Another image showing how close you can get to your subjects. This was taken with the camera at MFD of 10" and stopped down to f5.6 at 6.7mm. I'm impressed with it, not the compostion itself but with the quality of the image.
I think we have come to the point where it really doesn't matter what camera you have in your hand, they all give excellent image quality these days. What does matter, and always has I suppose, is the lens you have mounted. I believe it's taken some time for the manufacturers to catch up because lenses made for film don't always perform when mounted on a digital camera. Note I said digital camera and not a DSLR because I also believe there is a difference here too. These CX lenses for the Nikon 1 system are so small and light with excellent image quality, they must be put forward as a masterpiece in lens engineering. I know of no other system that can match them, including the m4/3 systems, although they also have some excellent small lenses (namely the Olympus 12 f2 lens).
If you're wondering why I posted this image for this post, well it's quite simple. Just look at the detail in that old rotting tree trun. It's quite remarkable.
I think we have come to the point where it really doesn't matter what camera you have in your hand, they all give excellent image quality these days. What does matter, and always has I suppose, is the lens you have mounted. I believe it's taken some time for the manufacturers to catch up because lenses made for film don't always perform when mounted on a digital camera. Note I said digital camera and not a DSLR because I also believe there is a difference here too. These CX lenses for the Nikon 1 system are so small and light with excellent image quality, they must be put forward as a masterpiece in lens engineering. I know of no other system that can match them, including the m4/3 systems, although they also have some excellent small lenses (namely the Olympus 12 f2 lens).
If you're wondering why I posted this image for this post, well it's quite simple. Just look at the detail in that old rotting tree trun. It's quite remarkable.
