I own Nikon 1 J1 and J5 mirrorless cameras. The cameras get limited use - such as when I capture images ‘on-the-fly’ at family gatherings or traveling - never used them for photography services provided to clients. I especially like these smaller designed Nikon mirrorless devices because they have the capability for superb image quality captures - and they are so light! In my humble opinion, I don’t believe mirrorless cameras are ‘the future’ of digital photography, as I have heard some people proclaim. I believe both the DSLR and Mirrorless camera designs are here to stay - and will continue to co-exist. I think this is similar to how laptops and desktops have continued to co-exist. There has been chatter of people wanting Nikon and Canon to design and release full frame mirrorless cameras – my question is - Why? I am quite sure the engineers at these shops can make a mirrorless full-frame camera by simply ditching the mirror, and in the case of Nikon retaining the F mount with compatibility to Nikkor lenses from the past half-century. What I don’t see a benefit of or redesigning a full frame DSLR to a Mirrorless design, other than providing a minuscule weight drop.

Have attached samples from my archive of Nikon 1 J1 and J5 images.

Cheers!
Greg

Nikon's 'One Inch' sensor is much larger than the sensors in cell phones (which produce images many people love), but slightly smaller than the 'Micro Four Thirds' sensor which so many 'Photo Enthusiasts' love. It has it's place in the photo community....as a great Travel Camera tool, and as a Landscape Imaging tool. Some folks will love it, and others won't. How well it suits you depends upon what sort of photos you shoot, and how large you like to print them. If you want something larger, you can always go back to a Medium Format film system, like my Mamiya RB67. Dissing the One Inch sensor, while praising the M4/3, sensor, is kind of silly.

I have the V2 and V3 with all the lenses, it is actually a very good camera when you don't want to lug the big DSLR's around and considering the price is a bargain. I also have the T1 adapter for putting my DSLR lenses on the V series and that also works well. The image quality out of the V series is on par with my DSLR's, and the attached photograph was taken with the V3 and the 70-300mm lens. I can't tell you whether to have the camera repaired or get a new one, but I can tell you that there is a time when you will want to shoot with a lighter camera and there is nothing wrong with this series.

I buy many items from Amazon. Most arrive as described. On the rare occasions that I've been dissatisfied, Amazon has paid the freight for the return. The return process is easy; print a label and either drop the package in a UPS box or take a larger package to a UPS store.

Besides the ease of shopping online, I buy from Amazon because my charity, the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, receives a donation from most of my purchases. Rather than shopping on Amazon.com, I shop at smile.amazon.com. (owned by Amazon -- the same products and prices). When registering for the first time, you can designate a charity. Then, when purchasing, all eligible items (most) produce a donation to your charity.

I have been buying from Amazon for years and more and more I have been having problems with them. They let anyone sell anything they want without being screened to see if the seller is legitimate, if the information they give about the product is correct or even an out right lie. To try to counter this, call them and go over the product with a rep. Then the problems really escalate. You get a foreign rep who barely speaks English, is almost impossible to understand and they have no idea what you are talking about but try to BS their way through the conversation with you, wasting your time and only showing over and over again that they have no idea what you are saying. Then when you ask for a rep in the USA (which they are required by law to connect you), they either refuse to do so or put you through hell to get them to connect you. Then when you get to the US rep (if they finally do connect you), you are fed a bunch of lies that you find about later after you spent your money. Then you call back to get the problem resolved and you are informed that everything the rep told you was untrue; but Amazon will nothing to resolve the problem. zThen you are left with the final resort to file a dispute with your credit card company that can take several months to have it put to rest.

I have experienced this exact scenario the last tow times I tried to order an item at Amazon. Neither purchase was photo equipment, but the point is, why would one continue to keep purchasing from Amazon when they keep treating their customers this way. Has anyone else had similar experiences with Amazon with purchases? I personally, think that I am done ordering from them and highly caution others from doing business with them; they re rapidly getting wore and worse. I could give details btt it would be like a chapter in a book to explain step by step problems and why they were a problem but the routine is as described.