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If you want to save few $$$ Sony is now selling plenty of great Sony refurbished stuff:
$700 off on the [shoplink 28308 ebay]RX1R (Click here)[/shoplink].
$80 off on the [shoplink 28309 ebay]RX100 (Click here)[/shoplink].
$120 off on the [shoplink 28310 ebay]A77 with kit lens (Click here)[/shoplink].
Few [shoplink 28311 ebay]A900 bodies (Click here)[/shoplink].
$74 off on the [shoplink 28312 ebay]QX100 (Click here)[/shoplink].
Samys sells Open Box and $300 off [shoplink 28313 ebay]A7r bodies (Click here)[/shoplink].
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Call Sony Style store in New York. They have some A77 kits with the 16-50 they are selling for 950.00. A900 is worth 1100.00 max. A7 is also sold open box at the same store for 1099.00. I wouldn’t pay more than 1200.00 for it at this point- used or new. Want a deal- look above. Want a steal- look elsewhere.
Why isn’t there an RX1R with a 50mm normal lens? Wouldn’t that be more useful?
For a fixed lens camera? Probably be better off with it as a zoom covering that range in it.
i would say probably because small fixed lens cameras like this are generally marketed for things like street photography and travel photography, where you might want to be able to get a bit more panorama in the shot, and also a shorter lens on there makes the camera all the more pocketable.
you can get something similar to what you’re describing from Sigma though, they make the foveon sensor cameras in 3 versions with 3 different fixed focal lengths, one of them being roughly 50mm equivalent.
I think Sigma’s fixed-lens cameras seem fine.
Their software, however, is abjectly unacceptable.
i agree with you. i was very excited about those and the previous version of the sigma cameras, and almost bought one, but not being able to use lightroom is a deal breaker for me. i wish they would finally just get that sorted out. that could be a very exciting camera to have in the mix, but i just can’t imaging anyone buying it if they are bound to use sigma’s weak software.
i was buying a new camera right around when the RX1 came out, and when i saw the price of that one, and then when i realized that i couldn’t edit the raw files from the sigma in lightroom, i got the Ricoh GR instead, and have been very happy with it.
Remember the old Rollei 35 film camera? It’s kind of grandfather of the RX1 – as being a small but powerful cam with very high quality.
And it had a 40mm lens – and most successors and similar cams from competitors also had lenses in the 35 to 40 mm range.as a good compromise for street photography
this camera was crazy expensive when it was brand new technology, but now that sony has come seemingly so far in the FF sensor game, do people expect the (allegedly) forthcoming RX1S to be less expensive when it drops?
if so how much less? more on par with the A7? when the RX1R hit the market it was very unique in sony’s line, but with the full A7 line now available, can they sell these types of cameras successfully if they cost more than an interchangeable lens FF from the same manufacturer?
i’m very excited about the RX1S, but it would have to be sub-2K for me to even consider it.
it will probably be priced the same way as RX1 which is $2799. RX1 will probably drop to $2200.
that’s really too bad. it’s a hell of a cool little camera, but i’m priced out at that point and would sooner put the money towards an A7R and a lens (plus the option to expand with more lenses later on). maybe if the RX1S had a fixed zoom for more flexibility i’d give it a second thought, but even then, i think they’re making a camera that is going to be very hard for them to sell when sitting next to others in their own lineup.
$1999 should be the price for a new one and refurbished ones should be around $1599. Anything over that is ridiculous. AF is slow as hell, no viewfinder. I would rather get the new x100t that is about to be released and save $700. RX1 is still overpriced even at the refurbished price.
The thing I like about Sony releasing bodies so frequently is that it’s seriously driving down the price of the competition. Seeing A7’s for as low as $1100 used and that also means lightly used. It’s forcing down the price of full frame DSLRS in the used market.
And since nobody makes a bad camera anymore it really leaves it up to the big brands to force innovation.
Lets hope to see a Supersized Tri-Navi body (I love having my viewfinder on the far corner and not the middle and I much prefer having both control dials together with that satisfying but soft click) housing a sensor similar to A7S only it will actually survive recording 4k internally. And also have insane High ISO capabilities.
Heck make it an 20.1MP APS-C sized sensor with A6000 hybrid AF, XAVCS, and High ISO similar to A7S not necessarily as clean as A7S at 103K ISO but acceptable below that would be fine… I can dream can’t I?
Same here, no way I’m going to spend this much money on a camera like that. What frustrates me is that Canon can release a 6D for $1500 so that means full frame sensors aren’t as expensive as these companies would like us to believe. I don’t see a reason why Sony cannot release RX1 for under $2000.