Nikon J1?

[Jetl3on]

Cant find a thread on this, but anyone have any opinion/experience on the Nikon J1 and recommendations please?

Thanks

[Elderly]

Here's a thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

M3donuts - I'm begining to think you work for Amazon .

[Elderly]

M3donuts said:

I also order a lot of stuff through them

I ordered that S95 yesterday (thanks for the head up) and already
they are saying "Dispatched via Royal Mail (estimated arrival date: Friday, February 03, 2012)".

Despatched today but I don't understand why Royal Mail should take 5 days

Watch this space :.)

[Xaero]

M3donuts said:

Afraid not - just a good (unbiased) source normally for reviews.

I also order a lot of stuff through them myself both personally and for my company

Edited by M3donuts on Monday 30th January 17:05

Most owners of new toys will rate them though, and don't usually have the same amount of time with the competition.

the J1 is rated quite poorly on dpreview.com who do review every new camera released.

I work in a camera shop and don't like the J1 at all. The viewfinder in the V1 is quite nice though and imo is worth the premium.

[Jetl3on]

Xaero said:

I work in a camera shop and don't like the J1 at all. The viewfinder in the V1 is quite nice though and imo is worth the premium.

Can I ask why?

[CommanderJameson]

The J1 received a bit of a kicking on The Verge.

The Verge said:

The lack of controls on the J1 makes no sense

The Verge said:

As soon as you lose daylight or go indoors, the J1's image quality falls off a cliff

The Verge said:

The Nikon J1 is a barely-disguised point-and-shoot with a bunch of lenses and a $650 price tag

[K12beano]

Here's some more 1 series stuff just in over the telegraph....


http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6531373190/interv...


Interesting.


Well, a bit "geeky-interesting" I suppose, but my curiosity for all thinks Nikon keeps me looking.....



I wonder if they'll ever develop a 10mm f/0.9 or something else with legendary status?

[Xaero]

You can always get an adaptor and fit the Leica Noctilux f0.95.

A bargain at just over £10k! http://www.digitalrev.com/product/leica-50mm-nocti...

Leica apparently doubled their factory capacity over the past 2 years as the compact system camera market has put a lot of interest in retro lenses and fitting exotic glass. Something not possible with SLRs

[willyjc]

Buy a fuiji x10...far better looking and by all accounts does more despite not having changeable lenses...

[Xaero]

Jetl3on said:

Can I ask why?

Sure. Build quality isn't great. Ergonomics are terrible (the shutter button is pretty much recessed into the body and not distinguishable from the record or on/off button, there is no grip and the finish is smooth, it's also too big and heavy for the size of the sensor it offers when you compare it to the micro 43 cameras and even more so with the NEX range). And apart from Auto mode there isn't much more to it.

See here for the target customers straight from the heart: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6531373190/interv... If this isn't you then don't buy it as Nikon are being very specific with their customer base on this camera.

[K12beano]

What these new-fangled things don't do (yet), and should, is be designed to allow upgrades of sensors.

It's all very well having interchangeable lenses. Even more so with the temptation that Nikon will develop new, even better, glass for the format. And soft/firmware can be updated, although I don't think manufacturers go far enough in programmable upgrades. But the thing that would be revolutionary would be the foresight to consider how you could upgrade, or change sensors for different scenarios.


Wouldn't a D3XS be nice - and "S" sensor for action and low light (low life!!) - 12 or now 16 Meggies - and an "X" sensor for studio and landscape with 24 or 30 Meggies. Then a J1/V1 type that would be moderately future proofed with the same sort of philosophy.

Ah well. By this one now, throw it away before the decade's out.......

[Elderly]

K12beano said:

What these new-fangled things don't do (yet), and should, is be designed to allow upgrades of sensors.

......... But the thing that would be revolutionary would be the foresight to consider how you could upgrade, or change sensors for different scenarios.

I suppose that the Ricoh GXR module system goes some way towards that?

[K12beano]

Precisely - that's the sort of innovation that makes sense to me - where can the technology really go? There's other innovators like Red around too, I know.

Come on manufacturers! If you really want to break out of the mould. Nikon, I feel, are a bit of a disappointment, brilliant though their mainstream kit and optics are.

[Xaero]

I have been thinking this recently myself too. I'd love to see interchangable bodies, sensors, processors, etc. As well as the usual lens/viewfinder/flash.

Sensor and processor mostly just to upgrade (like a computer) but the rest to please pretty much every consumer as they can put together whatever they need.

[NJH]

Its interesting to think of the 1 series as the beta release for this new format, then it really makes sense. Its pretty amazing what Nikon managed to pull off in terms of AF, speed and the IQ from such a small sensor. Might look a bit gash right now but its much more the future than say Nikons own consumer grade dSLRs.

BTW I had a play with all these CSCs in Jessops the other day, it was the Samsung NX200 that really surprised me. Makes one wonder just what on earth is going on in this market segment when the best thought out and most photographer friendly product is the one made by a Korean consumer electronics company.