Full Frame Mirrorless

3Ddeath · Sep 12, 2012

What do you guys think of the newly announced Sony cypershot DSC-RX1 full frame mirrorless camera?

Gonna be expensive but seems really neat.

pixmedic · Sep 12, 2012

yup. its "neat" all right.
personally, I don't have quite enough disposable income that i would shell out 3k on a camera with a fixed lens.
to me, it seems more of a "I have more money than I know what to do with" camera.
im sure it will produce great results, but I wonder what the target audience is for it.
dont take anything I have to say about cameras seriously though....I bought a 110 SLR.

usayit · Sep 12, 2012

Thread already started...

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/sony/298631-leaked-sony-rx1-fits-dslr-your-pocket-rumor.html

mjhoward · Sep 12, 2012

The lens hood will only set you back $179!

3Ddeath · Sep 12, 2012

pixmedic said:
yup. its "neat" all right.
personally, I don't have quite enough disposable income that i would shell out 3k on a camera with a fixed lens.
to me, it seems more of a "I have more money than I know what to do with" camera.
im sure it will produce great results, but I wonder what the target audience is for it.
dont take anything I have to say about cameras seriously though....I bought a 110 SLR.

When they say "Fixed Lens" do they mean it can't be changed or just that the lens it comes with has a fixed zoom aka prime lens?

rexbobcat · Sep 12, 2012

3Ddeath said:
When they say "Fixed Lens" do they mean it can't be changed or just that the lens it comes with has a fixed zoom aka prime lens?

Both

KmH · Sep 12, 2012

Thread #94 for the DSC-RX1? :lol:

pixmedic · Sep 12, 2012

KmH said:
Thread #94 for the DSC-RX1?

yea..i was thinking of starting one too... see if we can reach triple digits.

Derrel · Sep 12, 2012

What do *I* think of the new $2,800 Sony fixed-lens mirrorless, finderless camera? Well, it does look "neat". If it was made by a real "camera company". I might be enthused about it. Except for the price tag. I like 35mm on 24x36, I truly do. In fact, for the past two months I have been shooting a pretty fair bit of 35mm f/2 prime on a 24MP FF sensor camera. Again, I have long truly LIKED the 35mm focal length on 24x36,and own multiple 35mm primes. BUT,and this is the big "but"...I don't like being limited to one,single focal length. 35mm is semi-wide. Pseudo-wide. Almost-wide.Semi-normal. I dunno...I'd be more tempted to buy TWO Sigma DP Merill cameras, and get one each in their two different fixed lens lengths. For three grand, ehhhh...a Nikon D800 seems like a MUCH better use of *my* money.

I'm pretty sure it'll be a nice camera; $2,800 is a pretty dear price point for what it offers: no built-in eye-level finder (accessory,external,shoe-mount finders are of course available, from Zeiss, Voigtlander, Leica, China), and NO lens interchangeability. If the price were really one heck of a lot lower, I'd be more enthused, but I do have some "value proposition" and marginal utility analysis objections to this camera...the price is simply too damned high for 1) a Sony and 2)with one, fixed lens.If it were a Leica, it'd be another matter. Or even a Nikon. Both of those have "camera nuts" that can keep prices high on used gear. However, as a luxury status symbol, the $2,800 price does bring with it a lot of status points as a conspicuous consumption bangle.

pixmedic · Sep 12, 2012

Derrel said:
What do *I* think of the new $2,800 Sony fixed-lens mirrorless, finderless camera? Well, it does look "neat". If it was made by a real "camera company". I might be enthused about it. Except for the price tag. I like 35mm on 24x36, I truly do. In fact, for the past two months I have been shooting a pretty fair bit of 35mm f/2 prime on a 24MP FF sensor camera. Again, I have long truly LIKED the 35mm focal length on 24x36,and own multiple 35mm primes. BUT,and this is the big "but"...I don't like being limited to one,single focal length. 35mm is semi-wide. Pseudo-wide. Almost-wide.Semi-normal. I dunno...I'd be more tempted to buy TWO Sigma DP Merill cameras, and get one each in their two different fixed lens lengths. For three grand, ehhhh...a Nikon D800 seems like a MUCH better use of *my* money.

I'm pretty sure it'll be a nice camera; $2,800 is a pretty dear price point for what it offers: no built-in eye-level finder (accessory,external,shoe-mount finders are of course available, from Zeiss, Voigtlander, Leica, China), and NO lens interchangeability. If the price were really one heck of a lot lower, I'd be more enthused, but I do have some "value proposition" and marginal utility analysis objections to this camera...the price is simply too damned high for 1) a Sony and 2)with one, fixed lens.If it were a Leica, it'd be another matter. Or even a Nikon. Both of those have "camera nuts" that can keep prices high on used gear. However, as a luxury status symbol, the $2,800 price does bring with it a lot of status points as a conspicuous consumption bangle.

yea...what HE said!