Nikon 1 series

Nikon 1 V1 with Nikkor 10-30mm attached, and the Nikon 1 mount 30-110mm telezoom lens

Nikon 1 J1 with Nikkor 10-30mm, 10mm f/2.8 pancake, and the 30-110mm lens in white

The Nikon 1 series are high-speed mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras. Announced on 21 September 2011, Nikon claims that it is "Nikon's most significant announcement since we introduced our first digital camera 14 years ago".^[1] The series currently includes Nikon 1 J1 and Nikon 1 V1.^[2]

High-speed is characteristic: At the time of announcement it features world's fastest autofocus (10 fps) - which keeps the speed during videos - and world's fastest continuous shooting speed (60 fps) among all cameras with interchangeable lenses including DSLRs.^[3] Slow-motion movies can be captured in up to 1200 fps with reduced resolution.

New Technologies

• Nikon CX format.^[4] Although the image sensor area of 13.2 x 8.8mm² is about 1 stop smaller than the Micro Four Thirds system and nearly 2 stops than the Nikon DX format, it delivers comparable performance^[5] to current Four-thirds sensors like Olympus E-5, Olympus PEN E-P3, Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3^[6] or older DSLRs like Nikon D40.^[7][8]
• New image sensor with integrated 73 phase detection sensors providing hybrid autofocus with both phase detection and 135-point contrast detect AF delivering the currently fastest commercially available autofocus^[9][10]
• Nikon 1 mount and F-mount adapter FT1 enabling the use of all F-mount lenses especially with integrated autofocus motor.
• New lenses featuring Nikon's Rear Focusing (RF) system with reduced moving masses and extremely quiet ultra-fast Voice Coil motors (VCM) or Stepping (STM) motors to speed-up autofocus
• New 3-Speed Silent Power-Drive motor zoom in the Nikkor VR 10-100mm f/3.5-5.6 PD-Zoom that makes zooming fast, quiet and very easy and optimized for shooting HD movies.^[11]
• Nikon 1 Nikkor VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-Zoom integrates an unseen amount of technologies: High number of 21 elements including 1 High Refractive Index (HRI, >2), 3 Extra-low Dispersion (ED) and 2 aspherical lenses,^[12] Super Integrated Coating (SIC), internal focusing (IF) with quiet Voice Coil motor, silent PD-Zoom, Vibration Reduction (VR II), retractable lens mechanism and 7 rounded diaphragm blades.^[13][14] Together with the Canon EF 28-300mm lens it is the only current superzoom with 20 elements or more.
• Fast electronic shutter (1/16 000) or additional electronically controlled mechanical focal-plane shutter
• Nikon multi accessory port currently used for flash and GPS units as well as AS-N1000 hotshoe adapter with ME-1 stereo microphone mount
• High-speed dual-core image-processing engine with 600 megapixels per second speed: EXPEED 3^[15]
• Smart Photo Selector Mode enables selection of the best four candidates out of a high-speed sequence^[16]
• Advanced High-definition video recording allows uninterrupted filming while capturing high-resolution photos

Reception

Independent reviews^{[17][18][19][20]} and image comparisons at all ISO speeds in JPEG^[8] are available.

DxO Labs awarded the J1 sensor an overall score of 56%.^[7][5]

References

1. ^ Nikon announces new Nikon 1 compact system camera range with two cameras, lenses and accessories Whatdigitalcamera
2. ^ Horaczek, Stan (September 21, 2011). "New Gear: Nikon J1 and V1 Interchangeable Lens Cameras". Bonnier Corp.. http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2011/09/new-gear-nikon-j1-and-v1-interchangeable-lens-cameras. Retrieved September 22, 2011. 
3. ^ Nikon announces Nikon 1 system with V1 small sensor mirrorless camera Dpreview
4. ^ Nikon 1 Cameras: CX Format Image Sensor Nikon USA
5. ^ ^{a b} Nikon 1 series: The tests Dxomark
6. ^ Nikon 1 J1 vs Olympus PEN EP3 vs Panasonic GF3 Dxomark
7. ^ ^{a b} Camera Sensor Ratings DxOMark
8. ^ ^{a b} Imaging-resource: Sample images Comparometer Imaging-resource
9. ^ Nikon Unveils Interchangeable Lens Camera System PCMag
10. ^ Nikon 1 System First Impressions Dpreview
11. ^ 1 Nikkor VR 10-100mm PD-Zoom Lens Preview Cameradebate
12. ^ Nikon 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 VR Lens Patent Could Be For New Nikon Mirrorless System Photographybay
13. ^ Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM Nikon USA
14. ^ Nikon 1 Nikkor VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-Zoom Dpreview
15. ^ Nikon EXPEED 3 Nikon USA
16. ^ Nikon 1 Cameras Smart Photo Selector Mode Nikon USA
17. ^ Nikonlinks: Nikon 1 Series review links Nikonlinks
18. ^ Nikon 1 J1 review summary Dcviews
19. ^ Nikon 1 V1 review summary Dcviews
20. ^ Nikon 1 J1 Reviews Digitalcameratracker

External links

• Nikon 1 Lineup Brochure Nikon (PDF)
• Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lens Nikon
• Nikon 1 NIKKOR lenses & Nikon 1 accessories
• Nikon 1 Camera Accessories