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Rooms, services Faltermaier Landgasthof Eicherloh is offering 60 nicely furnished rooms to stay in to those seeking accommodation in Eicherloh. If you feel like having a meal not included in your chosen type of catering, you can always taste local dishes in the restaurant of the hotel. Car parking possibility is available nearby. At the hotel you may go online via wireless Internet connection (WiFi). If you wish to learn more about the exact scope of services provided by Faltermaier Landgasthof Eicherloh (including any available for an extra fee), you will find them on the information sheet below.
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"Going Rogue" Rises Without Oprah's Help
Saturday, October 3, 2009
President Obama needed Oprah Winfrey to make him the man he was to become. Obama relied on Winfrey to interview him, donate big bucks to his quest for the presidency, and hit the campaign trail. Yes, Barack Obama needed Oprah.
Perhaps this is why Oprah, in her arrogance, assumed Governor Palin would need her, as well. She does not. Oprah is not used to that. What she is used to are people rising to great heights because she made room on her couch for them, promoted their books, and gave them the official Oprah-nod.
In fact, in an old article called Oprah Winfrey Presents: Barack Obama, Nitya Venkataraman wrote:
In the world of retail, there's star power, there's celebrity endorsement and then there's Oprah Winfrey. Her Midas touch saves names from anonymity, best sellers from dusty storerooms and favorite things from Internet obscurity.
Crowns of glory are bestowed upon Queen Oprah--so much so that she begins to think she holds that kind of power over everyone. She does not. Governor Palin did not rise from the PTA to the first female Republican vice presidential nominee by relying on someone else's "go ahead" before she would go ahead.
Oprah hadn't gotten the memo, however, and after the election, she whined that Governor Palin would not appear on her show.
"[I] went and tried to talk to Sarah Palin and instead she talked to Greta [Van Susteren]. She talked to Matt [Lauer]. She talked to Larry [King]. But she didn't talk to me. But maybe she'll talk to me now that she has a [multi-million dollar] book deal," Winfrey told Extra earlier this week.
Were Oprah Winfrey's feelings hurt? Did she expect Governor Palin to drop everything for a date with her talk show couch as soon as she decided to call because...well... simply because it was she who had called? Obviously, the answer to both questions is yes. So when Palin didn't come running, she consoled herself with the belief that, as Master of the Universe, she would hold the success of Palin's book in her hands. Looking to the future, Oprah was quite confident that Governor Palin would soon find time for her because she would need Oprah's Book Club to catapult her book to the top of the charts.
Well, the last time I checked, Going Rogue: An American Life was already number one on both Barnes and Noble and Amazon. And the last time I checked, Governor Palin didn't need an endorsement from Oprah Winfrey to make that happen. Not only didn't Governor Palin need to travel to Chicago to push her book, but as Oprah Winfrey traveled to Denmark to push Chicago, Governor Palin's book became a bestseller shortly after it became available for pre-order.
In a world when people speak the name Oprah in the same breath as the word power, it's no surprise that Oprah would fancy herself the decider of Governor Palin's fate, but it's safe to say that the governor isn't relying on Oprah Winfrey for anything--and certainly not for the sale of her book.
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A. Soboul (1964) The Parisian Sans Culottes and the French Revolution 1793-4
Without the Parisian sans-culotterie, the bourgeoisie could not have triumphed in so radical a fashion. From 1789 to the Year II, the sans-culottes were used as an effective weapon of revolutionary combat and national defence. In 1793, the popular movement made possible the installation of the Revolutionary Government and consequently, the defeat of the counter-revolution in France, and the allied coalition in Europe. The success of the popular movement during the summer of 1793 led to the organisation of the Terror which struck such an irreparable blow to the old social order. In Year II, the shopkeeper and craftsman element of the sans-culotterie became the most effective weapon in the struggle for the destruction of outmoded methods of production and the social relationships founded upon them.
(a) On the 12 October, 1793, the convention decreed the destruction of the rebel city of Lyons and the setting up of a memorial with the inscription: 'Lyons made war on Liberty, Lyons no longer exists.'
