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 p.52 #1 · Sony RX1 FF Mirrorless (Original 2012 thread) | |
Depending on how much leverage Sony get from the dedicated Zeiss lens, if it's a significant gain they may consider 2-3 such cameras for the popular focal length ranges, say a 21mm and a 75mm, to come next. If CZ can embark on a new design for a compact 35/2, why not for other FLs?
In production terms, all the tooling is done. So it would just be off to talk to CZ about new dedicated lenses, and one imagines the production pipeline to be quite short.
The other piece is this: as noted earlier, what is to stop Sony from simply dropping in a higher Mp sensor made to the same specs as the RX1 fitting? Imagine a 36-44Mp sensor...Zeiss are very keen on 'future proofing' against higher Mp cameras at present, so their recent lenses are for sure up to it.
So you would start with a 35mm but even with cropping (RF style VF lines and a Mp count could be reported in the EVF) this would deliver a great 43mm (true normal) and a still excellent 52mm FL in output. A 21mm would give up to a 32mm with excellent IQ, the 75mm up to 112mm at the same quality level, this is an APS-C crop level. The conversion factor is 2.24 going up and 0.44 going down. So a 36Mp FF is a very acceptable 16Mp on APS-C, and a 44Mp FF would be a 19.3Mp for APS-C.
With IQ improvements in sensor tech coming along independent of resolution (esp. toppings, CFAs, AA filters), of course. And, longer FLs give more subject magnification so less IQ is needed.
Users could decide to 'get by' with more cropping if they wish to produce small prints or for other less demanding output needs. I already do not carry a 28mm because the 21mm CY is that good that a crop of the A900 24Mp is still excellent when needed, file size is still quite large, a moderate compromise.
A lot of makers are having trouble making a small high IQ zoom of wide enough range / fast enough apertures to satisfy the market, so we will never again see the great slow 35-70mm zooms, such as CY, Leica R and Nikon made - even on DSLR. And this is FF, so it's much harder to do for that reason alone, due to coverage needs. So I believe it's out for a 'compact' camera like the RX1, and in any case zoom IQ is very higly correlated with FL range.
In my dreams, I could carry (for landscape/travel) work in my dotage, two such cameras of high Mp quality weighing under a kilogram together, a small tripod and a cable release plus a few tiny filters, light hoods and spare batteries, and a NEXTO. No sensor dust, tiny bulk, AF/MF, video, OSS, very versatile for street etc..estimated weight savings from a DSLR, 3-4 lenses etc. of 3kgs plus, in a tiny bag, no lens changes, quiet shutter, OSS, no sensor cleans, no rocket blower or arctic butterfly, carry everywhere for anti-theft, tiny CF pod, swap cameras in 2 seconds, ready for action. They could do this in two years easy.
I agree the price is about the cost of the EVF too much at present, but all release prices are in effect kite flying, and a built in EVF will surely be in big demand in a future small redesign if it goes well enough as it is now.
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