RX cameras are very popular among photographers and photography sites. It’s not a surprise to see that the RX100MII is the most sold Sony camera at Amazon (Click here to see the ranking). And the cheapest RX camera is the RX100 for $538 at [shoplink 20682 ebay]BigValue eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Today you have a whole bunch of new reviews to read! Here is the list:
Forbes (Click here) posted an article about the RX100 and writes:
Even after a year, there is simply nothing else out there that offers the unique combination of tiny size, brilliant resolution, and responsiveness that the RX100 offers.
Sony RX100MII review at Photographyblog.
Sony RX100R review at CameraLabs.
Sony RX1R review at Digitalversus.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R lens review at DxOmark.
Sony Cyber-shot RX1R Samples Gallery Expanded at Dpreview.
Sony RX1 developers Interview (.pdf).
Sony Cybershot Camera RX100 II Review with Test Photos & Video (Bretthigginsphotography).
Sony DSC-RX100M2 vs RX100 with Real World Sample Photos (RonMartBlog)
Hard to find any negative comments! 🙂
New RX orders:
RX1 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, Sonystore US, Sony Canada, Sony Deutschland, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Spain.
RX100MII at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, Sonystore US, Sony Canada, Sony Deutschland, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony Italy, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Spain.
15 Responses
I am relieved Forbes and their contributors didn’t screw that one up.
This is a really great review of the RX100, in a very significant journal:
“I keep coming back to the level of detail this camera offers because it’s really game changing. The RX100 represents an incredibly careful balancing of pros and cons in design. Sure, they might have improved on dynamic range, but Sony made a conscious decision to strive for maximum resolution, and the fact is under most circumstances, you’ll be thrilling to the amount of detail you’ve captured, not wringing your hands over blown highlights (the RX100 seems to have a slight tendency to lose detail in highlights faster than in shadows, though that’s just a personal impression.) Yes, it’s so small that keeping it steady can be a problem –especially in poor light –but again, you’re getting this camera partly because of its almost surreally petite frame. I have never, ever, used anything so tiny with such enormous capability, and any objections one can make are largely a testimony, not to bad decision making, but to a careful, conscious decision to prioritize certain aspects of size and performance. Even after a year, there is simply nothing else out there that offers the unique combination of tiny size, brilliant resolution, and responsiveness that the RX100 offers. For another hundred bucks the tilting screen of its bigger, younger sibling –the RX100 II –might be nice to have, but if you want the gloves-off champ of tiny titans, the RX100 is still in a class of one.”
the RX1 developer’s interview was a really good read ^^ i did not know that each camera is individually calibrated with the set of sensor and lens to get such good results! it really is a awesome camera and i don’t regret buying one
and also lack on inbuilt viewfinder is as i suspected, to let people choose between OVF and EVF… and i chose to save money and buy a olympus OVF 😛
RX1 + built-in EVF will no doubt cut into NEX FF sales.
+1
I found the Digitalversus review of the RX1R a little harsh and, at times, petty. To wit.
1. “The lens is pretty big” — Compared to what? This is an f/2 35mm lens. Are there any that are smaller or with a wider maximum aperture (that do not cost $5,00 with a Leica sticker on them) that provide similar image quality? I agree with the reviewer that the RX1R grip could be improved, but this could likely be done with the same size lens; witness the Fotodiox and other after market products.
2. “The exposure-correction dial seems a little firmer than in the RX1, but it still doesn’t have a lock function.” The exposure correction dial never once budged inappropriately during my use of the camera. There is no need for a lock; in fact it strikes me as a potential nuisance.
3. “You have to take a trip into the menu—to page three of the camera settings—in order to assign functions to the four-way arrow keys. And seeing as you have to choose them yourself, you might as well set one of them to bring up the image quality settings (compression quality) for RAW and/or JPG, which have been left out of the Quick Menu. ” I agree that Sony menus in general stink, particularly on the NEX cameras, and the RX1R are only a little better than some. But there is nothing brutal with providing the users immense flexibility in how they send the arrow keys. It is a great feature of the camera. It is unlikely that users will want to change the soft keys so frequently that interment at a deeper menu level is the sort of grave flaw you suggest. Moreover, I am not sure which photographers so frequently change their image quality that they would want the ability to do so, rather than others, on a Quick Menu, which would rapidly become “unquick” if it were routinely condemned for not including every photographer’s pet setting.
4. Although it has virtually the image quality of the highest end Nikons and Canons, the RX1R is not a DSLR with Nikon AF speed. I wish it were. Maybe the RX2R will be. It would be fantastic to use a camera that small to shoot sports. But I found the RX1R pretty good for impromptu (street) photography. And, yes, I too wish the fastest shutter speed were f-stop invariant. But the review strikes me as equivalent to one that would take points off a 800E for not being smaller. It appears to be asking for the perfect camera. The RX1R is not that. But it is an incredible photographic tool for many. The reviewer should put back a star.
Opinions, clearly. Proper cameras have one menu level, fast af, mechanical focus, a proper viewfinder. The RX1 does not manage any of this at 4000 EUR, so it’s a toy in my book.
Where did you see it at 4000 euros?
Camera + evf + grip? It’s a collector price for a meh-usability camera, I agree too.
Don’t try to twist it around, I wasn’t speaking about usability and he obviously meant without VF or grip. Even with those included, it still isn’t 4000 euros. The RX1R is 3100 euro and the RX1 is 2700 euro (Amazon.de prices).
People are ready to discard A3000. Sony has put it in DSLR category against entry level of canon and nikon and they can’t beat this price. All the whining about LCD and EVF is not going to stop the camera for selling hot. You have to take this cheap camera seriously for what it offers for the price of $399. It’s a very good move.
Think the RX100 is a fabulous camera, just wish it had an EVF then I might think about getting one.
Yes I think the RX100 is special. Also very nice video.
Basically everyone but paid reviewers complain on the amount of chromatic aberrations in RX100’s raw files. Jpeg output is fine though.
Right. And still no firmware update to address the shutter button power issue on the RX1.