Dpreview posted the winners of the best cameras of the years in four categories. And dpreview says “Sony is out for blood in 2015”!
2015 Roundups: Fixed Prime Lens Cameras (Dpreview). First place for the Sony RX1rII (Store links at [shopcountry 42288]).
2015 Roundup: Long Zoom Compacts (Dpreview). Second place for the RX10m2 (Store links at [shopcountry 42291]).
2015 Roundup: Interchangeable Lens Cameras around $500 (Dpreview). First place for the A5100 (Store links at [shopcountry 42290]).
2015 Roundup: Advanced Zoom Compacts (Dpreview). First place for the A5100 (Store links at [shopcountry 42302]).
And I guess the A6000 and A7rII will be the winners of the upcoming next categories 😉
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You forgot Advanced Zoom Compacts!
Winner: Sony RX100 IV
Winning four categories already and has not end yet …
Bravo Sony!
Cannot wait for next year release!
It did not win long zoom compacts. Not to mention that RX10 II neither has long zoom nor compact. 😉
This is how I see the RX1R II .. I need to see a doctor
It ain’t called camera porn for nothing
I think it’d be even more hilarious if the pictures were flipped.
lol .. I can’t .. I love girls more than rx1r ;p
You are not alone my friend 🙂
Haha, you put the A5100 as the winner if Advanced Compacts.. not the way it should be 😉
Hopefully 2016 will be lots of best lenses of the year
“2015 Roundup: Advanced Zoom Compacts (Dpreview). First place for the A5100 ”
Copy and Paste is a menace. 😉
That’s not the RX1R II
Also, bit surprised that Sony wins with RX1R II without having reviewed one in depth. Granted, the sensor, tilting screen and video codec are above all cameras in that category, but AF could still remain a hindrance (hoping it won’t, however, as I’ll get back couple) in comparison to the X100, the Ricoh or the Q.
I would also need to call foul here on the Q lens being regarded as excellent because of the distortion, the crop factor involved in correcting it and the softening of the outer edges of the frame as a consequence of these corrections. The Sonnar is still the best fast lens of all these compacts, second to maybe only the Sigma 35 ART and that would be only a barely second in sharpness since the Sonnar has the better bokeh with no appreciable field curvature.
I’d send Sony an apple pie. 🙂
Still a loser in the “best SLR/SLT” though.
Technically they can’t lose that competition, as they didn’t even enter it this year (A68 isn’t out until next year).
a77ii is the best apsc on the market
It was on the release. Now, Nikon and Canon have a better ones.
How does something that is not yet available win?
For a year that hasn’t ended yet, it kinda makes sense.
I’m kind of hoping I can get it by Christmas. If I managed to do so, it would be exactly 4 years since I bought my first Sony, the NEX 7, which marked the end of DSLR for me. By Feb 2012, I would have shot 3 assignments with it along with my 5D2 and noticed not one of my clients noticed anything bar the slightly higher resolution. By April, after finishing a 2 year old project which started with the 5D2, I sold the 5D2 and all lenses and bought a 5n as the back up and video camera. That also marked the end of any of my photos ever showing banding.
Depends on how much the marketing dept paid 😉
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
If it’s not digital and doesn’t show something like 55:55 🙂
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Doesn’t make sense as the A68 hasn’t been released yet.
the problem is the sony rx1r II still misses out on few things that would make it a technical marvel or knock in this assertion by preview. it needs 4K, IBIS and a supplied or retractable lens hood.
Correction for the final category (currently says A5100)…
2015 Roundup: Advanced Zoom Compacts (Dpreview). First place for the RX100iv (Store links at Amazon.it, eBay.it).
I am getting one. I met a guys with a 8.000 leica body and a 5,000 lens and he had the original rx1 in his bag and he told me its the best 35mm he ever used and the only problem was he wished it focused a bit faster. I always wanted one but the Af and non flip screen was a problem. It looks like they fixed my concerns so I am saving for it as we speak. I was going to get the A7rII first but I guess it will have to wait.
I guess he had FLE for that money which in my opinion is brilliant lens.
I don’t remember what it was but the body was silver and had no grip. It felt very solid and the quality was amazing. It almost made me understand why leica cost so much but if I was rich I would still get the sony and maybe a few leica lenses. I had know idea the lenses were so small.
I support your desire to spend copious amounts of green stuff. Please report back and let us know if it was worth it.
I will, I assume since I love my 35mm 1.4 and the combo should be even better and lighter than the lens alone, it should be worth it. The only real problem is once the camera dies so does the lens.
Winning w/o being reviewed? Is dpreview playing Rockwell now?
They have reviewed the RX1R the mark II just adds a couple of nice extras and they reviewed the new sensor in the A7RII
Why not buy A7RII?
The RX1R II is a perfect compromice for me … but the price … this will take a few christmas eves to wait 🙂
that fixed 35mm lens is already stabilized no need for ibis also it is one of the best 35mm it does not really need a hood although even 5min of 4k would be nice..
Sony makes great cameras, in fact perhaps the greatest cameras at this time ! Now, I wish Sony also improves their after sales service. In France the after sales service is 100% contracted out and the way things are meant to operate does not inspire confidence at all which is in stark contrast with their top and brilliant cameras. My A7r mk2 was damaged at Paris Salon de la Photo and I have now started dealing with Sony after sales service which feels very diy / low cost and plain frightening. Comments found on the internet regarding the after sales service performances do not do anything to dissipate my fears.