Olympus E-M10<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Nikon 1 V3 has a just a few advantages over current Micro Four Thirds cameras which may be important to some people:<\/strong><\/p>\n\nfast burst rate of 20fps with much better continuous AF – could be great for parents shooting their kids at sports events – assuming they are allowed to!<\/li>\n 60p HD video with 120 fps slo-mo at 720p – should give nice video but presumably not as well image stabilised as the Olympus E-M1 and no where near as good a quality as on the Panasonic GH4<\/li>\n electronic 1\/16000th sec shutter – most new cameras will be getting this – the Panasonic GM1 already has it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nBut that’s about where the advantages over current Micro Four Thirds ends and one can expect these features to be added to Micro Four Thirds soon.<\/p>\n
In short, if you just want to take snap shots or fast action shots then the V3 may well be the best for your needs, BUT if you want to LEARN to be a photographer, you are much better off getting a camera with larger sensor so you have more options of control over depth of field, and a camera with a much greater range of wide aperture lenses at affordable prices – and that is what you get with Micro Four Thirds without much increase in weight, size or price.<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat you get with Micro Four Thirds which is not available with Nikon 1 is:<\/h2>\n\nbetter ability to control depth of field<\/li>\n better image quality at higher ISO<\/li>\n better ability to utilise full frame lenses<\/li>\n an\u00a0 extended range of camera sizes, features and prices from the tiny GM-1, to the E-M10, to the weatherproof pro level cameras, the Olympus E-M1 and Panasonic GH-4 with 4K HD video.<\/li>\n an extensive range of lenses – nearly all with filter threads so you can attach polarising filters and gradient filters<\/li>\n an affordable portrait lens – the 1 Nikon 32mm f\/1.2 is ~$900 compared to the Olympus 45mm f\/1.8 which will give similar imagery at only ~$400 and you get in-camera image stabilisation as well<\/li>\n shallower DOF standard lens – the 1 Nikon 18.5mm f\/1.8 gives DOF of a 50mm f\/4.9 lens whereas the Olympus 25mm f\/1.8 gives DOF of a 50mm f\/3.6 lens (you can also resort to f\/0.95 lenses), and again you also get in-camera image stabilisation as well<\/li>\n a wide aperture super compact lens for walking the street at night or indoor part shots – the Panasonic 20mm f\/1.7<\/li>\n an urban night wide angle lens for hand held work with shutter speeds down to 2secs (with the E-M1) – the Olympus 12mm f\/2.0<\/li>\n a beautiful wide aperture telephoto lens – the Olympus 75mm f\/1.8<\/li>\n pro quality lenses such as the f\/2.8 pro zoom lenses<\/li>\n a high quality macro lens – the Olympus 60mm f\/2.8 macro<\/li>\n a range of fisheye lenses – the Nikon 1 system is yet to have a dedicated fisheye lens<\/li>\n in-camera image stabilisation for any lens you attach, even legacy manual focus ones (Olympus cameras)<\/li>\n very nice BULB long exposure modes such as Live BULB, Timed BULB and the new Live Composite Mode which does automatic Time Stacking<\/li>\n in-built viewfinder – this is essential if you need reading glasses – and also to provide better image stability for sharper photos<\/li>\n ability to automatically auto-focus on the subject’s closest eye<\/li>\n a full external flash system including ring flashes, plus remote TTL flash (my understanding is that the 1 Nikon flashes are not compatible with Nikon’s i-TTL flash technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n
See also my blog when the Nikon 1 system was announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nikon 1 v3 is the latest “high end” of Nikon’s mirrorless point and shoot compact range. Like all Nikon 1 cameras it has a small 1″ sensor with a 2.7x crop factor and this allows it to have small lenses, particularly at the telephoto range. The camera body size though is almost identical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,241,307],"class_list":["post-6369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-micro-four-thirds","tag-nikon-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t
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