bwcolor wrote: freaklikeme wrote: chiron wrote: freaklikeme wrote:
Congrats. It's a sweet combo, but I'll be first in a long line to tell you it's not the same thing. The cr with battery and cards weighs more than the RX before you put a lens on it and is already larger. And the lenses are very different in performance.
Try the A7CR with the Sigma i series 45/2.8. It's smaller and lighter than the 35/2.0, and it has beautiful rendering (not that the 35/2.0 is bad--it's very nice). And actually, as with the Leica Q3 43, I prefer the slightly more normal focal length.
The weight and size differences between the two cameras are small and have little practical effect in use. And you get a lot more with the A7CR.
I'm sure the new RX is an exciting camera that some people will buy and justly love. But it has a very potent competitor in the A7CR, as dpreview's comparison pointed out.
Ironically, one of the effects of the RX1's introduction may be to call attention to just how desirable and small a camera the A7CR really is.
I'm not the market for either of those things. I don't need a fixed lens camera, no matter how small, and I don't need a tiny FF ILC with a sensor that's going to make me want to use high performance manual lenses on it. The Otus ML 85 would look silly and likely be a bit unwieldy on it. It'll be much better off on my a1.
I’ve been happy with a range of small autofocus lenses on the A7CR, but the Loxia range of lenses really shine. Unfortunately, the A7Rv viewfinder makes the Loxia a joy to use, but you must overlook the limitations of the A7CR EVF.
Yes. The A7R5 viewfinder with fast manual lenses is beautiful to see. If you ever get the chance, try looking through the viewfinder with the CV 50/1.0 Nokton. It’s sublime, almost 3D.
Jul 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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