I suspect the RX1 is an experiment. The Fuji X100 was a success, but that was about $1100. I wonder how far the RX1 will fall in terms of street price.
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > Reviewers of the RX100 rave over the image quality but say there are > obvious user-interface & control botches. I’m thinking that when the > V2 comes out, I will have been on the Canon S90/100 pocket-cam bus for > several years, & will be seriously tempted. > > The RX1 looks ultra-cool, but yeah, like P.J. says, hard to make the > economics work. -T > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> The RX1 with the FF sensor is the $2800 one. The RX100 has a one inch >> sensor for about $650. >> >> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 4:01 PM, P. J. Alling >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> A fixed lens camera, basically the functional equivalent of a 1960's 1970's >>> rangefinder, (some of those had extremely good lenses even though they were >>> fixed), for about $3000, doesn't sound like a great option. I think if >>> you're getting less you should pay less. >>> >>> >>> On 9/23/2012 3:33 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >>>> >>>> I’ve been super happy with the K5. At this point it’s hard to believe >>>> the IIs is going to be a cost-effective upgrade. On the other hand, >>>> that Sony RX100 looks very tempting... -T >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> :ooks like it's going to be $1199 at B&H. At that price, I'll take one. >>>>> >>>>> Paiul >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a >>> lengthly search. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
