jonikon

The images posted by the OP are very soft indeed, and lack contrast as well.  I think the terrible image quality in the OP's photos may be due to a very bad lens and poor exposure, and may not...

Thanks DesertCat. I am surprised at how well developed the bokeh is with the 30-110mm at the longer focal lengths. Unlike the 18.5mm, it develops a full circle and is a bit smoother as well. - Jon

I took these shots while enjoying the lovely weather in the park today.  The more I use the 30-110m lens, the more I like it! - Jon

Thanks Pete, your excellent work is proof of the shutter shock phenomenon in the V1 when using the mechanical shutter! I agree with you though that the lens VR is probably exacerbating the problem....

Yes, I saw John's comment and it surprised me because I thought the V1 and V2 uses an electronic shutter for the first curtain, which should eliminate shutter shock blurring. That's my...

Has anyone experienced shutter shock induced blurring using the mechanical shutter with their V1 or V2? Apparently the mechanical shutter option can cause blurring  with some mirriorless cameras at...

I have never experienced shutter shock with my Nikon V1, so no, it is not a problem with all mirrorless cameras. Maybe Olympus just can't get good engineers since they are having financial problems?

Yes, I was wondering about the maximum 7 aperture as well, which I agree is too small. I would be surprised if the production lens isn't at least a f5.6 maximum, which would be OK, but  I agree...

I think so. I expect the 10-30mm kit lens to be phased out with the next generation of N1 cameras. The lower tier cameras will use a shaper 11-28mm f/3.5-5.4 with VR as a kit lens. Here are the...

A thousand dollar camera body and it doesn't come with a viewfinder? Really? So you have to buy the big ugly VF4 EVF separately for another $300 which makes the camera body $1300 and to top it...

I agree. Wolves are very predatory animals and excellent hunters. Even though they are part dog, these guys look like they were still up to the task! - Jon

The lens barrel in the side by side front view comparison look to be the same diameter so no problem there. My intent was to show that the P7800 body could be used for an interchangeable lens body...

I was surprised to find that the P7800 is larger than either the V1 or the V2. It appears the P7800 could easily accommodate a 1" sensor without a problem. Add a lens mount and 1" sensor and Nikon...

Sounds good to me! :-) - Jon

I had a white 10mm f2.8 (paid only $99 for it) on my black bodied V1 and did not think much of it until my wife said it looked weird. so long story short, I sold it and bought a silver lens...

The images show an amazing amount of detail for such a small sensor camera. No doubt in large part due to the excellent Nikkor lens in the P7800 and excellent noise handling that retains detail...

I own both of them and the IQ is the same, which is excellent due to the impressively wide dynamic range. If you are interested in maximizing dynamic range in bright high contrast scenes without...

Interesting! I did not realize that Nikon was already using Aptina's most recent sensor in the V2. Thanks for providing this information. - Jon

You are correct Max. Only the 10mm f2.8 and the 32mm f1.2 have a totally metal alloy mount. The others use a plastic baynonet flange which has been metalizedl. The 18.5mm does has a machined metal...

The speed of sensor based AF will be limited by the readout speed of the sensor and the V2's readout speed is faster than the V1's, so no surprise the V2 AF is faster. You can expect even faster...