rffffffff wrote:
I cant use the LCD to shoot at all either.. perhaps I am obsolete in this regard, but I need to get my face pressed up against the camera in order to feel like I am taking pictures...
Here are my two cents and some thoughts based on the release of DSC-R1.
1. With the release of this camera, it leads me to believe that the CMOS in D2X can't be that expensive for Sony to produce. Sure the CMOS in R1 is a bit smaller and therefore cost less. But I guess it will be very possible for the D200 to use the CMOS found in the D2X. That is if Sony is selling them at a cheap enough price to Nikon.
2. Suppose that Nikon can get that CMOS for a reasonable price. What is stoping Nikon from making the D200? Worry that it might hurt the sell of D2X?
3. Some body mentioned Olympus, well they killed their high-end DC line (E10, and E20), and went for the 4/3 system. We all know that people complained about the noise and poor high ISO performance of the Sony F828 and that's mainly due to the fact that it's got a relatively small sensor.
Sony is addressing that issue by using a bigger CMOS sensor, however 4/3 is stuck far as sensor size is concerned. Makes me worry about the future of the 4/3 system.
sippinsoma wrote:
Haha, right. I was actually about to make a post about what a POS this is.
$1000 for a fixed lens, ergonomically laughable Sony fake-DSLR? Who wants an LCD that pops up like that?
Plus it's slow in all aspects.
I'll take that $1000 and spend it on something that #1 serves a purpose and #2 won't drop its value by 30% the moment you unpackage it.
First, how did you know it's slow in all aspect? I guessed we need to judge it after it's in the market.
Second, I think $1000US (retail-probably $899 street) is reasonable given the chip is probably state of the art. Besides the Nikon D2X or Canon 1Dsmk2 or Canon 5D, there are none that have more than 8MP. Even so, how much are they?
This is double the resolution of the D1X. Again, if the lens is good enough, I think it's a good carry arround camera. It should be able to do decent landscape shots. Let the DSLR do the ultra-wide, telephoto and the sport shots.
In addition to that, if there is the mirror or no shuttle noise. It will be a good "silent" street photography camera.
It has no movie mode, I wonder why? Gives it a more SLR feel to it? I think a movie mode will be very nice to have. While nobody have done it properly on a DC yet, I hope someday, somebody will.
It is not all that simple though, there are few issues to work on.
1. Sound, it would be nice to have a mic input.
2. Video quality, I think with more processing power, they can improve this. The sensor got too much information for the processor to work with. It would be nice to take pictures at 30fps then downsample the result. Take A LOT of computation power to do that at 30fps though.
3. Given more processing power, I guess we can also have very decent digital room and digital image stablization.
It most likely will sell ok.
The general buying public will love the pop up screen , 10 MP`s, and KM outer space design of the camera . I`m not sure they will embrace the large size and weight though.
But at $1,000 it really has to make common sense to at least consider a dslr with a good kit lens regardless of the MP difference.
The average consumer isn`t going to be printing billboard photos . 10MP`s of resolution will be absolutely unecessary and overkill for 4X6 and 5X7 prints and their typical consumer geared home use computers with 256 MB of ram will most likely become bogged down and clogged will overstuffed files sizes they just don`t need.
However, Best Buy and other department stores will have the DSC R-1 in the display amid all the small consumer types and it`s prescence will simply dwarf all others demanding attention and generating interest and handling.
The dslr`s are around the corner in a locked case underglass. ( that`s how it is in our local BB )
Personally I like the whole concept and would prefer a one lens sytem myself but obviously the limitations and loss of numerous dslr advantages will be there for some time to come. The one lens systems are catching up in some ways but dslr / lens improvements aren`t standing still either.
John
