Rugged cameras are all a fury now. The likes of a GoPro Hero 3
Black Edition have done sharpened video an inauspicious conditions easier and
better than ever, yet arguably there isn’t a identical camera for still
photography where compacts browbeat and professionals rest on massive DSLR
enclosures. The Nikon 1 AW1 could change all that as it’s a first
ever waterproof transmutable lens camera. It’s and considerable feat
and one we got to spend a small time with this week.
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The
principal is Nikon has taken a Nikon 1 operation camera tech and put it
in a stronger and waterproof body. This isn’t usually ‘slightly’
waterproof, either, as a Nikon AW1 is waterproof to an impressively
deep 15 metres, that is deeper than all a waterproof compacts we’ve
tested. It’s shockproof from a tallness of dual metres, too, as well
dustproof and freezeproof down to -10 degrees C.Â
Inside, it uses a
14.2-megapixel CX-format CMOS sensor that tops out during 6,400 ISO. Like
all a Nikon 1 cameras, it has Nikon’s hybrid-AF system. It’s a system
that’s valid really effective in a past, quite for movement shots
where a continual AF tracking creates it easier to keep relocating subjects
in focus. Indeed, with sharpened speeds of adult to 60fps (15fps with
autofocus), a AW1′s speed ought to be ideal for movement photography.
While
a Nikon 1 AW1 supports customary NIKKOR 1 lenses, it has dual specific
lenses that are as imperishable as a body. The customary pack (£749) comes
with a 11-27.5mm f/3.5 to 5.6 lens, and there’s an discretionary 10mm f/2.8
prime lens accessible for £299 or for £949 as partial of pack with a body
and wizz lens. That creates this an costly camera, yet that’s no great
surprise deliberation how imperishable a camera is.
I was seriously
impressed with a build peculiarity of a Nikon 1 AW1, as we competence expect
deliberation a imperishable credentials. This ruggedness does have some
interesting, and potentially discouraging implications, though. For
example, a lens have O-rings to emanate a watertight sign opposite water
ingress, yet it means removing lenses off a camera takes some serious
elbow grease. It’s tough not to contemplate how good a seals will last
through enlarged use, too, something we’ll be certain to exam when it’s in
for review.
The
simple design, meanwhile, is really suggestive of other Nikon 1 cameras,
albeit somewhat heavier and bulkier. And we meant somewhat as this is
still an impressively compress camera, that creates Nikon’s achievement
all a some-more impressive. Handling is mostly a problem with cameras this
size and a AW1 isn’t perfect, yet a rubber ride reason during a back and a
‘lip’ during a front give we something to squeeze reason of. They should be
enough, and it’s a reasonable trade-off for a size.
As
we’ve come to design with complicated cameras, a Nikon 1 AW1 has copiousness of
‘extra’ non-camera features. This includes GPS, yet also an electronic
compass and a abyss sensor. When underwater we get a abyss reading and
compass directions, both good facilities to assistance we keep your bearings
and safeguard we don’t go too low with your camera.
While a Nikon
1 AW1 is improved matched to stills photography than a likes of the
GoPro, that’s not to contend Nikon doesn’t have half an eye on video, too.
The Nikon 1 AW1 shoots a 1080p with phase-detection AF and we can take
full fortitude photos when recording, that is a illusory underline to
have when sharpened underwater.
First Impressions
Overall,
a Nikon 1 AW1 looks like a really earnest camera. We routinely hurl my
eyes when a association claims a ‘world first’ yet for once it’s something
actually value cheering about. The usually premonition during this point, or at
least one of two, is either a Nikon 1 sensor is adult to a charge in the
kind of low light conditions it’s expected to face in ghastly seas. The
other is a price, yet afterwards we don’t it’s too irrational given how
rugged a Nikon 1 AW1 is.
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Hands-on: Nikon 1 AW1 review
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