Author Topic: 'The Original Mirrorless Large Sensor Camera' (Read 448 times)

RT_Panther · « **on:** November 24, 2011, 07:33:24 PM »

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/
(Got this from another forum)

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2011, 09:21:34 PM »

I was just looking at one of these on eBay the other day.
Too bad they didn't keep it going.
It was true innovation IMO.
The 828 was also a great design, taken from the 707 style.

count_zero · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2011, 09:47:22 PM »

Interesting. I would've though the Epson R-D1 was the first mirrorless if you consider rangefinders mirrorless.

adash · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2011, 01:33:47 AM »

Quite interesting and much more ergonomically optimized than NEX family.
Note the highly unusual LCD on top:

BTW, this camera is indeed mirrorless, but in order to compete with E-Px/NX-100/NEX it really needs to have an interchangeable lens. Else it is in one class with Ultrazooms and Large-sensor P&S (Sigma DPx, etc.).

voyager · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2011, 04:16:33 AM »

Heh, before Sony realized what cameras are supposed to look like.

RT_Panther · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2011, 07:29:44 AM »

Quote from: adash on November 25, 2011, 01:33:47 AM

BTW, this camera is indeed mirrorless, but in order to compete with E-Px/NX-100/NEX it really needs to have an interchangeable lens. Else it is in one class with Ultrazooms and Large-sensor P&S (Sigma DPx, etc.).

That's why the thread title doesn't have any "interchangeable lens" reference in it

cosinaphile · « **Reply #6 on:** November 25, 2011, 08:47:07 AM »

what an awesomecamera

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** November 25, 2011, 08:51:10 AM »

It still grabs a $400 price in "E+" condition from KEH, and eBay prices my go there also. I have 3 on my watch list that are "Auctions"' and still have a few days left. It retailed for $999.

Apparently, ISO 800 was the as high as you could go, before NR took full effect, and even at 800, detail was good, but, noise was starting to creep in. No NR is applied until ISO 800, so, 800 was the first ISO to have NR camera applied. ISO 1600 may gave been the limit.

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adash · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:04:56 AM »

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It still grabs a $400 price in "E+" condition from KEH, and eBay prices my go there also.

Basically the price is one of the reasons why I did not get it. The other was that I already had E-P1, and saw the single non-interchangeable lens as a severe limitation at the time. It's a nice camera anyway, and the top-mounted LCD seems the most fun part. That is if you like to explore ants' life the most.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:09:21 AM »

it went to 3200 iso but was noisy im led to understand, the lens in that with an apsc module at iso 200 makes we say wow

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2011, 09:11:23 AM »

Quote from: adash on November 25, 2011, 09:04:56 AM

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It still grabs a $400 price in "E+" condition from KEH, and eBay prices my go there also.
Basically the price is one of the reasons why I did not get it. The other was that I already had E-P1, and saw the single non-interchangeable lens as a severe limitation at the time. It's a nice camera anyway, and the top-mounted LCD seems the most fun part. That is if you like to explore ants' life the most.

Yes, I was hoping by this time a $250 price would be more inline. But, as a studio camera, which I think it was pushed as, and the CZ lens, keep the price inflated a bit. The EVF makes it handle like a Hassy.

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'The Original Mirrorless Large Sensor Camera'