If you can fit an RX1 in your pocket, you have big pockets.
Yeah, it's certainly a lot fatter...
PatrickT
New Rangefinder User
If you can fit an RX1 in your pocket, you have big pockets.
To be fair, I've fit mine in a coat pocket several times!
Yeah, it can be done... but it`ll feel like a brick and will certainly show.
PHAROLDO
Member
Love the mark ii, but there are certainly things a mark iii could add...
Weather sealing is the first thing. Don't need more megapixels because i love the low light performance of the mark ii! When i dream it's the same sensor but curved, for a smaller lens or faster lens. Would also love if Zeiss would make tele and wide converters! And if the autofocus was even faster! Ah, and a better battery!
All the best
Weather sealing is the first thing. Don't need more megapixels because i love the low light performance of the mark ii! When i dream it's the same sensor but curved, for a smaller lens or faster lens. Would also love if Zeiss would make tele and wide converters! And if the autofocus was even faster! Ah, and a better battery!
All the best
jmonat7
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Also get rid of the focus by wire and add real manual focus capabilities with a distance scale. That and a bigger battery are all I want. For now, the mark ii will do just fine. I love the lens though so I'm not sure I want that touched.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
That dream camera, for me, is the Leica CL fitted with my 1972 Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 v2. It's not trousers pocketable, but I've not found cameras that size to be all that delightful other than for an occasional shot. The CL with the old Summilux is "just big enough" to be easy to hold and shoot with all day while also being small and light enough to carry all day without it getting in the way. It does fit into a reasonable size jacket pocket or a small belt bag.
The CL with this lens fitted to it is, in a way, the reincarnation of the Leica Barnack to me in a modern, digital camera. I has two Barnacks in the past and used to carry them all the time in much the same way as I do this setup.
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Sony A7c just announced...
Archiver
Mentor
The A7C with a compact prime would be a very nice street cam. One of the first E mount lenses was the Sony Zeiss 35mm f2.8. Another could be the Tamron 24/2.8 or 35/2.8, or the Sony 28/2.
I wanted to love the a7c, but I just don’t. A very underwhelming release in 2020. However, at least it’s a step in the right direction.
sevres_babylone
Mentor
I like the size, and the autofocus tracking capabilities look impressive. But I am a glasses-wearer, and the initial reports on the small viewfinder are discouraging. I don’t miss a viewfinder on my Ricoh GR, but with my Sony A7SII, almost always shoot with the viewfinder (in part, because I still use manual focus a lot.) I am still interested in a second Sony body, but may stick to my original plan to wait for used prices on the A7III to come down.
Archlich
Well-known
I think it's OK when the price lowers in the near future. Weight and size are good, with the beefy NP-FZ100 battery to boot.
Definitely not a RX1 III though.
Definitely not a RX1 III though.
jarski
Mentor
As Sony shooter am quite excited about this new body, same utilitarian shape than a6000 series bodies
Larry Cloetta
Mentor
Definitely. Not even sure how it wormed its way into the conversation here. It’s chalk and cheese different.
AlexBG
Well-known
Full frame in a small body at a good price. I think it looks amazing. If it was 6 years ago and I was looking for a replacement for my A7 then this would be amazing.
I think if you are looking for a small travel camera but very well spec'd then this is it, if you are after the very best specs then this is not it.
As a second sony body for professionals who use the newest A series this would also be great.
I think if you are looking for a small travel camera but very well spec'd then this is it, if you are after the very best specs then this is not it.
As a second sony body for professionals who use the newest A series this would also be great.
BillBingham2
Registered User
ColSebastianMoran
( IRL Richard Karash )
Yes, A7c is potentially interesting if you want/need full-frame. Perhaps for your stable of lenses.
But, I have to ask, for light weight, high performance, compactness, why not stay with the A6xxx series. My A6500 and even A6000 serve me very well.
What really is the driver for FF?
But, I have to ask, for light weight, high performance, compactness, why not stay with the A6xxx series. My A6500 and even A6000 serve me very well.
What really is the driver for FF?
jmonat7
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I totally agree with this. For a small FF camera, a fixed lens camera like the Rx1 or Q series work best. It might be feasible to make a small FF mirrorless
interchangeable like the a7c but then the lens question comes into play. FF lenses are still FF, which means they can be big. This is what Sony struggled with at first. A FF lens can make a compact camera huge. Sure there are small lenses but they often have a lot of compromises. These compromises are usually limited with fixed lens cameras because they have a lot of wiggle room to adjust the optics and sensor placement for a fixed lens camera, something that certainly can't be done with an interchangeable lens camera.
I am not sure how the a7c got into the conversation here because it is not close to being an Rx1rii upgrade. It comes off as more of a vlogging camera to me with no custom buttons, a large recording button, and flip out screen.
As Sony shooter am quite excited about this new body, same utilitarian shape than a6000 series bodies
Just a bit fatter...
Well, rf shaped cameras are few and far between so we tend to discuss them all together. It could work for some here. Of course we don’t really think it replaces the R1XR II...
jmonat7
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Fair enough but this thread is literally titled "New RX1 III" so I inferred it was being recommended as an upgrade.