Nikon V1

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	Body only $495 With 10-30mm lens $580
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	Key specs

	Sensor size Nikon CX 13.2x8.8mm Screen resolution 921k dots
	Megapixels 10 MP Movie format 1080p @ 30fps
	Screen size 3" Light sensitivity 3,200 ISO
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Nikon has replaced the 1 V1 with the 1 V2.

Nikon 1 V2 announced October 2012

	Faster autofocus
	Higher true resolution
	Better maximum light sensitivity

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The Nikon V1 vs other recent mirrorless cameras

	High speed movies
	1,200 fps

	Rapid fire
	60 fps

	External mic jack
	Record higher quality audio with a microphone

	Incredible shutter lag
	97 ms shutter lag

	Inexpensive
	$495.00

	Light
	294 g

	Doesn't use battery, see more detail
	Digital

	Incredible startup delay
	1300 ms startup delay

	Movie continuous focus
	Makes it easy to get in-focus movies

	Quite small
	Mid size (113×76×44 mm)

	Thin
	1.7"

	Fast shutter speed
	1/16000 of a second

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The Nikon V1 vs other recent mirrorless cameras

	Very noisy at high ISO
	346 ISO

	Very low overall image quality
	54.0

	Little color depth
	21.3 bits

	No image stabilization
	Risk of blur

	No 24p movies
	Missing that film look

	Lower true resolution
	10 MP

	Fixed screen
	Less flexible

	Very few lenses available
	20 lenses

	No built-in flash
	Professional

	Not so popular
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	Full HD
	1080p @ 30fps

	Low resolution screen
	921k dots

	Very narrow dynamic range
	11 EV

	Very poor maximum light sensitivity
	3,200 ISO

	No touch screen
	More buttons

	No weather sealing
	Need to shelter it from weather

	contrast detection autofocus
	slower focusing

	Old
	September 2011

	Short exposures
	30 seconds

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Bahaa Chouman

(8:38 AM, March 04, 2013)

Dear Snapsort which one is the best from the side of megapixels and quality for rapidfire or burt mode becouse like for example fast sports like jetski or kart racing its important to have rapidefire or burstmode mode but it will loss its image quality!!! so which one is the best out there that can have Both at the same time a good megapixel quality and a fast burstmode or rapidfire please advice me becouse i am not smart like you in Camera stuff :)

icejack

(6:52 AM, January 20, 2012)

The external flash SB-n5 is nice flash to start , but it may lack power, hope they release an adapted or wireless flash transmitter soon

Snapsort

(7:16 PM, January 17, 2012)

Thanks, we will add the few movie formats that we missed

Felix Schmidt

(7:12 PM, January 17, 2012)

The only good is the 1080p at 60fps. I would be sooo excited to see that framerate in the 5D Mk III. Anyway the V1 has a pretty nice case.

Felix Schmidt

(7:09 PM, January 17, 2012)

According to
http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_v1 these movie formats are supported:
1920x1080 - 60fps
1920x1080 - 30fps
1280x720 - 60fps
1027x720 - 60fps
640x240 - 400fps
320x120 -1200fps

Snapsort

(1:51 PM, September 21, 2011)

Ah, thanks for pointing that out mrak and Ken, you're right, the Nikon V1 does have a hotshoe for an external flash, while the J1 doesn't. Here is a page from Nikon showing the possible accessories. I'll get our specs updated, and also mention that it has an external mic jack.

PRATAP

(1:50 PM, September 21, 2011)

I could not understand why Nikon people have released this prototype with prices not affordable to normal people and features not adequate for amateurs , forget about professionals. When mirrorless cameras are available with Sony, Panasonic and Olympus with loads of features who is that in this universe would compare this gizmo with them to buy? We cannot expect such things from Nikon atleast.

mrak

(1:29 PM, September 21, 2011)

It looks like there's a little sliding cover over the flash shoe to the left (from behind) of the viewfinder housing.

Snapsort

(1:14 PM, September 21, 2011)

Yes, the Nikon V1 uses an electronic shutter to achieve crazy fast 1/16,000s shutter speed. It also captures 60fps stills at full resolution, its a machine gun :) According to Nikon:

Single-point AF: 135 focus areas
Auto-area AF: 41 focus areas
Subject tracking
Face-priority AF

Khalifah Alfadhli

(1:12 PM, September 21, 2011)

1/16000 of a second !60 fps !135 focus points !Are you shot about these numbers?

Youri Van Cutsem

(0:17 PM, September 21, 2011)

Wireless flash, maybe ? :)

Snapsort

(11:09 AM, September 21, 2011)

How does that work Ken - I didn't see where they would attach?

Ken R

(11:06 AM, September 21, 2011)

There are external flash for V1

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