At present I have 2 Nikon lenses in my possession, the 50 f1.8 and the 100 f2.8 manual focus lenses. To be perfectly honest I'm quite impressed with the image quality, colour and micro contrast that I am achieving. It's nothing to do with the camera I'm using, the results are the same independent of which camera I use be it an Olympus, Nex or even a Fuji. I've seen a post over at soundimageplus regarding the 28 f1.8G, the 50 f1.8G and the 85 f1.8G lenses and have been considering them for my arsenal. Too expensive for my taste at present. I had to set priorities and they do not come in at the top of the list. 

I've just spent some money for the Fujifilm Fujinon 55-200 f3.5-4.8 zoom and that is enough for the present. I really wanted a zoom of this calibre for the Fuji X system as it was really lacking. The zoom looks very nice indeed and the images match those of the 18-55 f2.8-4 kit lens. Both those lenses make for a very nice system. I haven't gone for the primes on this system as my m4/3 systems have enough of those and covers everything I need. I'm really impressed with the image quality from the X-Trans sensor though and I will keep the X-E1 and the X100S for some time to come.

Being small has it's advantages however, in being more portable. If I'm going out these days with my Sony kit I only need a smallish shoulder bag and that carries 2 x Nex-5N and one Nex-7 cameras. I don't like changing lenses and I use the Nex series primarily as my prime lens kit. Two reasons for this, as I'm sure you can guess, firstly the Nex lenses aren't really all that good and secondly I use the peaking function (or is it spelled peeking?) all the time. I think it's a great feature and all future cameras will come out with something very similar incorporated into them. It's an invaluable feature, especially when using very wide or telephoto lenses. The reason I say that is because when using prime lenses on my Olympus E-PL1 I don't have any problems when a 50ish lens is attached (100 = 35mm) but When I mount a 135mm lens (270mm = 35mm) that I do tend to struggle somewhat. Furthermore, since using the Sony Nex cameras with the peaking function I have notice that I have more difficulty using the Olympus models. Maybe I'm becoming lazy or my eyes aren't what they used to be (probably both).

I'm still pleased with the image though and I'm sure I'll be trying these type of images again soon.

I stated yesterday that it was going to be the last post about the V1 and the 10-30 f3.5-5.6 VR lens. Well, I decided to make one last post. I will be stating my likes and dislikes about the system and lenses available as of this post. Don't forget, I take some time in posting these things so there could well be developments in this area even before this post comes out.

Likes:
It's small, light and the battery lasts forever. It's the same one used in their DSLR range of cameras so they can't be that bad.
It's quick to focus and metering is excellent. This is my first Nikon camera believe it or not and I'm just wondering what the metering is like in their DSLR range. I know that I wasn't all that happy with the Canon metering and I've tested systems that are much better than Canon. Maybe I should have switched years ago, but you know how it is.
The lenses seem to be getting better. The 18.5 f1.8 lens is great but I won't be buying the 32 f1.2 unless they reduce the price considerably (although it comes close to my favourite focal length).
The raw files are good and since I'm a raw shooter, the jpg engine interests me very little.

I was amazed when I ran the above image through LR4.4. The dynamic range is very good and sharpness is there too. When I import my raw files into LR I make sure that they are all zeroed which means that the files look flat and lack contrast. Totally different to how the jpg files look...overcooked.
Most of my work is done in LR and I use Photoshop at the end to do some touches, resize and normally sharpen and add a frame. This doesn't take long as I've saved some actions to do the mundane stuff.
I'm going to out a limb here and say that the file has a film like quality to it and it's the sort of look I get from my Voigtländer lenses. I like it too and strive to find a workflow that gives me this permanently. I'm still looking by the way.
As this is going to be the last post from the V1 for the moment I have to tell you that the 6.7-13 f3.5-5.6 VR is on the way. Actually by the time you read this post it should have arrived. I was missing that wide end that I know I would be pining for if I didn't have a lens in that focal range. I just hope the weather is going to get better than it's is now so I can get out get some photography done.

After seeing images made with the 18 f1.8 lens and again looking up the prices, I decided that this would be a good lens for portraits. It gives you an equivalent focal length of approximately 50mm on a full frame camera. Not my favourite focal length as I prefer the 80-135 range and sometimes even longer than that, but that's all there is at the time of this post.
Images from this lens are very good indeed. They should make more lenses of this calibre in my opinion but I assume that people who use this system will prefer zooms. Presently this lens will cost you €160 which is amazing price for lens like this.
Nikon have also introduced the 11-27.5 f3.5-5.6 lens which I can't really understand since it's very close to the 10-30 f3.5-5.6 lens. There may be advantages to the lens but right now, I just don't see it. That is one lens the I won't be purchasing.