Nikon 1: FT1 Mount Adapter Firmware Update and More

In the midst of the feverish whirlwind  emitting from the Nikon storm (see: D800), there's some additional, yet subtle information pertaining to the much smaller Nikon 1 series camera and it's recent F-Mount Adapter. Now that The FT1 Adapter has become widely available in the West, you can use most of your old Nikkor F-Mount lenses on that tiny Nikon 1 V1 or J1. Before you go ahead and  attempt some questionably unnecessary lens combination, there are a few caveats to take into account. To properly calibrate your lens with the Nikon 1 system, you will have to update the camera's firmware located on Nikon's support page. While using this adapter you are going to notice the angle of view being cropped by 2.7x, or in other words the lenses you've become accustomed to on your DSLR will appear much longer. Other factors to be aware of are possible autofocus imprecisions while on auto modes (depending on the lens you may only be able to us AF-S or Manual focus only), the appearance of lines on images taken with a non-CPU lens stopped down at minimum aperture, and irregularly shaped bokehs using a lens wide open at f/1.4 or f/1.2. Despite it's few quirks, the FT1 adapter allows the addition of "more than 60" lenses to your Nikon 1 arsenal, permitting you broadened creativity and bragging rights. With that said, you can go back to fawning over the D800...