norman shearer
Veteran
- Location
- Corby, Northants, England
Noticed there is no street thread for Nikon 1 cameras so thought I'd start one. Feel free to join in! I'd also welcome your likes/dislikes regarding these cameras with regard to street shooting.
Personally I'm having a hoot with the J1 and 10mm pancake. Shooting from the hip using single point af and with face detection on it nails the focus frequently. Continuous mode works as
well as many dslr's and the buffer seems to clear pretty quick too. Silent shutter gives you the confidence to shoot up close. Metering seems to be very good. Only tested centre weighted so far but
I'm not getting many files that are spoiled as a result of over/under exposure. That's possibly because the dynamic range is impressive and the files can handle quite a bit of post. I'd definately rate the
files as being up there amongst mft cameras I've had. Not really checked out the high iso yet - I have it on auto iso 100-3200 but it invariably trys to keep the iso down.
Dislikes - jpeg preview that can't be disabled. LCD screen that can't be turned off.
DSC_1906 by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr
DSC_1503 by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr
DSC_1068 by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr
Personally I'm having a hoot with the J1 and 10mm pancake. Shooting from the hip using single point af and with face detection on it nails the focus frequently. Continuous mode works as
well as many dslr's and the buffer seems to clear pretty quick too. Silent shutter gives you the confidence to shoot up close. Metering seems to be very good. Only tested centre weighted so far but
I'm not getting many files that are spoiled as a result of over/under exposure. That's possibly because the dynamic range is impressive and the files can handle quite a bit of post. I'd definately rate the
files as being up there amongst mft cameras I've had. Not really checked out the high iso yet - I have it on auto iso 100-3200 but it invariably trys to keep the iso down.
Dislikes - jpeg preview that can't be disabled. LCD screen that can't be turned off.
DSC_1906 by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr
DSC_1503 by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr
DSC_1068 by norman j shearer2010, on Flickr