Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would think that rebate is to counteract all the bitching and moaning that occured when the camera was announced. Of course, as is usual, nobody had seen or used one at that time - which makes it an entirely normal photographer's reaction! (-: They are not available in India through the grey market (i.e. smuggled) channels yet, which generally means that the offtake matches production, which, of course, could be low right now. This seems competition for micro 4/3 rather than the Sony Nex 7, which is pretty big in size. It is very tempting as a back up body for Nikon users like me who shoot wildlife - it is ultra fast, and my 70-200 becomes a 540mm f2.8 at the long end at 10mp while retaining autofocus and auto exposure. Pretty good. Here are a couple more reviews referenced on a Nikon list. A lot of pros on the d1scussion list for pro Nikon users are buying the Nikon V1 as a carry around kit: Steve Huff: Review: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/11/14/the-nikon-v1-camera-review-the-camera-i-expected-to-hate/ Samples: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/11/14/more-nikon-v1-sample-images-from-today-with-the-10-30-110-and-10-100/ Kirk Tuck: http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2011/11/late-afternoon-and-into-evening-with.html Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Mark Kronquist <mak at teleport.com> wrote: > Seems not to be selling? Camera World ha a $150 rebate? > On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:09 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> First review I have seen. Looks good: >> >> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-11666-11988 >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >