Who ordered the kit with 2 lenses, which is really well equipped for most situations. In addition to the Nikon 1 V2 are currently a 10-30 mm and 30-110 mm lens. Thus, the current wide angle and telephoto ranges are covered. In the box there is also a lens hood, which fits on both lenses. A shoulder strap and 2 CDs with software (ViewNX2 & Short Movie Creator) and the manual in PDF format are included. A printed Quick Start Guide puts Nikon in also.
The V2 now has a well-shaped handle, which also indicates the battery and SD card are housed. The camera is very good in the hand and all controls are very easy to reach. The housing feels very high quality. The front consists of magnesium. While the rear housing made of plastic. In addition to display the Nikon 1 V2 has an electronic viewfinder, which also offers a diopter adjustment. When capturing images, the live image on the screen of the camera is very noisy, with the electronic viewfinder, this noise occurs even on, but not as prominent as in the display. The final images show the noise does not occur. The noise of the display and the electronic viewfinder would get over, if not for the feature the live image control would, which is cut by the noise arg. The live image control is activated by the feature key (F-key). Allows the effect of various settings on an image to be tried before the triggering. Through the noise of the display and the electronic viewfinder, this feature is implemented almost ad absurdum. Especially in bad ambient light occurs noise. I would like to reiterate that the images have no, or hardly any noise. In direct comparison with my Canon EOS 600D, the Nikon 1 V2 cuts a bit worse, but the larger the sensor DSLR plays its advantages.
However, this is about the only gripe, which I have on the camera. The menu is structured the Nikon intuitive. One can find various settings very well. The images which the Nikon 1 V2 convince produced with vibrant, but not too exaggerated colors. Because of the small image sensor, it can happen, the images, which were taken in dark spaces to noise tend to try here a little with other ISO values around, succeed, however, even in difficult lighting conditions, good images.
Thrilled me to produce the super-fast continuous shooting and the opportunity slow motion movies. Also, the autofocus is extremely fast and makes the camera the perfect companion for snapshots. The Nikon 1 V2 offers the possibility not only pictures in jpg format to produce, but also in NEF RAW format, which considerably facilitates the subsequent processing of the images, as long as you own a compatible image editing software. .The Battery life of Nikon camera I classify as good. After about 350 pictures in different settings, the battery shows first signs of weakness. I assume that about 400 pictures can be produced on a single charge!
If you use the electronic viewfinder, then the display turns off automatically. A very useful feature.
In summary, I can say that the Nikon 1 V2 is a camera which provides very good picture quality, very good in the hand and can be operated intuitively. Only the noisy at night team from display and electronic viewfinder leads to point deduction!
