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Recent convert to RX1-R - now I get it.
- Thread starter GrahamWelland
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GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
TBH I'd have bought either. I agree that any differences are pretty minor, especially if you are shooting handheld.
They cost the same new, at least in the States, so I'm not sure what your point is.
GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
I think the point is that rx1 used is a lot cheaper than a rx1r, new or used.
There is now sufficient evidence in my mind that a camera and lens that were designed to work together offer synergistic benefits to the user. That is IMHO the case with Fuji X-100(s), RX-I(r), Sigma DP 1, 2, 3.
Even to a large extent, Zeiss Touit 12 and 32 with NEX, and if early images are anything to go by, Zeiss FE 35 and 55 with Sony A7(R)
Even to a large extent, Zeiss Touit 12 and 32 with NEX, and if early images are anything to go by, Zeiss FE 35 and 55 with Sony A7(R)
I agree 100% - I would have bought either, but in my case only the RX1r had a 10% EDU discount through Sony, so I took the nearly $300 off and went with it.
Hmmm ... but the new prices seems to be the exact same in the States. Anyway, not a big deal; I was just hoping to make sense of that.
Anybody has both the RX-1/RX1r and a Sigma DP Merrill ?
I have all 3 small Merrills and love them - for daylight shooting, and I really think they are better than the Sony RX1 - in daylight, I like the colors and the clarity much more, and I do not miss my Nikon D3x anymore.
But - and that is my point - I have never seen so beautifull color rendering at night/dark than with the Sony RX1/r, and I am very tempted.
Anybody ? - because I have only seen the Sony RX-shots at the net.
Thanks
I have all 3 small Merrills and love them - for daylight shooting, and I really think they are better than the Sony RX1 - in daylight, I like the colors and the clarity much more, and I do not miss my Nikon D3x anymore.
But - and that is my point - I have never seen so beautifull color rendering at night/dark than with the Sony RX1/r, and I am very tempted.
Anybody ? - because I have only seen the Sony RX-shots at the net.
Thanks
GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
Pre-dawn colours don't suck ... 
Ron Pfister
Member
Graham, this looks very familiar. Is this in the Escalante/Southern Utah area?
GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
Zabriske Point, Death Valley.
I was shooting large format there this week and this was a snapshot with the Sony.
Btw, what's the big deal about large format? :toocool:
I was shooting large format there this week and this was a snapshot with the Sony.
Btw, what's the big deal about large format? :toocool:
Agree, beautifull, but I still see the low light/night shots as something special from the Sony RX - it has a certain touch, as I see it ?Pre-dawn colours don't suck ...
GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
I'm just still blown away by the colours and clarity of the zeiss 35/2. The shots above were at f/2 and the following f/11:
Guy Mancuso
Administrator, Instructor
Heck love to drive up and test the A7r with you. Looks nice
Very beautifull shot, but generel I still like the Sigma Merrill better in daylight. Here in your shot you also have some darkness, and when I look at the night shots from this camera, where there of course are some darkness, but more "around" (sorry perhaps not fine English), it has this touch, it really makes the special colors "pop" in a certain way, as I see it, and that could make me buy it alone for this.