Ronsin, a représentant en mission, describes the role of the Revolutionary army of Paris:
The Revolutionary army entered that guilty city. Terror was painted on every brow and the complete silence that I have taken care to impose on our brave soldiers made their march even more menacing, more terrible…
The guillotine and the firing squad did justice to more than 400 rebels, but a new revolutionary commission has just been established consisting of five sans-culottes and in a few days the grapeshot fired by our cannoneers will deliver us in a single moment of more than 4,000 conspirators…The Republic has need of a great example – the Rhone reddened with blood must carry to its banks and to the sea the corpses of these cowards…
(b) Lapanche, another représentant en mission:
I have spoken of religion and all its mumbo-jumbo; I have spoken out against bad priests, I have crushed fanaticism and superstition, and, at my words, all the chapels, all the crosses, all the holy mangers and wooden and stone saints at the street corners have fallen; everything has been destroyed…
I have replaced district administration; it was bad.
I have replaced the judicial tribunal; it was made up of dusty old wigs. In the place of the old regime I have installed men of enlightenment and some sans-culottes…
I will root out fanaticism, I shall crush the aristocracy, I will bring about the triumph of the Montagnards, I shall tax the rich, and in the end I will enable the people to enjoy the advantages of liberty and equality.
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A primary source of fresh information on www.crsd.us will be the "Copper River Current." For those of you new to blogs, this is an easy way to deliver news and information directly from us to your computer or smart phone. Blog is short for web log. It functions like a log book of announcements, news and information. Additional channels in which information can flow to you are through Facebook and Twitter. The Copper River Current, the Copper River School District Facebook page and the Copper River School District Twitter page are all linked, meaning all three will provide current, timely information.
Rather than a flood of news and information a couple of times a year, we hope to keep a steady stream of blog posts flowing. We hope that this effort will ultimately benefit our students by keeping them and their families in the current of what's happening in the Copper River School District.
As you click through various pages on the website, you'll find information related to each aspect of our operation. Each day we are adding more content that we hope will promote more involvement from parents and the community.
Students should also find the site helpful. The "Students & Parents" page has many helpful links. Our high school students will be particularly interested in the expanding "Counseling" site with information needed for career and/or college.
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text: Some friends and I decided months ago that we would go for a roadtrip on our motorcycles Memorial Day weekend. In the end we decided to head east in hopes of better weather on the other side of the mountains. We took WA15 up the Columbia Gorge. It poured on us the whole way to Hood River, and then dried out as expected. We stopped at a Stonehenge replica near some windfarms on the way. We stayed overnight in Pendleton before doing Hells Canyon the next day. This was a fun ride, and the start of some really beautiful country apparently designed for motorcycles. The next day we rode through Unity, but unfortunately the ice cream parlor was closed: After riding past it the first time, we finally found Road 16 towards Seneca. It is singletrack, with potholes, but paved all the way. The rough roads took a toll on our tires, and upon arrival in Seneca two members of our group had run out of tread. The proprietor of the BearCat Lodge invited us in for lunch and made some calls to sort out replacement tires. The BearCat is a privately owned lodge that provides adventure tours and is a destination for many on and off road motorcyclists. Several members of our group continued on towards Prineville, but my friend's bike needed a new tire and so JW (the owner) put a call in and we decided to stay there for the night and get the tire sorted the next day. Besides, we were having way too much fun at the Bearcat, meeting new and interesting people and having a good time talking about motorcycle adventures. JW offered me a ride on his Buell 1125. It was a great bike, and when I got back from that I decided to take my own out again as the weather was nice with the sun coming out in the late afternoon. JW gave me a Spot satellite emergency beacon "just in case." I headed towards Burns and took a sideroad that was a black ribbon of asphalt winding through the hills. I didn't see another vehicle in over an hour of riding. Finally the sun was getting low and I decided to head back. I reached the main road from Burns to Seneca and approached the last set of twisties. Just then a deer jumped out of the ditch directly in front of my bike. There wasn't time to do anything but hit the brakes as hard as I could as I sped into the broadside of the doe. It felt like my bike went straight through the animal, and there was a real hard pain in my left leg, but that was all. I looked down at my console and to my surprise it was gone. In fact, everything was gone in front of my handlebars. Now I felt the pain in my leg burning. I coasted to a stop and killed the engine. By this time I realized I was dripping in blood and other fluids, and wondered if my leg was broken. I set it down on the pavement and put some weight on it. Nothing seemed broken. So I got off the bike and looked back up the road. I had gone around the bend from wherever the deer had been and hobbled back. There were motorcycle parts scattered for a hundred hards, and I noticed pieces 20 feet up the embankment on the side of the road. Finally reaching the deer, I saw that it was dead as well as the just ready to be born fawn that was also laying on the asphalt. This explained all the fluids dripping from my bike and clothing, the deer had been heavily pregnant. