p.53 #1 · Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
ChesterDraws wrote:
If the Sony rx1riii was priced in your country at 3499.00 would you jump on it or walk past ? That's what it's priced at in the UK sales at the moment. £701 off. It's such a new camera that for it to be reduced by so much, it's been over priced from the start or under specced and it's not selling. Or both ? A cheaper competitor the x100vi hasn't reduced in price in the sales and the other side of said coin, Leica Q's haven't gone on sale tho just before Christmas they were offering an extra battery free....!!!
Both x100vi and Leica Q are clearly more feature rich products. Is that the real problem with the rx1riii today the market for the rx1riii has moved and the consumer expects more features and not less....Show more →
You launch at a price and then adjust to maximize sales. Quite normal. Same happened to Fuji's X-E5. Seems manufactures are trying to test the waters to see how far they can go.
p.53 #2 · Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
ChesterDraws wrote:
Both x100vi and Leica Q are clearly more feature rich products. Is that the real problem with the rx1riii today the market for the rx1riii has moved and the consumer expects more features and not less.
Clearly, the RX1riii is priced high and that will definitely affect the number of sales, but we know there are a lot of prospective camera buyers who are price insensitive - many on these forums.
I think the bigger issue now versus when the first and second versions of this camera came out is that there are more options for a smallish everyday carry, each with their strengths and weaknesses including the Fuji and Leica Q3 that you mentioned as well as the A7CR which I prefer.
p.53 #3 · Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
Jeff Kott wrote:
Clearly, the RX1riii is priced high and that will definitely affect the number of sales, but we know there are a lot of prospective camera buyers who are price insensitive - many on these forums.
I think the bigger issue now versus when the first and second versions of this camera came out is that there are more options for a smallish everyday carry, each with their strengths and weaknesses including the Fuji and Leica Q3 that you mentioned as well as the A7CR which I prefer.
Sold my Q2 for the RX1R III and never looked back. Smaller, lighter, better AF. If I had a good pancake for the a7cR, I might consider that an option - even if bigger. The X100 (or X-E5 with the 23f2.8) are viable contenders. But then the RX allows to comfortably crop to 3x, while the the 40MP Fuji I only use at 2x.
p.53 #4 · Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
A RX1R3 ND filter approach:
No biggie but I thought I would share.
ND filter is required for this camera in you want to use the mechanical shutter in very bright light.
I bought the Kase 3-stop. I placed the magnetic inset in my Zeiss UV filter so that it does not have to be removed. I then attached the filter to a collapsible rubber hood from B&H.
I leave that combo in a small pouch.
Getting the ND in place is just a matter of removing the original hood and popping this combo on.
p.53 #6 · Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
I just handled this camera for a few minutes at a store today for the first time. I'm a huge RX1 series fan, having owned the original since 2014 (and still use it) and the RX1RII since ~2020. They are my favorite cameras.
The RX1RIII from the short amount of time I played with it left me impressed. I loved the built in EVF (and while not high res or big, it was fine), the small changes to the body, and the AF. I couldn't test the battery life (one of my main complaints of the previous cameras) but I hear it's better.
If the camera weren't so expensive, I'd buy one. So for now I'll wait for the used prices to (hopefully) come down. It's a perfect camera for me and does almost everything I'd want it to. Some day!
p.53 #7 · Official: Sony RX1R III Digital Camera announced!
DaveFP wrote:
A RX1R3 ND filter approach:
No biggie but I thought I would share.
ND filter is required for this camera in you want to use the mechanical shutter in very bright light.
I bought the Kase 3-stop. I placed the magnetic inset in my Zeiss UV filter so that it does not have to be removed. I then attached the filter to a collapsible rubber hood from B&H.
I leave that combo in a small pouch.
Getting the ND in place is just a matter of removing the original hood and popping this combo on.
No vignetting.
I also like the Kase magnetic lens caps to go on the insert.
After many years I finally ordered the mkIII version of the rx1r. Like many I wanted to purchase the II version, but there were just too many quality of life things given its age, that I’ve grown accustomed to with my m11’s, that the mkIII addresses now over the mkII. My shooting needs have changed with the kids fleeing the nest, size being the upmost importance, so I sold off things I haven’t used in ages and placed the order.
Maybe I’m weird or just from shooting Leica M’s, I actually prefer no IBIS, I owned a Q2 and Q2m, both wonderful cameras with phenomenal lenses, but it did always bother me the noise you could hear from the IBIS inside the body. I’ve never been a fan of flippy screens on a compact camera, just something else to break, less of an issue on interchangeable lens cameras for me that live in camera bags more versus around the neck.
It was a bit of a ball ache trudging through these 50pages though 😀. From what I see, reviewers focus on the value aspect, users that have purchased the camera seem to universally enjoy it, just as the previous generations.
I loved the Qs, but for a every day camera, they were just too big which was the value I see in this camera.
