WRITTEN BY THE LIGHT: Nikon 1 Series Considered Part 3

In Parts 1 and 2 I covered the main features of Nikon?s new 1 series, particularly the V1. But the 1 series are interchangeable lens cameras, so what about lenses?
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The main disappointment is the there is no fast lens right out of the chute. Nikon introduced four lenses:

1 NIKKOR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 lens (27-81mm) with VR (Kit Lens)

1 NIKKOR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 lens (81-297mm) with VR US$250
1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8 pancake lens (27mm) US$250
1 NIKKOR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 (27-270mm equivalent) power zoom with VR US$750

Each lens features a Silent Stepping Motor (STM) for AF and, other than the pancake, Nikon's VR II image stabilization technology.

In addition to these four lenses, Nikon also released the FT-1 F-mount adaptor which allows the camera to accept legacy F-mount lenses. Given the V1?s 2.7 crop factor, Thom Hogan noted some interesting possibilities. For example, when mounted on a Nikon 1 the 35mm f/1.8 DX becomes 90.5 mm, a workable portrait lens. Thom notes other interesting possibilities:

?The 40mm Micro-Nikkor, for example, is a 108mm equivalent on the Nikon 1. Wait, that's a lot like...OMG, it's a 105 macro! The 50mm f/1.8 (yes, I know, not DX, but a recent of-interest-to-DX-users lens) is a 135mm (though not DC ;~). True, we're still losing out on the aperture game, but it just seems like there are a lot of recent Nikkors that have come across my desk that seem somewhat interesting on the Nikon 1. Almost to the point where I might be more likely to carry a Nikon 1 along with my D7000 instead of a m4/3.?

At the introduction, Nikon also showed mock-ups of six additional lenses:

A portrait prime,
A Wide-angle zoom,
A High Power zoom,
A Super-telephoto zoom,
A macro.
And a pocket-sized normal zoom.

Thom Hogan has speculated about the following yet to come:

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18mm f/1.4 (~50mm equivalent)
32mm f/1.2 (~85mm equivalent)
40mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor (~105mm equivalent)
60mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor (162mm equivalent)
7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 (20-35mm equivalent)
9-43mm f/2.8-5.6 (24-120mm equivalent)

So how can you envision the Nikon 1 V1 being used? The first thing that comes to mind is sports, from auto racing to football. Here?s an example from Thom Hogan:

?[C]onsider that you shoot for a sports Web site ... that you never post anything bigger than 800 pixels. Now put an 85mm f/1.4G on the Nikon 1 and go to your next event. You're shooting two stops faster than the 70-200mm guy and 52 frames per second faster. Say what? Could that be useful? You bet it could be.?

When I think of ?fast? I also think of kids. The Nikon 1 seems like the perfect Daddy-cam. Set it up and go. The same holds true for kid?s sports. If the Nikon 1 has low noise, mount some fast F-mount lenses and you?re ready to shoot from the stands.

In theory, the Nikon 1 should be a superb tool for wildlife and bird photography. That 200mm now becomes a 540mm. Couple that with a 10fps frame rate and you?re good to go. Heck, even the NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR becomes an alternative to a 70-300mm.

Finally, my own personal interest would be Civil Was Reenactment photography. Like sports the action can be fast and with auto focus locked that 60fps frame rate will ensure that you?ll get that flame coming out of the cannon barrel. Besides that I won?t have near as much gear to lug around. I like that.

So, I?ll be paying close attention over the next few weeks to what the experts are saying. A very interesting camera indeed.

Source: http://writtenbythelight.blogspot.com/2011/10/nikon-1-series-considered-part-3.html

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