The new Nikon 1 V3
Really guys! You should stop whining about Olympus/Panasonic camera being to expensive. Just watch how much the newly announced and very ugly (for my personal tastes) Nikon 1 V3 costs ($1199 Amazon). You see? For once we should feel lucky 🙂
Uh, what’s really positively “mad” is the 20fps with continuous autofocus! Impressive!
P.S.: Nikon 1 V3 Coverage at Mirrorlessrumors.com.
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What a stupid posting…
I think it looks better than the Olympus E-M1
Agreed. I think admin needs to keep his personal tastes to himself.
And yeah, M43 is still TOO expensive for what it is. Not to mention the camera comes with everything included. Grip, VF… maybe the E-P5 should include the EVF for free.
So, YOU can spout all sorts of opinionated bullshit all day long, but the owner of this website can’t offer an opinion? MR ALLCRAPS indeed…
Besides, the GX7 is cheaper than this, it has a grip and a built in, tilting EVF, for less money…
Who said Admin can’t make an Opinion? It’s just the simple fact that as the admin of a specific format of camera, why STOOP to the level of other camera sites? Why not just praise the format instead of stooping to even LOWER levels?
First off, Nikon is in Much Better shape than M43 COMBINED.
Secondly, if Nikon was to take Mirrorless seriously, like if this Nikon 1 had a APS-C sensor, it would take another deep bite into the Mirrorless pie, which would further decline M43 sales. Sony and Fuji are hurting M43 already, another serious player would basically KILL it.
Lastly, I’m just a commenter. If I was in charge of a site like this, I would have more Respect for rivals, but more for ME and my readerships choice of format and wouldn’t stoop to fanboys levels, no matter if the competition is doing it. There are levels to stupidity.
So it’s OK to have an opinion but only if it’s in the form of “praise”?
Did I say “Only”? Gosh, what you just graduated from Kindergarden, or something? -Congrats, but I refuse to stoop down to your level in order for you to understand.
No, I said “only”, but you said “just”.
To be clear, I think it’s perfectly acceptable for admin to share both positive and negative opinions. Still unsure about your position though.
Why you not stoop out of here, if so fed up with place?
olympus really need to up there video specs there starting to look stone age
“It’s too ugly to show, but here are a couple of links for you to buy it.”
uh, wanted to make some fun. But I see that I am not good at it (or that people doesn’t like humor).
🙂
well who cares how it looks like? Why not consider its usefulness?
Why this headline…? Don’t understand? Because it isn’t MFT? This seems to be an amazing camera! C-AF speed + fps is an unique feature for the Nikon 1-series.
I came from Canon (d)slr’s and use now only MFT. Own de EM-5 and am in doubt of buying the E-M1. If you like the look of a camera is for everyone different. The V1 looks refreshing, clean. The V2, mmm a bit strange. But this V3 seems solid and balanced.
If you ‘run’ this website(I like to read) let other decide to like or not like this V3. What if Nikon or other brand websites use such headlines when something new from Olympus/Panasonic came out…?
They do such headlines 🙂
That said, isn’t it interesting to see what the competition is doing?
yes look how stupid the competitors are…. here is the image now make a snap judgment knowing its a smaller sensor and “ulgy”.
Just like everyone else did with the E300…. Come on….
I can’t say it’s ugly?
Beside that, the real thing critic is the price. $1,200!
Yep so just like the E5, E3, E1. I remember those times when 43erd users were on the back foot all the time and “photographers” would question there cameras. But not in this age that oly got out front with is m43 cameras and lens… no fuji and sony (or even canon/nikon) will never come out with cheap FF mirrorless cameras and a full lens set that have people question why buy a camera with a non standard sensor size driving up the cost of there sensor vs even 1.5x
Looks promising you can check its with features here http://nikonrumors.com/2014/03/13/nikon-1-v3-mirrorless-camera-officially-announced.aspx/
Lets wait for the review
On the bright side, at least you get the (removable) accessory grip and EVF as part of the $1200 package.
