p.3 #1 · Sony RX1R MkIII: A beautiful camera with a second to none lens
Interested that the 28f2 tests so strongly. But regardless. You can get it for $200. And the Leica costs thousands and has three fold the level of distortion. I don’t think DXO mark can score the Leica lens but DXO scores the Sony pretty well. And the barrel distortion is really really bad on the Leica
Nielk Mike wrote:
I have owned the 28f2 and it wasn't really sharp across until stopped down to f4. The Leica lens is much better, with the biggest difference to also the RX1 being the real MF functionality.
p.3 #2 · Sony RX1R MkIII: A beautiful camera with a second to none lens
Erictator wrote:
Maybe I'm an old coot, but I grew up with "what wins on Sunday sells on Monday" and its not like grandpa could go out and buy the #3 but he might make a b-line to his GM dealer just the same.
Manufacturers sometimes invest in flashy products or adventures that will never sell, or sell much, just to enhance the brand stature. It also becomes a R&D project that benefits trickle down to more mainstream products.
Whatever the reason, it has us talking, a lot, and you know the old saw from PT Barnum, no such thing as bad publicity, heh.
Eric
My criticism primarily referred to the general nature of starting multiple parallel threads on the same topic at the same time, and I later explained the disadvantages of this. Basically, this is a stupid thing to do in any case, regardless of how well or poorly the topic of discussion sells. So I could have saved myself that comment.
p.3 #3 · Sony RX1R MkIII: A beautiful camera with a second to none lens
Just returned from taking some images outside. The lens looks differently at landscape distances and renders sharp across at f2 already. Stopping down improves sharpness just a little. What impresses me are the colors. Better than my a7cR, very neutral and natural. WB seems to have been improved.
