Digital Nikonos ?

[kdxn]

Is the new Nikon AW1 the ideal cave photography and video solution ?

Mirrorless body.
Interchangeable lenses.
Silicon skin option - orange for all of you missing Nikonos.
Waterproof to 15m.
Shockproof to 2m drop.

http://www.nikon.com/news/2013/0919_nikon1_01.htm

And available for ?749 with one zoom lense.

 

[droid]

I have a Pentax Optio WG-3. Good for snapshots/recording features.

 

[dunc]

Is the new Nikon AW1 the ideal cave photography and video solution ?

Give it a few years for the price to drop, perhaps..  :blink:

 

[Olaf]

Too bad that it seems to be missing a flash hot shoe...

 

[Rob]

I was hopeful when i saw this today, but the more i think about it the less I'm convinced.

It's not much smaller than a small SLR, but with a significantly smaller ccd, so the image quality will always be less. True its hard to make an SLR waterproof, but they already a very resistant to caving and how often do you actually want the camera underwater, especially in the UK.

I'm excited to see a manual compact that is actually compact, enough to fit it into a pocket. This changes everything...

 

[Rob]

...I'm excited to see a manual compact that is actually compact, enough to fit it into a pocket. This changes everything...

Just realised this has actually now happened in the Lumix FT5

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-ts5-ft5

I've been very impressed with my FT3, but this with the increased ISO option, the introduction of "full" manual exposure control, and up to 10fps continuous drive, must be a contender for best caving Point and Shoot. Again, just a shame the sensor is really teeny tiny!