Sample Images: Nikon SB-N5 Flash w/ Nikon 1 V1
Lowepro Adventura 120
Summary
Two items arrived today. One was a bag from Lowepro. It is the Adventura 120 model. This is an inexpensive bag that runs about $17 from B&H Photo in New York City. When I looked at the bag it seemed to be slight larger than some we had examined and yet large enough to hold the camera with its 10-30mm lens (mounted) as well as the 30-110mm lens in a compartment. In addition it could hold the flash unit I had on order as well.
It is a narrow bag which is several inches taller. It has a neck strap and a zippered pouch in the front a rear pouch where you could easily stow an iPhone and two side pouches which can hold your keys on one side and something else small on the other.
Because the top of the bag has a zipper than runs around the edge it keeps out the elements. A large flap closing over the front zippered area further hides that compartment from the elements as well.
I really like the entire package owing to the price as well as the functionality. This is the case maker we have used for our Nikon Coolpix S8100 and Nikon Coolpix S9100. Both of these camera cases are well padded and like this one have a front pouch for stowing things like lens cloths and spare memory cards.
But the real ingenious part of today’s delivery was the Nikon SB-N5 flash unit. This one fits atop the Nikon V1 in a hot shoe that is usually covered by a sliding cover. Once removed the unit can be slid into place where it locks.
The head of the unit pivots in the vertical direction from straight up to 90° and swivels 360° just above the sensor so that you can have it facing forward, to either side or towards the rear. In the last instance you could undoubted want to avoid blindness by having the unit aimed more or less upward. Of course you could always simply use the viewfinder to ensure that your iris was nowhere near the epicenter of the flash unit.
Below are a selection of images made with the flash. I was merely trying it out to see if it worked (and thus could be kept and not returned) and how that process seemed to work in simple use.
It turns out that you cannot pop the flash on in a hurry. You must determine before hand that you want to use it and set the camera up for that purpose. Then you can enjoy the effort taken by choosing direct or indirect lighting when in a room. This would be ideal for parties, gatherings and other indoor situations.
The flash is quite small so I don’t expect it to have the kind of lighting kick of the more expensive units. But it should more than adequately serve my purposes. It too was relatively inexpensive at $149 from B&H Photo.
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Are these all bounce flash?
Numbers 2 and 13 are direct. But the rest I believe are bounce flash.