Nikon 1 series
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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". The series currently includes Nikon 1 J1
and Nikon 1 V1
.
High-speed is characteristic: At the time of announcement it features world's fastest autofocus
with 10 fps
even during videos based on hybrid autofocus (phase detection/contrast-detect AF with AF-assist illuminator). World's fastest continuous shooting speed (60 fps) among all cameras with interchangeable lenses including DSLRs completes this. Slow-motion movies can be captured in up to 1200 fps with reduced resolution.
The smaller CX sensor greatly improves the depth of field
by 2.90 stops (35mm FX, same angle of view
). For those preferring a shallow focus
, the
quadratic
reduction of the sharpness in the telephoto range gives a solution: For example an 10-100mm or 30-110mm adjusted at 85mm, f/5.2 (230mm full-frame equivalent) gives an equivalent depth of field to an 85mm, f/1.9 mounted at an 35mm full-frame.
2011 many forthcoming lenses, LED video and macro lights and video kits.
in JPEG
and additionally Raw
are accessible.
DxO Labs
awarded the J1 sensor an overall score of 56%.
High speed photography
High speed photography is the science of taking pictures of very fast phenomena. In 1948, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers defined high-speed photography as any set of photographs captured by a camera capable of 128 frames per second or greater, and of at least three...
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". The series currently includes Nikon 1 J1
Nikon 1 J1
The Nikon 1 J1 is a Nikon 1 series mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera launched by Nikon on 21 September 2011.-External links:*...
and Nikon 1 V1
Nikon 1 V1
The Nikon 1 V1 is a Nikon 1 series mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera launched by Nikon on 21 September 2011....
.
High-speed is characteristic: At the time of announcement it features world's fastest autofocus
Autofocus
An autofocus optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus fully automatic or on a manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system has to be done manually until indication...
with 10 fps
Frame rate
Frame rate is the frequency at which an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames. The term applies equally well to computer graphics, video cameras, film cameras, and motion capture systems...
even during videos based on hybrid autofocus (phase detection/contrast-detect AF with AF-assist illuminator). World's fastest continuous shooting speed (60 fps) among all cameras with interchangeable lenses including DSLRs completes this. Slow-motion movies can be captured in up to 1200 fps with reduced resolution.
The smaller CX sensor greatly improves the depth of field
Depth of field
In optics, particularly as it relates to film and photography, depth of field is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image...
by 2.90 stops (35mm FX, same angle of view
Angle of view
In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view....
). For those preferring a shallow focus
Shallow focus
Shallow focus is a photographic and cinematographic technique incorporating a small depth of field. In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus. Shallow focus is typically used to emphasize one part of the image over another...
, the
quadratic
Quadratic function
A quadratic function, in mathematics, is a polynomial function of the formf=ax^2+bx+c,\quad a \ne 0.The graph of a quadratic function is a parabola whose axis of symmetry is parallel to the y-axis....
reduction of the sharpness in the telephoto range gives a solution: For example an 10-100mm or 30-110mm adjusted at 85mm, f/5.2 (230mm full-frame equivalent) gives an equivalent depth of field to an 85mm, f/1.9 mounted at an 35mm full-frame.
New Technologies
- Nikon CX format with 2.7 times crop factor. Although the image sensor areaImage sensor formatIn digital photography, the image sensor format is the shape and size of the image sensor.The image sensor format of a digital camera determines the angle of view of a particular lens when used with a particular camera...
of 13.2 x 8.8mm2 is about 1 stopF-numberIn optics, the f-number of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens; in simpler terms, the f-number is the focal length divided by the "effective" aperture diameter...
smaller than the Micro Four Thirds systemMicro Four Thirds systemThe Micro Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Panasonic, and announced on August 5, 2008, for mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras and camcorders design and development...
and nearly 2 stops than the Nikon DX formatNikon DX formatThe Nikon DX format is an alternative name used by Nikon corporation for APS-C image sensor format being approximately 24×16 mm. Its dimensions are about 2/3 those of the 35mm film format . The format was created by Nikon for its digital SLR cameras, many of which are equipped with DX-sized...
