Results 1 to 25 of 50

Thread: The Nikon 1

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Senior Shooter Greg McCary's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Rome Ga.
    Posts
    10,550

    Re: The Nikon 1

    John I read it as well. I have to think as good ad Nikon is and being king of IQ I doubt they would put out a dog. I think everyone will be surprised with the IQ, just like everyone was with the E5.
    I was curious as to the noise of the shutter. For a street camera the Nex is way to loud and when shooting in anti motion it sounds like a small sewing machine.
    They all seem to claim fastest focus.LOL
    I am like Barney Fife, I have a gun but Andy makes me keep the bullet in my pocket..

    Sony a99/a7R

  2. #2
    Captain of the Ship Photo-John's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    Posts
    15,422

    Auto Focus Performance

    Quote Originally Posted by Greg McCary View Post
    They all seem to claim fastest focus.LOL
    Yes, they do. If you read the press releases there's almost always an asterisk next to those statements and they qualify them carefully. What's been happening is that auto focus performance is being pushed hard at the moment. Everyone is one-upping the previous camera. I have no doubt that all the new cameras have excellent auto focus - better than what was available a year ago. For me personally, what I care about is continuous auto focus. Single shot isn't that big of a deal for me so even though Olympus was claiming the fastest AF for their new Pen cameras, they're still not useable for shooting action with continuous auto focus. The new Sonys also use contrast detect auto focus, which sucks for continuous performance. The new Nikon, however, has a "hybrid" system that they claim uses both phase detect (like a DSLR) and contrast detect. That has me very curious as it seems to be something that hasn't been done before and it could make a real difference in EVIL camera auto focus performance.
    Photo-John

    Your reviews are the foundation of this site - Write A Review!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •