Nikon would plan in september for Photokina is an update of the Nikon 1-entry-level, with a new kit lens that comes. This lens is smaller and has a smaller zoom range than the current 10-30mm lens.
Nikon got in september of last year the market for compact system cameras with the Nikon 1-series, consisting of the models Nikon 1 J1 and the Nikon 1 V1. According to the site Digicam-info is Nikon going to in september, Nikon 1 J2, the direct successor of the Nikon 1 J1. The specifications and appearance of the camera are not yet known, but according to the site, a new entry-level model in Japan at a suggested retail price of about 722 euros.
With the introduction of the new Nikon 1 model, this would be accompanied by a new kit lens. It reportedly has a zoom range of 11-27,5 mm, what angle of view is concerned, is equivalent to approximately 30-74mm in small. The current standard zoom has a zoom range of 10-30mm. By the tighter zoom range, the new kit lens smaller size. The new lens would be in Japan, commercially available for about 260 euro.
In addition, Nikon is planning to get a underwater housing to introduce, but it is not known for any of the Nikon 1 model that is suitable. The waterproof housing may have a water pressure up to 40m depth and would have a suggested retail price of about 800 euros. It is not known whether Nikon in september, the Nikon 1 V1 shows up by a new model.
Nikon chose for his Nikon 1 camera system, an image sensor with a 1″size, significantly smaller than the m4/3 cameras from Panasonic and Olympus, and compact system cameras with aps-c sensor of Sony, Samsung, and now Canon. Because of the smaller sensor can also the lenses are smaller, but a disadvantage is that a smaller depth of field harder to achieve and also the level of noise in the Nikon 1 series is a bit higher. Due to the integration of af points on the sensor with the Nikon 1 fast focus using phase-detection-af.
Samsung brought for the cheaper NX models already with a shorter kit lens. This had a retractable design with a 20-50mm zoom range, while the previous kit lens for that system, a zoom range of 18-55mm and not in trekbaar was. The crop factor of the NX system is 1.5 x, while that of the Nikon 1 2.7 x.