, it delivers comparable performance to current Four-thirds sensors like Olympus E-5Olympus E-5The Olympus E-5 is Olympus Corporation's flagship camera, positioned as a professional DSLR camera. It is the successor to the Olympus E-3, which was launched on October 17, 2007. The E-5 was announced on September 14, 2010...
, Olympus PEN E-P3Olympus PEN E-P3The Olympus PEN E-P3 announced on June 30, 2011 is Olympus Corporation's seventh camera that adheres to the Micro Four Thirds system design standard...
, Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 is a digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera adhering to the joint Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds System system design standard...
or older DSLRs like Nikon D40Nikon D40The D40 is a now-discontinued Nikon F-mount entry-level digital SLR, announced November 16, 2006. Compared to its predecessor, the D50, the D40 had several features removed, a few added, and a lower price: US$499.95 ESP as of November 2009 with the 18–55 mm G-II kit lens, positioning it as an...
. - 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.
- Nikon 1 mount and F-mountNikon F-mountThe Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm...
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 massesKinetic energyThe kinetic energy of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion.It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the body maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes...
and extremely quiet ultra-fast Voice Coil motorVoice coilA voice coil is the coil of wire attached to the apex of a loudspeaker cone. It provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it...
s (VCM) or Stepping (STM) motorStepper motorA stepper motor is a brushless, electric motor that can divide a full rotation into a large number of steps. The motor's position can be controlled precisely without any feedback mechanism , as long as the motor is carefully sized to the application...
s 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.
- 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 IndexRefractive indexIn optics the refractive index or index of refraction of a substance or medium is a measure of the speed of light in that medium. It is expressed as a ratio of the speed of light in vacuum relative to that in the considered medium....
(HRI, >2), 3 Extra-low DispersionLow dispersion glassLow dispersion glass is a type of glass with low dispersion. Crown glass is an example of a relatively inexpensive low-dispersion glass....
(ED) and 2 aspherical lenses, 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. Together with the Canon EF 28-300mm lensCanon EF 28-300mm lensThe EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM lens is a superzoom lens made by Canon Inc.This lens has an EF type mount, that fits the Canon EOS line of cameras....
it is the only current superzoomSuperzoomThe term hyperzoom or superzoom is used to advertise photographic zoom lenses with unconventionally large focal length factors, typically more than 5× and ranging up to 15×, e.g., 35 mm to 350 mm. The largest ratio for digital SLR cameras is held by the Tamron 18–270 mm, giving 15×....
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.
- Smart Photo Selector Mode enables selection of the best candidates out of a high-speed sequence.
- Advanced High-definition videoHigh-definition videoHigh-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
recording allows uninterrupted filming while capturing high-resolution photos. - Firmware updates of the Nikon 1 lenses are possible.
Other Technologies
- As all Nikon DSLRs with CMOS sensor it integrates an active D-Lighting system, automatic correction of lateral chromatic aberration and vignettingVignettingIn photography and optics, vignetting is a reduction of an image's brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the image center. The word vignette, from the same root as vine, originally referred to a decorative border in a book. Later, the word came to be used for a photographic...
. - Autofocus modes include 3D subject-tracking, 41 points auto-area, manual focus and others.
Optional accessories
Additionally to the already available lenses, flash, cases, GPS unit etc. Nikon presented at PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + ExpoPhotoplus
PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo is an annual event held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Designed for professional and advanced amateur photographers, PhotoPlus displays recent advances in photography through a variety of exhibitions as well as photography and digital design...
2011 many forthcoming lenses, LED video and macro lights and video kits.
Reception
Independent reviews and image comparisons at all ISO speedsFilm speed
Film speed is the measure of a photographic film's sensitivity to light, determined by sensitometry and measured on various numerical scales, the most recent being the ISO system....
in JPEG
JPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
and additionally Raw
RAW image format
A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image scanner, or motion picture film scanner. Raw files are so named because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor...
are accessible.
DxO Labs
DxO Labs
DxO Labs is a privately held image processing software company based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.DxO Optics Pro is a personal computer package which corrects for various optical aberrations, notably image distortion, with corrections tuned to particular lenses and cameras. It also adjusts...
awarded the J1 sensor an overall score of 56%.