Nikon 1 V1 and 300mm f2.8...

<p>I was photographing birds today with the Nikon 1 V1, lens converter and a 300mm f2.8 VR lens. Whenever the camera was on, it sounded like VR was engaged whether I was touching the shutter button or not. Never had this problem with other lenses. Any ideas as to what would cause this??</p>

<p>I have the same with my VR lenses. The Nikon V1 keeps VR on at all times, as long as VR is ´on´ at the lens and ´on´ in the camera menu. This in difference to DSLR´s which only engages VR when the shutter button is pressed half way or full.</p>

I'd like to see some photos from that combo,

Bill. The longest lenses I've tried with the V1

are a 70-210 Vivitar Series 1 (not sharp wide

open) and a 180/2.8 non-ED Nikkor (sharp wide

open but tons of CA). Neither does justice to the

potential of the V1 for birding. I'll bet some

other folks here would find that interesting as

well.

<p>This was taken this afternoon at my feeders....about 20-25 feet away......</p>

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<p>Lex, I just resized a previous image I posted on Facebook....makes this look a touch oversharpened here.....</p>

<p>Thanks, Bill. Looks pretty good - sharpening won't affect real detail and that resolution looks pretty good.</p>

<p>I'm assuming you're using the FT-1 adapter? How's the AF response? And can you still move the single AF sensor around like you can with the System 1 lenses?</p>

<p>Yeah, that Facebook thing is a familiar problem. I have to create different JPEGs for Facebook and almost every other site. FB makes a mess of most photos. No matter how carefully I prep photos blue skies and similarly colorful photos are a mess of compression artifacts by the time FB recrunches them. Just as well - no need to worry about image theft. Unless it's pix of cute cats and nobody cares about the resolution anyway.</p>

<p>Thom Hogan is a fan of using the 1-series (especially V-series) with big telephotos. I think he mentioned the VR behaviour, though it's been a while since I read a review. I'm almost tempted by the FT-1, despite my previous claims that my V1 is "for high speed video only". Nice shot, anyway!</p>

<p>The much maligned Nikon-1 system seems to be in for a renaissance, judging by opinions of V3- users and others in different forums.<br>

On a recent three-week vacation in Central America I found the combination of D700 and V1 with different lenses (24-120mm, 85mm f1,4 and 16mm fisheye on full-frame and mainly 30-110mm on CX) very satisfying. Never found much use for the FT-1 adaptor though.</p>

<p>I sold one of my V1's to a friend who commented on how much "the tube" costs. After he got it he was gushing how it worked with long glass. The Nikon 1 cameras are a heck of a lot better than many "experts" claim. I wish they didn't screw up the interface of the V1. It is the perfect motorcycle camera.</p>

<p>Yeah, the V1's screwy interface bugged me at first, but I've adapted to it. Mostly I use it as a P&S and it's very quick and satisfying for that. Very rugged, solid feeling camera.</p>

<p>Occasionally I'll use it with a manual focus lens and it takes a bit more concentration. On the plus side it pairs well with the shorter compact 85mm and 105mm Nikkor teles I hadn't used often with the dSLR. Too bad Nikon omitted the built in EVF from the V3. The EVF is one of the features that makes the V1's quirks more tolerable. Even without any focus confirmation aids the V1's EVF is useful for accurate manual focusing with my older Nikkors (although the V1's manual focus mode with the 1 System lens is coarse and almost useless).</p>

<p>I'd still really like to see Nikon combine the best of the V1 with the best of the Coolpix A and create some competition for Sony's RX100 and RX10. A DX sensor Nikon mirrorless model with the 1 System's quickness would be interesting too.</p>