Nikon 1 VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 Sample Photos

The Nikon 1 VR 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 is quite an expensive lens, but considering it gives you equivalent focal length of 189-810mm that you can very easily hold with one hand, it makes it quite an attractive lens.

I think Nikon made great job with this lens. It is relatively quite small and light, it has very good optical quality and a fast focus even on my old Nikon V1 camera.

If you consider buying this lens I brought you some field sample images so you can evaluate it. All photos are completely untouched and uploaded directly from the camera.

LEAF  |  download full image

Nikon 1 VR 70-300
Aprture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300mm (810mm equivavlent)
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec

SAVION  |  download full image

Nikon 1 VR 70-300

Aprture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 270mm (728mm equivavlent)

ISO: 100

Exposure: 1/800 sec

SNAIL  |  download full image

Nikon 1 VR 70-300

Aprture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 300mm (810mm equivavlent)

ISO: 400

Exposure: 1/400 sec

MIKA  |  download full image

Nikon 1 VR 70-300

Aprture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 114mm (307mm equivavlent)

ISO: 560

Exposure: 1/400 sec

Nikon V1 Viewfinder/Display problem

I own a Nikon V1 camera. It is considered to be quite old and outdated these days, but still I find it useful from time to time.

Few days ago I had this strange problem: when I turned on the camera, things were shown properly on the display, but when I put my eye on the viewfinder and then removed it again the image stayed on the viewfinder and refused to go back to the display.

Took me quite some time to understand that the sensor on the left side of the viewfinder was simply covered with too much dust. It tricked the sensor to think that my eye is all the time on the viewfinder and therefore showed the image on the viewfinder instead of the display.

I though it might be useful to share this information in case one of you out there is still using Nikon V1 and experience the same problem. Of course that cleaning the sensor solved the problem.

Here is where the sensor is located: