I'm posting this image without any CA correction so that you see what I got. If you look carefully you can see a little CA that needs correction but it's nothing to worry about. I'd like to see the lens that didn't produce CA when taking this image. That CA is cleared in a second in LR, and it does a really good job of it too.
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09/05/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6981
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 77.1 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-100 f3.8-5.6
09/04/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6Ok we're back to this extraordinary lens again. I don't think I've seen such a small lens produce such images. It's a joy to use. There was no CA correction in the image above and there is a lot of detail in those trees. There's a rule of thumb in photography, if you're going to photograph tall things like trees or towers, make sure you have an uneven number of them. I.e. 3, 5 or even 7. Try it out sometime, it really does make a difference. Here though I didn't have a choice in the matter, there were 4 trees. But it served it's purpose for me. 1149
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 49.3 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/400 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
08/26/13  Nikkor 1 VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6Even though this lens isn't particularly fast the VR system is good enough to get a sharp image. The image above was taken at 30mm (81mm equiv) with a shutter speed of 1/160 which is double the rule of thumb. So some of you might say that is no great feat, but the street was in shadow and was darker than the image implies. You may be right though and this doesn't prove how good the VR system really is. I might have to take some low light images to see just how good it is. But then noise does tend to creep in at higher ISO values. The image was taken at f5.6 and as you can see the image is sharp from foreground to infinity, a great advantage of the smaller sensors, you don't have to stop way down to get the depth of field you want. 1036
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 30 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/160 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
08/25/13  Nikkor VR 6.7-13 f3.5-5.6 AppetizerThe Nikon 1 camera system is quite amazing. It is small, fast with very accurate WB and focusing. What's not to like. On top of that it has some amazingly sharp lenses, including the zoom lenses and they are sharp wide open. I think the best thing this system has got going for it is the battery lasts for EVER! When I look at the Fuji system, the batteries die on you before you've turned on the system nearly. OK, that might be a little over exaggerated but it certainy feels like it. As much as I like the Fuji X cameras that is one of the bad points about it. They really should get that sorted out. I have the grip for my X-E1 and it's a pain in the a**e every time I have to change batteries. Please Fuji, take note. As a side note that Nikon battery is the same one they use in their DSLR systems, so it's no wonder they last forever in the 1 system. The image above is just an appetizer to show the detail captured by 6.7-13 f3.5-5.6 lens. I have to take more images with this lens to be able to post some more but at present, it looks very promising. More on this lens later. 881
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 13 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/1250 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 6.7-13 f3.5-5.6
08/24/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6If you haven't realised it yet, we have a lot of horses around here. Using this lens is really fun. No sign of purple fringing at all which is great. 1035
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 47.5 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
08/23/13  Nikkor VR 30-110 f3.8-5.6Just some very inquisitive foals taken at the wide end of the 30-110. Sharp, sharp, sharp. 986
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 30 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 100 • Nikon • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
08/22/13  It's that lens again 2...These two posts about the Olympus 14-150 f4-5.6 was just an interlude from the Nikon V1. This lens is so good that a few more posts are a must. These clouds, known as lenticular clouds, are seldom seen in Northern Europe but I've seen them quite often in Spain on the Mediteranean coast. They're very interesting formations and take on shapes like flying saucers. It takes certain atmospheric conditions to produce these cloud formations, and it seems to happen more in warmer climates. I just can't stop snapping away when I see them and my collection keeps growing but it doesn't stop me from taking more. 1069
E-M5 Focal Length: 34 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 200 • Olympus • OM-D • 14-150 f4-5.6
08/21/13  It's that lens again...This really is my goto holiday lens, I just can't leave it behind. For the most part it really delivers although I do have some trouble at 150mm in certain situations. I am still waiting for the Tamron 14-140 to come on the market. Although I have the original Panasonic 14-140 it's too front heavy when mounted on the OM-D. As you can see from this image the lens is very sharp at this focal length (60mm). This is the normal quality I get from this lens which is very good for an 11x zoom. Come-on Tamron, what's keeping you! 1227
E-M5 Focal Length: 60 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/160 sec ISO: 200 • Olympus • OM-D • 14-150 f4-5.6
08/20/13  1 Nikkor 30-110 f3.8-5.6 VRI decided on the spur of the moment to put 4 images into one so that I can post more from other systems. There will be some more coming up but I thought this might be of interest to some of you. If you would like me to go back to the old system of 1 image a day, please let me know. I think this will be a way to get more images out there from systems where I would normally just post 1 a day. They might be small, too small probably for some of you, although the images posted in this way are now 1200px. 1084
unknown Focal Length: unknown Aperture: unknown Exposure Time: unknown ISO: unknown • Nikon • Nikkor • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
08/19/13  So Much For So LittleI don't think I've said this about a lens before but I'm really impressed with the 1 Nikkor 30-110 f3.8-5.6 VR lens. To look at it you wouldn't dream that the image quality can be so good. The price of this lens went down to €175 but is now back up to just under €200. Word must be getting around about just how good it is and demand is higher. The next few posts will be images from this lens but I must warn you, more images will be posted from this system as it's slowly taking over from my other camera systems. It is so small and light, doesn't require much space, even with all the 1 system lenses, that it is a pleasure to carry and great fun to shoot with it. Since I'm not a pro (i.e. I don't earn any money with my images) this system is proving to be ideal for my type of shooting. If I was a pro, I'm not really sure if this would be a system to cover all the bases. Certainly high ISO is not it's forte but in good light it's just great. WB is spot on in my opinion, it's fast to focus and has a max shutter speed of 1/16000. That is just amazing. Another key feature for me is that the system is completely silent when using the electronic shutter. You can't hear anything. When I compare the clunk of the Pentax cameras I am just amazed. 1038
NIKON 1 V1 Focal Length: 110 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/100 sec ISO: 1600 • Nikon • Nikkor • V1 • 30-110 f3.8-5.6
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