Sony RX1 lens performance test at DSLRmagazine.
The JPG and RAW resolution graph (Courtesy of DSLRmagazine)
The Spanish reviewers from DSLRmagazine (translation here) focused their efforts on analyzing the Zeiss 35mm f/2.0 performance. And as you can see from the graph on top the delivered image quality is excellent. DSLRmagazine writes: “We can see that the combination of lens and sensor paired brings dramatic results, the highest level achieved to date in our tests of digital cameras.”
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RX1 at Amazon, B&H, Adorama, J&R, eBay.
RX1 Gariz accessories:
1) They made a new half leather case in Black and Brown (Click here to see them on eBay).
2) The new lens cap (Click here to see them on eBay).
3) The new entry is the anti loose button(!) (Click here to see them on eBay). Don’t know if that will be really useful for you RX1 owners. Someone has it and call it how it works? Thanks!
4) And this is the really first time I see that. A special Leather skin hood! (Click here to see them on eBay).
emopunk
5 months ago |So altough the camera delivers astonishing results, people still have to complain about the price? I don’t whine ’cause a Ferrari costs too much for my pockets. If I can’t afford it, it doesn’t mean I can’t see how good it is.
Vlad
5 months ago |Agreed, although the price is something more of a Smart than a Ferrari.
chlamchowder
5 months ago |It would be interesting to see how this compares to, say, a D600 with an old Nikon 35mm f/2. I wonder how much you’re getting by paying a over $700 more for the RX1.
Neo NiGHTS ®
5 months ago |You know… a desktop computer will always be more powerful and cheaper than a laptop. At the expense of not being portable.
It’s kinda absurd people comparing the RX1 with regular fullframe dSLRs.
And before anyone goes “I don’t care about size!”, then GOOD FOR YOU. Go and get a D600 a 6D or whatever floats your boat and pocket.
Wayne Summers
5 months ago |well said, I could not have said it better.
mike
5 months ago |Well, what do you want to measure? Recently, there was a bit of a comparison in that direction: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/rx1-zeiss-bokeh-vs-nikon/
lol
5 months ago |meehhhhh lets compare a d600 with 200 f2 and a rx1 with a 200 f2… lol are you serious?? a rx1 is a copact camera, nothing more… try shot at the olimpic with rx1 ahaha playstation fanboys.. its better an xbox
Spoon
5 months ago |Probably won’t be close, see here to get an idea:
http://www.photozone.de/nikon_ff/444-nikkor_afd_35_20_ff?start=1
Marlon Richardson
5 months ago |Let’s say the Rx1 one matches the A99, 5d3, or D600 with a 35/2. You still get a compact camera that you can put in virtually any bag. Carrying around any full-sized DSLR is a hassle for day to day use.
But it just so happens that it appears that the Rx1 is beating all comers… an unexpected bonus.
chlamchowder
5 months ago |Right, but I fully expect the RX1 with its lens to perform better than a DSLR with a 35/2 lens in terms of resolution.
The RX1′s lens is more than 20 years newer, doesn’t have to deal with an interchangeable mount, can be as close to the sensor as it wants to (no mirror to leave space for), and costs more (the D600 came out at $2100 with a moving mirror, pentaprism, relatively high end AF module, and a much larger body. Add a $320 35/2 lens, and it’s $2420, about $300 less than the RX1 with its lens. So that’s at least a $700 35/2 lens right there).
Spoon
5 months ago |Assuming you’re not paying for miniaturization, which is quite an assumption.
LifeStoryImages.com
5 months ago |I absolutely love that the RX1 exists today, even at the high price. That means it’ll be 50% that in 18 months.
> 3) The new entry is the anti loose button…
I looked at the auction, still can’t figure out what this button does.
Wheelus
5 months ago |It’s what used to be called a “soft release button.” It takes a little less movement to release the shutter, meaning less camera movement. As I mentioned in an earlier post, you can get a less expensive one at Adorama or other dealers for $2.50 US.
daenur
5 months ago |So, we’ve got a 35mm on Cybershot, there will be an E-Mount 35mm lens…
Still no rumours about an A-Mount 35mm f/2 though?
Amateur Sony Shooter
5 months ago |Let’s forget the price for a moment, if you have regular FF DSLR with 35mm prime and RX1 side by side, which one would you rather grab? I can’t afford RX1 but since I have Rx100 I hardly use my Minolta 35-105 for my then A900 (now A99) any more, and RX100 is not even close to RX1′s quality. Now let’s talk about price, the new Sigma 35/1.4 is $1000 lens, a used A900 or 5D ii runs about $1200-1500, when you add them up, I can see RX1 being a much better value given it’s new sensor, likely better optical performance, everything-custom- made, in a small package. Suddenly I can see why people want to buy it.
