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- Luke
Their top of the line telephoto lens almost had me buy into the system........but the cameras were all too small and fiddly.
... Nikon could have had a winner IMHO if they embraced maximum integration with the F mount system, but they played scared and lost..
My friend has a kit consisting of the the V2, 10-100, 18, and the 10-30 kit zoom. I see many of her vacation pictures before she removes the bad ones (I help) and I do notice the remarkable keeper rate in terms of exposure and focus. I also notice how nice the V2 fits in my hand. With the 18 it would have been a very nice walk-around camera. She favors the long zoom but as long as she was willing to carry it I can't argue with her results.I'm pretty sad to see the Nikon 1 system gone — I have owned the V1 and I think it's a terrific piece of gear. The only thing that prevented me from investing more into the system was that Nikon's commitment to it seemed questionable at best.
The thing I liked the most about it was that it was an absolutely reliable tool in terms of exposure, focus and other core photographic features: once I learned its limitations, my hit rate really went through the roof.
Does this mean that now is a good time to grab a bargain or two?? Prices on old gear will fall!
Maybe. The volumes were so small, what you find out there may not be what you should get. For example, if you're an EVF user, avoid the V1 because of the "mandatory preview" feature that interrupts your shooting flow. It was only fixed in V2 onwards, but I rarely see used V2s, and V3s require a separate EVF purchase and are mostly holding value.
Three lenses I would get - 18.5, 32 and 30-110. The rest I can do without or they don't perform quite the way I would like for a CSC. 32 is rarer than hen's teeth.
Does this mean that now is a good time to grab a bargain or two?? Prices on old gear will fall!
I wonder if a V2 is worth getting, there are some available here in AU. Been considering.
I have the 18.5 and its really nice. I also have the 10mm and the 30-110. The 32mm is still too expensive here to even consider, ditto the 70-300 which I'd love.
I wonder if a V2 is worth getting, there are some available here in AU. Been considering.
My friend has one. Ergonomically, it's a great camera in the hand.I wonder if a V2 is worth getting, there are some available here in AU. Been considering.
I have the 18.5 and its really nice. I also have the 10mm and the 30-110. The 32mm is still too expensive here to even consider, ditto the 70-300 which I'd love.
I'm pretty sad to see the Nikon 1 system gone — I have owned the V1 and I think it's a terrific piece of gear. The only thing that prevented me from investing more into the system was that Nikon's commitment to it seemed questionable at best.
The thing I liked the most about it was that it was an absolutely reliable tool in terms of exposure, focus and other core photographic features: once I learned its limitations, my hit rate really went through the roof.
This is total conjecture on my part and my views are not shared by/supported by this website or Nikon.
I still contend in my little head that the Nikon 1 system was an "experimental" system for Nikon. I believe that the felt OK in experimenting with some things in this system, and if they could recoup some money in it by others buying it that was all well and good. They could do this by not putting untested technology into their bread and butter lines (DSLR). From my estimation, they have a great on chip phase detect AF system, they figured out how to get a decent if not superb continuous frame rate.
I think a lot of what was learned there will show itself in the new DL line of cameras and when Nikon decides to go mirrorless with their mainstream line of cameras, I have a feeling they will be killer.
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Again - all pie in the sky, my own tin foil hat theories....but fun to speculate.