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The original Leica Monochrom is often treated like a film camera gone awry. For the Sony RX1R the parallel is the Contax G2. More often than not you can find a parallel between the digital camera and an analog one. It takes more than just technical specifications to endear a camera to its user in the deeply intimate ways many photographers relate to their gear. The Sony RX1R has its pros, but slow autofocus, poor battery life, and unintuitive UI below the surface menus often put people off. It produces just as good quality images today as it did on its release, but that isn’t reason enough to go out and get one – the same can be said for any half decent camera from any time.
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I used mine, the RX1R version, throughout my time at University, for personal documentary as well as coursework assignments.
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The RX1 was releasd in 2012 (which means development and tech from 2010/11) and is still a popular camera today.
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You almost never see articles asking “does the iPhone 3G compare to the iPhone 8” however with cameras there are any number of opinion pieces recommending the 5D classic, or asking whether the M8 is still a good buy, or comparing the original X100 to an M6, questioning whether or not a “digital classic camera” truly exists.įor me, that digital classic is the RX1R, Sony’s experimental model they released before the A7 series – now their flagship lineup. We are now on the 10th iteration of the iPhone, after its debut in 2007 similarly since the Nex-7 in 2011 we have gone moved through the A6k and A7 series several times over, with no indication that the A9 or A7RIII will be their definitive/iconic models in the same way that the Nikon F3 was more or less The Nikon from 1980 to 2001.Īn interesting side effect of this kind of production and “innovation” speed is that many spectacular cameras are quickly forgotten. The digital camera industry is as fast paced as any other digital manufacturing industry.