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the Spot locator. I considered pressing 911, but with no serious injuries pressed the help button instead. I then moved my motorcycle to a wide spot in the road and sat down by the side for what seemed an eternity with my throbbing leg. I hadn't seen a single vehicle since I had left the lodge well over an hour ago. After about 20 minutes the Bearcat Lodge truck came down the road with a trailer and picked me up. JW said that most encounters between deer and motorcycles in the area end up with a bag, and we were all happy that wasn't necessary. JW and Carol provided a comfortable room for the night, and the next morning he trailered our bikes back to Portland. I have to say that not only was the Bearcat Lodge a great place to stay, they were well equipped to provide emergency motorcycle rescue in a desolate area. I now have their number written on my motorcycle insurance card! Taking a good look at the damage done to the bike, I found that there were gouges on both the wheel carrier and the frame that wraps around the front of the engine. Clearly, the front of the bike took some serious force when it hit the deer, and the body of the deer wrapped around the left side. However, the bike had held its line perfectly, and I was neither thrown over the front, nor felt any jerk in the steering. If I remember right, the BMW Duolever front suspension was advertized to isolate the steering from the action of the suspension. I am convinced that had this exact scenerio taken place on a bike with conventional forks, one of two things would have happened with much different results. First, the extent and location of the damage convinces me that tubular telescopic forks would have bent or folded, sending me flying over the handlebars. Secondly, even if the structural integrety of the forks had held, the damage off the left side convinces me that it would have caused the forks to jerk hard to the left, sending me flying off the bike to the forward right side. But on the 2007 K1200R the wheel carrier is a solid piece of steel, and is mounted via a large hunk of steel hinge (verticle, not side to side) to a very solid frame wrapping around the front of the engine. Above all of that is the spring and suspension between the wheel carrier and the handlebars. The deer smashed through the lights, plastic, and front end of the bike to hit this solid metal and it held, and the bike held its line resulting in totalling the bike without it hitting the ground. When I was talking to my insurance agent he asked, "Did the bike go down before or after you hit the deer?" My answer was, "Neither!" I want to give a special thanks to JW Everitt (FastCat) and Carol of the Bearcat lodge in Seneca for all they did to make a disasterous end to our holiday weekend into a minor inconvenience. As soon as my bike is replaced, I will be planning a trip back to the Bearcat. But this time, I will stick to riding in the middle of the day. Evenings are for good drink and good company!


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Here's the new challenge for erotic flash fiction for this coming Friday, November 16. As I'm doing today, I may start customarily posting the challenge sooner than a Monday so our prurient writers have a little more time to conjure up the carnality.
I'm traveling on business again this week so may not be able to write, but the hosting post will go up by 1 a.m. Pacific time on Friday morning regardless. The hosting post will include the usual Linky Widget in which all the authors can post links to their entries. Everyone is welcome!
For the Flash Fiction Friday challenge for November 16, please use the image above. The required word count is 231 or less, excluding the title. The required word to use this week is "…semblance…."
As is our custom, nobody's checking word counts, or the required word/phrase, but its great fun to see how the different writers respond to the constraints in their creations.
If you are participating this week (and the more the merrier — tell all your friends), simply stop by any time after 1 a.m. Friday and leave your link in the widget in the body at the bottom of the post. Then everybody will know you're playing along and they'll come read your erotic words, and often leave nice comments and constructive thoughts on your entry.
Here's a button for you if you want to include that in your post. Use it to link back here, if you like. Please do provide a link back to any of: the challenge post, my main blog page, or the Friday hosting post. We want everybody to enjoy this, be able to find the other players and read all the writings.
