Originally Posted by
chimphappyhour
Then I came to the size of the body. It's the height and width of my cellphone and maybe twice as thick without a lens mounted. Makes it easily stashable in my daily shooting bag. And yes, with the FT1, it is compatible with one set of lenses I already have. (I've heard the adapter will only work with motorized lenses. Try mounting one that isn't the body won't even shoot. That's the rumor so far but seeing as I do have one set that is, not a worry for me.)
For me, it just makes sense. Especially if it really produces the shots that I've been seeing pop-up in reviews and on Flickr. I've been wanting something smaller than my dslrs but better IQ than the P&S's I've tried so far. I'll definitely still carry my D700 with me as much as I can but this will be a nice little back-up in a lot of ways.
I played with a J1 earlier this week and it is sturdy as it was heavier than I thought it would be. If you are a Nikon user, I can see why this might be of interest.
But the small sensor (even smaller than Micro 4/3) is problematic when there are others that even use the APS-C size sensor. I don't see how that small of a sensor can be comparable. This then equates to a 2.7x crop factor, which is great for telephotos, but wide angle really suffers. Perhaps I am just old school, but I find it difficult to use a camera without a viewfinder, which the V1 has, but not the J1. I'm sure that I am missing something, but all things being equal, my view is Nikon is late to the game (though Canon is even further behind).