" You don’t gain any wisdom as the years go by. You fall apart, is what happens. People try and put a nice varnish on it, and say, well, you mellow. You come to understand life and accept things. But you’d trade all of that for being 35 again." Woody Allen
"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." Klaus Kinski
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin
"Thus in a course of drunken gaiety and gross sensuality, with intervals of study perhaps yet more criminal, with an avowed contempt of all decency and order, a total disregard to every moral, and a resolute denial of every religious obligation, he lived worthless and useless, and blazed out his youth and his health in lavish voluptuousness." Samuel Johnson
"I could not become anything: neither bad nor good, neither a scoundrel nor an honest man, neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything; that only a fool can become something." Fyodor Dostoevsky
"If I could be a fisherman, I would, but I can't because I'm a fucking genius." John Lennon. I've recently discovered that's not the exact quote, but this is the way I prefer it!
Actually Sony have been fucking up their spelling for a while. On the MTR in Wanchai coming out up to the immigration walk way there is a series of Sony ads for their new touchscreen laptop. Apparently it’s really good for “writting”: I haven’t managed to get a pic but if I do I shall send it over.
Be that as it may, the RX1 is supposed to be one bad-ass camera. Full frame point and shoot? Crimey! And Steve Huff camera of the year:
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/tag/sony-rx1/
It looks amazing. It looks like the 2nd coming of cameras. But my goody-two-shoes! At $2800 (thats nearly $22K HK), it should come with a glass of lemonade and a monkey in a butler’s uniform. Thats a lot for a camera!
I think that given the market and given the competition, the price for this camera is reasonable. Keep in mind that a Leica with a 35mm lens will set you back at least 3 times as much, maybe 4. And that’s the market I think they’re going after.
The pros of the camera are obvious: full frame sensor in something that will fit in a jacket pocket, the lens is probably excellent, built-in flash that should actually be useful.
versus negatives, as I see them:
Actual cost of camera will probably be closer to US$4,000 by the time you buy an EVF, lens hood, spare battery, maybe a better thumb grip. At this price, I think the lens should have been F1.4 instead of F2.0. Shutter speed is limited at wider apertures (which won’t affect most people).
If I had a job, I’d probably be one of the first in line to buy this.