I have an ancient Nokia 6310i phone because I'm 63 years old and is all I can understand. Am I right in thinking that this digital touch screen thingy needs some kind of interweb connection (which I don't have)..?
The battery problem should have been solved ab initio. If you take a conventional cylindrical battery and tape it to the LH front of the camera, then you have the core of the hand grip it so sadly lacks and enough electrons to run the thing all day...
Many years ago i bought an rx1r in a new condition. After a while i sold all my gear. I had many many cameras, nikon dxs, sony a7's rx100's rx10's, fuji x100's , xt-20 etc lenses etc. My only gear for the last years is this rx1 (and samsung ultra series smartphones). Rx1 with the zeiss is just a masterpiece and kills at photography most of new tech combos. I still remember some tests many years ago with my last x100iv and the differences where as night and day.
Thanks for the video. A mint Sony rx1 in the Usa at ebay for example 1100 usd. A like new Sony a7c at mpb 1219. A no brainer, What an overpriced camera. Pick up the Sony a7c and add a 35mm f2 smal lens used or a great 40mm f2.5 g for not much more. Weight wise not fare off. The reason anyone would by the Sony Rx1 is the same reason people buy the over over priced Panasonic gm5 or lusting after the Fuji x100vi, it will not make you a better photographer and people have a tendancy to follow the crowd. Learn to see
To answer the question: yes, and it's still my 'go to' camera in large part because - as you point out - the build quality is so outstanding that it's just a pleasure to hold and use. As for autofocus, I suspect some users will be old enough to have known nothing but manual focus in their earlier years of photography. So yes - autofocus is limited, but manual focus has focus confirmation and works particularly well due to the quality of that Zeiss focusing ring. And the image quality really is exceptional which - other limitations notwithstanding - is what most of us are here for. Thanks for the review.
RX1 the literature from the creators involved made a big song and dance about the anti-aliasing filter they used, it was ironic they removed said special filter to release the RX1R, and then put in a electronic-variable anti-aliasing filter in the mk-II...
May I know how do you pair the apple carplay to "full screen" in the carplay screen ? Because when I do the pairing, it only shows the screen vertically that reflected from my phone. Just like your video at (4:23)
I have a similar screen setup in my car, and I'm experiencing an issue with the sound quality. When I try to listen to music via the radio by connecting the screen to the radio through the FM transmitter, the sound quality is very poor. Is there any solution to improve the sound quality?
My car doesn't have Bluetooth, how can I play my music via the car speakers as it acts as a receiver? Will this still need an aux lead to be running from aux in the car to the unit?
I had a 320i before the Honda, I love how the interior of the Honda still feels so modern but no doubt the BMW was a great fit and finish interior wise, super comfortable.
Great review and analysis of the camera. I have the RX1R and RX1R mkii and love the quality of the images from the sensor / lens combo - nice contrast , sharpness and colours. You get a lot of quality in a small package and third party batteries are cheap and easilly available. The EVF for the Sony RX1R can be picked up for reasonable prices now. A classic and definitely a keeper.
Thanks! Yeah definitely one to keep if you can, I’ve seen the EVF go for under £200 a few times on eBay, I’ve also recently seen a couple of mkii go under £1500 so there definitely occasional bargains for anyone who wants them. Unfortunately I may part with this one but I think the mark ii might tempt me in the future for sure with its improvements.
As I mentioned in the video you can buy an EVF that attaches to this or get the mark ii with a viewfinder built in. My favourite compact (the GM5) has a viewfinder though and video on that one soon! Another nice option with a bigger viewfinder is the Olympus E-M5 which i originally mentioned but took out of the edit for this one. I had the mark ii and mark iii, mark iii has phase detect and the ii is an all metal build.
