Posts Tagged ‘nikon v1’

Radioactivity – my 400fps shoot with the Nikon V1

Wednesday, 20 March, 2013 00:02

The Nikon V1 is a $300 camera – buy it now on eBay

High speed shooting hasn’t been possible on DSLRs until now. Again it is the much dismissed Nikon V1 providing the creative inspiration…

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Nikon V1 – shooting 4K 60fps raw for $200

Monday, 11 March, 2013 22:27

Above – the compressed 2.4k version of 4K raw from the Nikon V1 (download the original at Vimeo) by Javier Sobremazas

The Nikon V1 is $220 (body) or $300 (kit) on eBay – get it whilst you still can

There’s a dark horse in our midst which very few know about, a camera which can shoot 4K raw at 60fps for $200.

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Nikon J1 and V1 image quality first look

Saturday, 24 September, 2011 18:42

Try this for size - Sony NEX versus Nikon J1

More Nikon 1 images at Lenses.fr (French website)

In an interview with Imaging-Resource, Nikon general manager of R&D said that image quality (not size) was the number one priority for the Nikon 1 series and that the camera has been in development for 4 years, a process which began even before Panasonic’s work on Micro Four Thirds.

Has it been worth it? You are about to find out.

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Nikon ‘don’t fear a Canon mirrorless’

Friday, 23 September, 2011 02:02

Nikon J1 in pink

In a soundbite session with Amateur Photographer today Ken Kusakari, product planning manager at Nikon UK has said the company ‘does not fear a Canon mirrorless’. Of course it would be foolish for Nikon to admit that other manufacturers have better prospects… Not least because it is true.

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The Nikon 1 system – will it succeed?

Wednesday, 21 September, 2011 20:49

Photo by Rob Galbraith

Soon the single lens reflex design will be obsolete. Mirrorless technology is the next evolution of the DSLR into a fully electronic camera. An electronic shutter, OLED EVF, better AF and improved video modes all come from mirrorless technology production. So with this in mind it is clear to me the folly of the Nikon 1.

Nikon have gimped their future to prop up the past.

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