WEll, well. I'm not sure I'm proud to say that I tumbled for the two lens
kit on black Friday. It is an interesting if half-baked camera. The mode
switch on the back is changed by the lightest breath of wind. Most settings
are one or another version of the "We will take a hundred or so pictures in
a burst of video and select the best ones for you." mode. In my first
effort, it frequently go in that mode, which is really the "We will tie up
your camera for minutes like it or not" and spit our one of many similar, or
in my case record enough exposures to fill up a card really really fast.
That said, the results are remarkable for a tiny camera with a tiny sensor.
I am happy with the files, generally sharp and noise free, if perhaps a bit
overprocessed. The built-in EVF is as good as one ever needs to be. If I can
get it settled down to just shooting one shot each press, I will be happy.
If no, it's sold and I'm getting MFT.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:33 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: [OM] Nikon 1 V1, was: Two-wheeling "kit"
Speaking of small Nikon kits I'm reminded that I saw a Nikon 1 V1
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/823590-REG/Nikon_27504_Nikon_1_V1_Mirrorless.html>
in use over the weekend. It had been purchased recently by the
daughter-in-law of a friend who was using it to document the celebration
of her step-son's safe return from Afganistan on this past Memorial Day
weekend.
I was shooting along with her. There was very little light so I was
shooting at ISO 3200 in order to get about 1/160 second at f/5.6 which I
needed for depth of field. I was thinking that she probably wasn't
going to get much given the low light. Now, mind you, I never saw
anything put up on a computer screen from her camera but what she was
showing me on the large LCD screen looked every bit as good as what I
was getting. Of course, I think the 5D's raw mode will recover a lot of
shadow detail that the little Nikon won't but neither she (nor my wife)
will ever note the difference.
Just to show that a fully automatic camera is the best thing for her I
had to show her that the camera had an interchangeable lens. She bought
it without having known that at all. She was actually rather skeptical
until I asked to hold the camera and removed the lens for her. Not sure
which it was but probably the 10-30 kit lens.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/30/2012 3:33 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 5/30/2012 6:04 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> Thanks. All info appreciated. It's hard to justify a move away from
>> Nikon, but the sheer bulk of the equipment is problematic on two wheels.
>
> Perhaps there is an important question that hasn't been asked, and thus
> not answered. What do you think you will be
> doing with these images from the road?
>
> If you harbor the thought that a few might be good enough for large prints
> for sale, the answer is different than if you
> simply want nice records of your trip. Or if you might be satisfied with a
> limited print size for sale.
>
> If you work back from what you want to come out of it, defining the
> equipment may be easier. Then you can try a trip or
> two with Nikon kit, other(s) with G12 and compare experience and results.
> If something in between seems a better choice,
> then, with the aid of that experience, (re)consider what might meet your
> needs.
>
> If OTOH, you simply need an excuse to try an OM-D, ignore all the above
> and go for it. ;-)
>
> Too Logical Moose
>
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