{"id":6369,"date":"2014-03-16T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T06:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2014-03-16T18:25:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T08:25:35","slug":"the-new-nikon-1-v3-who-is-it-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=6369","title":{"rendered":"The new Nikon 1 v3 camera &#8211; who is it for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikon 1 v3 is the latest &#8220;high end&#8221; of Nikon&#8217;s mirrorless point and shoot compact range.<\/p>\n<p>Like all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:nikon1\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 1 cameras<\/a> it has a small 1&#8243; sensor with a 2.7x crop factor and this allows it to have small lenses, particularly at the telephoto range.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn-4.nikon-cdn.com\/en_INC\/o\/1p5AewIl3yoEa1IUYYDa9Zb7q7s\/Overview\/Secondary-1a-System.jpg\" alt=\"V3 and system\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The camera body size though is almost identical to Micro Four Thirds cameras such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:olympusepl5\" target=\"_blank\">Olympus PEN EPL5<\/a>, and is almost twice as heavy as the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:pangm1\" target=\"_blank\">Panasonic GM-1<\/a> while being bigger with optional EVF added than the very versatile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:olympusomdem10\" target=\"_blank\">Olympus E-M10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 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<ul>\n<li>fast burst rate of 20fps with much better continuous AF &#8211; could be great for parents shooting their kids at sports events &#8211; assuming they are allowed to!<\/li>\n<li>60p HD video with 120 fps slo-mo at 720p &#8211; 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<li>electronic 1\/16000th sec shutter &#8211; most new cameras will be getting this &#8211; the Panasonic GM1 already has it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But that&#8217;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<p><strong>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 &#8211; and that is what you get with Micro Four Thirds without much increase in weight, size or price.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>What you get with Micro Four Thirds which is not available with Nikon 1 is:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>better ability to control depth of field<\/li>\n<li>better image quality at higher ISO<\/li>\n<li>better ability to utilise full frame lenses<\/li>\n<li>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<li>an extensive range of lenses &#8211; nearly all with filter threads so you can attach polarising filters and gradient filters<\/li>\n<li>an affordable portrait lens &#8211; 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<li>shallower DOF standard lens &#8211; 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<li>a wide aperture super compact lens for walking the street at night or indoor part shots &#8211; the Panasonic 20mm f\/1.7<\/li>\n<li>an urban night wide angle lens for hand held work with shutter speeds down to 2secs (with the E-M1) &#8211; the Olympus 12mm f\/2.0<\/li>\n<li>a beautiful wide aperture telephoto lens &#8211; the Olympus 75mm f\/1.8<\/li>\n<li>pro quality lenses such as the f\/2.8 pro zoom lenses<\/li>\n<li>a high quality macro lens &#8211; the Olympus 60mm f\/2.8 macro<\/li>\n<li>a range of fisheye lenses &#8211; the Nikon 1 system is yet to have a dedicated fisheye lens<\/li>\n<li>in-camera image stabilisation for any lens you attach, even legacy manual focus ones (Olympus cameras)<\/li>\n<li>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<li>in-built viewfinder &#8211; this is essential if you need reading glasses &#8211; and also to provide better image stability for sharper photos<\/li>\n<li>ability to automatically auto-focus on the subject&#8217;s closest eye<\/li>\n<li>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&#8217;s i-TTL flash technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=4884\" target=\"_blank\">my blog when the Nikon 1 system was announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikon 1 v3 is the latest &#8220;high end&#8221; 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Like all Nikon 1 cameras it has a small 1&#8243; sensor with a 2.7x crop factor and this allows it to have small lenses, particularly at the telephoto range. &nbsp; The camera body size though is almost identical [&hellip;]<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}