I'm looking of a lightweight camera to take on trips . I'm leaning to the Nikon because it can track birds in flight where other mirror less cameras cannot.
What do you think? FishHawk
I have been reading a lot about this camera lately, because of its 2.7x crop factor. This means that with, e.g. a 300mm. Nikon lens, attached by the FT1 adapter, you get a relatively compact, hand-holdable high-quality 810mm. equivalent lens. There are some pretty impressive bird pictures published on e.g. Birdforum. Otherwise, as a general walk-around camera, it sounds as good in some ways as other high end point and shoots - see recent comments on DPReview.
It is an intriguing idea, but there are some serious limitations on its focusing ability with the FT1 and F mount lenses. I believe that only the center sensor is active, so BIF would be a challenge in many cases.
For perched birds, might work well.
Just be sure to check out the limitations of the set up before purchasing.
As Randy mentioned, there are limitations if you plan to use FT1 and F mount lenses, be sure to check those out. For example, if you plan to use autofocus then you can only use AF-S, you won't be able to use AF-C with FT1, which is bad for BIF. However with lenses that design for Nikon 1 system the focus is good. I have the J1 model, so far there only a few situation where the focus refuses to lock on, like trying to shoot out of an airplane window when the sun is about to raise on the horizon. I think V1 and J1 has the same sensor and AF system, but V1 has EVF and higher buffer which is more suitable for BIF.ps: I did have fun turning my J1 into spy cam with FT1, 2x TC, and 300mm f/2.8 (1620mm like view). The IQ may not be that great, but fun anyway :D
Thinking of the Nikon V1 as a walk around camera
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