Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Likewise in the intrigued department and I think its captured the imagination of the photo industry; the Rollei 35 concept has finally gone digital. It may be that it turned out that what was holding back putting a full frame sensor in a pocketable body was not technology; but the marketing people who felt that the public would not go for the price point. I'm banking on the concept and camera being a success and competition bringing the price down in phase two a tiny bit down the road. Almost all the blurbs you're reading on the camera blogs mention Leica in the second paragraph. As it will truly give the Leica M shooting market a run for its money. In respect that in past film days a Rollei 35 16x20 print was not discernibly different from a print from a full sized SLR. There's no reason to assume that in digital terms the results from the full frame compact Sony will not also be indiscernible from heavy bulky monster DSLR's and our slightly more compact and lighter ultra premium rangefinder. The price is sky high but as the DPreview guy says its cheaper than a Leica M lens. Its just nowhere near the price point that the cropped compacts are being sold for. As in cheap. And they were also being termed as Leica killers. Wrongly. We pretend its all about MP's megapixels buy toy cameras and say its what we have to get when we can't afford a Leica M digital. It just that the gap between a $7000 and $700 camera is a bit big. And now there's the RX1 for $2800 to fit right in between. Both price wise and results wise. It will get a lot more real when Nikon, Olympus etc chime in with their full frame less expensive options ... With a less ostentatiously gorgeous hunk of glass up front. Leica the Rollei 35 people will buy the camera because they want the lens. You just cant pry it off. - like the 35mm compacts of the 90's compact digital full frames will remain a premium item. A gentleman's camera. Or gentle women's. It is why people buy Leica. What we need is a digital Barnack. And that will be a Leica X2 full frame. Maybe called an X3. The RX1 is just not free with a box of cracker jacks. You gotta put down some real money for it. I see an X3 going for 4 grand. On 1/7/13 12:51 PM, "Paul Roark" <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > That camera and concept really intrigue me. I often travel and > backpack with just the M9 and 35mm lens. I hope the concept works in > the market so that we see it evolve. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: >> http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx1 >> Or >> http://tinyurl.com/cdsa9nq >> Sony RX1 Hands-on Preview >> September 2012 | By Richard Butler & Lars Rehm >> dpreview >> >> >> On 1/7/13 11:41 AM, "Mark William Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The lens alone... Is gorgeous. >>> >>> >>> On 1/7/13 11:39 AM, "mehrdad" <msadat at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> here on the lug? seems like a very nice "pocketable camera" with a >>>> superb >>>> lens. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/