Sony RX-1 Review at LL
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Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Interesting, Pete. Sounds wonderful, but I'm more likely to end up with the "poor-man's" version, the DP2Merrill, if anything.
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Mind you, Ken Rockwell has this to say:
"Honestly, after reviewing this thing, I picked up my X100 to shoot for the weekend, and the X100 is soooo much better in every significant way! The X100 just goes, especially with its dual optical and electronic finder, brilliant ergonomics and fantastic colors and fill-flash in any light — and not only does Fuji not send me anything for Christmas; they didn't even let me into their press conference at CES last year!"
Just like guitars, you've got to ignore the reviews, get one in your hands, and play the ****er
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Mind you, Ken Rockwell has this to say:
"Honestly, after reviewing this thing, I picked up my X100 to shoot for the weekend, and the X100 is soooo much better in every significant way! The X100 just goes, especially with its dual optical and electronic finder, brilliant ergonomics and fantastic colors and fill-flash in any light — and not only does Fuji not send me anything for Christmas; they didn't even let me into their press conference at CES last year!"
Just like guitars, you've got to ignore the reviews, get one in your hands, and play the ****er
Brian Moore
Moderator
Rob,...did you decide to get the Merrill? (I've been think about getting the poor man's Merrill, a DP1. (For SWMBO, of course.)
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
No. I need to get Christmas out of the way first, then wait a couple of months, by which time they will be superseded!
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
Rob, its always worth baring in mind that Ken rockwell is a massive tool 
I like the look of this camera... and whilst I dont feel it is particularly expensive, its too rich for my blood as a fixed lens camera.
Roll on the full frame nex I say!
I like the look of this camera... and whilst I dont feel it is particularly expensive, its too rich for my blood as a fixed lens camera.
Roll on the full frame nex I say!
Brian Moore
Moderator
Meaning what, Hamish? (Other than the obvious, of course.)
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
he is a spouter of objective opinions of often little worth ... all imo of course, but I can find some examples if you like?
Brian Moore
Moderator
No,...that's the obvious. What I meant was, what's it got to do with the DP2 Merrill Rob fancies?
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
this one used to cause me problems in the shop...
Always read without context, never understood correctly, often lead to people thinking they didnt need a tripod ... one guy even thought his lens was broken when he wasnt getting sharp photos
ref. Nikon 18-200mm
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Always read without context, never understood correctly, often lead to people thinking they didnt need a tripod ... one guy even thought his lens was broken when he wasnt getting sharp photos
ref. Nikon 18-200mm
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Beth Anthony
Well-Known Member
gee, that almost sounds like you've paraphrased ren kockwell's about me page...
the rx1 looks pretty interesting, i love that more companies are putting the aperture ring back on the lens where it belongs. but $2800 USD? ouch. and as hamish said, fixed lens.. the photos on the ll site looked pretty nice, much better than what can be found on dpreview's samples pages usually. high iso seemed a little noisy.
Steve Boykin
Well-Known Member
It really does look like a nice camera (that I can't afford). Even if I could, I just couldn't get one without a viewfinder. The little add on OVF is almost $500. OUCH. All that said if I had $3300/3400 dollars just laying around I would probably be pressing submit on the Place Your Order now page. I just wonder if it's that much better than the X100 which I LOVE. I do wish the X100 had an ISO 50. Now if Fuji comes out with an X100 with the new sensor, I'm going to be looking for a second job.
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Also- I don't get the whole Steve Huff/Ken Rockwell/fill in the blank websites. I have learned more about good photography here in the last couple months than on any of those sites. Just my two cents.
I just wonder if it's that much better than the X100 which I LOVE. I do wish the X100 had an ISO 50. Now if Fuji comes out with an X100 with the new sensor, I'm going to be looking for a second job.- - - Updated - - -
Also- I don't get the whole Steve Huff/Ken Rockwell/fill in the blank websites. I have learned more about good photography here in the last couple months than on any of those sites. Just my two cents.