Meanwhile, you get some interesting features:
* 171 CDAF points
* 105 PDAF points
* 60 frames per sec. burst rate (fixed focus)
* LCD-mounted control buttons (could come in handy when it’s swiveled)
I’m not expecting its low-light performance will be all that great (given its sensor size), but time and testing will tell.
Iso performance is also interesting to see what it can offer in comparison with nikons dslr
To me (but have not handled it of course), it looks pretty much purpose built. Purposeful is beautiful in my book.
That thing is indeed worse than the GM1
I didn’t mean the GM1 is not good, but just this Nikon is worse in comparison.
How is the Nikon worse? Both have strength and weaknesses. GM1 has a bigger sensor and is physically smaller. However, handling can be an issue because it’s so small. The Nikon can take an EVF, has a tilting screen, 171 focus points and 120FPS and flash X Sync of 1/250 sec. Lens selection of the Nikon system is limited and this new body is rather high priced.
hey..I think that Olympus can DEFINITELY take some design cues from Nikon’s take on the detachable VF. Actually, this one looks designed whereas the Olympus (although highly functional) looks like someone in the back of the factory said “hey…this looks good!” 🙂
That Nikon EVF was designed, whereas engineers at Olympus pulled the VF4 out of their collective asses. 🙂
It’s not a bad looking camera, although the Nikon 1 system doesn’t do much for me at all… EXCEPT for the AW1. Now THAT’S the sort of M4/3 camera that either Olympus or Panasonic should release! PLUS underwater versions of the 7-14mm, 17mm and 14-45mm! Rugged and waterproof without the need for a bulky and expensive third-party housing!
If they do it, we’ll buy it!
I agree about the lens design…for a $1200 ILC…it should not have that P&S look. That is going to impact sales….
I used to shoot for the surfing mags…back in the 70’s, Scott Preiss (look that up!!!! LOL!) water housing…Nikon FM inside with a dismantled Vivitar indexed flash that I was able to fit around the camera inside the housing. It is the east coast afterall and I needed some fill light in those dark brown tubes. No more of that for me. I would go out there on epic winter surf days in February with only 36 frames to shoot, manually focusing with a knob on the housing and bring home the goods. ah.. youth and enthusiasm!!!!!
I would junk all of my MFT gear (there is quite a collection in front of me) for the Fuji X-T1 “if” it had 1/8000 sec., better flash sync, IBIS…but the real killer for me is the lens sizes. They are just too big… I am not giving up my FF gear..no way..the files are just too good and the Fuji when all is said and done is just too close in size to my FF gear with the fast lenses if I want to go out and shoot with a full kit. If I go out with my E-P5 around my neck with one lens, I can carry a REALLY small bag with 9 lenses and my EP-6 in there, too. I can go full bore with not a lot of weight and have everything covered. The APS-C’s (even the mirrorless cameras) are too close to full frame when you have a full kit of lenses..so I just can’t see changing …yet! I think in time that the APS-C’s will be as good as the FF’s are now and then I might reconsider…
Winter surfing? Yikes. I grew up in New England and that water is damn cold, even in August! 58 degrees was considered warm!
But I should talk, in the 70s I was ice climbing and mountaineering in the North Cascades with a Konica Autoreflex A stuffed in a belt pouch. Couldn’t do much shooting while leading or belaying, but my buddy once got a shot of me chopping a step while leading a pitch on the Roosevelt Glacier head wall on Mt. Baker. He was sort of belaying me. 😉 It freaked me out a bit when I found out, but glad he got the shot! 🙂
When MEN were MEN….LOL!
http://www.chrisstroh.com.au/retro/water-housings
That I would buy in a heartbeat. A m43 AW version!
Don’t find it that ugly at all.
20fps shooting with auto-focus is impressive, but lets see how the whole package works in real life(then we can also say something useful on the pricetag).
Looks good to me, but not $1200 good.
I love how that thing looks…and if it performs …it will be a game changer…I am looking forward to it…I picked up the V1 when it was dirt cheap…and that is a great camera…going up to 18 megapixels is a nice improvement…as long as the sensor can handle it…looking forward to future reviews on the V3
18 MP? A nice improvement? I dont think so. The sensor is tiny for 18 MP. Consider difraction issue…
Sony RX100 is highly regarded and comes in at 20 megapixels, so the sensor size can easily take the extra resolution while maintaining quality. I am wondering whet m43 will finally reach the 20+ megapixel era as well.
