A new Nikon family member!

Nikon never slows down and they recently released a new camera that is pretty cool!  i just got my hands on one and will give it a real report later but wanted to introduce it to you guys ahead of a full report.  The new Nikon 1 is a mirror-less 10.1 megapixel compact that takes interchangeable lenses.  The camera feels very solid in your hands and the lenses are tack sharp.  The built in VR (Vibration Reduction) makes it a great street camera or travel camera.  The package I tried was the body with the small 10mm f 2.8 (equivilant to a 27mm lens) great for walk around.

The build quality is impressive and focusing, and imaging is fast and solid.  Images seem to exhibit less noise than from similar cameras I’ve shot.   The LCD monitor a 460K-dot unit is bright and anti reflective coated. The camera is available in Black, Silver, Red, White, and Pink.  The lenses are also colored to match the body, pretty stylish!

The camera is loaded with features including 10 fps shooting rate, 1080P Hi Definition Video, with the capability to shoot full res images during video capture, slow motion video, very fast auto focus and very fast shutter response.  Many DSLR features abound like, Scene Recognition, Active D-Lighting, full Picture Control settings, and lots of Scene Modes.  For those that simply must have a viewfinder the V1 is coming very soon!

The camera was introduced with several lenses; a 10mm pancake type lens (Equivalent 27mm) f 2.8   A 10-30 f 3.5-5.6 zoom (Equivalent to 27mm-81mm),   A 10mm-100m f 4.5 – 5.6  (Equivalent to  27mm-270mm) and a 30mm to 110mm f 3.8-5.6 (Equivalent to 81mm-297).

None of this means a thing if the camera can’t shoot great images.  Below is a hand held shot of a D7000 on our display table at the Mountain People’s Workshop, shot at IS) 360, its crisp and has no noise.  More tests to come, but my first impression is;  Cool!

And now the best news of all!  Look below at 3,200 ISO!!

Low noise??  You bet!