A good chunk of the RX10 price tag is the Carl Zeiss fast f/2.8 constant
aperture 8x optical zoom Vario-Sonnar. It's a stellar lens (and that is a
significant understatement). Every Zeiss lens I've had and used, spanning
several eras of their lens making, has been without peer - the only folks
coming very close to them in a couple small format and a number of medium
format lenses being Schneider-Kreuznach and consider them the world's #2 lens
maker just behind Zeiss. The newest Zeiss I've used is the Vario-Sonnar on my
RX100, and it is positively stunning across its focal length and aperture
ranges, beyond all I had imagined it could or would do in contrast and
resolving power. The RX100's 20.2 MP 1" sensor has fewer pixels than the lens'
resolution can deliver - the opposite of the norm. What I've seen in the RX10
reviews is similar, especially in the typical zoom lens sweet spot apertures
from f/4 - f/11. If the same lens were marketed for the NEX system I've little
doubt i
t would be substantially more expensive than the complete RX10, the price
point of which I believe is driven down by other bridge class cameras and their
average price point.
John
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> On Jan 10, 2014, at 6:14 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> AG writes:
>>> Just rethinking this a little bit. Why not get the new Sony RX10
>>> "bridge camera"? 24-200mm equivalent F2.8.
>
> AG has a point that one can't get wide range/fast/small w/o a fixed
> lens--still I'd personally be hard pressed to spend that much on
> a fixed lens solution with all the other ILC's out there. No law says
> you can't easily carry two or three MFT lenses that can be small/light.
> If you want one lens it will be slow though, such as the 14-150 Oly or
> Panny 14-140 F4-5.8. The latter might be smidge better thanthe Oly and
> Moose never minded the former that much. I have seen a few good sized
> prints wit the Oly and they were fine. The Panny has a fair amount of
> lat CA but on a Panny body the fix is
> automatic baked into the raw files. The Panny version has OIS which
> would be helpful on a GM-1 that otherwise would have no IS. The Gx-7
> has modest IBIS but not the impressive 5 way of the EM-1.
>
> http://www.photozone.de/olympus--four-thirds-lens-tests/682-pana14140
>
> I looked into more reports of Shutter shock (SS) with the EM-1 and
> indeed the correlation with louder shutter and more SS holds, so EM-1>
> OM-D with SS. If 1/8 sec anit-shock mode fixes all of it in all
> situations I don't know. I have yet to see a rigorous analysis of
> comparative SS on EM-1/OM-D such as MTF at various shutter speeds form
> the different cams using samelens. My tentative conclusion is from
> written impressions of owners of both cams but I suspect it is correct.
>
> Wonder what is on Bill's short list?
> Mike
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