go out and replace it with a high quality version at retail) non-critical accessory. And, while not aimed at you directly, with the complaints about removing an accessory that many, maybe even most, would have never used to begin with.

Speaking of false equivalency, there are so many variables it's difficult to know where to start. Frequency of shooting, format used, home developing and printing, computing requirements/upgrades, software requirements/upgrades, complexity of equipment etc etc. Of course some of these factors can work either way, but the blanket statement that digital will always be cheaper is obviously not true.

You are one of few don't need usb cables. In my household we buy at least about 5 more usb cables every year from Amazon as they don't last long with my two kids. These cable ends are flimsy as they bend easily and become non-functional

The price of cameras is never static from launch to end of life. Other than initial buyers, someone will always a reduced price camera. What is the part worth, $20? Hardly the tipping point on whether to get a Z7II or not.

There were shortages of electronic components like ceramic capacitors and resistors rolling in before the current pandemic. This idea it is just a current shortage of 'chips' hurting supply lines seems a bit of press headlining simplification.

Pushed or pulled? Well, that's new for me, as it was news when after a system update to my I devices, I could not longer charge them from my computer's USB outlet using other non-Apple cables. Now I had to go and buy one who costs 30$, at the Apple Store. While the non-Apple cable costs me 3$.
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." Al Pacino, Godfather III
The industry creates its shortages. Remember when there was no more gas, back in the 70s?

I should clarify:
The 20W charger provides this PD 3.0 spec (highest output 9V, 2.22A). the Iphone 12 + Magsafe wireless charger uses this spec.
The PD 3.0 spec adaptors does interact with the device to set the right Amps and Voltage. Also, it adjusts the step-up rate of the output based on feedback from the device which includes device temperature.
With non PD spec charger, I ‘think’ the input is set to 5V, 2A irrespective to the charger output.

If you want to use the fastest wireless charger, you must go with Magsafe wireless charger + 20W charger. Other wireless charger i.e., Qi, has lesser power output even though they’re higher rated.

Lol Brighttiger.... it's a $20 part. Nikon included a dedicated battery charger AND a direct AC to USB-C charger. It's the latter they are removing. Nikon users, if they don't have a USB-C cable in their home, will still be able to remove the battery and charge it in the (still) provided charger. You're making a mountain out of a mole hill. And Sony never setting the expectation of a charger? What does that mean? On a pro shoot, everyone should pause so you can stick your camera into a wall charger along side your phone and wait? Queue elevator music......

@m_black exactly. It took several generations before Sony decided to include an actual external charger with their a7 cameras. They just gave you a cable to charge in camera.

Fuji only gives you in-camera charging now.

Nikon gave people TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS which NO ONE ELSE DOES, and now they can't give them the one that has historically been the least desired, but somehow people manage to be upset by that.

Like holy hell people.

$20 part? More like $5 in costs to Nikon or less.

They are going to use the Aldi model - you will have to buy your own box and -package it yourself.

As long as it isn't the Ikea model, where there's a bunch of racks and shelves around the product and you need to buy a lot of the parts to complete the camera, at the same time and in the right quantities. Then you get home and see you needed 7 screws to attach the camera baseplate and you only got 6...
(A friend of mine took 3, or maybe 4, trips before she had all the parts for her new Bed...)

Well, this is not a fan club; it's a forum.
Then again, why doesn't Nikon stops at all its camera line, since good cameras are no longer available?
I don't know your age, bro, but I've lived long enough to see the depreciation toward customer's respect and consideration, from any sales department, all industries together.
By the way, I'd rather be a manchild than a mangina.

Sick burn, bro. You showed your hand.

So true, Including an external charger is more significant that a USB-C power adapter. Unfortunately Ricoh has also excluded battery charger for the K-3III.

You can never have enough USB chargers! I have 15, maybe more.

@jaberg, Maybe it is time to sort out your chargers. Those low power type with 5V 1A output should be retired or donated. I only keep those with quick charge capability.

@Seahbc with that I absolutely agree. They’re harder to get rid of than you might believe though. Thrift shops don’t want them, nor does a local organization that refurbs computers and tech. They have crates of their own. I don’t the idea of disposing of them as eWaste.

I do occasionally dip into the box for a power supply for a maker project. That requires “five” spares, not “fifty”.

I did once present a dozen genuine Apple chargers to a member of our local users group. He’d spent the entirety of the previous meeting complaining about Apple’s decision to not provide chargers with the new iPhones. He didn’t really want them — he already had a drawer full himself. He just likes to be complain about “rip offs”. Very fun at parties.

Every now and then a coworker “loses” a charger, or has need of a spare, and I’m able to provide one. Maybe I’ll start throwing a handful in our “up for grabs” bin and replenish as necessary until they’re gone.

But we digress…

But designed by Nikon to Nikon’s quality standards!

Look for the brand Ugreen. I have used it and the quality is good. Or else just use your phone's charger.

Crazy thought…buy a non-crap charger from China instead.

Considering the chargers mostly included with cameras are utter garbage, I wouldn't put too much trust into it. I remember back in the Galaxy S1 days when Samsung used to include this weird thing with the most flimsy cable hardwired into it. It had like less than 1W output and wouldn't even charge any other devices. That's the quality you still get in 2021 with most camera manufacturers.

Seems higher end camera come with battery chargers. The lower end ones come with USB chargers. The A9, A9II, and A1 all came with battery chargers.