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You mean a landscape at infinity? That would be a bummer but even then, this camera will mainly be a travel, people and street/candid camera for most of us. What I am seeing is great results wide open when photographing people at an event. The 35mm seems to me the perfect focal length for this.So, mine has still not arrived and I speak in the hypothetical sense, plus in the 'Should I maybe buy a Q instead" sense.
Back in my reviewing days I wrote a 3 part review of the RX1. When it came to the lens, I was pretty much as smitten as everyone, with one exception, which was that it had an odd mid field weakness which I put down to complex field curvature. Now Lloyd Chambers is finding odd and inconsistent results with his RX1R II, yet to be bottomed out in terms of what is causing it but speculating that the lens may not be as impressive on the higher mp sensor.
Now this will be fine for most subject matters other than those requiring flat field works, such as landscapes etc - and its not as if the lens on the Q is perfect either, but I wonder if anyone here who has the camera has run any simple flat field tests to see what's going on?
Yes, that sounds logical in a way although again, the difference would probably be obvious only at 100% or when printed large. Nobody views images on the web at 100% and very few people print larger than 13X19 (at home at least).@ Pradeep, that is what I mean - it was one of my main use-cases for the RX1. But I'm afraid higher resolution sensors need higher resolution lenses, even when the sensor size is constant.
I find this comment by Lloyd to be a little strange based on my limited experience. I took a couple shots of a building from quite a distance on Friday pretty quickly and when I got home realized that I had forgotten to stop down from F 2.0. Now this was not a flat field scene, so no comment on that, but at 100% magnification all the details in the scene were quite crisp. For example, at 100% view I could clearly read all the details on a "No Parking" sign from more than 1/2 a block away. So, even at F2 I don't see the lens struggling with the sensor. I respect Lloyd and he's a very nice guy, but he seems to have problems with things that nobody else does.Now Lloyd Chambers is finding odd and inconsistent results with his RX1R II, yet to be bottomed out in terms of what is causing it but speculating that the lens may not be as impressive on the higher mp sensor.
I'm not batting for Lloyd here but in my tests on the original rx1 the mid-field weakness was there, and from memory on both sides i.e. symmetrical.Why does anyone care anymore about what Lloyd says, especially if it has anything to do with Sony (and Leica, from what I hear)? If it wasn't some nebulous, anecdotal, unconfirmed "issue" with mid field sharpness, he'd find something else. He'd spot a spec of dust on the LCD screen, flick it off, and then write several paragraphs about how "unacceptable this is for a high priced camera".
I have real difficulty believing how this lens could be outstripped by ANY sensor. That sounds like an imagined problem is search of reality, with nothing but 100% speculation as the only result.
I can't see owning such a tiny camera seems absurdly small
Tim, now I'm curious. I guess I'm not a sophisticated enough lens tester to find the mid-field weakness. I've taken some well focused images with lots of detail and am checking all around the images at 100% looking for the weakness and can't seem to find it. Would it only manifest in certain types of shots?I'm not batting for Lloyd here but in my tests on the original rx1 the mid-field weakness was there, and from memory on both sides i.e. symmetrical.
I think it was mentioned here somewhere but I can't seem to find it.
Does anybody know where I can access the RX1R2 manual online in pdf format? I hate to carry the paper manual with me.
Thanks.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks much.I've seen two different ones.
The normal instruction manual:
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4579865111.pdf
And the Sony help guide with pretty much the same information, but with handy links in the table of contents:
http://helpguide.sony.net/dsc/1550/v1/en/print.pdf
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