Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But the lens isn't very good, which is particularly problematic in a fixed lens camera. Marty On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information