The current NEX E mount lenses are NOT full frame lenses. Like many of you I was secretly hoping for the full frame NEX camera knowing full well that if they did this they would need a whole new lens mount and lenses. When Sony slipped me the information that they were releasing a full frame compact fixed lens camera with a Carl Zeiss 35 f/2 lens and they claimed it would have a sensor that would be any 35mm format camera on the market my very 1st thoughts were…disappointment. Intro: My 1st thoughts on the full production RX1 So while this all looks amazing on paper what is missing is the built in EVF.but more on that in a bit… High Speed AF – AF is fast but not blazingĭedicated Focus, Iris and Macro Rings – Love this feature Xtra Fine 3″ LCD Display – Can see it in bright light as well. What would a part 1 review be without the basic Specs of the RX1?įull Frame 24MP CMOS Sensor – and it is one hell of a sensor!ģ5mm f/2.0 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* Lens – Carl Zeiss. The performance of the lens, sensor and imaging engine were also fine tuned to perfectly complement each other to acheieve image quality never seen before in a compact user friendly camera”. “Settling for nothing less than the best possible image quality, Sony aligned the bright 35mm Carl Zeiss lens and 35mm full frame image sensor with a precision beyond anything possible in interchangeable lens cameras. Waiting for a Home – Sony RX1 – f/2 – * from RAW* – click for larger Sony who grew some big balls with the NEX-7 just grew them bigger with the RX-1. This is a camera that no one else has dared make, probably to avoid hurting their DSLR sales. Throw it in your coat pocket, small bag or purse and GO. Instead, it is about portability and super high image quality that has almost no compromise when it comes to that image quality. This is not what the Sony RX1 is all about. I do not need an elaborate flash system, super wide angle lenses, 400mm telephoto lenses or the things a DSLR brings to the table. Please notice the key word in my statement “I’d” – as in ME. The RX1 is giving me better results and images than I got with the D4 only because the RX1 would go with me EVERYWHERE. I had a D4 here for a month and between the size and weight and large lenses I was let down. Yea, the image quality is THAT good and the size.well the RX1 can fit in my coat pocket. Personally, I’d take an RX1 over a Nikon D4 ANY DAY OF THE WEEK (due to size and weight). This camera has a pro build, pro feel and the performance is astonishing. This has its pros and cons but I like to find the pros for a fixed lens camera and with the RX1 there are loads of them. To make a long story short it is a full frame 35mm sensor compact camera with a stellar FIXED 35mm Zeiss lens attached. It’s a natural-light image-taking motivating and surprisingly sweet MONSTER! Seriously though, for those that do not know what the Sony RX1 is, well, it is the 1st of its kind and no, Canon or Nikon did not pull it off, Sony did. The whole shebang.the RX1 means business. Part 2 will be up in 1-2 weeks with full size RAW samples and more high ISO across the entire range from 50-25,600 and EVF/OVF thoughts and images. So hold on, sit back and enjoy part 1 which is going to cover the main aspects of the Sony RX1 with some JPEG samples and my thoughts on what Sony did right and did wrong with the design. I will go over it’s amazing abilities as well as areas where it fails. It is REVOLUTIONARY instead of EVOLUTIONARY. By the end of the final part in this review you will have all of the info you need as well as loads of samples from JPEG, RAW, crops, ISO tests, crop mode shots, full size samples as well as my thoughts on durability, lack of an EVF, cost, accesory reviews and much more.īut any way you look at it this camera is special. This will be the “Meat & Potatoes” of the review with the next installment (part 2) touching on performance aspects as well as the pros and cons of real world use. Welcome to Part 1 of my Sony RX1 Real World Review. The Sony RX1 Digital Camera Review Part 1: 1st Thoughts, 1st Samples, Auto Focus, and JPEG’s
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