Thoughts on the Nikon 1 series

[daniel_h_gberg]

<p>Here´s my thoughts about using the Nikon J1 for about 5 months:<br>

1. Its absolutely quiet. No shutter sound at all.<br>

2. Small and inobtrusive.<br>

3. Extremely fast AF. I mean EXTREMELY fast AF. And I know that no one believes me when I say this, but yes, its faster then my Nikon D3 in daylight.<br>

4. Very nice raw-files, and yes, noisy at high iso´s, but the noise is quite filmgrain-like. But as for me, noise has never been an issue, I actually quite like it, the BIG problem is BANDING, which my Nikon D3 has even on iso 200 in the shadows (when lifted) when the Nikon J1 has ABSOLUTELY NO BANDING WHAT SO EVER! Even on iso 6400 its totally banding-free. And to me, thats much more important than low noise.<br>

Please check out my blog for some examples from the Nikon J1: http://blogg.hogbergphotography.com</p>