where there’s smoke there’s fire

It has been a week since the announcement of thew new Nikon 1 S1 and J3 mirrorless cameras. Here is some additional coverage from around the Web:

There’s no main mode dial to worry about. The S1 feels rather like a compact camera in many respects, and if you do want to adjust settings then there are six main tiles that cover shooting modes, playback, special shooting modes, movie capture, image processing and set-up options. /Pocket-lint

Further changes can be found elsewhere in the Nikon J3’s firmware. The unusual Motion Snapshot function — which creates a brief slow-motion, high definition movie clip followed with a still frame from the action — now records a longer initial video clip. The J3 also now offers a Slow View function, seen previously in the Nikon V2. /Imaging-resource

Sneak peak of the Nikon 1 J3 and S1 TVC shoot in Australia:

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