HSway: The sensor fares very well and I believe the camera operation/processing will match it. As a whole though, the camera holds small sensor (will be always lacking at some aspect or point) of a low resolution file and it’s relatively very expensive. The look/body execution doesn’t look to be asking for this price either. It’s not really compact and light as well. The stabilized 10-30mm lens camera basically relies on.. is nothing special size wise but mainly its sharpness doesn’t seem to be that strong point one would hope for. What remains is the provocative price tag, higher than Sony nex apsc. Hm.
DP picking the best lens of the set is a good step. Another reviewer (Digitalcamerainfo) noted similar writing:
“The standard 10mm–30mm kits lens that we used for our testing did not fare well in the resolution department.” “Sharpness with the kit lens was distinctly low..”
While the above quotes refer to other cameras jpgs so it’s good to take them very reserved, this, otoh, is their observation of some value that is in the line with the right choice:
“The good news for Nikon is that the telephoto lens appears to be sharper across the zoom range and a better lens overall. Unfortunately, you’ll have to shell out for the larger kit or buy the lens separately.” The lens performing here would suggest it's very good indeed. But.. lots of buts if you ask me.
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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 at 08:22:16 UTC
The sensor fares very well and I believe the camera operation/processing will match it. As a whole though, the camera holds small sensor (will be always lacking at some aspect or point) of a low resolution file and it’s relatively very expensive. The look/body execution doesn’t look to be asking for this price either. It’s not really compact and light as well. The stabilized 10-30mm lens camera basically relies on.. is nothing special size wise but mainly its sharpness doesn’t seem to be that strong point one would hope for. What remains is the provocative price tag, higher than Sony nex apsc. Hm.
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HSway: It’s brilliant. They are different, that’s clear enough. It’s the first - sky version - that holds the content. From its perspective the vertical is incomplete, losing the connection that makes the sky shot the moment most of us are receptive to. It’s further broken by the presence of other man in the reflection. More like a good “street shot” but very different to the first one. I don’t mind saturation boost in this case (sky) something I normally don’t prefer, it’s a good move for this. There is a hint of tension coming from tighter framing at the bottom. It works for the image again actually but I would still add one or two mm. Nice and clean vision captured
1st part
2nd part
& this is well said: "One of the magical things about photography, and something which separates it from more traditional artforms is that as a photographer, you don't always have ultimate control over the content of your images. I didn't know the man in this photograph, I didn't know where he was going, or why. I still don't know anything about him beyond the fact that one evening in November 2008 he was travelling alone from Port Townsend to Coupeville. I don't know whether he was happy that evening or sad, and his expression is ambiguous. His presence is purely coincidental, but without him this photograph would have been nothing more than a colour study."
Thanks for interesting reflection,
Hynek
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Posted on Oct 11, 2011 at 15:35:05 UTC
It’s brilliant. They are different, that’s clear enough. It’s the first - sky version - that holds the content. From its perspective the vertical is incomplete, losing the connection that makes the sky shot the moment most of us are receptive to. It’s further broken by the presence of other man in the reflection. More like a good “street shot” but very different to the first one. I don’t mind saturation boost in this case (sky) something I normally don’t prefer, it’s a good move for this. There is a hint of tension coming from tighter framing at the bottom. It works for the image again actually but I would still add one or two mm. Nice and clean vision captured
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That’s exactly what they do, or more precisely, they are brave enough to do. As it made sense to me when the news about 2.7x came out. Nikon is giving some space to the mirror-less camera within their system but not letting it influence the system. For now. I think the Asian market may receive it positively. But in general, there is a long row of question marks. Market is big and growing. Nikon preferred to concentrate on Nikon for whatever reason and count on surviving of small dslrs that will keep their appeal. Will Canon see it different? I wouldn’t be surprised. But it seems to me they mostly know of each other’s steps far better than we do. So it’s possible Nikon has gone this way knowing that they know – and yet they went. In any case, Nikon could have done greater threat to other, bigger sensor mirror-less brands than their new system and products are suggesting, for sure.
