Speaking of small Nikon kits I'm reminded that I saw a Nikon 1 V1
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/823590-REG/Nikon_27504_Nikon_1_V1_Mirrorless.html>
in use over the weekend. It had been purchased recently by the
daughter-in-law of a friend who was using it to document the celebration
of her step-son's safe return from Afganistan on this past Memorial Day
weekend.
I was shooting along with her. There was very little light so I was
shooting at ISO 3200 in order to get about 1/160 second at f/5.6 which I
needed for depth of field. I was thinking that she probably wasn't
going to get much given the low light. Now, mind you, I never saw
anything put up on a computer screen from her camera but what she was
showing me on the large LCD screen looked every bit as good as what I
was getting. Of course, I think the 5D's raw mode will recover a lot of
shadow detail that the little Nikon won't but neither she (nor my wife)
will ever note the difference.
Just to show that a fully automatic camera is the best thing for her I
had to show her that the camera had an interchangeable lens. She bought
it without having known that at all. She was actually rather skeptical
until I asked to hold the camera and removed the lens for her. Not sure
which it was but probably the 10-30 kit lens.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/30/2012 3:33 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 5/30/2012 6:04 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> Thanks. All info appreciated. It's hard to justify a move away from Nikon,
>> but the sheer bulk of the equipment is problematic on two wheels.
>
> Perhaps there is an important question that hasn't been asked, and thus not
> answered. What do you think you will be
> doing with these images from the road?
>
> If you harbor the thought that a few might be good enough for large prints
> for sale, the answer is different than if you
> simply want nice records of your trip. Or if you might be satisfied with a
> limited print size for sale.
>
> If you work back from what you want to come out of it, defining the equipment
> may be easier. Then you can try a trip or
> two with Nikon kit, other(s) with G12 and compare experience and results. If
> something in between seems a better choice,
> then, with the aid of that experience, (re)consider what might meet your
> needs.
>
> If OTOH, you simply need an excuse to try an OM-D, ignore all the above and
> go for it. ;-)
>
> Too Logical Moose
>
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