Quote Originally Posted by Anbesol View Post
Its almost redundant, as well as being a misnomer, to talk about the Nikon's AF being the "best". Because I think to a lot of people, like myself, the AF of the Oly/Pan/Sony are already good, and the improvement or difference with the kit lens is hair splitting. Moreover, what difference there is, the AF improvement gained from getting a faster aperture, fixed lens is certainly greater than any AF difference between the J1 and its competition. Be it tracking or single AF, the Oly with the 45mm f/1.8 will still be better with AF than the Nikon and its 30-100, or anything Nikon can do at the same equivalent focus distance. I also doubt anything could compare to Oly's 12mm f/2. As of now, it doesn't look like the kind of system Nikon wants to commit any high performance fixed angle lens to. They have the typical pancake, kit, telephoto kit, and superzoom. Considering the set of 4 lens released, it looks like Nikon is only interested in producing generic, cheap entry level consumer grade optics for the Nikon 1. Clearly they are acutely targeted to the market segment of people stepping up from point and shoots, and not pro's or DSLR users who want a smaller side-shooter.

*edit - the J1 is also no smaller than the E-PM1 or the GF3.
This makes a lot of sense....

Just to add - I recently purchased the Panasonic 25mm/f1.4 - it is lightening fast on the E-P3. I mean - FAST......faster than any camera/lens combo I've owned.

BTW, I'm talking about single AF.

Liz