| Announced | 2011-09-21 |
| Indicative price (USD) | 549 |
| Aperture | f/3.5-5.6 |
| Focal range (mm) | 10 - 30 |
| Filter diameter (mm) | 40.5 |
| Max diameter (mm) | 57.5 |
| Mount type | Nikon 1 CX |
| Stabilization | Yes |
| AF Motor | STM |
| Zoom type | Ring |
| Rotating front element | No |
| Tripod mount | No |
| Color | Black, white, silver, red, pink |
| Full-Time manual focus | No |
| Number of lenses | 12 |
| Number of groups | 9 |
| Diaphragm blades | 7 |
| Circular aperture | Yes |
| Length (mm) | 42 |
| Weight (gr) | 115 |





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Designed with compactness in mind, micro 4/3 lenses go for the smallest size possible most of the time. But to achieve these dimensions, they sometimes have to compromise on image quality. In this review, we cover a wide range of standard lenses, both prime and zoom, and show that not all lenses are equal in terms of the trade-off between compactness and image quality. |
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A few weeks ago, Nikon announced the Nikon 1 series that we had the chance to test immediately. For this new format of camera, Nikon also designed a completely new format of lenses, the “Nikon 1 mount,” for which we are publishing the measurements today. Nikon put a lot of effort to design lenses that offer the best balance of image quality and portability, and apparently it paid off. Let’s look closely at how these lenses perform compared to their direct competitors. |
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The long awaited and rumored mirrorless Nikon camera was finally announced today. And it’s not just one but a pair of new mirrorless compact “1 System” cameras that are coming to compete with the Sony NEX 7, the Pentax Q, the Olymps PEN EP3 or even the Fujifilm FinePix X10. These 2 first models in this new Nikon 1 series are the Nikon J1 and Nikon V1. |
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Added by spanishflyer |
December 20, 2012
Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
We have seen the test results of both types of lenses FX/DX and the Series 1 lenses on their respective sensors or cameras, but in my opinion it would be great if we could get a comparison test for both the DX/FX lenses installed on the Nikon V1/V2 by means of Nikons FT-1 adapter and se how they compare with the native series 1 lenses. Taking into consideration the fact that due to the huge 2.7 crop factor the CX sensor of the series 1 cameras have, it would be very interesting to see how well the 30-110 VR does for example with the 15-105 VR of the DX series with the mentioned FT-1 adapter on the same CX sensor. In theory since on the DX/FT-1 set we only use the center of the lens image, we could find that the aberrations, vignetting and other radial aware defects found on such a lens are left out of the equation, giving as a result a better overall quality picture. For that matter how about the result of a 300 f/1.4 VR2 image as seen in the V1 CX sensor compared to the cropped-to-size portion on a D4 sensor? I bet in both cases we would find interesting results due to the very different behaviour of the CX and FX sensors and the fact that on the CX sensor be are only using the better part of the image produced by such a terrific lens.
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Added by Wade Tregaskis |
April 18
Re: Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
I also would like to see this. I use the 18-105, 50/1.8 (AF-S) and 55-300 via the adapter, and it certainly seems to me that there's advantages all round - no vignetting at all, barely any chromatic aberration, and an arguable increase in sharpness. This seems to match the comparison results (when you scale the DX sensor results to take account for the cropped size), but I'd still like to see an honest head-to-head test.
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark |
April 18
Re: Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
Hello!
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark. For now it was not planned because we feel that FX/DX lenses are too large and heavy for Nikon1 series. The real advantage for Nikon 1 camera is compactness. But it is an interesting proposition. Best regards, The DxOMark team Reply |
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Added by Wade Tregaskis |
April 18
Re: Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
I've also used the new AF-S 80-400 on a Nikon 1 V1. A co-worker uses the 300/f4 on one. The high crop ratio makes these useful with big lenses, regardless of the body size.
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