I stated yesterday that it was going to be the last post about the V1 and the 10-30 f3.5-5.6 VR lens. Well, I decided to make one last post. I will be stating my likes and dislikes about the system and lenses available as of this post. Don't forget, I take some time in posting these things so there could well be developments in this area even before this post comes out.
Likes:
It's small, light and the battery lasts forever. It's the same one used in their DSLR range of cameras so they can't be that bad.
It's quick to focus and metering is excellent. This is my first Nikon camera believe it or not and I'm just wondering what the metering is like in their DSLR range. I know that I wasn't all that happy with the Canon metering and I've tested systems that are much better than Canon. Maybe I should have switched years ago, but you know how it is.
The lenses seem to be getting better. The 18.5 f1.8 lens is great but I won't be buying the 32 f1.2 unless they reduce the price considerably (although it comes close to my favourite focal length).
The raw files are good and since I'm a raw shooter, the jpg engine interests me very little.
At present, this is a bright light camera although high ISO is ok.
The mode selector wheel at the top right of the camera (rear) gets in my way. I keep turning it unintentionally all the time. It does frustrate me but I think I'll get used to it (or I'll super glue it or something :-) ).
I'll let you know how that when I've had time to use it.
The 30-110 f3.8-5.6 VR lens is a little gem and much better than the 10-30 f3.4-5.6 lens in my opinion. The 18.5 f1.8 is also a gem and suits me a lot better than the 10 f2.8 although that gives reasonable results too. So far the lenses for this system are reasonably priced apart from the 32 f1.2 that has just come onto the market. I'm betting that that lens will also come down in price pretty soon, so I'll just wait for that to happen and purchase one then.