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This item up for auction is a Vintage Pat. 2032695 Buick Logo RTB (the B stands for Bell, don't know about the first 2 letter) Monogrammed 3 Barrel Case Zippo Lighter that I acquired from a local Fellow who inherited it from his Father some years ago, just as I got it and just what you will see in my pictures, I don't know exactly how old it is, but based on the researching I did, I believe the Patent Number and Markings on the bottom of it are from the 1940's-early 1950's Era, and hopefully you will know more then I do after looking! It measures about 2-3/16" x about 1-1/2" x about 1/2" in size and has clearly marked info on the bottom of the Case and on one side of the Insert, all of which should help you ID and date this Lighter! PLEASE READ!! It is NOT capable of lighting as it is right now, the Flicking Wheel does NOT turn and some of the cotton appears to be missing or is out of place and the screw on the bottom of the insert is sticking out farther then it should be (I have since turned the screw in some since taking pictures and the insert now fits better in the case), also I'm sure it needs lighter fluid, a new wick and a new flint, and as far as I can tell, it should work after all these problems are addressed but I am still selling it "AS IS" with no expectations of it being an easy fix or fixable at all! The Hinge has ... read more


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Based in London, you'll join our team of researchers, business designers and designers within service, product, brand, digital, interaction and user experience design. You'll work in an international and playful environment with big, innovative brands alongside some of Europe's most creative brains. And you'll be part of a culture with an unparalleled passion for changing the world through exceptional design and problem solving. We'll give you everything you can dream of, from super friendly and creative co-workers, a strong focus on your development, to projects that really make a difference. It's important to us that joining Designit will be one of the best decisions of your life. Your best work is yet to come. Pinkie swear and fist bumps.
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- Work closely with our client owners to transform businesses globally, navigating complex conversations with different stakeholders
- Be responsible for scoping, challenging, directing and managing design projects from insights, to concept, to implementation and final project delivery
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- Transform our clients businesses by thinking and working across all our services; using design thinking and design methodologies in your work
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- Be responsible for training and developing the team, being a source for inspiration and knowledge
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- A master graduate from a business or design school, or have a matching track record with lots of business experience
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- Used to working with customer life cycles in a commercial setting, including customer reach, acquisition, relationship management and loyalty-building through multiple channels
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- On a quest to change the world for the better, with design
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New Chrome 57 Reduces Power Consumption for Background Tabs
With the release of Chrome 57, Google's own web browser has gotten a slew of new features such as support for CSS Grid Layout and the addition of the new "Media Session API". However, perhaps the most useful addition that comes with Chrome 57 has to be its power management system.
25 Chrome Extensions For Awesome New Tabs
We previously wrote about new tab browser extensions that you can get for Chrome and Firefox. Since then,…Read more
Beneath the hood of Chrome 57, Google has improved upon the browser's ability to throttle individual background tab performance. Previously, Chrome limited background timers to only run once every second.
With the new throttling system in place, Chrome 57 will now delay timers to "limit average CPU load to 1% of a core" in the event that an application uses too much CPU in the background.
There are exceptions to the tab throttling mechanics of course. This system would not apply to background tabs that are playing audio or maintaining real-time connections like "WebSocket" or "WebRTC".
According to Google, this new throttling mechanic has lead to 25% fewer busy background tabs. This allows Chrome 57 to be more power efficient, which directly translates to a longer battery life for laptops that utilise Chrome as their main browser.
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You've come across one of the drawbacks to designing web pages, and the reason why so many sites use Verdana, Arial, et al (sans serif fonts being considered easier to view). It's because these are generic Windows fonts, and likely to be on most users PCs.
If your code looks like this:
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This is how the browser will interpret it: Look for Verdana, and if this isn't installed on the viewer's system then look for Arial. If this isn't installed, then try Century Gothic. Failing this, use any sans serif font that the user has on their system.
Note that if you're using a font containing TWO words, then you need to enclose these in single quote marks, as above.
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What's Next for the Detroit Lions After the 1st Wave of Free-Agent Signings?March 23, 2014
The Detroit Lions have already made several moves during the NFL free-agent signing period, but more moves are sure to come.
How will the Lions follow up the first wave of signings, headlined by wide receiver Golden Tate (pictured)?
A Man Named Suh
Before any other notable free-agent moves get done, the team has to reach a contract extension with defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.
General manager Martin Mayhew and president Tom Lewand have done a skillful job of manipulating relatively scant cap room to sign players like Brandon Pettigrew and Darryl Tapp. But that cap room is pretty much tapped out now if the Lions wish to sign anything more than a depth player or two.
