Staying on the ball is clearly the motto at Nikon when it comes to the mirrorless camera system 1. And so shake the slightly improved variant Nikon 1 J2 out of the sleeve about one year after the J1.
More automatic programs
In the case of the 10-megapixel sensor in the Nikon CX format (13.2 x 8.8 mm, crop factor 2.7), the housing design has not changed as much as with the basic data of the image recording. The hybrid AF system with phase and contrast AF on the sensor is also known from the sister models. Pleasant is the low trigger delay of 0.19 s at 1000 lux, significantly longer (0.86 s) takes place in low light.
Image quality
New is the 3-inch monitor with a resolution of now 307000 RGB pixels compared to 153000 at the J1. An electronic viewfinder remains the top model of the Nikon 1 series, the V1, reserved. Together with the new compact 3.5-5.6 / 11-27.5 mm set-up lens (30-74 mm KB equivalent), the J2 is expected to cost just over 500 euros.
Conclusion
When looking at the program dial, the so-called creative mode emerges as an innovation. (F): Motif programs such as Night Scene, Night Portrait and Backlight, supplemented by a Pan-Panoramic Function and various filters such as Blur, Miniature Effect or Selective Color, which can be assessed before recording on the monitor .
In addition, you can access program, time and aperture (P, A, S) as well as the manual exposure control (M) in the creative mode. To select one of these programs, however, you have to go through the complicated detour via the recording menu.
Other recording modes such as fully automatic, Smart Photo Selector or "moving snapshot" are already known from the J1 / V1, as well as the video mode with full HD resolution (1080p). A special feature is that the camera automatically turns on when the zoom ring is unlocked and turned.
Nikon makes the J2 somewhat more popular compared to J1 / V1 and increases contrast, which makes the images look crisp, without changing much in the noise. This effect is also reflected by the higher dead-leave values when the resolution is comparable.
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However, the contrast enhancement simultaneously leads to a contrast increase with coarser structures and a more unnatural image impression. Both effects show the dead-leaves curves and the test images of the J1 and J2 in comparison. The texture loss remains moderate to ISO 1600, the noise as well. And a dynamic between 9 and 8 iris to ISO 6400 is also not bad.
With the 1 J2, Nikon proves once again that the 10-MP CMOS in the CX format (which is only about half the area of a Four Thirds sensor) has a proper picture quality - without however the picture quality of the Nikon -APS-C models. Apart from this, the J2 is also what the J1 was already: a stylish system camera in a practical compact format.
Nikon 1 J2
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