Nikon 1 V2 review – White balance and colour
Image: The strong colours in this sunset didn’t fool the V2’s AWB, and the image is very good straight out of the camera
I found that the colours produced by the Nikon 1 V2 were pleasing, with only slight adjustments needed when it came to editing raw files. The AWB worked well in most scenes, although it did have a tendency to be slightly on the cool side. With a very strong sunset, the colours were as rich and as vivid as they were in reality, with the camera seemingly doing little to reduce this.
There are only six preset white balance settings in the V2, as well as AWB and a preset manual setting. However, each setting can be adjusted if you prefer your images slightly warmer or cooler, which is useful for customising the colours to your own taste.
There are six image styles in the image control menu, and each of these can have their level of sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation and hue adjusted. Should you wish to save your own style, there is an impressive nine slots available, making it possible to have your own portrait, landscape, black & white or vivid colour styles, as well as the default ones. Just like Nikon DSLR cameras, these custom picture styles can also be loaded from a memory card should you wish to copy a style from another camera.
Image: Strong autumn colours can fool the AWB, so I found shooting in the daylight setting a better option
