05-22-2013, 10:16 AM
Hm. While 32mm f/1.2 lens does look interesting (from the engineering point of view), it does come a bit short in regards of competition. I’ve just checked for packages with similar ratio of compactness / dof, and came out with the following:
Comparing Nikon J1 with 32mm f/1.2 against Panasonic GF3 (or Olympus E-PM1) with Olympus 45mm f/1.8, the latter is much cheaper (€1,100 vs €500), a bit lighter (500g vs 380g) and offers nearly identical dof (86mm f/3.2 vs 90mm f/3.6 equiv), being just ¼ of a stop slower. Although my calculations might be a bit off, as DOFmaster website says that both packages have identical dof (23cm) at 3m distance.
On the other hand, Nikon 1 has a niche to fill – previously the only affordable camera to offer hi-speed video was Casio Exilim series (and it wasn’t without drawbacks). Now, if only Nikon was to offer uncompressed video output from it…
Comparing Nikon J1 with 32mm f/1.2 against Panasonic GF3 (or Olympus E-PM1) with Olympus 45mm f/1.8, the latter is much cheaper (€1,100 vs €500), a bit lighter (500g vs 380g) and offers nearly identical dof (86mm f/3.2 vs 90mm f/3.6 equiv), being just ¼ of a stop slower. Although my calculations might be a bit off, as DOFmaster website says that both packages have identical dof (23cm) at 3m distance.
On the other hand, Nikon 1 has a niche to fill – previously the only affordable camera to offer hi-speed video was Casio Exilim series (and it wasn’t without drawbacks). Now, if only Nikon was to offer uncompressed video output from it…