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09/08/2012

Nikon launches 1 J2, a $549.95 mirrorless camera with a new screen and new features

Nikon launches 1 J2, a $549.95 mirrorless camera with a new screen and new features: Gallery Photo: Nikon 1 J2 and accessories pictures






Nikon's 1 system of mirrorless cameras has sold well despite our lukewarm opinion of the shooters, and today the company has announced the latest model in the line, the J2. The new model has a few key upgrades over the J1: the J2's 3-inch LCD is now filled with 921,000 dots, it has a new metallic body, and there's now a Creative Mode stop on the mode dial offering the scene modes and filters that were previously (and oddly) absent from the camera.
Still, the J2 is mostly unchanged from the J1. It has the same 10.1-megapixel CX-format CMOS sensor, which is unfortunately closer in size to a point-and-shoot than a DSLR or even a Micro Four Thirds camera — the small sensor was one of our biggest issues with the J1, and we would have liked...
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