Spotrac lists the Lions with just over $2 million in available cap room, but that figure does not include the late-week signing of prodigal Lion Andre Fluellen (h/t Detroit News). It also doesn't factor in upcoming rookie contracts. In short, the Lions have no real currency to go shopping.
Suh holds the key.
His current cap number for 2014 is an astronomical $22.4 million. A new contract would alleviate that giant figure by spreading it out over more years.
Many expected this to be done already, but Suh's lengthy search for a new agent put a crimp on any swift activity.
Both sides appear ready to deal now. As reported by Fox Sports Detroit, Suh's new representation and Lewand are scheduled to meet this week.
Because both sides have powerful incentive to get a new deal done, talks should progress quickly. That would free up millions in '14 cap room for Detroit to continue shopping on the free-agent market, while ensuring Suh his place atop all defensive tackles in the ever-escalating salary arms race.
The Safety Dance
Lions fans are tired of the daily teases at the safety position. Since free agency started, Detroit has hosted all of these available safeties:
- James Ihedigbo
- Chris Clemons
- Thomas DeCoud
Yet none have left team offices in Allen Park with a contract. Thus, the glaring hole where Louis Delmas previously resided remains unfilled.
If the season started today, either journeyman Don Carey or waiver-wire pickup Isa Abdul-Quddus would start next to one of last year's free-agent prizes, Glover Quin.
While it could be worse—the Matt Millen era proved that—it's far from optimal in a division with potent offensive weapons galore.
All three recent visitors carry some appeal.
Clemons is the most intriguing option. As noted by Kyle Meinke of MLive:
He's started every game the past two years and made 93 tackles last season, along with eight passes defended and one interception. He ranked 19th among the league's safeties according to Pro Football Focus.
Signing Clemons would make it a de facto trade with the Dolphins, who signed Delmas to take his place in Miami. It would be a trade the Lions would win, as Delmas ranked 26th in Pro Football Focus (subscription required) rankings.
Ihedigbo was once considered a foregone conclusion. As early as March 13, the veteran safety and the Lions appeared ready to consummate a deal:
Free agent safety James Ihedigbo visited the Lions today and left without a contract but he could be back very soon. http://t.co/NrqDZkAF0m— ESPN961.com (@espn961) March 13, 2014
Between an agent change and a new baby, Ihedigbo never signed and remains a free agent. He ranked 16th in '13 for PFF, though that is far and away his best season. He's 30 and has familiarity with new defensive coordinator Teryl Austin from their days together in Baltimore.
DeCoud comes off a rough campaign in Atlanta and is looking for a fresh start. He had a couple of relatively solid years before that, and his price tag is likely reasonable.
The Lions figure to continue kicking tires on a replacement for Delmas, but the price must be right.
Feeling Out Draft Options
This is the time of the draft season where teams are trying hard to ascertain what other teams are going to do with their picks. What players are likely to land with what teams?
For the Lions, this entails evaluating the potential trade partners for a highly rated player like Clemson wideout Sammy Watkins.
Mayhew and his fellow GMs do a lot of back-channel talks with purposeful ambiguity, feeling out if a team has an interest in moving from its draft slot and what the cost might be to make a move.
As a hypothetical, let's say the Lions are hellbent on drafting Watkins. Mayhew knows he's not worried about Watkins going No. 1 overall to the Texans or No. 3 to the Jaguars. But what about No. 2 to St. Louis?
He might call his Rams counterpart to informally engage in preliminary discussions. What interest do you have in trading back to No. 10? What sort of compensation package would it take?
Mayhew and his staff are furiously going over potential draft scenarios. Every move other teams make gets factored in.
They are trying to determine how much more likely Oakland's signing of quarterback Matt Schaub makes the Raiders apt to draft Watkins. Would Oakland be willing to deal the No. 5 pick to move back and instead get a different player along with an extra pick or two? Or is it a better option to deal with Cleveland at No. 4 to take the Raiders out of the equation?
These are the discussions going on behind tightly closed doors at Lions' headquarters in their 20+ hour days over the next six weeks heading into the 2014 NFL draft.
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Longtime backup quarterback Shaun Hill remains a free agent, and the door is open for a return to Detroit.
