That said, with an absolute resolution of approximately 2000 LPH (Lines Per Picture Height) their 10MP sensor does a decent, if not outstanding job in our resolution test, partly helped by fairly strong default sharpening.

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 18 megapixel Fine JPEG setting, which gives an average image size of around 6Mb.

During the review, the Nikon 1 J1 captured images of very high quality, especially if you consider the size of its sensor.

Preview based on a pre-production Canon EOS M. It's now almost four years since Panasonic first introduced us to the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, in the shape of the Micro Four Thirds Lumix DMC-G1.

With an essentially grip-less design, the Nikon J1 is very much a two-handed affair that requires you to hold the camera's weight in the left hand, clutching the lens, and use your right hand for balance and operating the controls.

I've been weighing the mirrorless option heavy and finally made the plunge to keep it in the Canon family.

In the complete auto AF, it selects the focus points quickly, but inconsistently; for any given scene, it will choose different sets of points each time you prefocus.

The way this works is that the faster phase-detect AF points are used to acquire initial focus, which is then fine-tuned by the more precise contrast-detect system.