@millsart: Thanks for your detailed thoughts! Yeah, pocketable GF1+kit lens is sort of what I was expecting out of it. That's quite compelling actually. I'm going to go get a needle and thread and start stitching my wallet closed...
As a side note, I see some LX7 leaks. Hard to say if it will be a bigger sensor. Right now all that leaked was F/1.4 lens and 10.1 MP sensor. At first seems too wide an aperture and too low a resolution for a bigger sensor. On the other hand, Sony did F/1.8 on a 1" and the V1 has a 10.1 MP 1" sensor. Leak also states ISO 12800 support, I'd say that points to a larger sensor but I've seen crazy ISOs on all sorts of compact cameras so maybe not... Anyway, official announcement tomorrow (late tonight in the US).
FlyPenFly wrote:
The LX7 sounds temping but if it's anything like the LX3 or LX5, that protruding lens makes it not sports coat pocketable.
Good point, especially if it still uses a detachable lens cap. The LX5 lens protrusion is only a little bit bigger than the RX100, but it becomes significantly bigger once the lens cap is on.
There is another thread for LX7 discussion now, but just to close my thought:
LX7 looks to be using a 1/1.8" sensor. Bigger camera, smaller sensor it would appear. Looking more like the RX100 eventually for me if I decide to replace my LX3.
What I'd love to see is Sony extend the RX100 philosophy into a fixed prime version that collapses flat against the body and is similarly smaller than the X2, DP2M, etc.
douglasf13 wrote:
What I'd love to see is Sony extend the RX100 philosophy into a fixed prime version that collapses flat against the body and is similarly smaller than the X2, DP2M, etc.
Question becomes what focal length ?
28mm ? (boring some might say)
35mm (which is a crowded segment with the X2 and X100)
50mm (which might be too limited some would say)
90mm (very limited)
I'm actually rather a fan of having the zoom (especially on an all in one type camera like this I could slip in my pocket on the morning of a vacation and shoot with all day and evening)
28mm equiv wide for some scenics, zoom in a bit for some family pics, maybe zoom in all the way to 100mm for some more compressed landscapes, details on some architecture, or maybe a stitched handheld pano of a nice vista etc.
I've been equally happy walking around with my X100, and do enjoy the 35mm focal length, but there are times when more or less reach is nice.
Likewise, I think most of the compact crowd, which is perhaps part of the market Sony hopes will upgrade to this camera, are rather used to zooms.
As I said a page back... it wouldn't have to be Sony. Just get that sensor to Ricoh and put it in a GRD. I vote 28mm equivalent and do what the Nokia phone does - digital zoom. Yeah, might not fly with some here, but I think we will see this become a more common compact camera with large sensor solution as the MP count continues to climb.
Here's a review from a Taiwanese site. Quite a range of full-rez sample photos towards the bottom. If you want to read it, run it through a translator, but I think the photos are pretty self-explanatory.