I agree with our admin on the fps madness. I’ve scaled my E-M1 back to 5fps in slow mode (C-AF), and it’s still too many to work through when I get home after a game! I used to always shoot in RAW plus fine JPEG, now I shoot sports in medium JPEg alone.
I don’t think it’s a particularly ugly camera though (looks reasonably sorted ergonomically), but I do prefer the built in EVF. I think the original V1 was the nicest model in the 1 series so far.
Nikon V3 looks good without the optional grip viewfinder, but the price should have been around 399-499$ with the lens. I bet almost nobody will buy it two years from now until the price is as indicated…
Nikon really thinks their costumers are stupid! LOL
Interesting announcement. I think (hope?) that between this camera, the XE-2 and the a6000 m43 manufacturers will start pushing on-sensor PDAF down from the flagship models onto more consumer-oriented cameras. CDAF is fast and sort of “usually good enough” but it would be nice to know that future m43 cameras won’t have to carry caveats about poor auto focus performance in action settings.
Then again maybe Nikon 1, Fuji X and Sony a users have been hoping that they would see multi-axis sensor based image stabilization appear on their cameras so they could have good handheld shots with adapted lenses…
Hey…that is the launch price (which are always high)…and it includes camera body, lens, grip, and VF. With the name Nikon attached…it will sell….but the price will come down considerably over time.
The Nikon 1 is the best thing to happen to Micro Four Thirds :p
I think it looks really good. Just the price is crazy.
Did you catch the bit about the Micro SD card????
What’s the problem with micro SD?
I would buy it if ALL 20 PICTURES PER SECOND WERE ACTUAL FOCUSED FRAMES THAT I WANT TO KEEP! In low light. On people. Moving people.
Silly Nikon…
Why would you want to keep 20 pictures all taken within the time-frame of one second? Isn’t the point of a high fps performance, that it increases the likelihood of getting at least one keeper?
And how many cameras get every single frame of a moving subject perfectly in focus in low light?
Silly you…
Even with cameras shooting at around 8fps, you can easily find yourself wanting am image that’s actually between the 2 that you took. 20fps can do that. When you shoot animals, some are VERY quick. Some can make multiple movements in less than 0.01 seconds. That means that even 20 fps may not be enough. You need 100fps to truly capture those.
But when you’re wildlife photographer this is not going to be the camera for you for multiple other reasons. So when it comes to animals, this thing is very suited for shooting your cat or dog at 20fps.
Except for the tacked on evf, this is a very attractive camera. I like it. now the price,.. ouch! GM1 please?
I do not find it ugly either. Actually pretty cool. Very interesting features instead. Sport lovers will have good advantages. I would give it a though if it had a good low-light response. I just wonder… where have the in-between focal lengths gone… from 30 to 70…?
looks nice to me (personal opinion). I cant say the same about the price though.
Wow… What a Fanboy heading, it’s not even funny and so unprofessional.
And for looks, that camera looks MUCH better than the E-M1!!
I love the detachable grip. But a sensor smaller than 43? Easy Pass. I’m stepping up from the 43 sensor, not lower.
It looks good, but the sensor size will kill it. Nikon fans might eat it up though. Why no APS-C sensor, nikon?
Agreed – It’s really, really sad, but one of the reasons I chose the GH2 over the E-M1 was because I couldn’t stand “Igor”‘s appearance. The v3 isn’t even in the same league of ugly. Smaller sensors can be really good, though – My wife’s RX100 is pretty amazing. Not $1300 amazing, but $650 amazing for sure, which is what the v3 should run.
Precisely. I have an e-m5, and I also have an RX100 (original one). For a much smaller camera than the E-m5, the RX100 image quality is definitely *sufficient,* when shooting RAW. For more, the e-m5 cna be optionalyl carried.
If they did release this as an APS-C camera, I can see Nikon making lots of $$$$!
