Lens testing - Nikon V1

Lens Testing - Nikon V1 with 300F4, 70-200vr and Nikon 1.4 TC compared with D300 and D700 - page 3

I recently got a Nikon V1 and a FT-1 lens adapter. This combination allows me to mount my regular Nikon lenses on a small point-n-shoot type of camera. With AF-S lenses I even have some autofocus. The intriguing aspect for me is that the small sensor size of the V1 gives me more 'reach' with my regular lenses, and could be useful for shooting wildlife. So I mounted my longest lens combination - a 300F4 and a 1.4x teleconvert on it and went out to see how it performed. I set up my D700, my D300 and the V1 with the same lens at the same spot and took some photos of an owl in a nest. I've also added some shots from the Phoenix Zoo. Results are below.

The weather was not good for this test - a lot of wind. Sometimes the feathered 'horns' on the owl were blowing sideways. The owl was also not cooperating much, sitting back in the shade and hard to see.

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March 6, 2013 Here is the uncropped version of the 300F4 shot. (Sharpening and post-processing was done prior to cropping and resizing. Post processing included setting Standard picture control, daylight white balance, a slight shadow boost, a small lightening of the shaded side of the owl, an increase in saturation of 15, and sharpening of intensity 100, radius 2 and threshold 0 in CaptureNX2.)	March 17, 2013 Nikon V1 with 300F4 at the Phoenix Zoo.	March 17, 2013 Nikon V1 with Nikon 300F4 at the Phoenix Zoo.
March 17, 2013 Nikon V1 with Nikon 70-200F2.8 VR II at the Phoenix Zoo.	March 17, 2013 Nikon V1 with 300F4 at the Phoenix Zoo.