Lewand said Shaun Hill is in St. Louis tonight, but the Lions are maintaining contact with him.— Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) March 17, 2014
Hill proved his value when Matthew Stafford was hurt in 2010 and again in spot duty in the 2012-13 season. With Kellen Moore, who has never taken a regular-season snap and is the only other option on the roster right now, bringing Hill back would fill a vital role with more confidence and talent.
Should the 34-year-old Maryland product sign elsewhere, the Lions will need to add at least one more quarterback to the roster between now and the end of the draft.
One interesting option would be deposed Jets starter Mark Sanchez, who was released last week. The Sanchize was the fifth overall pick in the same draft where the Lions took Stafford with the No. 1 choice, and there were some who argued for the USC signal-caller at the time.
Sanchez has scads of starting experience and led the Jets to two consecutive AFC Championship games before the bottom fell out.
Of course, there are later-round draft options too. Among them, in order of preference:
- Tom Savage of Pittsburgh
- Jeff Mathews of Cornell
- Keith Wenning of Ball State
- Dustin Vaughn of West Texas A&M
If it does come to the draft before another quarterback joins the team, Moore would hold the top reserve spot entering training camp and likely for the entire 2014-15 season.
The Lions will also continue to monitor the remaining pro days. Among the bigger ones on the calendar include North Carolina (March 25), Texas (March 26), South Carolina (April 2) and LSU (April 9).


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DPReview Gear of the Year part 5: Barney's choice - Sony RX1R II
|The Sony Cyber-shot RX1R II is a 42MP full-frame compact camera, with one of the best AF systems of any non-DSLR camera on the market. And I want one.
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I'm a sucker for 35mm. I reckon that 90% of the pictures I like to take could be (or are) taken at this focal length. That's why I have a Sigma 35mm F1.4 Art almost permanently attached to my DSLR, and why when I'm not shooting with that, I can probably be seen out and about using my old Fujifilm X100S. In fact it was the X100S that I wrote about for my last 'Gear of the Year' article, way back in 2013 (no offense, noble cameras of 2014. I guess I was just really busy this time last year. I'll call you).
It's because I love 35mm that I really wanted to love the original Sony Cyber-shot RX1 and R. On paper they were perfect: a high-quality 24MP full-frame sensor (without an AA filter, in the case of the RX1R), 35mm F2 lens, with full manual control and the option to add a high resolution external EVF, in a compact body. What's not to like?
Quite a lot, as it turns out. Despite high hopes (and to be fair - after taking some pictures that I quite liked) I just didn't get on with those cameras at all. The external viewfinder was almost essential, but clunky, and made a compact camera into a not-at-all-compact camera the minute it was attached. Battery life was fairly pitiful, and autofocus - dear God the autofocus... Fussy in bright light, unreliable in moderate light and downright unavailable in low light.
Until I tried to take nighttime shots with the RX1R I didn't believe it was possible for an inanimate object to shrug, but I swear that's what the damned thing did whenever I half-pressed the shutter button.
The original RX1 and RX1R were on the market for a long time, and just when I was beginning to give up hope of ever seeing an improved replacement, along came the RX1R II.
Compared to the original RX1R, the Mark II version is a breath of fresh air. Inheriting the same 42MP BSI-CMOS full frame sensor (but with an all-new switchable anti-aliasing filter) and 399 phase-detection AF system from the Sony a7R II, the RX1R II is a significant step up.
What I love
- Excellent resolution
- High-resolution built-in EVF
- Very accurate, flexible AF system
- Compact, relatively lightweight form-factor
- Large manual controls
Gone is the clumsy add-on FDA-EVM1K, replaced by a built-in, retractable 2.3 million dot OLED finder. I shoot with my eye to the viewfinder almost exclusively, so when Sony representatives first showed us the camera, I nabbed one of the new lockable rubber viewfinder hoods they brought along. The hood prevents the finder from being retracted, but after resorting - twice - to using needle-nosed pliers to loosen the locking screw* I decided just to leave it permanently attached.
Just aesthetically, I really like the RX1R II, and it's a camera that tends to attract admiring glances when I'm out shooting. Like the Fujifilm X100S, more than a few people have commented to me that it looks like a film camera, but the semi-retro styling doesn't come at the expense of usability (keep walking, Nikon Df...).
