{"id":440,"date":"2014-08-05T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/?p=440"},"modified":"2022-08-21T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T21:35:36","slug":"not-afraid-of-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/not-afraid-of-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Afraid of the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a few weeks still left on the summer calendar so jump on in – the water’s fine.<\/p>\n

After seeing a demo of this camera last January, I took the plunge and ordered this Nikon 1 AW1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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What’s unique about this camera is that it uses interchangeable lenses and can be submersed – the specs say down to 50 feet. But I’m not a diver so I haven’t used the camera that deep. Instead, I wanted a camera for snapping the family on the beach or in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A sandy beach isn’t a problem – just dip the camera into the water to clean it off. Underwater shots are easy – especially if you’re wearing a pair of goggles – the LCD screen is very visible beneath the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This camera is also built to be rugged. Nikon says that it can withstand a fall from 6 feet, but I didn’t test out this “feature”. When winter arrives it can withstand freezing temperatures down to 14 degrees.<\/p>\n

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The camera with an 11-27.5mm interchangeable lens sells for about $750. I bought the orange silicone protective sleeve which makes it easier to hold underwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The AW1 is mirrorless with a 14.2MB sensor. It’s very compact. Two lenses are submersible: the 11-27.5mm zoom and a fixed 10mm. You can mount other Nikon 1 lenses but they are not submersible. The built-in flash works underwater too so you can add light should you find the subsurface water dark. If you’re using the AW1 in an outdoor pool, the photos and videos are excellent.<\/p>\n

This is a lightweight, compact camera that takes good quality photos and videos and as I’ve experienced is really a blast to use. And a lot of splashing won’t hurt a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a few weeks still left on the summer calendar so jump on in – the water’s fine. After seeing a demo of this camera last January, I took the plunge and ordered this Nikon 1 AW1. What’s unique about this camera is that it uses interchangeable lenses and can be submersed – the specs … Continue reading Not Afraid of the Water<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,171,413,2,116,31,92,135],"tags":[62,67,36,530,529,531,60,141,61],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-informational","category-movie","category-personal","category-photograph","category-techniques","category-travel","category-video","tag-aw1","tag-camera","tag-nikon","tag-outdoor","tag-rugged","tag-submerse","tag-underwater","tag-video","tag-waterproof"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6123,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/6123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}