davideyakuza

Hi Guys, I am a very beginner into photography ( I don't consider taking iphone photos at photography). I will be doing a bike trip in South America in coming months and wanted a camera that was easy to carry while mountainbiking and giving me the chance of taking good personalized pictures so a friend of mine advised the Nikon 1 J5 that I got a month ago. I have been practicing quite a bit, shooting all in manual (I want to get decent manual skills) and I realized I really enjoy shooting landscapes (this is an example The_other_trailmtb_hardtail_wanderlust_newzealand_nikon1j5.jpg by Davide - Photo 207293867 / 500px ) But I have to say, I have been getting more and more into photography and would like to develop good skills. The camera came with the standard 10-30mm f3.6 lens, so I bought the Fotodiox adapter for Nikkor lenses. I did't buy the Nikon FT1 adapter because it's price is like 75% of what I paid for the camera. The Fotodiox stoppes any electric connections between body and lens, so I have to shot in manual (all good to me) but when I tried with my friend's lenses did not allow me to modify any aperture that was automatically at closest. Now I am in a bit of dilemma. I am thinking of purchsing the Nikon 1 18.5mm F1.8 lens for better landscapes even with lower light, and that is 250 nz$. but all the other Nikon1 specific lenses are not greatest, so I am not sure if it's actually worthed buyng the FT1 adapter (nz$450) so to use the nikkon lenses, or at this stage buy a used Nikon dSLR body, like the D7000 for about nz$500. My thought is: for my original plan/necessity (mountainbike international trip) the J5 with 18.5mm-f18 should do the job, and for other situations I would use the dSLR VS. the 1 J5 is a great multy use body and don't really need a dSLR to expand the type of photography, hence worth to purchase the FT1 adapter? I would really appreciate your feedbacks/opinion Cheers