Chris Niccolls really explained in the best possible way the many flaws and very few positives of the Sony QX cameras. I think Sony should give him the 2014-2015 prototypes for testing so that Sony has time to adjust the flaws before they release them. So please Sony, send him the new A1, A79, A9, A77 and what else you have in your engineers office 🙂
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Well at least TCS this time went somewhere with some people, rather than relying on the usual two stunt bystanders they employ every video. Heck, there’s more people in this video than all TCS videos combined!
I much prefer Blunty’s review of the QX as he concentrates on what it can be used for – rather than what it can not be used for as Chris does.
http://blunty.tv/2013/12/sony-qx100-one-puck-of-a-camera-i-said-puck-qx100-review/
For very product there are things you can not use it for and if you concentrate on these you can make it look bad.
Agreed. Blunty’s review is so much better. I didn’t quite understand for such a camera at first but now I see it
That is a much better review!
This guy was not only hating on anime but on anything “new” that he can’t understand. Pretty sad really.
Are you guys crazy,the camera store review is realistic even if you are just a phone camera photographer the qx is very limited.blunty review seemed sugar coated for someone who made a bad purchase but wanted to feel good about it.
What do you mean by “realistic”, I can make a review of the Nikon D4 and say “This camera is totally useless and a healthrisk, try to run a marathon with it and you are guaranteed a heart attack – it weights f’ing 5 killos with the lens.”
This wouldn’t be a fair review as the D4 is not made for portability!
Sony didn’t make the QX100 with portability as its main goal – the QX10 is made for this with less than half the size of the QX100. Why didn’t Chris try the QX10 for portability?
The QX100 simply packs an excellent 1″ 20Mp backlit sensor an a beautiful Zeiss lens (1.8 at its widest) for only £320 in the UK, while the RX100 II is £570, nearly half price!!! Kudos to Sony for making an interesting tool and to Blunty for finding great uses for it.
That said, I still think Chris makes nice reviews and is a great presenter/actor, but just coudldn’t find the use for the QX100, although being a presenter should have thought about viewer’s needs and be a bit more creative.
In conclusion just think about a QX1 with A7’s full frame sensor and a fixed lens or E-mount and a price tag circa £750 (60% of A7 in the UK £1250, only the EVF should save about £300).
hmm, that’s good point…I never thought of it that way. Well, Blunty swears like a sailor, that’s his biggest problem. It’s a good thing his name doesn’t start with a C.
When does he swear,what the hell is clunty.
Ok, without the B and L. Use your imagination now.
SAR, AGREE … before they finish product. it’s got to go out to shooters that have experience with some other gear. And what features they might want.
I’m guessing they already do that
they should stop to think about what they’re doing. not just “oh, I have an idea! let’s make a lens-camera which you connect wirelessly to your phone!” and then run with it. Consider the purpose and whether that purpose seems realistic. and make sure that purpose is fulfilled.
You obviously missed the link on SAR on 5 Dec to the Sony interview on IR. Sony explains all about the QX.
I’m sure they did but most reviews I’ve seen so far are pointing towards this being an in-between kind of camera. Sitting in-between a smartphone camera and a compact camera. Being neither quick enough or compact enough.
Something was overlooked, either the concept or the marketing of it. The remote camera concept, especially if it came with a remote-controlled base as an accessory and a really good app to control the units, could be useful. I think many of us can think of uses for a remotely controlled discrete camera unit with good image quality. But when it’s sold as an alternative to a compact camera and the built-in camera of your smartphone it kind of falls flat on its face.
I think they should test the camera with a phone with NFC.
The connection speed of NFC is much much faster than Wifi.
This guy reminds me of Mac of “It’s always sunny in Philadelphia” 🙂
A lot to be done on software development to this, well, interesting concept!
That guy looks like Kai at DigitalRev TV at 7:25 mark.
> “So please Sony, send him the new A1, A79, A9, A77 and what else you have in your engineers office”
That’s quite a teaser, Andrea! Let’s talk about, say, A9 in more detail, please.
yeah, and that A77 sounds interesting, too bad it’s only a Prototype 😉
This video does bring up a major flaw with the camera; the fact that you can’t shoot shutter priority or select minimum shutter speed for P or A mode. The 1/30 minimum shutter speed is just too slow for shooting people with this high res sensor.
Unfortunately, the review seems to have missed the whole point of the camera and should have concentrated on it’s remote shooting capabilities.
Unfortunatelly, Chris Niccolls missed the point. He should read first this interview with Mr. Kimio Maki, one of Sony’s seniors managers (http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/12/04/sony-interview-what-does-it-take-to-change-the-camera-game). This camera is not made for photographers, but for smartphone users, who do not need raw, do not want to change ISO, just want to press the button…
Here is a small part from that interview:
KM: You have to understand their lifestyle, in the younger generations. When we showed the product to the younger generation, young people who were working with us, they said, “That’s great, definitely I’ll buy that product, rather than the RX100. Sure, the RX100 is a great product, but it’s a little bit different feeling, but that product has a great feeling for me. Every time I go out, I’ll put that camera in my bag, definitely.”
MW: When we showed a QX to photo specialty retailers, the buyers often asked us: “Why would I buy this camera?” My answer to them was, “I don’t think you ever will, because we didn’t build it for you.” [laughter] And now, when we go into photo specialty retailers, some of which will remain unnamed, the only thing they ask us is, “When are you going to ship us more QX100s?”
“This camera is not made for photographers, but for smartphone users, who do not need raw, do not want to change ISO, just want to press the button…” Tell Mr. Maki that they already have such a camera..it’s called a PHONE CAMERA.
If one does not want to use sofisticated commands on the camera, it does not mean that they do not want good picture quality. The picture quality of any phone camera is not even near to the quality of QX100.
Well, they seem to have missed the mark with consumers too, at least in North America. So maybe it was Sony who missed the point.
why dont he use NFC, pairing lens/phone would be much quicker!
anyway, i cant see any advantage of this over an RX100, this is really a shitty product
iPhones do not have NFC.
Yes even the 5s.
I take that back, he was using HTC one.
NFC pairing is a joke!!! I bought the Xperia Z1 to use NFC pairing wit. My RX100 2 and the setup speed is soo slow! I pair faster using wifi with my old iPhone. It’s truly awful.
I agree with the majority of what Chris relayed in this video about the experience delivered by the QX100. The QX is a unique device that requires more polish before being ready for a broad acceptance. At the same time, even with proper perspective of the target demographic, my experience with it still constantly reaffirmed that the rx100 / m2 is the better purchase for any consumer (based on reliability alone) regardless of the concept. Feel free to check out my coverage of this not so new device. Not sure why everyone is so late to review the QX100. It is nice to see it get some coverage out of respect for the concept and R&D at the very least…
Keep up the great work Andrea!
Good realistic review and bad product from Sony. But Sony did try and thats a good thing.
The major reason I see the QX100 as a wasted opportunity is that it could excel where cell phones are typically useless, in low light. However, the lack of shutter speed and ISO control means there is absolutely no way to take a sharp picture of a moving subject indoors. The camera always selected shutter speed less than 1/60th second.
Blunty’s review has some great images and video, however a cell phone camera will do a decent job in bright light. The advantage of the QX100’s big sensor and bright lens is nullified when the camera shoots the image at 1/30th second every exposure.
The good news is this could easily be fixed by updating the mobile app.