Designed to think fast and act even faster, the super-small Nikon 1 J1 interchangeable lens camera offers all you need to shoot great photos and movies.
Portable enough to take anywhere and easy to operate, it will bring new levels of speed, simplicity and enjoyment to the way you capture your world.
Nikon 1: An intelligent and ultra-portable camera system. Boasts a dedicated range of compact 1 NIKKOR interchangeable lenses. Crafted to bring new levels of speed, simplicity and enjoyment to the way you capture your world.
CX-format CMOS image sensor: delivers the performance you need for stunning photos and movies. Offers the ideal balance between system size, speed, light sensitivity, resolution and depth-of-field. Enables beautifully detailed 10.1 megapixel images of even fast-moving subjects in any light.
Super high-speed autofocus system: focuses so fast you can capture moments without delay. Boasts an amazing number of focus points for consistently sharp results. Instantly switches between Phase-Detection AF for shiny or moving subjects, and Contrast Detect AF if your subject is stationary, or poorly lit.
EXPEED 3 image processor: engineered to deliver unparalleled levels of speed and performance in any situation. Equipped with two powerful engines that can process images at an incredible 600 megapixels a second. Offers superior noise reduction and enables the camera’s groundbreaking shooting modes.
Blazingly fast continuous shot: delivers full-resolution images at up to 60 frames per second, so practically no movement is too fast to capture. When you want to focus tightly on one subject – say a child or pet - the camera can track them and capture full-resolution images at 10 fps.
Motion Snapshot: brings your stills to life in a click. Harnesses the camera’s processing speed to simultaneously record a slow motion movie and a still image. As soon as you’ve taken your shot it instantly combines the two to create a ‘living image’ and capture a moment in time as never before.
Smart Photo Selector: always gets the best shot. Shoots 20 high-resolution images before and after you release the shutter, then saves your ‘best’ five for you to choose from. Images are recommended based on facial expression, composition and focus.
Advanced movie recording: lets you take a full-resolution photo while filming, without interrupting recording, and you can film in extreme slow motion for dramatic effect. Movies can be recorded in full HD and the Phase-detection autofocus system makes it easy to capture great action scenes.
Striking, minimalist camera design at its best: boasts a strong yet lightweight body available in a range of colours. Packs a 7.5 cm (3-in.), 460k-dot LCD monitor with wide viewing angle and protective glass.
Intuitive operation: with clear menus, a minimum number of buttons, a built-in flash and an easy-to-reach mode dial for quick access to shooting modes. When you don’t want to think about a thing, you can shoot in auto mode and let scene auto selector choose the best camera settings for you.
Built-in flash: offers extra light when you need it. Handy for indoor shots or to soften images when the sun is behind your subject. Designed alongside the camera, it offers perfectly exposed results.
Expandable system: the family of 1 NIKKOR interchangeable lenses cover practically every type of scene, are all optimised for movie recording and boast a compact design for superior portability.
Mount Adapter FT1: attaches to the camera’s 1-mount to let you use any NIKKOR SLR lens. Trying out different lenses is a great way to experiment with how you shoot a scene, and if you use AF-S and AF-I NIKKOR lenses you can still make full use of the incredible Nikon 1 autofocus system.
Nikon 1 Short Movie Creator: automatically creates short films from your photos and movies. Incredibly easy-to-use, it preserves the quality of every photo or frame of footage you shoot. Movies can be up to 30 minutes long and there is a range of styles to choose from.
