Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My logic is that the Sony RX full frame compact is not as compelling as if it was released 3 years ago. On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:34 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>wrote: > Richard, you logic escapes me here - and Mark we'll get you on this ;-) > > If as you say APS has progressed and can rival with a D700, remember the > D7?0 is discontinue; Nikon has since released the DXOO that surpasses the > current APS offering ... > CQFD > > Amiti?s > Philippe > > Le 11 nov. 12 ? 21:10, Richard Man a ?crit : > > Leica has always been about getting that last 5%. OTOH, for certain >> subjects or certain people's way of working, they can't get that 95% >> anyway >> with Leica, hence the "best camera" won't do squat. >> >> So... looking at pure "bigger is better" viewpoint, the Sony RX is very >> appealing, since it has a 35mm full frame sensor. However, the sensor >> manufacturers have demonstrated that today's sensors can vastly outperform >> even sensors from a generation. i.e. did you think the D700 images were >> great?! Well, now you can get similar quality from an APS sensor and so on >> and so forth. >> >> So I'm afraid the time for a full frame "compact" has passed. If it was >> released 3 years ago, people would have flocked to it. Now? When you can >> get APS cameras with almost similar quality and other convenience, what >> would be the point? >> >> -- >> // richard >> <http://www.richardmanphoto.**com<http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> > >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>