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I would have to disagree and say that main, and perhaps for many, only reason, to buy a $650 point and shoot camera is because it can fit into your pocket.
The IQ is good, but its not better than the latest m4/3, X100, X2, NEX etc
The lens is nice, but its really only on par with the kit zooms and hardly matches the likes of the m4/3 primes
Not to knock the camera at all, but frankly its no better than any of the low end m4/3 bodies with kit zoom, or a NEX with a kit zoom and at higher ISO's can't match the NEX5n at all.
Only thing that the RX100 does that is truly better than any of the other CSC options is that it fits into a pocket.
Your getting EPL3 w/ kit zoom IQ basically. Your paying twice as much for it but your gaining a camera that can fit into your pocket.
Its like a MacBook Air, hardly amazing performance for the cost, but your paying for that size premium.
I think the RX100 would be a silly purchase if your going to carry it around in a shoulder bag. If your willing to commit to carrying that external bag there are much, much better camera's you can buy for the same money.
I also can't really say I agree on the pride of ownership either. No one wants an ugly camera, and I'm sure thats why no one is buying that Pentax mirrorless, but to me, a point and shoot, even a $650 one, is nothing more than a consumer item and one that I'm going to keep for a year, maybe 2 at most, just like a laptop or other consumer electronics.
A fine watch is a lifetime purchase ideally. People may comment on your nice watch, I would be darn amazed if anyone ever comes up and compliments you on that style P&S camera your carrying.
I think its a bit silly myself, but I do know that some people wear a Leica around their neck as a bit of male jewelery. Its a prestige piece that can either show off how much money they have, or perhaps how advanced of photographer they must be. Most of course do it just so its handy to shoot, but we all know someone who loves the attention it draws right ?
Can't see a RX100 attracting that same response. Maybe the ladies might swoon when you talk about how your Leica is handmade, its century of tradition, its price tag and such, but what do you say about the Sony ? Its $650, in stock at Amazon and made by the people who made the Walkman ?
Reminds me a bit of that scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles where Steve Martin trades his nice watch for a hotel room and then John Candy ties the same with the lines "Its a Casio....." lol
Also in regards to watches, one probably plans to keep it for a long time. I know I've had some 15+ years so far and they still work fine. How many people really still are going around shooting with some 8 year old 3 megapixel primative old point and shoots with 1.8" 140K LCD's you can hardly see, noisey at ISO200 sensors and such ?
Doesn't matter how well crafted it is, doesn't matter if the design stirs your soul, its hopelessly out of date and a majority of people who could afford better get something new.
Tariq Gibran wrote:
Everyone has their own value system/ expectation they overlay on top of whatever product they buy and various product qualities represent different values/ worth to all of us. For some it might be X dollars or so for actual practicality/ usefulness/ features and anything beyond that amount must be justified by other product qualities that might have little to do with actual usefulness (such as aesthetics, materials and whatever else might go into pride of ownership). So, for me, I often carry a $100 little Canon P&S (SD1300IS) which I have no problem tossing around and if something terrible happens to it, no big deal really. In fact, I let my 5yr old use it mostly these days. Something close to $700 though I would treat completely differently and that price for me for a P&S (albeit one more capable than the Canon) must include pride of ownership which for me definitely includes a heavy dose of design aesthetic/ material/ build quality and so on. For me to pay that much, it would have to take on the qualities of a fine watch and so forth because I know I could buy something much more capable for the same money which really would not be that different to carry (since I suspect most folks who buy the RX100 will not actually put this $700 camera in their pocket but will rather buy a nice case for it or carry it in the same small gadget bag a small NEX with one lens would fit into instead! I'm sure there are exceptions).
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