Nikon to enter the ILC-arena (micro 4/3's!)

[Munky]

According to dpreview:
"The J1 has only an electronic shutter, limiting sync speed to 1/60th of a second but allowing shutter speeds of up to 1/16000th of a second."

That doesn't make sense. Why would the sync speed only be 1/60? With an electronic shutter I was actually expecting ridiculously fast sync speeds.

 

[AkumaX]

Specs aside, let's see how well it performs...

 

[slashbinslashbash]

According to dpreview:
"The J1 has only an electronic shutter, limiting sync speed to 1/60th of a second but allowing shutter speeds of up to 1/16000th of a second."

That doesn't make sense. Why would the sync speed only be 1/60? With an electronic shutter I was actually expecting ridiculously fast sync speeds.

Yeah, that really doesn't make sense. Strobists seek out the D70's and D40's because they had an electronic shutter that would allow 1/500 sync, which is on par with the Canon 1D line and other pro models. It was (and still is) a unique benefit to find in a lower-priced body.

 

[gar655]

According to dpreview:

That doesn't make sense. Why would the sync speed only be 1/60? With an electronic shutter I was actually expecting ridiculously fast sync speeds.

Probably a misprint. More likely it's 1/160 which is a common sync speed.

 

[jpeyton]

Realistically speaking, who actually uses a mirrorless camera in a situation where they would need 10 fps continuous shooting and extremely fast AF tracking?

Everyone, really.

The 10FPS figure isn't as important in itself, but taken as a gauge of the camera's responsiveness, it's huge. Even a casual/inexperienced photographer notices how quickly autofocus locks, or how much shutter lag a camera has. Just hand them a Digital Rebel T3 and a 1D4 at a child's birthday party or soccer game.

A potential Nikon 1 buyer might not care if it has 5FPS or 10FPS, but they will easily notice the difference between a camera with contrast-detection focus only vs. Nikon's hybrid system. Nikon is also touting their system has the lowest shutter lag.

 

[iGas]

Probably a misprint. More likely it's 1/160 which is a common sync speed.

It is possible that it is a missed print, but old mechanical camera shutter speed was limit to 1/60s.

It all so is possible that the J1 have 1/60s sync, but also sport high speed/FP flash synch up to 1/16000s.

It mean that the flash is design to stay on for the entire duration (1/100s) instead of the traditional 1/10000~1/20000s. Thus the flash power would reduce greatly when shoot at high speed.