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More flora from the Flores residence. No flowers though, except for the name. 1/125, f/2.0, ISO400 With a close focus distance that’s a shim under 8.5″, the 18.5mm f/1.8 does a reasonable impersonation of a macro lens. Well, not quite, but it will let those that dabble in the close arts take a pretty picture.… Continue reading Flores Flora with the Nikon V1 with 18.5mm f/1.8

When the sun hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s a Moire!* There’s just a smidge of color artifacts in the textured surface of my brother’s Olympus OM-D. And along the top edge of the grip too. Hmmm, I never invested the existence or strength of the Nikon V1’s anti-aliasing filter before. I… Continue reading That’s a Moire! (Nikon 1 V1)

After I finished the third grade, my parent packed up the house and bought a bigger four-bedroom home in the suburbs. It was the American Dream made real, and it included a huge picture window that faced the southeast and had good morning sun. I had never known my mother to have a green thumb,… Continue reading The Nikon V1/18.5mm F1.8 Reminds me of the Panasonic GF2/20mm F1.7

After I finished the third grade, my parent packed up the house and bought a bigger four-bedroom home in the suburbs. It was the American Dream made real, and it included a huge picture window that faced the southeast and had good morning sun. I had never known my mother to have a green thumb,… Continue reading The Nikon V1/18.5mm F1.8 Reminds me of the Panasonic GF2/20mm F1.7

I’m loving the fast AF of the V1 and the pretty darn good image quality in a small package aspect of it. I’m just not feeling the user experience though. Feels good in hand, but I feel like I’m operating a computer not a camera. Having long reach in a small package is really nice… Continue reading Nikon 1 V1 @ Somerville Jazz Festival

And I’m not damning with faint praise. With the 30-110mm lens, I had nearly 300mm of reach and lightning fast AF in the palm of my hands. I actually chuckled to myself as another adult showed up with his iconic white Canon L zoom, thinking to myself, “I’ve probably got more reach and faster AF… Continue reading The Nikon V1 is perfect for soccer moms and dads

[Click on animation to view larger (720p)] Here’s another example of what the Nikon 1 V1 is capable of, this time featuring the current #1 women’s player Victoria Azarenka. As with Roddick, I could not shoot at 60FPS because Azarenka’s serve takes more time than the V1 has buffer (half a second @ 60FPS). Likewise,… Continue reading World’s #1 Ranked Women’s Tennis Player Victoria Azarenka @30FPS with the Nikon 1 V1

[Click on the animation to see the larger version. It’s totally worth it.] Andy Roddick announced his retirement a couple of days ago. This will be his last US Open. The crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium applauded him several times. He will be missed. You can’t blame him – his whole life has been playing… Continue reading Andy Roddick at 30FPS (Nikon 1 v1)

#1583 (Nikon 1 V1), a photo by john m flores on Flickr. I’ve got to be honest with myself, this isn’t much of a photo. I took it because this building kind of looks like a home floating in the sky. And it was late and we had a long drive home so I didn’t… Continue reading #1583 (Nikon 1 V1)

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