FX lenses on V1 or J1?

Retief · Aug 5, 2013

X Ray said:
Ok boys, im gonna have to be super sneaky with this one. My girlfriend isn't happy. She's going to kill me if i get another camera.

Not even married yet, and having "who wears the pants" problems. How pathetic. I have been married 42 years now, and I sure know who wears the pants in MY family. Just ask my wife, she'll tell you ..... :wink:

Simple solution. Once you put the V1 on the back of one of your lenses, just tell her it is a holder so you can look through the lens, not a camera at all. Just like attaching a cell phone, yeah, that's the ticket!

X Ray · Aug 5, 2013

mneary said:
You need to sell this to your gf better - tell her the V1 is a much better camera to take on trips than the D3, so you'll be able to take better pictures of her :smile:

Mike

She hates anything to do with photography now. She says it's a way for me to ignore her and not spend time with her.

mneary · Aug 5, 2013

X Ray said:
She hates anything to do with photography now. She says it's a way for me to ignore her and not spend time with her.

Sorry to hear that, buddy - that's probably the most awful thing I've ever heard someone say about photography :frown:

I'm so lucky that my wife encourages my photography and thinks it's a great hobby! And she doesn't even complain about expensive equipment purchases (as long as she gets to buy some stuff for herself, of course :biggrin

...

I hope this situation will change for you over time!

Mike

X Ray · Aug 5, 2013

mneary said:
Sorry to hear that, buddy - that's probably the most awful thing I've ever heard someone say about photography :frown:

I have to figure out a way to get her excited about it. I'm trying.

Jonathan F/2 · Aug 5, 2013

X Ray said:
She hates anything to do with photography now. She says it's a way for me to ignore her and not spend time with her.

Tell your GF photography is better than you boozing and spending time with floozies at a bar! :biggrin:

My wife doesn't care what I buy, in fact our relationship works out better the more we're apart! :tongue:

X Ray · Aug 5, 2013

Jonathan F/2 said:
Tell your GF photography is better than you boozing and spending time with floozies at a bar! :biggrin:

Hah! I run a bar and she's one of my bartenders. :biggrin:

X Ray · Aug 5, 2013

She has complained that the D3 is too heavy. Hopefully, she'll dig the V1 with my 50 1.4G on it.

Jonathan F/2 · Aug 5, 2013

X Ray said:
Hah! I run a bar and she's one of my bartenders. :biggrin:

Haha, you're SOL! :biggrin:

:tongue:

mneary · Aug 6, 2013

X Ray said:
She has complained that the D3 is too heavy. Hopefully, she'll dig the V1 with my 50 1.4G on it.

I think that might actually work!

Initially I was giving my wife my hand-me-down DSLR bodies - D70, D80, D90 - because she actually likes having a good camera that can get her better IQ and focus faster than a compact... Then she, too, started complaining that the gear was too heavy - which I can understand!

In the end, the solution for her was Micro 4/3 - she's quite content with her Panasonic G3, likes the form factor and appreciates that she still gets better pics than the compact & phone crowd...

So perhaps the V1 will make your gf feel better about photography, too - leave the D3 for the serious stuff, and you're all set :smile:

Good luck

Mike

X Ray · Aug 7, 2013

RecalcitrantRon said:
Look for a refurbished unit at Cameta Camera. That is where I got my J1 and lenses. One of the lenses had something behind the element and they exchanged it without a problem.

http://www.cameta.com/Nikon-1-V1-Digital-Camera-Body-Black-Factory-Refurbished-75505.cfm

I went with this one after all. After my original order was canceled because they actually DIDN'T have anymore in stock, I couldn't find any other good deals on black V1's with the kit lens.