Sony RX1 Leaked: FF sensor, small body, Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f/2 lens

Should be announced in a few days at Photokina. IMO, this camera could be huge in the same way that the Fuji X series was. Compact, FF sensor, and nice lens...like a poor man's Leica M9.

http://www.engadget.co​m …e-sensor-in-compact-body/

http://www.sonyalpharu​mors.com …sts-2799-same-a99-sensor/

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Maybe you should start with Canon... shamed on Canon. A sleeping gorilla ? .

Fullframe with a fixed lens? That's a real missed opportunity from Sony, sure 35mm would make a nice walkaround lens, but at the same time limiting (I would not take it on a far trip for example)

The price is rather steep too, for this price you can buy a FF DSLR. in this highly competitive market you can't just slap on a high pricetag and call it highend. ie is it really necessary to try and "compete" with Leica?

So close now... Affordable small compact FF = Yay!
Too bad about the fixed lens, but this is at least a step in the right direction.

reprazent wrote in post #14970094
Fullframe with a fixed lens? That's a real missed opportunity from Sony, sure 35mm would make a nice walkaround lens, but at the same time limiting (I would not take it on a far trip for example)

The price is rather steep too, for this price you can buy a FF DSLR. in this highly competitive market you can't just slap on a high pricetag and call it highend. ie is it really necessary to try and "compete" with Leica?

The problem is that there isn't a lineup of FF compatible lenses to begin with. Utilizing an adapter and then use the existing lineup of A-mount lenses isn't practical either. I suspect this is the start of Sony's plans to eventually have a NEX-like FF system.

Releasing a fixed lens camera just because the lenses aren't ready, is IMO a halfarsed solution. If Sony wanted to do things right, they should have gone all the way. Now they just crammed a big sensor into a compact sized body. What's so revolutionary about that? The RX1 is just as expensive as their flagship DSLR model, BUT lacking the viewfinder and controls. Not to mention the ergonomics, I really wonder how many people end up keeping their RX1 after the hype dies down.

reprazent wrote in post #15001582
Releasing a fixed lens camera just because the lenses aren't ready, is IMO a halfarsed solution. If Sony wanted to do things right, they should have gone all the way. Now they just crammed a big sensor into a compact sized body. What's so revolutionary about that? The RX100 is just as expensive as their flagship DSLR model, BUT lacking the viewfinder and controls. Not to mention the ergonomics, I really wonder how many people end up keeping their RX100 after the hype dies down.

How is this a half ass solution? That's like saying the Fuji X100 was a half ass solution.

I think so, the X100 was only released by Fuji to test the market (for the demand of a high end retro looking camera) On design and IQ wise the X100 is hard to beat, but handling and AF is/was awful: I hated using my X100. it took Fuji almost a year worth of firmware upgrades to "fix" the X100 and before we knew the XPRO1 was released.

Now Sony on the other hand already knows there's a market for a large sensor ILC and have been rather successful with their NEX line, IMO there's no reason to release the RX1 as gap fill model.

This looks more like a 'proof-of-concept' design than anything else.

Now that Leica has shown its hand with a 24MP sensor. Sony could make a killing if they put their 36MP sensor into a mirrorless body, with a Leica M mount capable of taking Zeiss M and Leica M lenses (they are, after all, partnered up with Zeiss). Sony isn't, and never will be, a lens company, but they can make a killing selling M-mount compatible bodies, as well as sensors for other people's cameras (possibly with the stipulation that those sensors not go into M-mount-compatible bodies, in order to protect their own product), just like Sigma and Zeiss make a killing selling lenses for Canon, Nikon, M4/3 and other cameras, without really being camera companies themselves.

Camera Maker: SONY
Camera Model: DSC-RX1
Lens: 35-35mm f/2-22
Image Date: 2012-08-24 17:33:01 (no TZ)
Focal Length: 35.0mm (35mm equivalent: 35mm)
Aperture: f/5.6
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ISO equiv: 6400
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Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
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Osiriz wrote in post #14970480
So close now... Affordable small compact FF = Yay!

$3,000 - I suppose smaller and affordable to some

Link to full sample set.
http://www.flickr.com …s/sets/72157631​631658271/

I'd love to own this camera if only it were below $2K

image monster wrote in post #15049905
Link to full sample set.
http://www.flickr.com …s/sets/72157631​631658271/

I'd love to own this camera if only it were below $2K

If only this camera were below $1500, i would totally splurge on this

KHAWACHEN wrote in post #15051310
If only this camera were below $1500, i would totally splurge on this

The lens itself is worth $1k easily, I don't think $1500 for the camera would be possible. Perhaps in a few more years.

Poor man's Leica M9? Show me the poor one with 3K in the pocket.
This thing doesn't have build in viewfinder. Expensive P&S. ... Crap...