10-23-2011, 09:43 AM
Seems that the Nikon 1 cameras have similar strange annoyances as their compact cameras usually are plagued with, most of them pretty inexplicable...
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6600156...nikon-v1/3
"The only issue that I ran into with the vibration reduction system is a stubborn tendency to attempt to ‘correct’ lateral camera movement when initiating a panning movement. This is a particular problem when filming at long focal lengths. The VR system introduces a noticeable lateral ‘jolt’ in the footage when you initiate a panning movement or change panning speed."
Pretty weird, as they have no such problem in their DSLRs. Are the different design teams no working from a common design and technological solution base?
Manual focus...
"To make it easier to see what's in focus and what's not - at least in theory - the zoom switch on the V1's rear acts as a focus area magnification toggle. The trouble is that the screen image gets lower and lower in resolution as you zoom in, making it very hard to focus accurately. To be honest, after trying repeatedly to use manual focus, and failing to reliably get sharp results, I think this is more of a token gesture than a serious feature."
How come? Other Nikon cameras (both DSLR and compact digital) do zoom in on higher res. files. Why the Nikon 1 not? Pretty odd. Hope they change this in a firmware update.
"Firstly, the exposure mode dial on the V1's rear, which rotates far too freely.
The J1 has this problem as well - in my shooting I've lost count of the number of times I've accidentally rotated the dial when shifting my grip on the camera, and ended up in one of the other exposure modes."
How did that not pop up as a problem during development?
"Secondly, with its kit zoom and 10mm pancake lens options the V1 powers up quickly in roughly 1 second, and only takes a fraction of a second longer to power down. When the camera goes to sleep though, it takes almost two seconds to 'wake up' before you can take a photograph, and a long half press of the shutter button is required to rouse it."
Two seconds to wake up, and a long half shutter button press? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':mellow:' />
" Shot to shot time in single frame advance mode isn't great either at around two seconds on average, including AF re-aquisition."
That is... rather slow.
I am impressed by the noise profile of the rather smallish sensor. I like the 3x2 format. I like the idea of maybe being able to "adapt" my ultra micro Nikkors on it, because of the Nikon name. But with such usability niggles that really are not necessary..
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/6600156...nikon-v1/3
"The only issue that I ran into with the vibration reduction system is a stubborn tendency to attempt to ‘correct’ lateral camera movement when initiating a panning movement. This is a particular problem when filming at long focal lengths. The VR system introduces a noticeable lateral ‘jolt’ in the footage when you initiate a panning movement or change panning speed."
Pretty weird, as they have no such problem in their DSLRs. Are the different design teams no working from a common design and technological solution base?
Manual focus...
"To make it easier to see what's in focus and what's not - at least in theory - the zoom switch on the V1's rear acts as a focus area magnification toggle. The trouble is that the screen image gets lower and lower in resolution as you zoom in, making it very hard to focus accurately. To be honest, after trying repeatedly to use manual focus, and failing to reliably get sharp results, I think this is more of a token gesture than a serious feature."
How come? Other Nikon cameras (both DSLR and compact digital) do zoom in on higher res. files. Why the Nikon 1 not? Pretty odd. Hope they change this in a firmware update.
"Firstly, the exposure mode dial on the V1's rear, which rotates far too freely.
The J1 has this problem as well - in my shooting I've lost count of the number of times I've accidentally rotated the dial when shifting my grip on the camera, and ended up in one of the other exposure modes."
How did that not pop up as a problem during development?
"Secondly, with its kit zoom and 10mm pancake lens options the V1 powers up quickly in roughly 1 second, and only takes a fraction of a second longer to power down. When the camera goes to sleep though, it takes almost two seconds to 'wake up' before you can take a photograph, and a long half press of the shutter button is required to rouse it."
Two seconds to wake up, and a long half shutter button press? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mellow.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':mellow:' />
" Shot to shot time in single frame advance mode isn't great either at around two seconds on average, including AF re-aquisition."
That is... rather slow.
I am impressed by the noise profile of the rather smallish sensor. I like the 3x2 format. I like the idea of maybe being able to "adapt" my ultra micro Nikkors on it, because of the Nikon name. But with such usability niggles that really are not necessary..