Sony is still stubborn about the size of its cameras

The new RX1R III camera of Sony looks great. Harden photo lovers wanted an updated version of the full frame of the full frame, RX1, for nearly a decade. I am not surprised that the cost of $ 5100 (cameras and lenses were going more), but what I was Do Finding a surprise, and very terrible, is that the RX1R III lost its predecessor’s tilted screen. The LCD rear screen is installed in place, which is a real blow to the street mystical and the arcious who loves additional comfort for the ease of hip or upper.

It is clear that Sony designers have made great efforts to maintain similar dimensions of RX1 of the last generation, and they did so while adding a lot: a full -resolution full -resolution frame sensor, the latest Sony cars tracking system, a longer battery, and appropriate electronic viewing (no more quiet, emanating). They even gone an additional tendency to combine the upper faces and hot shoes into the body to take a more elegant look. To do all of this, the company made the camera the longest 2.5 mm and the deeper 15.5 mm – although this is mostly the zeiss 35mm f/2 lens that stands out slightly.

But if the body makes only a few millimeters thicker or wider to accommodate the full mutation screen, I do not think anyone would have hoped. It seems that the small camera position makes it not stalled for any lens or installing the sensor -based image, which also lacks it. (Although they are fair, RX1 cameras have not enjoyed it as well.)

It was not a long -term issue for me with a long -term issue with Sony’s cameras. The alpha line of mirror cameras was technologically urgent for years, and its innovations such as the concentration of automatic tracking tracking in DSLRS immigration. Initially, this step was to the mirror revolving around the smaller cameras, but Sony showed that the automatic focus on cars, electronic viewers, the explosion photographing faster, and the top video quality is all greater than the equation. This is why I personally own and use Sony Alpha cameras, even for paid vehicles. But if you choose based on dealing and comfort (which We are It is important, especially when you sometimes shoot for 10 hours), you have been stuck with Nikon or Canon.

I will praise Sony for some developments in the work environment section with its A9 III and A1 II cameras. They definitely have a better fist, and this is partly why you upgraded the A9 II to III. But even with the best grip, I can still get the dreaded “Sony Knuckle” pain on my finger after a long shooting.

I know that part of the RX1 spirit puts a lot of the camera in a very small package, even smaller than the famous Fujifilm X100VI incredibly, but it is not such cameras the size of the pocket. You still have to wear it over your shoulder on or keep it in a bag. It is not different from the way I deal with Leica Q2, which is significantly larger. Q2 is also a more economically friendly camera for use than RX1 and RX1R II, which I tried for years during my days in the camera store.

Sony ships the Leica level for RX1R III, but it is stubborn to not accommodate a feature that has already had it. Meanwhile, Leica was slightly dangerous to her design, which was previously preserved when she installed the Q3 with a naked disorder screen. Why? Because its users were calling for one.

I have wondered a few years ago if the RX1R III is likely to affect the sale of my Q2 as my daily Kamarti and go to Sony. The amenities in the Sony automatic concentration system, even to seize the unofficial shots of my 1.5 messy country, and often I have already wandering around alpha cameras on Lika anyway. I am sure that I am still convinced of the conversion, but when I imagined this hypothetical, I didn’t expect it Losing The amenities of the tilt -based screen, just as they were used to the alpha bodies.

Sony cameras are famous for offering the levels of features of the kitchen sink. With RX1R III, I think it is falling only short. At a high cost.