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Seriously, if you had a tail like that, wouldn’t you stare at it too? While I spent _most_ of the day shooting the Nikon 1 V1 with the 30-110 zoom, I did play with the Panasonic GH2 paired with the 100-300 zoom. Looking at the pictures now, it’s obvious that the Panasonic is doing much…

Taken with the Nikon 1 V1 with the 1 Nikkor VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 @ 35mm, 1/60s, f/9.0, ISO360. Consistent with the Photozone reports (www.photozone.de/nikon1/700-1nikon301103856v1), this longer zoom is a bit soft at the long end but quite nice at intermediate focal lengths. It’s still kit-zoomish in its overall quality; there no apparent magic pixie dust in…

Red Ruffed Lemur Contemplates, originally uploaded by john m flores. He’s probably thinking, "I wish someone would come over and groom me, as this black fur is a PITA to keep clean." Taken with the Panasonic GH2 mated to the Lumix G Vario 100-300/F4.0-5.6 @ 300mm, 1/40s, f7.1, ISO1600. The in-lens image stabilization is earning…

A tiger (obviously), taken with the Nikon 1 V1 with the 1 Nikkor VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 @ 1/125s, f6.3, ISO640. This is shot through a piece of pretty dirty glass so there are spots where the tiger’s spots are a bit soft. I really wanted to go place an 18% grey card next to the…

Guira Cuckoo @ The Bronx Zoo, originally uploaded by john m flores. Taken with the Nikon 1 V1 with the 1 Nikkor VR30-110 F/3.8-5.6 @ 1/20s, F6.3, ISO800. I did exactly what I tell others not to do – take a new camera into an unfamiliar/challenging situation. As a result, I got a lot of…

Gregg and Mike, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Nikon V1, 10mm, 1/30s @ F4.0, ISO400 First night out with the Nikon V1. I was contemplating bringing the Pentax Q since it’s smaller, but I really wanted to play around with the 10mm F2.8 lens and figured that it’s wider FOV (27mm eq) would…

Nate. Again., originally uploaded by john m flores. Nikon 1 V1, 110mm (297mm EQ), F5.6, 1/20s. And so it begins anew. The Pentax Q is nice, but I want faster AF. What drove me to the V1 was the intervalometer, HD video with external mic input and high speed capture (10FPS and faster at lower…

Two angry Italian birds (a 2012 Ducati Multistrada 1200S Touring and a 2012 Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX) sit in the tall grass on the Kancamangus highway and stalk their prey. I’m going a little Snapseed crazy. I just love the simplicity of the interface; it’s such a refreshing break from complexity. This was originally shot…

It’s not like I plan on using the Q as my low light camera of choice, but it’s comforting to know that it’s mildly ok. And that’s not damning with faint praise. Not in the least.

Dear Pentax, back when I owned a Ricoh GX100 one of the cool little features that the camera had (and proved to me that the camera was designed by photographers and for photographers) is the play button. If the camera was off and you wanted to show your photos to someone, you did not have…