NIKON 1

Last week Nikon launched a new camera. The Nikon v1 in their Nikon 1 range. The first of their mirrorless range of cameras.






























When the camera was announced at a Nikon press release last week I initially didn't pay it much heed as I was hoping for a refresh of their Pro DSLR range and I considered this a let down as I wasn't interested in their new consumer cameras or "gimmicky" new mirrorless technology.

A week later whilst reading a review of the Nikon V1 and J1 on DPREVIEW here I realise what I had missed before. Forget about the technology and the specs and mirrorless system. Look at the camera. Nikon has created the most beautiful cameras I have seen in a long long time. For years, the market has been flooded year upon year with countless compact and mini cameras. ALL THE SAME. Every camera maybe a different shade, but all released in a rainbows worth of colours. Who wants that? I used to make a point of knowing everything there was to know about all the new cameras that came out. All the new cybershots, the newest IXUS on the block or the latest Olympus tough camera, even owned a few of them. Don't get me wrong though, modern compact cameras are amazing. I was blown away with one of the latest sony's when playing with one recently in a sony centre. The spec list was unbelievable. It made me think, why didn't my Nikon Dslr have some of those features, but then thought that they were really gimmicks appealing to consumers who really don't know anything about cameras anyway and would be sold by their new shiny having WIFI or BLUETOOTH or GPS..... anyway, I'm just ranting at this point.

Where was I? Oh, the Nikon V1.

Your Desk

here's a really interesting piece about desks.... what do you think of your desk? as designers we love our desk(s) here. There is a lot of talk at the moment about desks, the notion of standing desks and the thought that people no longer need their own desk as everyone has a laptop and can move around to work. I think for some disciplines a desk is an essential space regardless of the increasing mobility of the world. As a designer a desk is really a creative hub. No matter what activity the desk is accommodating, whether computer work or sketching, the desk really is the centre of a workflow. What do you feel about your desk? Perhaps it is just a piece of furniture or maybe it is integral to how you work.

Dublin Pub Summit

Last night we attended the Dublin Pub Summit. It was an event held over two consecutive evenings and was a warm up event for the Dublin Web Summit in October. It was a good chance for networking and a few good laughs. Looking forward to the main event.

We were covering the event for Dublin Web Summit and you can see a few shots from the night below. Check out DWS on Facebook soon for more photos and if you are interested in registering for Dublin Web Summit you can do so on their website here