It looks OK, but not that BETTER THAN THAT UGLY E-M1 (well, those guys should consider GH4 as the beauty queen). V3’s design is just uninspiring and dull. Kind of another black box. However, the speed burst is amazing.
Nikon has chosen a relatively small image sensor that does not have the potential to compete with mFT or APS-C-sized cameras. To put it even clearer: if I were a Nikon 1 owner I would have close to no incentive to buy a separate lens given that for the same amount of money lots of clearly superior mFT bundles are available (yes, including some DOF opportunities).
Love it. m43 loves to claim it is the equal of larger formats and is not too small. However, formats smaller than m43 are definitely too small, and hence are unimportant toys.
Hint: The exact same arguments that m43 claims as advantages over heavier and porkier and old fashioned larger cameras are the claims that Nikon 1 can make over m43.
Agree. And since everyone is always harping on focus speed and being able to take photos of sports or kids running around, perhaps the price is not too high given it can claim to be the fastest for the moment. Personally, it’s not worth the price to me.
All the while most of us could seriously just get a point and shoot like a Canon G16 and it is just as sufficient as the thousands of dollars invested in “better”equipment that supposedly blows everything else away.
@Rick and @ronin
I think the market for photographing kids moving at great speed is exaggerated, most parents prefer photos of their kids at play or happy and relaxed in nice light…
Speak for yourself YDDY, for sure. But you don’t speak for me as a parent. My kids (and the other parents on their rugby teams) really enjoy the slide shows (on YouTube) I put together of their games. You can get some great sequences using C-AF in burst mode with the E-PL1, and the focusing is usually spot-on. As long as I do my bit right!
Sure, but then, cut those prices. Give up on DOF control, give up on focus control (we only have an EVF), give up on AF speed… Wait, I gave up, but did you cut those prices? See what I mean?
YouDidntDidYou, I can only assume you’ve never been to a youth soccer game. Or lacrosse, or basketball, or…..
Agreed. It’s quite hypocritical that we use the same inferiority arguments that were once thrown against ourselves. As some commentators have mentioned, the capability of all modern cameras are likely to be well beyond the skill level of the photographer. Thus, the camera to choose should be the one that feels best in the user’s hands and a format that is most inclined to induce usage. Sensor size alone shouldn’t matter per se, but this will inevitably have an effect on the physical size of the system as a whole. I think people should thus choose a format where the size of the system is at the threshold of what they are willing to carry, and be less directly concerned about the size of the sensor itself.
It’s not the size of the sensor that makes the Nikon CX cameras a problem, it’s the IQ that results from that small, high density sensor.
And I don’t know anyone who says m43 “is the equal of larger formats.” We acknowledge a larger sensor of similar technology allows for lower noise and/or greater detail. What m43 advocates say is that m43 cameras are “good enough.” Performance is close enough to APS-C, and even FF, that for normal uses one won’t notice the difference. Unfortunately for Nikon, that hasn’t been true of the previous Nikon 1 cameras. At even moderate enlargement detail and noise suffer in comparison to m43. However, if all you’re going to do with images from this camera is post them to the internet, then it is likely more than good enough, as long as you don’t have to bump the ISO to very high levels.
If Nikon gets image quality to where we can’t really tell the difference in a 13×19 print, then I’ll happily consider those cameras. So far, they’re nowhere close to that level.
It’s hard to be consistent.
$1200? Nikon still hasn’t learned their lesson regarding pricing. How many J1’s are still available new?
I’ve NEVER seen a V2 in the wild and have seen a total of 1 J3.
Nikon, wake up. The 1 series is an advanced P&S, not a competitor to M43 or APS-C, yet is priced to compete with much more capable cameras.
It’s a solid kit, but unless you’re pricing correctly, you’re going to get hurt…. again.
There still are V1s available new…and a lot of V2s available new at a grand . I really like my V1 but I only bought it when the price bottomed out…the specs on the V3 look promising but I guess I will have to wait for the V4 to make the V3 more affordable
Is micro 4/3 a cult and the Nikon 1 a personal insult?
If we mock the appearance of a competitor and call it names, does it help micro 4/3 sell more?
Just because the Nikon V3 is overpriced, does that somehow make the EM-1 not overpriced?
