<p>Here's Nikon's new top interchangeable-lens compact. The Nikon 1 V3 is a mirrorless camera that hopes to break from the mold by being simpler than the rest.</p><p>Last year, the company completely redesigned the V2, adding a more substantial grip to the V1's point-and-shoot-like body. Now, Nikon is ditching that new designsort of. The grip and electronic viewfinder will be an optional addition. But the basic camera will be a tiny rectangle familiar to anyone who has used a pocket camera before.</p><p>Additionally, the Nikon 1 V3 has a higher-resolution 18.4 megapixel CX format sensor compared to the V2's 14.2-megapixel chip. The 1-inch CX format remains smaller than the sensors on micro four thirds cameras from Olympus and Panasonic, and much smaller than the APS-C sensors in Sony's mirrorless monsters.</p><p>As before, the smaller sensor size and a powerful processing enginethis time an "Expeed 4A"lets the camera do some fancy tricks that bigger cameras can't, like shoot 2o frames-per-second. As you'd expect from a pricey consumer camera: built-in Wi-Fi powers and video recording at up to 1920 x 1080 at 60p.</p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/nikon-1-v3-a-pricey-mirrorless-camera-that-acts-like-a-1542796175">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/shooting-20-photos-per-second-nikons-v3-can-even-outgun-dslrs/">Don&#039;t blink! Shooting 20 photos per second, Nikon&#039;s V3 can even outgun DSLRs</a> (Digital Trends)</p><p><a href="http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/nikon-v3/nikon-v3A.HTM">Nikon V3</a> (imaging resource)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dE4tINAiB7Xe-yMbn3-H05Uqbl3DM&authuser=0&ned=us">66 additional articles.</a></p>