I have rented the 70-200/4 for the Gales event where I plan to mix shooting it on the V1, the AW1 and the D800. Having just unpacked it and taken a few shots on the V1 I am very excited. Reading Thom Hogan's lessons learned report, I am convinced that I am going to get some really nice shots with this combination. Combined with the light weight, 60FPS and wonderful Nikon AF Tracking, well, here is hoping for a successful event.
Details to come as the gear gets put to the test along with a follow up post on how I see all of this kit coming together to create a flexible and robust 'System' for the Adventure Traveler.
I am very much enjoying the little Nikon V1, a camera that I think is highly under rated. It is small, light, fast, and flexible. The images that come out of the little beast have a character to them that I just love. This is especially true of the Jpeg B&W that the camera renders.
Having just received the FT1 adapter in time for the Gales event and the Nikon 70-200/4, I am playing with the FT1/Zeiss combination to see what types of images I can make. There are definitely some issues, such as a bit of chromatic abberation and some color fringing, but in general, I love what I am seeing. While the B&Ws that come out of the camera are very nice, taking a moment to process the raw files through Nik is producing images that I am extremely pleased with.
Currently I have the camera set to shoot Raw + Jpeg in B&W mode. Since LR does not recognize Nikon Raw profiles, you get the Jpegs in B&W and the Raw files in Color. This results in not only a way to 'pre-visualize' in B&W but the flexibility to just grab the small Jpeg files in the field and use them w/o any editing.
