Nikon 1 AW1 review

Waterproof wonder

Nikon 1 AW1
The Nikon 1 AW1 is making a splash as the world's first waterproof interchangeable lens camera

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As part of our image quality testing for the Nikon 1 AW1, we've shot our resolution chart.

If you view our crops of the resolution chart's central section at 100% (or Actual Pixels) you will see that, for example, at ISO 160 the Nikon 1 AW1 is capable of resolving up to around 22 (line widths per picture height x100) in its highest quality JPEG files.

For a full explanation of what our resolution charts mean, and how to read them, check out our full explanation of our camera testing resolution charts.

Examining images of the chart taken at each sensitivity setting reveals the following resolution scores in line widths per picture height x100:

JPEG

Full ISO 160 image, see the cropped (100%) versions below.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 160. Score: 22. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 200. Score: 22. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 400. Score: 22. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 800. Score: 20. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 1600. Score: 18. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 3200. Score: 16. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 6400. Score: 14. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Raw

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 160. Score: 22. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 200. Score: 22. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 400. Score: 22. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 800. Score: 20. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 1600. Score: 18. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 3200. Score: 16. Click here to see full-resolution image.

Nikon 1 AW1

ISO 6400. Score: 16. Click here to see full-resolution image.