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Posted on Sep 21, 2011 at 19:17:37 UTC
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Excellent idea and a move that certainly was supposed to be made. And tremendous influential potential of course. No matter how they turn out eventually, nothing can be lost but only gained on this innovation. Best,
Hynek
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Posted on Jul 23, 2011 at 07:17:50 UTC
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HSway: The sensor fares very well and I believe the camera operation/processing will match it. As a whole though, the camera holds small sensor (will be always lacking at some aspect or point) of a low resolution file and it’s relatively very expensive. The look/body execution doesn’t look to be asking for this price either. It’s not really compact and light as well. The stabilized 10-30mm lens camera basically relies on.. is nothing special size wise but mainly its sharpness doesn’t seem to be that strong point one would hope for. What remains is the provocative price tag, higher than Sony nex apsc. Hm.
DP picking the best lens of the set is a good step. Another reviewer (Digitalcamerainfo) noted similar writing:
“The standard 10mm–30mm kits lens that we used for our testing did not fare well in the resolution department.”
“Sharpness with the kit lens was distinctly low..”
While the above quotes refer to other cameras jpgs so it’s good to take them very reserved, this, otoh, is their observation of some value that is in the line with the right choice:
“The good news for Nikon is that the telephoto lens appears to be sharper across the zoom range and a better lens overall. Unfortunately, you’ll have to shell out for the larger kit or buy the lens separately.”
The lens performing here would suggest it's very good indeed. But.. lots of buts if you ask me.
Hynek
The sensor fares very well and I believe the camera operation/processing will match it. As a whole though, the camera holds small sensor (will be always lacking at some aspect or point) of a low resolution file and it’s relatively very expensive. The look/body execution doesn’t look to be asking for this price either. It’s not really compact and light as well. The stabilized 10-30mm lens camera basically relies on.. is nothing special size wise but mainly its sharpness doesn’t seem to be that strong point one would hope for. What remains is the provocative price tag, higher than Sony nex apsc. Hm.
HSway: It’s brilliant. They are different, that’s clear enough. It’s the first - sky version - that holds the content. From its perspective the vertical is incomplete, losing the connection that makes the sky shot the moment most of us are receptive to. It’s further broken by the presence of other man in the reflection. More like a good “street shot” but very different to the first one.
I don’t mind saturation boost in this case (sky) something I normally don’t prefer, it’s a good move for this. There is a hint of tension coming from tighter framing at the bottom. It works for the image again actually but I would still add one or two mm.
Nice and clean vision captured
1st part
2nd part
& this is well said:
"One of the magical things about photography, and something which separates it from more traditional artforms is that as a photographer, you don't always have ultimate control over the content of your images. I didn't know the man in this photograph, I didn't know where he was going, or why. I still don't know anything about him beyond the fact that one evening in November 2008 he was travelling alone from Port Townsend to Coupeville. I don't know whether he was happy that evening or sad, and his expression is ambiguous. His presence is purely coincidental, but without him this photograph would have been nothing more than a colour study."
Thanks for interesting reflection,
Hynek
It’s brilliant. They are different, that’s clear enough. It’s the first - sky version - that holds the content. From its perspective the vertical is incomplete, losing the connection that makes the sky shot the moment most of us are receptive to. It’s further broken by the presence of other man in the reflection. More like a good “street shot” but very different to the first one.
I don’t mind saturation boost in this case (sky) something I normally don’t prefer, it’s a good move for this. There is a hint of tension coming from tighter framing at the bottom. It works for the image again actually but I would still add one or two mm.
Nice and clean vision captured
1st part
That’s exactly what they do, or more precisely, they are brave enough to do. As it made sense to me when the news about 2.7x came out. Nikon is giving some space to the mirror-less camera within their system but not letting it influence the system. For now. I think the Asian market may receive it positively. But in general, there is a long row of question marks. Market is big and growing. Nikon preferred to concentrate on Nikon for whatever reason and count on surviving of small dslrs that will keep their appeal. Will Canon see it different? I wouldn’t be surprised. But it seems to me they mostly know of each other’s steps far better than we do. So it’s possible Nikon has gone this way knowing that they know – and yet they went. In any case, Nikon could have done greater threat to other, bigger sensor mirror-less brands than their new system and products are suggesting, for sure.
Hynek
Excellent idea and a move that certainly was supposed to be made.
And tremendous influential potential of course. No matter how they turn out eventually, nothing can be lost but only gained on this innovation.
Best,
Hynek
Thanks for including this horizon into dp’s field of view and also that you carry on your good traditional group tests in compacts.
Best,
Hynek
Well done, excellent image..
Best,
Hynek
Things that got met here make it powerful photograph.
Congrats..
Best,
Hynek