Unfortunately, we live in an age where mocking a competitor does indeed help with sales. Market research shows that negative ads are very effective. Also, yes, competing and alternative product prices do determine whether something is perceived as overpriced or not.
WRONG. It just makes you look Petty.
See the Sony Fanboy and Sony themselves.
I’ve been very critical of people who complain about how cameras look, because that has nothing to do with taking pictures (similarly, I don’t complain about how attractive the hammer is that I use to build things).
However, that’s one ugly camera.
Sorry to say but the J3 jpegs look like mush when zoomed in to 100%, which says a lot seeing as how most promo images were shot with Nikon’s top of the line DSLR lenses. The pixel density is just too high on this chip for clean output.
This is a silly price, even worse than M43. Result: failures.
But this is the price for a kit:
Nikon 1 V3 Digital Camera with 1 NIKKOR 10-30mm PD-Zoom Lens, DF-N1000 Electronic Viewfinder and GR-N1010 Grip
This includes EVF, lens and kit. E-P5 in a similar kit was more.
I think this camera will become a great buy once it dips below $1,000. It really looks like the Nikon 1 has finally matured in the V3.
As an owner of an Olympus E-P5 and Lumix GH3 (both cameras I enjoy), I have to say the V3 is a better value than the E-P5, due to its included viewfinder and grip (modular design) and its superior video performance. It has a faster shutter speed than my GH3 and a faster flash-sync speed.
So, in my estimation, there are two really complete, do-it-all hybrid cameras (defined as having strong video and professional shutter/flash-sync speeds): the GH4 ($1,700) and the V3 ($1,200). The Sony A7 is close (the A7R falls on slow flash sync), but the Alpha isn’t fully baked in terms of responsiveness, lens choices, and the video seems to be middling.
I believe we have to stop placing camera value solely or mostly based upon the sensor size, and start looking at the camera’s value as a system. Take the $1,400 Olympus E-M1 for example. In terms of responsiveness, pixel count, weather sealing and features, it is the equal to the $6,500 Nikon D4s. What the extra $5,100 buys you with the D4s is a tougher (and much heavier) body, better noise handling, better continuous autofocus and higher dynamic range. As a recent switcher from Nikon FX, I can tell you I have been able to work around MFT’s (seeming) limitations through the use of fast primes and paying closer attention to exposure (a good thing). If you looks at the supporting circuitry of the E-M1/V3/GH4 (processor, viewscreen, frame buffer) they are every bit the equal of a camera in the class of the D4s.
I am not saying the D4s isn’t worth its asking price, it is, but I am saying the V3, the E-M1 and GH4 are definitely worth their asking prices considering what they offer.
As a photographer who does video on the side, the V3 would look like a better proposition to me if I made the switch from Nikon FX today (especially considering I could fully adopt my Nikkor glass). As it is, I own a lot of MFT fast glass and will probably pick up the GH4 if and when it comes down to the $1,500 range (I don’t need/want 4K at this point).
I concur with pretty much what you posted including the price value and the importance of the electronics and software components of the camera. The V3 represents an advancement that is hard to ignore and price for the package is quite attractive specially if it dips below $1,000. The major strikes I have against the V3 is the use of the micro-SD card, the use of a proprietary hot shoe and the absence of a wireless flash commander function on the built-in flash. I would also have wanted the rear rotary control to be shaped like the multi-selector controls of the dSLR to make designating the desired AF points easier when using the EVF.
By the way, I am still a user of Nikon FX, likewise a user of a GH3 and possible owner of a GH4. I also use an E-M1. Many common grounds here. 🙂
Good catches, HD10. I wasn’t aware of those deficits. MicroSD?!? That is a little bizarre if you ask me. Though a 16 GB Sandisk 95 MB/S Ultra MicroSD looks pretty reasonable. The hot shoe is kind of a showstopper for me since I am quite reliant on hot shoe-mounted radio triggers for studio work. Adapters are made, but even Sony has abandoned their proprietary hot shoe.
I recently divested my D700, D3, and D3x and switched to Olympus/Panasonic. Those cameras were great and their IQ unequalled. But I do love mirrorless.
