chez wrote: nehemiahphoto wrote: Fred Miranda wrote: keepcoding wrote: nehemiahphoto wrote: AdaptedLenses wrote:
Thanks for clarifying, that does make more sense. Guess it's a pipe dream to get RX1 IQ with a body that's enjoyable to use. Have to keep chasing that dragon...
nehemiahphoto wrote: AdaptedLenses wrote:
I just have to make sure I'm understanding this... 35i is finally enough to displace the RX1? So the 35i on an A7 for example gets close enough rendering and much better ergos?
nehemiahphoto wrote:
We are in agreement. I like the 35i so much, that I am no longer even pre-ordered on the GM 35. The 35i is as close as we are getting to an RX1 as far as I am concerned. I have a 35/1.4 Apoqualia which has a wild fun draw and only weighs 120g. Together they are still lighter than the GM 35. One is a very smooth modern controlled rendering, the other has much more character but can produce gorgeous files.
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Nah.
I’ll keep my RX1 because it still much smaller as a total package, I easily like the colors and contrast better and the rendering is still appreciably better to me in terms of smoothness (though in some other areas, the 35i easily wins).
I was saying that I was happy enough with the 35i, I am in no hurry for the GM 35. And I have no immediate plans to try it at this point.
I still do think the RX1 could be made way more ergonomic and generally useable with very minor tweaking...and I would still be way more interested in an RX1r3 with current incremental updates than any 35GM or 35APO or 35i. So it goes.
Exactly. Just add the Z100 battery, update AF system, add weather sealing and call it RX1R3. Would be an immediate buy for me
I would like to see that as well but with the recent release of great 35mm lenses and the A7C body, I'm afraid the market for a Sony RX1III shrunk even further.
I used to think this more, but the Leica Q has reportedly been quite successful. And enthusiast products are supposed to be what’s profitable in the shrinking camera market. I personally think that we might see an RX1 now that all those other lenses are released, and I am thinking that we will get a Sony branded and engineered lens rather than a Zeiss. I think that has been part of the hold up as well. Perhaps wishful thinking, but I would not be surprised if one did or did not come out at this point.
To me, it was obvious but they deliberately crippled the EVF, manual controls, went with a dated sensor and the marketing to vloggers and such that the a7c is a bridge camera in the low tier of full frame, and not at all intended for the expensive enthusiast crowd like an RX1x
Make it around their 50mpix MF sensor and that would be unique. I just don't see the business proposition in today's market for a $3500 full frame fixed lens camera when there is just a flood of cameras / lenses that get you there with much more flexibility. I know this doesn’t appeal to you specifically, but there are some people a single camera does appeal as the whole size/simplicity of a single FL/outstanding IQ in a appreciably smaller body will hold appeal. But you’re right, many will opt (and do) for the flexibility of a MILC.
Feb 24, 2021 at 12:28 PM
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