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Nikon Compact Digital Cameras
Mirrorless
Initial Impressions: 1 NIKKOR VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 Lens
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<blockquote data-quote="crisscross" data-source="post: 541390" data-attributes="member: 8717"><p>It certainly is NOT big compared to anything else with anywhere like this range! I am 75 and was having to chose which lenses to take out walking with D7000 and decided to downsize to Nikon 1 v3 just over a year ago. The lens is not only extremely good quality, but very fast camera-autofocus. I was a bit pissed off it needed a special tripod mount, but then I am not the type to wait for hours for a bird to emerge and have never got one. The 30-100 lens is adequate for a detail high up in a church roof.</p><p></p><p>However the shutter went on the n1 v3 a week after warranty and they are taking an age to repair it, so I thought it a good time to give the bsi-CMOS sensor of the n1 j5 a try out. I find the 70-300 still usable without a viewfinder but using a $10 loupe.</p><p>[ATTACH]202861[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The n1 j5 is so small I may yet become one of the guys that carries 2 cameras (extra 230gr weight!!) so as to avoid changing lenses in the field....until Nikon do the honourable thing and put a decent sensor in a v4 body so those of us who invested in this lens and a clip-on viewfinder (£1000) are properly catered for.....it needs a HUGE petition to Nikon, which I will try to start here and at DP review</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crisscross, post: 541390, member: 8717"] It certainly is NOT big compared to anything else with anywhere like this range! I am 75 and was having to chose which lenses to take out walking with D7000 and decided to downsize to Nikon 1 v3 just over a year ago. The lens is not only extremely good quality, but very fast camera-autofocus. I was a bit pissed off it needed a special tripod mount, but then I am not the type to wait for hours for a bird to emerge and have never got one. The 30-100 lens is adequate for a detail high up in a church roof. However the shutter went on the n1 v3 a week after warranty and they are taking an age to repair it, so I thought it a good time to give the bsi-CMOS sensor of the n1 j5 a try out. I find the 70-300 still usable without a viewfinder but using a $10 loupe. [ATTACH=CONFIG]202861._xfImport[/ATTACH] The n1 j5 is so small I may yet become one of the guys that carries 2 cameras (extra 230gr weight!!) so as to avoid changing lenses in the field....until Nikon do the honourable thing and put a decent sensor in a v4 body so those of us who invested in this lens and a clip-on viewfinder (£1000) are properly catered for.....it needs a HUGE petition to Nikon, which I will try to start here and at DP review [/QUOTE]
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