Cosmetics aside, the RX1R II also produces great images, exactly as we'd expect from a camera using such a high-quality sensor. Like recent a7-series cameras, Sony has included an uncompressed Raw option in the RX1R II.This gives maximum quality but at the expense of very large file sizes - roughly 80MB each, to be precise, compared to JPEGs which are typically less than ten. This slows the camera down, and eats through memory cards with frightening rapidity.
While I didn't much care for the original RX1/R overall but I did enjoy that 35mm F2 Zeiss lens. And although it was designed for a 24MP resolution it successfully keeps up with the much higher pixel density of the new sensor in the RX1R II. Sadly though, neither the sensor nor the lens is stabilized so with 42MP in play, even though sometimes I've gotten away with 1/30sec, I'm in the habit of treating 1/125sec as my safe 'slowest' shutter speed when hand-holding.
After dark, the RX1R II's focus system is far superior to that of its predecessor. This shot was hand-held after dark, and shot wide open at F2.
Sony RX1R II, ISO 400, F2, 1/50sec, with VSCO filter (and simulated film grain) applied.
Alright, so the sensor is great, the AF system is transformed, and the built-in viewfinder is lovely. What about my one remaining major criticism of the original RX1R? - Battery life.
Sadly, the RX1R II's battery is the same NP-BX1 found in the first generation RX1R and all of Sony's RX100 series compacts. Even just physically, the BX1 is comically small. Like, lose-it-in-your-pocket small. And while it's rated for a modest 200 shots, in cold weather I've come to expect far less.
In temperatures around freezing, I quickly fell into the habit of holding the battery slipped into a glove, and placing it in the camera only when needed. You know - like we had to do in the 1990s. Fortunately, Sony is shipping the RX1R II with a handy USB-powered charger, which means you don't need to plug the camera in to charge the battery, as with other RX-series Sony compacts. So that's one step forward, at least.
I've been using the RX1R II for a while now and I keep on having to remind myself that despite its high price-tag it is still a Cyber-shot camera, with a lot of the same quirks of much cheaper compact cameras in Sony's lineup. In fact, it's impossible to ignore. There's the same lengthy startup time, the same lag - before - you - can - zoom - in to the images you've captured, the same confusing, rather passive aggressive error messages when you try to do something before the camera is ready or when it's in the wrong mode, and the same somewhat confusingly-named array of AF modes.
There are a couple of outright bugs, too. For example, despite not offering any form of SteadyShot image stabilization in still capture, the RX1R II will still blink a reminder at slow shutter speeds that this non-existent feature is turned off.
After shooting thousands of frames with the RX1R II, I've learned to live with these minor annoyances but I do wish Sony had sprung for a couple of extra components. A more powerful processor would make a huge difference to the overall handling experience (especially in uncompressed Raw mode) and I wish it had a touchscreen. I've come to really value touch-sensitive screens over the past couple of years, mostly for AF placement when shooting from low angles.
All this being said, after a lot of thought, I picked the RX1R II as my personal choice for gear of the year. And I did that because it's one of those cameras - like my Fujifilm X100S - that is capable of such good results that I am prepared to work around its quirks and largely forgive its faults. I should give an honorary mention to the Leica Q, though. In some ways the Q is a more pleasant camera to use but its sensor isn't as advanced, I don't love 28mm as much as 35mm, and my Christmas bonus** wasn't generous enough to justify its higher cost.
Not that the RX1R II is cheap, of course. But if I have to move into a tent for a couple of months to save up enough to buy one, I'm willing to consider it. Once it's stopped raining.
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hey, nice review.
Often in these threads people talk about money. Their bang for their buck.
This camera is one of the smallest most complex piece of silicone, metal and hydrocarbons macines ever made. The person hours to design, prototype and scale to production, are huge. As too the costs.
From a photographic perspective, the machine also performs amazing feats of photographic prowess, and does it with the added advantage of being constantly available, in the pocket.
This then is the value of this camera to me. It's always there, because it's so small, always ready for when those exhilarating shots present themselves in everyday life.
I don't have one, but one day, maybe and then perhaps I will gripe about the tiny imperfections too. until then, the technology just keeps upping the ante.