While I agree that sensor size, in and of itself, should not be a consideration, the performance of the sensor certainly is. And, unless this camera represents a pretty significant advance, I don’t think IQ at high ISO is going to be competitive. I could be wrong, though.
The lens selection is also rather weak, with a striking absence of fast lenses and good primes.
Agreed. I would say, however, that the low-light performance of the V3 is a question mark until it falls into the hands of reputable reviewers.
Owning the Sony RX100 II, I have to say it returns pretty good low-light performance at 20.2 megapixels on its 1-inch sensor. On paper (i.e. dxo mark), it doesn’t do very well, but it is far superior to the Nikon D300s cameras we have at the office, and is quiet clean at ISO 1600 (the highest I have ever had occasion using it).
I have to believe Nikon benchmarked the RX100 II when they developed the V3’s 18.4 MP sensor (either in house or with a partner), as the ensuing comparisons are inevitable.
What makes less sense is the $1,000 price tag on the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 that was announced at the same time.
the only ugly about the V3 is the evf?
Yep, that with the new 70-300 lens, an E-M10 with 60 macro, and a Samsung body with the new 16-50/2.0-2.8 lens could be my complete setup, but alas, way too much dough …
It does look cooler without the battery grip. My EM5 is no beauty queen either and it is nasty looking with the batt grip.
The dimensions of this new V3 camera show a depth of 1.3″ so maybe this EVF would be a good fit on a GM1 with hotshoe as it is only 1.2″ thick? The GM1 still trumps this V3 for size being 1/2 inch less width and height.
One question I have is the IQ of the new 1″ sensor as there were reports that the Nikon 1″ sensor was inferior to the 1″ sensor used by Sony but maybe this new one is from Sony?
The 70-300 (eff 190-810mm)/f4.5-5.6 lens will be quite big on this V3 camera being 2.9″ dia and 4.25″ long and cost $1000. Contrast that with the very small tele Pany is bringing out for the GM1 a 35-100/f2.8-? which is only 2.3″ dia and est 2.5″ long but shorter effective range of 75-200mm but likely faster lens. For short tele range the GM1 will be able to use better high ISO performance with its larger sized sensor. The 190-810mm range of this new lens might be tempting for birding use or distant objects depending on the IQ but high cost will be a deterent. If you want a small fast lens of similar reach one would have to use a smaller 1/2.3 sensor or just use a 30X travel cam.for effective 24-720mm reach.
It a nice looking camera. Don’t know what is ugly about it at all. It’s just plain and simple. The em1…now that’s hideously ugly. And I own one. Price is steep but not silly. That price quoted included the lens, grip and Evf. This looks solid.
Emperor’s New Clothes?
An ugly camera?? Far from it, you get a great grip for your hand, something I waited so long for on Olympus cameras. You don’t have to buy the EVF, so what? IT’S A BEAUTY!
The Admin needs to get a ‘grip’…..
$1200 including the grip and evf is better than I was expecting. I thought the body was $1200 on its own.
I have a V1. The camera is not bad, but the lens line up is still seriously lacking. The V3 has some interesting video modes. But until they start producing some better quality lenses at more reasonable prices, m43 will continue to be a much better system than the N1.
I think the 10 mm 2.8 is a wonderful lens on the Nikon 1 system…I am not looking for bokeh…the 10 2.8 …everything is sharp…I use this for street photography and the silent shutter makes it all the better…I have an E-M1 as well…I like them both for different reasons
They’ve copied E-M1 grip, Olympus should sue them :).
They also copied the practice of making external EVFs and grips with which camera looks like a monster, all for the sake of taking some extra money from customers. I wonder how they forgot the external flash ;).
Oh, and they could have easily enabled 24 fps burst and thus made a 9k video camera. Why limit the video to 1920×1080 60p?
Everything depends on how the sensor performs. Previous one was destroyed by RX100 II, let’s hope this one is better than Sony.
