one of the greatest but also most underrated point and shoot cameras
back in 2012 Zony(yes ZONY) dropped possibly one of the greatest little cameras ever to be released. it’s almost unheard of to have a Full Frame point and shoot that sports a 35mm f2. That’s no ordinary 35mm f2 either, that is a Zeiss Sonnar glued to this tiny little camera.
Cons: slow autofocus, expensive, electronic connections sometime struggle to talk when turning on resulting in E:61: error code. (there are work arounds) The mk1 doesn’t have a viewfinder so you have to buy one separately.
the copy i got came with the external view finder.
after shooting with the camera i have no issues pushing the cons right under the rug because the images that you are capable of capturing with it are beautiful! i treat this camera as if it was a point and shoot film camera, so the slow Autofocus doesn’t bug me too much. its an almost perfect documentary camera.
Sony released 3 versions of this camera:
Rx1 (2012): 24mp with 14+ stops of dynamic range
Rx1r (2013): Same sensor, as the original it just doesn’t have the Anti- Aliasing filter. removing that filter adds sharpness and resolution.
Rx1rmk2 (2015) (a mouthful): adds a 42mp sensor, updated Af, and a built in view finder. pretty much a Sony A7R2 in the body of a point and shoot camera.
dipped my little toes into the world of digital medium format.
i’m currently using the GFX 50R and Mitakon 65 1.4 and this is the closest thing to my pentax 67 and 105 2.4. i miss that combo so much, but now i can truly replicate it without having to worry about the prices of film!