Nikon V1 And J1 Enter The Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera Market!

So, the #-Link-Snipped-# lineup has at last launched in India, with the Nikon V1 and J1 being the pioneers. The prolonged argument considering Nikon's embarkment into mirrorless-interchangeable lens camera market has been laid to rest with this launch.

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Nikon J1(left) and Nikon V1(right)

While the J1 is just an entry level submission, the V1 caters to advanced shooters. Both the cameras are identical in more ways than one- with 10 megapixel, 1-inch CX format sensors yielding the imagery to a shared Expeed 3 processor. They also share the trademark 1 lens mount, the focusing system, the phase and contrast sensing techniques, which allow the cameras to adopt and track focus quite precisely.

In spite of this much of a resemblance electronically, there are also a few elements that totally differentiate these cameras, and their user base-
The J1 is made quite slim, very identical to a point-and-shoot. It has an electronic viewfinder along with a pop-up flash that could be lifted with the help of a button.

The V1 though doesn't feature the pop-up flash and the electronic viewfinder, has got an accessory port on top of the camera, useful in attaching related external flashes or microphones to the camera. It's also equipped with a switch between the electronic and mechanical shutters, that makes it quite convenient to suddenly shoot an image at 1/6000 of a second (on electronic shutter mode).

Both cameras support video recording at 1080p (60i), and also slow motion and super slow motion movie mode (400 fps at 640x240 and 1,200 fps at 320x120). Nikon has also brought in a lens adapter for the 1 series that would let users to fasten their regular F Mount lenses onto the V1 and the J1. The procedure, all the same, has got its drawbacks. The DSLR lenses were developed for larger sensors, so the image quality generated by them may not be as consistent as the DSLR-produced images. The Nikon 1 J1 with 10-30mm lens is priced at Rs. 29,950 while the Nikon 1 V1 with 10-30mm lens is priced at Rs. 43, 950.

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