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Arka wrote:
AF is interesting, but I really like the closer minimum focus distance. M lenses require 0.7m between the front element and the subject (a few third-party optics can focus closer if you use live view). That's not great for photographing my daughter, who will crawl right up to me while I take pictures of her so she can chimp (a budding narcissist). The RX-1 has solved the close-focus problem, but the MF implementation isn't as good as the Leica, and the AF is just dreadful. Hence, the Leica Q seems like the ideal RX-1 replacement for that purpose. And moreover, the IQ is so close to M-quality that I barely even notice the differences in the few sample images I took at the local Leica store.
I also really like the fact that the focus peaking works while in video mode. I am very disappointed, however, that there is no manual exposure control in video mode. Maybe that's something that can be added in firmware?...Show more →
Good points.
CF is the achilles heel of M glass, at least on my M9. The 75 Lux will get pretty close in effect, though, and I wish my other lenses could follow suit.....but not that often. If I really need it, I grab the A7.mod, which has turned into a very useful and often used second body for me.
Kids love to chimp, and I often use it to get them into an expressive mood.
I think your points about RX1 horrible MF and AF speak a bit to Dale's wonderment as to what makes the machine attractive to many. I'm also astonished at the jubilant reception, after basically ever modern Leica has been widely trashed at introduction, with the exception of the M240, which simply was unavailable for a very long time.
As you know the M8 and M9 generated plenty of hate early on.
Dale seems to think the camera is the same size as the A7...well he also feels the Rx1 is too...now that is surprising. The A7 is near identical footprint to M9, but the EVF hump does make it harder to get in my tight bags. Before I modded the camera, the serious lens choices pushed the A7 way over the M9, except the nice little 35.
But now even Guy at DPI has sold his 16-35 in favor of the CV 15 v3 and coming Batis 25. Jeez finally. Yet at the same time the body is getting bigger and heavier like the 240.
Whatever the Q lacks, it does offer a GUI which Sony executives should all be forced to memorize, and as you note, in the right hands and situations it can make very strong images. I can never keep track of which fuji everyone loves the most, but I think Leica noticed. The EVF is apparently the best in the world, which is not saying much really . Is no one else driven crazy with the noise on mag with the A7?
Lurking in the background is Sony's new monster, A7r2, video driven, but that backlit sensor may inadvertently do the right thing with M glass. I guess we should not be surprised since the Nex popularity with legacy folks was apparently a total surprise to them. They just took the fanfare, and ignored what was behind it, and still do today.
Maybe the great Sony trauma is what the 5D did to their video business, and now they want to get even.
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