Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry for being unclear I know that the RX1 is in one respect not the digital Rollei 35 and or Oly XA as it would not fit in a jeans pocket like they can. (its the 1.5 crop bodies coming out in the next year which I expect to fit in a jeans pocket) The lens though overwhelms me and in really a good way. Yes that might be the aspect of the system which makes it not pocketable. But what a lens! I think their thought is to make it worthy of a lens which is not interchangeable. My God is it gorgeous! It takes my breath away! Possibly a classic like the Zeiss 40mm Tessar and then Sonar that came with the Rollei 35. (I have the Tessar from the first year of manufacture in Germany) How could a lens that gorgeous not make premium images is my only impression. By the way you can fully see the lens here and also the camera compared to the Fuji. http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx1/images/comparedtofuj i_top.jpg http://tinyurl.com/d2c2ry4 To me it bears the verisimilitude of a real camera. And I spelt that right the first time... In a way its about the same size but in a way its a tad smaller. A lot less long from side to side. But fatter. So in a way were looking at a smaller body but with a larger sensor. Smaller body Larger sensor Both at once. Big news. And full frame compacts from the rest of the industry are sure to be nipping at its heels and some will be smaller. And I expect some will be even pocketable. I'm excited! The hang up was not technology. It was the marketing people. They just didn't think a small full frame compact at a full DSLR price point would go over. It think they're going to be proved way wrong and they know that already as I'm betting Nikon, Canon, Oly, Panasonic and maybe even Leica has a full frame compact halfway down the drawing boards. I don't think wishful thinking but we'll find out soon enough. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:26:07 +0000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Subject: Re: Fuji X 100 versus Leica M9 > > I am assuming that you have at least seen pictures of the RX1? While its > body > may be a little smaller than the X100 (which has both optical and > electronic > viewfinders built in) its lens is huge, the bare RX1 lens sticks out > further > and far wider than the X100 with hood. I would not expect it to fit in my > jeans pocket, possibly into lower pockets on cargo pants...... > > http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx1/images/comparedtofuji_ > top.jpg > > This shot also shows that the Sony has no shutter speed dial > > john > > -----Original Message----- > >> If they're going to make smaller than full frame compacts they are going >> to >> have to be truly pocketable. > >> They have to not almost fit in your pocket like an RX1 does. >> They have to fit in your jeans pocket. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information