Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will say it again, if RX-1 were 2 years earlier, at $1500, it will sell a lot to Leica owners and wannabe owners. As it is, it has one huge fan on this list, but I don't think it will set the world on fire... On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:58 PM, John Owlett <owl at postmaster.co.uk> wrote: > On Monday 11 February 2013, at 18:06 PST, Paul Roark wrote: > > > I had the opportunity to test a Sony RX1 briefly. I sent it back due > > to defects, but it is an interesting camera and has a few attributes > > that are an exciting glimpse of the future. > > > > ... snip ... > > > > So, interesting, but not ready for prime time for me. > > When the Sony DSC-RX1 was first mentioned on the LUG, several people > expressed doubts as to whether it would actually be bought to take > pictures. My reaction was, "It might be", so I went across to > Bournemouth to take a close look at one. > > The RX1 is basically a solidly built camera body with a 24.3 megapixel > sensor and a good 35mm f/2 lens. What Sony seems to be trying to do > is to offer picture quality as good as an M-240 + Summicron, with > build quality as good as an M-240 + Summicron ... without the > flexibility of a system camera ... but at less than half the weight > and less than half the price. > > And if Sony can achieve that, why not? After all, Rolleiflex sold > about two million miniature Rollei 35 film cameras, and still makes > an occasional batch. > > As a build-quality neurotic, but not a camera engineer, I felt that > the RX1 was as solidly built as the Nikon F3/T I had with me; > > ... but ... > > the RX1 has no integral viewfinder. There is an EVF you can put in > the hot shoe, but then you cannot fit a separate flash unit there. > There is a compact-camera-style pop-up flash, but of course that > won't bounce. > > There apppears to be no way to use an EVF and a separate flash unit > at the same time, without setting up a slave flash to be triggered > by the pop-up unit. Which is complication too far for my ideal of > a walkabout camera. > > So, while I would agree with Paul that it is "an exciting glimpse > of the future", I would also agree that it is "not ready for prime > time for me." > > Later, > > Dr Owl > > ---------------------------- > John Owlett, Southampton, UK > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>