Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or a more contemporary reference: iPhone 4S 115.2mm x 58.6mm x 9.3mm john -----Original Message----- Well, my wife smokes, so I took one of her packs (standard cigs, not 100s or anything like that), and the dimensions are: 89mm x 55mm x 23mm So yes, the Sony is not too much longer or wider, but considerably fatter. It strikes me as a good cycling camera, something to keep in my handlebar bag. Cheers, Nathan On Jul 13, 2012, at 7:25 AM, Richard Man wrote: > Here you go: > > 102 x 59 x 36 mm (4.02 x 2.32 x 1.42") > > 7.51 oz > > Never smoke. Not a whole lot bigger than a credit card. Kinda fattish > at 1.42" but the lens is a zoom... > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> In my former world, a shirt pocketable camera is the size of a pack >> of filter cigarettes. A lot of us old farts might relate best to that >> standard. Please display these cameras next to a pack of Winstons. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Jeffery L. Smith >> New Orleans, Louisiana >> USA >> >> On Jul 12, 2012, at 21:36, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> All things in proportion, it is large for a camera which fits in >>> your >> pocket ;-) They say it is OK to 12"x17" prints..... >>> >>> john >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> I'm sorry but I don't call a 2.7X crop sensor a large sensor. I call >>> it a small sensor. Bigger than my pinky fingernail. But needlessly >>> small. A camera with a sensor that small I'd like the size of a classic Minox. >>> >>> Just because consumers buy camera with sensors the size of your >>> pinky fingernail does not me that a 2.7x is big. >>> >>> The least Rollei could have done with a camera like this is have it >>> be >> 4/3 >>> 's 2x crop. The least. >>> >>> - - from my iRabs. >>> Mark Rabiner >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_rx100.shtml >>>> >>>> Sounds interesting. Shirt-pocketable is always a good thing. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> >>>>