Konan
5 months ago |Wishful thinking. The world has already decided and they are not running around with an rx1 around their necks.
Vlad
5 months ago |They are not running around with a FF DSLR either.
John Maverick
5 months ago |They’re running around with compacts. Now those can be fullframe compacts.
ariliquin
5 months ago |If it had no AA filter I would have one now.
Chas
5 months ago |RX1e coming to a store near you!
ihur
5 months ago |Had it have evf, I will hit it with that price tag.
For what it has right now, $1800 is the right price for me
jaypeety
5 months ago |i’ll give you $1800 and make me an RX1 out of that!
knekker
5 months ago |ihur,
Yeah and a Mercedes Benz SL for $10.000. is also the right price for me. Although I will also keep dreaming…
emopunk
5 months ago |You know if it had Canon written on the body people would sell their cars to buy one. But since there’s Sony writing on it, they expect it to be found in a package of Pringles.
timon
5 months ago |DSLRmagazine wrote:
It seems very interesting to see how the lens retains its character from full aperture f/22, but she seems more “tamed” by the JPEG. If chromatic aberrations were light before, coupled with slight astigmatism commented, this correction firmware under any of these shades is already detectable, but the fact remains that the JPEG compression we lose some resolution.
“the JPEG compression we lose a bit of resolution”. — this explanation is not so correct.
Camera JPEG could lose a little of resolution. But, the lens correction using must lose some resolution, in RAW converter or camera firmware, it is the same result, whichever way you do it.
Also, the website DSLRmagazine did not tell us their MTF measurement is MTF50 or MTF20? If with MTF20, the result is not so a pleased thing.
Unlike DSLRmagazine, Website Photozone FAQ to clearly indicate the measurement LW/PH (MTF50).
GreenLens
5 months ago |Whatever they measure, Fuji X100 gets 50 points wide open where RX1 has 70 and Tamron 24-70, for example, around 60.
timon
4 months ago |a first-class lens ought to possibly avoid to need of the lens correction software. For example, Distagon T 24mm f2 ZA SSM is very less barrel distortion (-1.65%) and CAs.
In A-mount the wide-angle lenses are with reverse-telephoto designed, a mature design method in today, and we even seen the E24 ZA also employed the same design method. (the APS-c mirrorless wide-angle lenses are not the same kind’s method).
but the RX1, it is a too short back focus distance and a 35mm sensor, and is small-sized, the lens design is much harder. All of the choices are around the small-sized overall dimension, no else.
timon
4 months ago |All of the choices are around the small-sized and an extremely compact overall dimension, but not else.
What is a camera’s chief value?
Meeran
5 months ago |People miss the point about why everyone else think RX1 is expensive. if the RX1 came out without the lens only the body for $1600 and the lens separately for $1200 then not many people would have complained.
I totally agree with those who complain. because most people are getting frustrated that once you buy RX1 and you pay premium price for the camera and its lens. in 4 years time RX1 sensor and its technology will be so old while its lens will still be good, but the lens will not the advantages of other lenses (mounting them on other bodies) and this called investment. now suddenly your camera and lens outdated therefore you feel like you have paid premium for a disposable lens.
that is why once you combine its price people should not say this is a brand lens and so on because at the end of the day will be one trick pony. its use is limited onto one camera only (and that is not investment. simple.
Richard
5 months ago |There is 2 side to the cost issue. The side that sees it as a great tool for its price, a CZ 35 F2 and a FF cam, place individual price tags on them and 2800 seems really affordable for what it can produce today and now.
The other side that sees it as a whole package. A super compact of today that will languish behind the tech cycle over years and become worthless later. Where the price of the cam is determine by its weakest component: the camera that will go out of date.
Both points are valid but if we really look into the life span of full frame cameras and comparing something 4 years back (D700) against something today, it actually isnt such a bad thing. One thing for sure, technology will get better, but as long as it is still shooting, then even 4 years down the road, it will still be better then the best of crop in image, and second best to the full frame of those times. Of course this is assuming that you love the 35mm and FF look + your cam survives the 4 years.
Nothing is truly a 100% good investment this days (Other then leica and manual stuff) Example is a 70-200 f2.8 IS, with each generation it gets better making the previous worth less then before. However it did not stop people from using them to take great pictures. If we see the RX1 from that light, its one heck of a tool today and for many years to come. Remember that full frame is a size defination. You cant get smaller then the specs. Lense is a physical object that also follows physics. Unless we bend the law of science, RX1 may still be the most compact (or RX2/3/4/5) FF for years to come that can shoot better then what our eyes could see lol. Weather all this amount to the value of 2800 is totally up to you.
Es
5 months ago |The exciting thing about the RX1 is not the camera itself, but the future it promises.
admin
5 months ago |+1