Nikon 1 V1 thoughts?

[Pat Reehal]

I would be grateful for any thoughts or opinions on the Nikon 1 V1.

I have always been intrigued at the (claimed) shutter and focus speeds and tried one in Chester yesterday and was pleasantly surprised at the build quality and speed which seemed to confirm the claims.

I am only looking now as the price has plummeted from £800 odd to circa £250 with the 10-30mm lens which seems to be a bit of a steal, so does anyone have one and what do you think of it?

Many thanks.

 

[David Jones]

I have had one since December and it is indeed "a steal". Work within its limitations (relatively slow lens, some infuriating ergonomics - especially the pointless mode dial) though and it will take really good, if not up to APS-C standard, pictures. It also lacks a flash but at least there is no red-eye to remove. I have got some excellent shots from it and it is also a camera I can give to anyone, show them the shutter button, and feel confident I will get something back in-focus and properly exposed.


DSC_0369 by berriff, on Flickr


Monochrome version by berriff, on Flickr


Large and Little - Sony Alpha 57 and Nikon V1 by berriff, on Flickr


DSC_0350_DxO by berriff, on Flickr


Borderline - Heinrich Koop by berriff, on Flickr

For discrete shots / street-photography it is totally silent on the electronic shutter setting.


Ru - are you hungry yet? by berriff, on Flickr

 

[Pat Reehal]

David

Thank you so much for your prompt and very comprehensive reply.

Those lovely examples really do show the capabilities of the V1 and I think that I just might get the pump-action Visa out and order one.

The mantra "Do you need one? No. Do you want one? Yes", is ringing around my head so I have asked one of my cats to make the decision.

Thats handy, she has purred when I tickled her tum which I do believe is cat speak for 'get it big boy'.


kind regards

 

[David Jones]

It is a pleasure as this little camera has taken me by surprise. Wex gave me a Nikon 1 case for free but I don't like it. Get something like the Lowepro Nova or Classified 140 as your "man/girl bag" and it becomes a camera you can take everywhere.

Here is another one (I would rather let the pictures do the talking), heavily cropped to show that the sensor noise is not necessarily unattractive, based on the reaction to this shot:


Blackpool Skyline from the Ben-my-Chree - crop by berriff, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Now there's a shot that deserves to described at painterly. Lovely stuff.

 

[Brian Moore]

David

Thank you so much for your prompt and very comprehensive reply.

Those lovely examples really do show the capabilities of the V1 and I think that I just might get the pump-action Visa out and order one.

The mantra "Do you need one? No. Do you want one? Yes", is ringing around my head so I have asked one of my cats to make the decision.

Thats handy, she has purred when I tickled her tum which I do believe is cat speak for 'get it big boy'.


kind regards

This is brilliant; I must get a cat!

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That Blackpool skyline most certainly is a painterly shot as Pete says!

 

[Pat Reehal]

Brian,
No need to get a cat.

Email me with your request and decide whether you want a $10 purr for purchases up to $300 or a $20 purr which is valid for any value. A signed certificate from Phoebe the Decider will be emailed immediately on receipt of your greenbacks and will negate the need to clean out poop trays, open tins of gagging cat food and be generally bossed around by a furry monster who really does believe she is a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler.

Simples.

 

[Pete Askew]

Do you do an RPF discount scheme?!

 

[Pat Reehal]

You nearly got us then you crafty monkey!

Ordinarily I would ask Phoebe the Decider but she has indicated that she doesn't do €5 purr questions for gratis.

 

[Brian Moore]

Brian,
No need to get a cat.

Email me with your request and decide whether you want a $10 purr for purchases up to $300 or a $20 purr which is valid for any value. A signed certificate from Phoebe the Decider will be emailed immediately on receipt of your greenbacks and will negate the need to clean out poop trays, open tins of gagging cat food and be generally bossed around by a furry monster who really does believe she is a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler.

Simples.

That would be a bargain at twice the price, Pat. Thanks ever so much.

 

[Larry Bolch]

Gear-heads were enraged with it, since it is designed to be used as pretty much a fully automatic camera. Very powerful technology, all directed at making it easy and foolproof to use. Nikon designed it as the contemporary family camera—the equivalent to the box camera of decades back. A camera that anyone in the family can simply pick up and use. I bought one as a Christmas gift for a friend, and so far she is delighted with it.

 

[Pat Reehal]

Aw Brian do you honestly think that I would double up the prices?

I will leave them as they are for RPF members therebye saving you some money whilst acquiescing gracefully to Pete's request for a 'kleine Rabatt.

 

[Pat Reehal]

Thank you all for your kind replies on the Nikon V1.

I have given it a lot of thought, (not the camera, but how to smuggle it past the COS who can smell a courier van at 400 paces), but had given up any hope of getting one due to the long yellow streak that runs North to South down my body.

Confront the Taliban? Done that, got the T shirt. Confront the wife? Mmmmm.

But I have been brave, thrown caution to the wind, and have ordered one for delivery tomorrow afternoon.

(Which, by sheer chance, is precisely when the Chief of Staff will be at the hairdressers).

Some might call it cowardly, I call it strategic genius.

 

[Brian Moore]

Never fear, Pat. Evidence of your strategic genius is palpable based on the actions you have described in your several responses on this post!

 

[Pete Askew]

Don't worry, your secret is safe with us. I mean smart phones, Wi-Fi Hotspots, hairdressing salons - what do you think this is, the future!

 

[Pat Reehal]

God Bless you G'uvnor.

Makes an ol' sweat as humble as a gigantic humble pie to know that there exists, amongst the photo cognoscenti who enrich the pages of this magnificent forum, someone who appreciates that cowardice in the face of the COS is a noble thing and not the actions of a malignant unfortunate who attended his parents betrothal.

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Thank you for your timely and cheekily veiled threat Herr Askew.

Perhaps you might reconsider any such actions.

Remember, I was an Honours Student at the Hermann Goering Kindergarten for Wayward Children, whose motto was,

" Wir wissen, wo Sie leben. "