299,90,-$
interesting piece of compactness, I wonder if they improved the low light video performance compared with the J1. Ibis will stay a dream for such compact body.
actually, it is not at all overpriced or silly, it can do 120P and it is super fast and some value the speed over the sheer IQ for many apps.
personally I hated Nikon One, but now I am getting intrested in that system.
as sensor quality becomes better and better with time, this tech may kill the importance of m 4/3 system in tiny camera world.
now I strongly think m43 is doomed, it cannot be as fast as this Nikon , not as good as the Fuji or Sony in terms of sheer IQ.
that said , still the best balanced mirrorless system is APS-C DX and it will not change anytime soon.
tiny FF mirrorless system cameras are attractive for Canon lens holders or M glass collectors but for most of us it is not the right system.
I mean when we know we need FF and that kind of IQ , we most likely use a tripod and thus size is not really an issue, in fact on a tripod longexposure kind of shooting the heavier the better with less shutter and mirror shock.
as for studio camera, the small Sony mirrorless is not good enough due to the poor flash and remote control system of that FE system, even worse , there is no tethering option for that camera system yet..
then , there is the shutter vibration and light leak off issue, maybe even more serious issue is super lossy RAW compression of the Sony Alpha system.
so although I believe all future cameras will be mirrorless, the tiny FF mirrorless won’t be the future for many serious shooters as tele lenses are always big, and I am sure the A99v ,D800E kind of bodies will survive but without the annoying mirror and OVF.
IMO, the m43 is dying as Tamron, Zeiss,etc do not want to release any lens ? not really but I think Olympus knows it really needs a bigger sensor system sometime very soon.
Now, any one with his head on shoulder will not buy any m43 product from Olympus(the GH4 is a great camera) , they will get either this Nikon V3 or Fuji X-T1 or Sony A6000 for speed , for sheer landscape type of IQ there will always be the D800E(and its successors) and A7R(and its successors) ,and why does any one want to go lesser quality system than that for sheer IQ?
you guys always look down on this Nikon One system for the tiny sensor, but is not much smaller than your beloved m43.
now , Panasonic is going up to APS-C with Leica, and it tells you how Panasonic actually feels about the system, I am sure Panny will keep the GH line for video use, but for pure stills, even Panasonic knows it is not good enough a system.
by the way, I have used almost all kinds of camera formats from Sony rX100 to rented Phase system, so I know for pure landscape or studio type of works it is really simple, always the bigger the better.
but the real good news here with the Nikon V3 is that this showed us actually Nikon knew how to make a great fast mirrorless cameras with great video.
this means a lot to us(D800E users) since now we know we can just wait Nikon to release a serious FX mirrorless system , it is just really simple they need to put the D610 or Df sensor into a Nikon V3 kind of body with tiltable EVF or just make EVF version of the D800E with 120P video..
Nearly every sentence you typed is wrong 🙁
I agree with many of the posters here in saying that the rrp for this camera isn’t all that crazy. The kit shown on Amazon includes a grip and evf… take those away and the camera is probably (conservatively) around the $900 mark. A bit pricy but definately not insane. My RX1oo was around the 600 dollar mark when I picked it up and everyone was saying what a crazy price that was too… its a truly great camera. I for one like the design of this new Nikon though I preferred the traditional/retro Nikon mockups I saw posted earlier on this site. I bought a V1 with the 10mm a year after launch and haven’t used it very much but did like the feature set esp the high speed video modes. I think the 1 series hits a nice balance between quality and size. I recently did some hiking through some pretty muddy tropical terrain and brought with me an em5 and 4 lenses which I found to be tough going. I had originally considered bringing a d800 with a couple of 2.8 zooms and was ever so thankful I hand’t as the Olympus kit was heavy enough after 8 hours on the track. Smaller is better and with this little grip it should be pretty comfortable to handle. A wider selection of lenses is a must for this system… hopefully Nikon continue to innovate in this area.
The market will decide if the rrp is crazy just like every other Nikon 1 model the market decided…. it was crazy.
One last thing I forgot to add…
remember the E-P5? $1449.99 for lens and EVF, but this camera comes with both AND a grip for less!
done deal.
What a STUPID THREAD! It is not ugly! Tried looking in the mirror lately ADMIN??? I will buy the V3 as will 1000’s of others! An ideal camera for vintage C-Mount lenses!!