Sony to consider developing body for Contax N Mount

[jsmisc]

Interesting test of the R1 here.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/

 

[djg]

I feel I've been double-crossed by Zeiss - they do the F-mount and not the EOS mount? Who has been buying all their old Contax stock but us Canon users, and this is how they repay us our appreciation?

Thanks a bunch, Uncle Carl!

That's it. I'm selling all my Zeiss lenses right now ... OK, maybe not right away, but pretty soon anyway ... oh, who the hell am I kidding ...

 

[wang]

Let us get the issue of R1 clear.

Here is a large corp of a photo of a head only portrait produced by Sony 717. Here is what I mean by digital noise.

You can see small dots noise artifacts all over the place.

 

[wang]

Here is another large corp. This time the camera is Canon 10D with
C-Y 100 2.

This image is crisp and for practical purposes it is noise free.

 

[wang]

Here is another large corp from R1 at
ISO160

All three images are corp directly from the file of the camera.

To me , I would say the image from R1 is also crisp and practically free from noise artefacts.

 

[wang]

This photo is produced by R1 with original file size >10M.

It has critical lighting condition. Let us look at a direct corp from the original file.

This small corp at the dark area of the photo will show up noise if there is any, but to me it is alright.

The next corp is near the sun, it will show fringing if there is any, but it doesn't.

 

[wang]

These are just a few pieces of evidence to suggest R1 is relatively free from fringing and noise compared to 828 and 717.

828 has CCD 8.8mmx6.6mm, it suffers from noise and colour fringing. R1 has CMOS 21.5mmx14.4mm, it is relatively free from those problems.

 

[wang]

Hi John,

I have read the full review in dpreview before I brought my R1. I agree with Phil Askey with most of what he said in the review. He found the external LCD monitor difficult to get used to.

I like the LCD monitor. It is clear and allows you to see the view in different angles. It makes R1 works like Hassy. It is a great idea.

Any more obstacles in front ?

 

[jsmisc]

Hi Joseph,
Yes, thanks, the R1 pictures are pretty impressive.
I think the external viewfinder is a very good idea. I would like a magnifier for it like on my old TLR or can you do that electronically? I still don't really like internal EVF's though. I expect they will get better.
John

 

[jsmisc]

Joseph,
I think I may buy an R1 when I have recovered from Christmas (which may be a while at this rate!)
Cheers,
John