[Leica] any Sony rx 1 users

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

Indeed, if it had a V/F and came out then (at that price) the Fuji X-100 
would have found life hard...

http://networkedblogs.com/I4V47 - Leica using Magnum photographer (not 
talking about the M(240))

john
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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
>