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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · 1" Sensor Cam: Nikon 1 V2 OR Sony RX1003 & Panny FZ1000 | |
Hi folks,
Official questions are in bold at the bottom of the post if you want to skip ahead.
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I am trying to "downsize" part of my casual use kit. I have a couple of competing goals and I am having a hard time deciding what to buy/ use/ keep. I'd appreciate hearing about your own experience as I try to sort through the available options.
One criteria is that I absolutely need a camera with an EVF (or OVF) as I am very tired of trying to use LCD only cameras in the sun.
I am looking for either/ both a small pocketable compact like the Sony RX1003, and/or a 1" "super zoom" with a 400mm or longer equivalent like the Panasonic FZ1000.
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As background, I plan to keep a Nikon D750 with a 70-200 2.8 for events. I will also keep a second body for events- I have to decide between my Nikon D5300 and a Canon 7DII with a 24-70 2.8 II or equivalent. I will also one of those with a Sigma 150-600 Contemporary for my main wildlife camera in Florida this winter.
I have been trying out a Nikon 1 V2 (and a J4 with the underwater housing) as my only cameras for the last 10 days on vacation. I am a bit underwhelmed with the results. I think part of the issue is quality of the 10-30 and 30-110 kit lenses. But I don't want to get into **yet another** lens system for the Nikon 1, like the $750 32 1.2 and $900 70-300 CX for casual use.
I also don't want to use the V2 with regular Nikon lenses via the FT-1 for casual use, like this vacation. That kit is just took big and heavy and limited.
Although I could potentially use the V2 as a supplemental wildlife camera with the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary this winter. So I might want to keep just that body? I wish it could use the same batteries as my D750 or D5300 (both different already...) Grr.
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I bought a Sony RX100III to use on this trip from Amazon, but it was defective so I returned it. (It couldn't charge the battery in camera.) Based on just a few quick snapshots from that camera, I like those images much better than the images from the V2 or J4.
Questions:
1.) Is the Sony RX100III much better than the Nikon 1 V2?
Is that because of the RX1003 sensor? Or is RX1003 lens much better than the 10-30 & 30-110 kit lenses on the Nikon 1? Both?
Or are the results closer than I think, without having had a chance to test the RX1003 more thoroughly?
Somewhat related to the first question:
2.) Would I be happy/ happier with the Panasonic FZ1000 and the 400 mm zoom lens and sensor over the V2 for casual wildlife work?
Would the V2 be as good/ better as the FZ1000 with the Nikon 1 70-300 CX lens? The images that I see posted here with the V2 and 70-300 seem pretty decent, but they are still a little flat and 2 dimensional, like a smaller sensor point and shoot.
I'm a former professional and a former studio photographer, so I do tend to be a little picky about image quality. I am completely happy with my APS-C images for most things. I hated a Canon S110 that I purchased a few years ago. But the 1" sensors are new territory for me. There are a lot of choices, but she far I'm not convinced by my Nikon 1 V2 with kit lenses.
Thanks much!
Michael
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