| Sensor Type | 13.2 mm × 8.8 mm CMOS sensor |
| Effective pixels | 10.1 |
| Total pixels | |
| Aspect Ratio | |
| Low-pass filter | |
| Sensor Cleaning | |
| Colour filter type | |
| Processor Type | EXPEED 3 |
| Lens Mount | Nikon 1 mount |
| Focal length | Approx. 2.7× lens focal length (Nikon CX format) |
| Focusing Type | Hybrid auto focus (phase detection/contrast detect AF) |
| AF points | Single-point AF: 135 focus areas Auto-area AF: 41 focus areas |
| AF point selection | |
| Exposure metering | |
| AF modes | Auto focus (AF): Single AF (AF-S); continuous AF (AF-C); auto AF-S/AF-C selection (AF-A); full-time AF (AF-F) |
| Selected AF point display | |
| Predictive AF | Yes |
| AF lock | Focus can be locked by pressing shutter-release button halfway (single AF) or by pressing AE-L/ AF-L) button |
| AF assist beam | Yes |
| Manual focus | Yes |
| Exposure Metering Range | |
| AE lock | Luminosity locked at metered value with AE-L/AF-L button |
| Exposure compensation | –3–+3 EV in increments of 1/3 EV |
| AEB | |
| ISO speed equiv | ISO 100–3200 in steps of 1 EV. Can also be set to approx. 1 EV (ISO 6400 equivalent) above ISO 3200; auto ISO sensitivity control (ISO 100–3200, 100–800, 100–400) available |
| Shutter Type | Electronic shutter |
| Shutter Speed | 1/16,000-30s in steps of 1/3EV; Bulb; Time (requires optional ML-L3 remote control) |
| Shutter Release | Single frame, continuous, Electronic (Hi) Self-timer, delayed remote, quick-response remote, interval timer shooting |
| White Balance Type | |
| White Balance Settings | Auto, incandescent, fluorescent, direct sunlight, flash, cloudy, shade, preset manual, all except preset manual with fine tuning |
| Custom White balance | Yes |
| White Balance Bracketing | |
| Viewfinder | No |
| Coverage | |
| Magnification | |
| Eyepoint | |
| Dioptre connection | |
| Focusing Screen | |
| Mirror | |
| Viewfinder Information | |
| Depth of field preview | |
| Eyepiece Shutter | |
| LCD Monitor | 7.5cm/3-in., approx. 460k-dot, TFT LCD |
| Coverage | |
| Brightness Adjustment | Yes |
| Flash Modes | Fill flash, slow sync, red-eye reduction, slow sync with red-eye reduction, rear-curtain sync, rear curtain with slow sync |
| Hotshoe | |
| Sync socket | |
| Flash Exposure compensation | –3–+1 EV in increments of 1/3 EV |
| Flash Exposure bracketing | |
| Flash Exposure lock | |
| Second Curtain sync | Yes |
| External Flash | |
| Shooting modes | Programmed auto with flexible program; shutter priority auto; aperture-priority auto; manual; scene auto selector |
| Continuous Shooting | Electronic (Hi): Approx. 10, 30, or 60 fps Other modes: Up to 5 fps (single AF or manual focus, S Shutter-priority auto or M Manual exposure mode, shutter speed 1/250 s or faster, and other settings at default values) |
| Live View Capability | Yes |
| Still image type | NEF (RAW) & JPEG |
| Simultaneous recording | Yes |
| Image Size | Still images (still image and Smart Photo Selector modes, aspect ratio 3 : 2) • 3,872 × 2,592 • 2,896 × 1,944 • 1,936 × 1,296 Still images (movie mode, aspect ratio 16 : 9) • 3,840 × 2,160 (1080/60i) • 1,920 × 1,080 (1080/30p) • 1,280 × 720 (720/60p) Still images (Motion Snapshot mode, aspect ratio 16:9) • 3,840 x 2,160 |
| Movie Type | H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding |
| Movie Size | HD movies • 1,920 × 1,080/60i (59.94 fields/s) • 1,920 × 1,080/30p (29.97 fps) • 1,280 × 720/60p (59.94 fps) Slow-motion movies • 640 × 240/400 fps (plays at 30p/29.97 fps) • 320 × 120/1,200 fps (plays at 30p/29.97 fps) Motion Snapshot • 1,920 X 1,080/60p (59.94fps) (plays at 24p/23.976fps) |
| Folders | |
| File numbering | |
| Print direct printers | |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Custom Functions | |
| LCD Panel Illumination | |
| Water/dust resistance | Dust shield glass |
| Intell. orientation sensor | Yes |
| Histogram | Yes |
| Playback zoom | Yes |
| Image protection | |
| Image erase | |
| Self Timer | |
| Menu categories | |
| Menu languages | Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian |
| Firmware update | |
| Computer connection | Hi-Speed USB |
| Other connections | Type C mini-pin HDMI connector |
| Storage type | SD (Secure Digital), SDHC, and SDXC memory cards |
| PC | |
| MAC | |
| Browsing printing software | ViewNX 2/Short Movie Creator CD |
| Other software | |
| Batteries | Rechargeable Li-ion EN-EL20 |
| Battery life | Approximately 230 shots |
| Battery indicator | |
| Power saving | |
| AC power supply | |
| Lenses | 1 NIKKOR lenses for 1 mount |
| Battery grip | |
| Flash | Built-in |
| Remote Control | ML-L3 |
| Body materials | |
| Operating environment | Temperature: 0–40 °C/+32–104 °F Humidity: less than 85% (no condensation) |
| Dimensions | Approx. 106×61×29.8mm, excluding projections |
| Weight (body only) | 234g (camera body only) |
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