14 DAY TRIAL // Back in middle March, Nikon has launched the Nikon 1 V3 mirrorless camera, looking to provide a worthy alternative to traditional DSLRs.
The good news is that if you were thinking of purchasing this fast little camera, Nikon Rumors reports the camera is currently being shipped out to customers. Interested photographers can get their hands on the new mirrorless by heading over to Amazon or B&H.
However, the latter web shop has the listed shipping date set for the April 24. It’s important to know that B&H will be sweetening up the deal for you, by throwing in an extra Nikon FT1 mount adapter, saving you $237 / €172 in the process.
This extra bundle might be worth waiting until the end of the week to place an order for the device. The camera won’t come cheap, so we hope you saved up. You can grab the V3 for $1,196 / €866.
Anyway, if you have missed the earlier coverage on the camera, we’re going to do a little recap to point out the most important specifications of the new mirrorless and why it should be taken into account.
At its launch, Nikon said the V3 had the “world’s fastest continuous shooting frame rate” to be found on an interchangeable camera, at 20 frames per second with full autofocus.
The camera supposedly is a very good DSLR alternative and is considered ideal for action photography.
Compared to its predecessors, the V1 and V2, the V3 comes boasting a completely redesigned look. Nikon has chosen to keep the matte finish and has added a texture grip positioned in front that should enable users to better grasp the shooter.
Overall, the V3 borrows design cues from Coolpix P7800 and some Nikon DSLR accents are also visible here and there.
The V3 can be coupled with a detachable grip accessory that makes it feel more like a DSLR-like camera, adding a shutter button plus an extra function button (Fn3).
The new mirrorless comes with a 3-inch LCD (rated 1,040k dot). Nikon has replaced the built-in electric viewfinder, adding an EVF accessory instead, one that can be attached to the hot shoe.
The EFV boasts 2.3-million-dot LCD with 100-percent covering and a sensor capable of making a switch between the LCD and EFV display.
The camera’s 18.4MP sensor is devoid of optical low-pass filters used to produce sharper images. Instead, working with the sensor there’s an Expeed 4A image processor. It should also be noted the ISO range is 160-12,800.