Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Nikon V1/J1 System
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:39:22 -0800
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They litter stores in Oregon (we have no sales tax here)
On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> I would think that rebate is to counteract all the bitching and
> moaning that occured when the camera was announced. Of course, as is
> usual, nobody had seen or used one at that time - which makes it an
> entirely normal photographer's reaction! (-:
> 
> They are not available in India through the grey market (i.e.
> smuggled) channels yet, which generally means that the offtake matches
> production, which, of course, could be low right now. This seems
> competition for micro 4/3 rather than the Sony Nex 7, which is pretty
> big in size. It is very tempting as a back up body for Nikon users
> like me who shoot wildlife - it is ultra fast, and my 70-200 becomes a
> 540mm f2.8 at the long end at 10mp while retaining autofocus and auto
> exposure. Pretty good.
> 
> Here are a couple more reviews referenced on a Nikon list. A lot of
> pros on the d1scussion list for pro Nikon users are buying the Nikon
> V1 as a carry around kit:
> 
> Steve Huff: Review:
> http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/11/14/the-nikon-v1-camera-review-the-camera-i-expected-to-hate/
> Samples: 
> http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/11/14/more-nikon-v1-sample-images-from-today-with-the-10-30-110-and-10-100/
> 
> Kirk Tuck: 
> http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2011/11/late-afternoon-and-into-evening-with.html
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> 
> wrote:
>> Seems not to be selling? Camera World ha a $150 rebate?
>> On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:09 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>> 
>>> First review I have seen. Looks good:
>>> 
>>> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-11666-11988
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>> 
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