ptomsu
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X2 in Austria is €1650.-don't know about Austria, but in the UK the RX1 (at £2800) is just a tad less than twice the price of an X2 (£1500)
RX1 in Austria shall be around €3000.-
Roughly double the price ....
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X2 in Austria is €1650.-don't know about Austria, but in the UK the RX1 (at £2800) is just a tad less than twice the price of an X2 (£1500)
I was not saying it was unique to the RX1, but it was a benefit of a leaf shutter being on a digital camera. On film cameras, it was hard to get shutter speeds faster than 1/500s. Only focal plane shutters were able to exceed that.Thanks for clarifying. Well, checking all three of the leaf shutter digital cameras I have at present, the X2 operates the way you suggest.
Not sure it changes the total exposure time at all. That seems entirely dependent upon how fast the shutter blades can close the aperture, without consideration of the opening cycle, particularly at small lens openings, because for a leaf shutter to operate the shutter blades must full open with every cycle.
I think Sony has made an awesome product for the high-end fixed-lens camera market. It seems to be able to take high quality still and video images. How is it crippled? It is a perfect match for that niche market....Sony has proven that they don't understand niche-markets and cripple their products for many applications.
If Leica can get the sensors they need, SOny, being the largest sensor makers in the world should be able to if they want to.According to the Sony-guys at PK there is only one functional RX1 around in the wild, the rest are just mock-ups and prototypes. The sensor cannot handle oblique light rays and the "Zeiss" 2/35 compensates for that with a huge rear element (~45mm in diameter) - so even most DSLR-mounts wouldn't be large enough. A stronger WA would be much bigger. The NEX is a cool concept, but not feasible for FF - especially the NEX-7 performs poorly with real WA (made my Summicron 28mm look like crap).
If Leica does it right, they will have a comfy advantage in the FF-mirrorless-segment for a while and Sony has proven that they don't understand niche-markets and cripple their products for many applications.
I agree with you. Leica's previous M series sensors were also custom designed for them by Kodak, and look how nicely they work. The M9 has always, to me, seemed more of the bottom run of medium format digital rather than the top run of 35mm digital.Nobody knows how the RX1 actually performs, yet. I have owned some Sony-flagship (expensive, made in Japan) products because they seemed to be outstanding on paper and they proved to be crippled, compromised and had several defects - and don't get me started with Sony customer service... Or is that just a problem in Germany?
Maybe Sony can design a sensor which can handle different lens types as well as the CMOSIS/STmicro-sensor from the Leica M presumably can - but so far they have done nothing, their fairly new 24MP APS-C-sensor is in fact one of the worst sensors in this regard...
There are some real sensor-specialists that outperform any Sony-sensor-design that are hardly noticed (size isn't anything) - it's a good long-term choice to spend some R&D in this crucial element for Leica (or any camera manufacturer) in favor of just using an off-the-shelf Sony product that your competitors use...
That's the point, Sony has the advantage of being able to design & manufacture most of the components themselves and they have large R&D resources (although they need it for a large variety of products - it's easy to forget that). I always felt that some brilliant products have been crippled by cost-cutting and compromises. Right now the RX100 is the best P&S, IMHO and I hope the RX1 will be good as well.I've had my share of disappointments with Sony gear, but some of it has been brilliant. I hope the RX1 is brilliant, I love the concept even if I'm not going to buy one.
Are there any Leica/CMOSIS sample images available?Nobody knows how the RX1 actually performs, yet. I have owned some Sony-flagship (expensive, made in Japan) products because they seemed to be outstanding on paper and they proved to be crippled, compromised and had several defects - and don't get me started with Sony customer service... Or is that just a problem in Germany?
Maybe Sony can design a sensor which can handle different lens types as well as the CMOSIS/STmicro-sensor from the Leica M presumably can - but so far they have done nothing, their fairly new 24MP APS-C-sensor is in fact one of the worst sensors in this regard...
There are some real sensor-specialists that outperform any Sony-sensor-design that are hardly noticed (size isn't anything) - it's a good long-term choice to spend some R&D in this crucial element for Leica (or any camera manufacturer) in favor of just using an off-the-shelf Sony product that your competitors use...
Hi KenAre there any Leica/CMOSIS sample images available?
Is not in the human nature that we see the things how we wish them to be ???
The exif posted are all right ..... only the camera is the old 5D Mark II (jpeg converted directly from Raw)
Gianluca
Because there is more to image quality than pixel count. Actually, pixel resolution is really overrated and format size means something. Personally, I would not want a 36MP sensor--why bother with the extra file size when the 23% in extra resolution will not be really noticed?If there were a mirrorless camera like the NEX ,with an APS-C sensor that got 36 MP (or more) - and which had no problems with short lenses - would anyone care about full-frame ?
is it full-frame for its own sake, or the notion that full-frame promises better image quality ?