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Are you able to tell whether it's struggling with the resolution as opposed to being slightly misfocused. A lot of early users of the RX1 thought their lenses were slightly soft when relying on autofocus, but when they tried manually focusing using magnified view found there was no problem. I'd bet the DPR testers use AF.
There is no issue that I can see regarding any left side softness. If you are referring to the image of the leaf on cement, it's shot wide open and the camera is not 90 degrees with the ground. This is the expected result.
I suspect the B&H reps are as confused by the policy as we are.
Keeping in mind that DSC00481 is shot at f2.8, I only see a tiny amount of softness on the extreme left hand side. Oddly, this doesn't seem to affect the foreground bridge. From playing with all of these files, I see the well known field curvature of a wide angle, fixed lens. I also see that Adobe's lens profile is not up to the task of fixing it. The shadow recovery image I posted above (DSC00583) initially looked like it was shot with a mild fish eye. The tree on the left was shaped like a left parenthesis, and I had to manually fix it in LR. I expect the profiles from DxO and C1 to do a much better job.
My local bricks and mortar store called me today to tell me that my RX1R II was due for delivery tomorrow afternoon at the store. It's on the Fedex truck apparently. :thumbup:
I prefer to order from my local bricks and mortar store too, especially if I have actually gone into the store and handled equipment before I have decided to buy it. It's only fair to buy from them in that situation.
I used to support my local Brick & M store here but realized that the so called 'new' item was often the one that was shown to customers who were allowed to handle it. Even if they did not put in a card and try it out, it still becomes a 'demo' in my opinion, but was sold as new to me. Then one day I bought a lens which did not change its aperture at all, realized that the blades were stuck and the lens must have been sitting on the shelf for months if not years. Of course they changed it for me, but by then the damage was done.
While I do not give a hoot about the "major reviews", I will have to say, speak for yourself.
:salute:I actually prefer the "minor reviews" from forum members here and on FM.While I do not give a hoot about the "major reviews", I will have to say, speak for yourself.
