Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All this talk about flash this and flash that. This is a full frame camera which can be used easily at iso 64,000 and beyond just like a 3 pound full frame DSLR flagship camera can be. But can go in your pocket. And just like a Rollei 35. Which few used with flash. Its the beginning of full frame compact options for those who want the quality that full frame brings you and are willing to pay a bit extra for it. They 're not going to have to pay THAT much for it as this is also obviously a premium placed camera. The ostentatious lens and ultra solid build makes it so. Plenty of full frame compact options will be had soon made of more traditional plastic and with a safe mindless zoom designed to appeal to the masses. It won't really cost this much to have full frame fit in your pocket. It will be under two grand not under three. USD. Sony is a company I trust more than any other electronics company. They seldom blow it. If that's the case now its a darned shame but I don't think its going to slow up the reality of a full frame compact market. To me it makes the full frame compact solution really serious. Instead of just pretending to me. A full frame compact camera would really be a serious picture taking solution to be embraced by top pros and very serious amateurs. The 1.5 crop and 2x crop would like to be but they are not. We are all just too familiar with what a full frame digital sensor can bring to our work. And many of us are willing to drag one around to get that. But when its compact that's a dream come true. When its compact we're talking Barnack. On 2/12/13 3:58 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/