back alley
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do you still feel the rx1 is worth the money?
(clearly intended for rx1 owners)
i'm thinking about getting one...
joe
(clearly intended for rx1 owners)
i'm thinking about getting one...
joe
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my question was directed to owners/users in hopes that their experience with the camera might shed some wisdom on the 'value' of the user experience.Thats a very subjective question, to combine such a stunning lens, with a top of the range full frame sensor in a hand built compact body how can it be not worth the money when it has not been done before.
It isn't a camera for everyone, but Sony didn't intend it to be, it is an engineering feat par-excellence and of course compromises had to be made. However for me if you are happy with the 35mm and fixed lens and just contrast based AF it can't be beaten and probably won't be for a good few years.
The difference between using this and my older nex 7, nex 6 and Fuji x100 is night and day.
My two cents if you can afford it, get it.
this is the stumbling block...i don't really need the rx1...it's pure lust on my part. and when the fuji 27 finally arrives and i put it on my x-e1 i think i may be in heaven...back alley, what is the RX-1 going to do for your that your other cameras can't? It would seem to me that in some ways this is a duplication. I can understand the lust for the RX-1. I am not sure the RX-1 is going to give you something that you don't already have. In my case, my other camera is a Pentax 645D.
I suspect back alley you could afford a RX1 but is the question more should you afford it? - have I got that right? I have started to pare back my herd and recently just sold my X100, I sometimes dream to simplify things and that a RX1 would encompass everything I need and just quit the lot for a RX1 only. I doubt it would remain that way though.this is the stumbling block...i don't really need the rx1...it's pure lust on my part.
Click the top down comparison on this page -- Compare camera dimensions side by sidethe X2 for what delivers barely better quality, is a trifle larger,
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Hi Back Alley, I totally understand where you are coming from. Personally to me the quality for me made the cost worth it. I sold a few older camera's so the actual cost wasn't too bad. I think with every camera you make compromises somewhere. I was seriously thinking of purchasing the XE-1 but they had stripped features from the XPro-1 too much I couldn't live with and ultimately the decision for a full frame sensor with a CZ lens I couldn't resist. I also think the quality of the pictures make it more than worth it to me.my question was directed to owners/users in hopes that their experience with the camera might shed some wisdom on the 'value' of the user experience.
3k is a dear sum to me and not one that i would offer up easily.
yes, it's a personal/subjective view that i'm hoping for.
i played with the camera today and if it were priced at 2k i would have bought it on the spot...that extra 1k keeps me from moving ahead with the deal.
it's my turn to decide if it's worth it to me now.