07-05-2015, 07:43 PM
The Nikon 1 range of cameras, with their small sensors (about a 7th of FX sensor in size), can indeed compete with FX cameras, under the right circumstances. As these sensors, till now made by Aptina, are quite noisy to start with, they work best at low ISO, and that means good light.
So slow lenses are not useful, nor are lenses you must step down a lot to get any sharpness at all. The 70-300CX is very good at its long end, even fully open, a very unusual character.
I owned the famed 80-400 VR II and I couldn't find it being sharper than the 70-300CX, anywhere between 80-300. The 70-300CX is a superb lens, lens weighing a fraction of the 80-400 VR II, and costing less than half of what the 80-400, even at its present, rebated, price.
So slow lenses are not useful, nor are lenses you must step down a lot to get any sharpness at all. The 70-300CX is very good at its long end, even fully open, a very unusual character.
I owned the famed 80-400 VR II and I couldn't find it being sharper than the 70-300CX, anywhere between 80-300. The 70-300CX is a superb lens, lens weighing a fraction of the 80-400 VR II, and costing less than half of what the 80-400, even at its present, rebated, price.