With all the advances in technology and electronics, Sony is well above the rest in innovation, but they are still "inside the box" like all other camera mfgrs. Lets see some "new" ideas like (1)building a camera body that is tubular in shape so it fits in the same bag with the lens its attached to. (2)a round sensor so we see what the lens sees. OK, so I am a bit odd, but it would be nice to be able to handle a camera more like a firearm in my book. A lot of us are well versed in combat shooting situations and can point a finger at a target and be dead on. Why not get some of that same instinctive accuracy set up in a camera format
OK, I'm off my soapbox for the year and hoping that Nikon, Canon, and the rest will catchup to Sony technicians soon.
Happy new year to all and may all your phot-ops be happy ones.
(Lets hope for a bunch less war zones to send reporters too!)
I bought the RX1 shortly after it came out. For the most part, I love it, and the updates mentioned in this article are definitely good, but one thing that has irked me as the buyer of a well-over-$3k camera is that in all this time (3+ years I think?) Sony has not released a SINGLE firmware update for it. This makes me hesitant to buy another Sony.
Why does this camera have a vented hood? Cause it looks cool?
i prefer the image results of this camera's sensor to those of the latest Canon 50MP offerings (and 8MP is not much of a difference in size/resolution comparisons between this and those Canon models.)
but i'd have to reassure myself again: neither of these new FF sensors with resolutions above 40MP are truly what they're supposed to be! applying the old interpolation trick applied to small sensors in bridge and pocket cameras to further increase the apparent resolution simply doesn't fit here!
i still prefer the older Canon 5DII/III much more (despite all the sudden turn of events and the negativity of most people towards them, which i think comes from Canon itself in order to secure sales on its latest two bodies!?)
and i still find the noise quality of Nikon 4D's 16MP FF sensor way better than all of these guys! NOPE! none of these would make me feel willing enough to pay such a huge price even if i could afford it! not even as a collectioner of latest fancy toys in the market!
Okay, yeah, so this thing seems to have some annoying quirks, but for 3200 bucks you get a FF camera the same size as most M43 cameras, a 42Mpx sensor, and an EVF.
The Leica Q is A GRAND more. An A7R II with an equivalent lens is MORE than a grand more.
So from where I'm sitting, this is still a pretty ground-breaking and peerless camera.
I've been fascinated by cameras like this (Leica included) for a while. But I can't get into the wider focal lengths they all sport. I would consider this camera if it had a 50mm F1.8 (or faster). I wonder how hard it would be for Sony/Leica to make different focal length models. Weather sealing is also something I hope a system like this could have.
Currently I shoot Micro 4/3 with a Voigtlander 25mm F0.95 almost exclusively on. I LOVE that lens and what it gives me for video and photos alike, but it's fairly big and heavy. And the lens is not weather sealed either.
Anyway, some day... one can hope.
People typically lose the equivalent of an RX1 within the first few months after they bought a new car. Commonly accepted, but when somebody gets something equivalent to the loss value then there typically is a choir of people shouting: nutcase!
So Donny, with all due respect, people have paid for stuff less desirable and possibly less value retaining than an RX1. I currently use an RX1r and have a reasonable good idea what the reviewer is talking about here.
If I didn't have an RX1r already I would consider the new MKII model.
Nice camera, but who's buying it? It'll be great to see the real world holiday shopping sales results next month so we can finally see, once and for all, how many people are actually putting their money where their mouths are. I'm betting that the Sony fans will once again huff and puff until they're blue in the face while pulling nothing but lent from their pockets to throw at the cash registers of the enthusiast camera marketplace. 2016 should be fun for the big 2. Happy Holidays! :))
Well the $3k A7r II is #15 in the camera rankings at amazon which is one indicator of the sales. It was in the top 3 since launch for a long time too and its far more expensive than any of the other cameras in the top 20 segment.
The RX1rII of course is a niche camera and isn't going to set any sales records.
Actually, it's very well suited to a number of niches. I was reading a forum thread an hour ago making me realize that cameras like this are ideal because for their FIXED lens. They can get into venues barred to DSLRs and ILCs, not that I have plans for any of them. For that matter, the only way I could afford this camera would be if I was struck by Lotto lightening!
It's compactness and IQ is great for street-shooting (one poster uses a D750 for that!), not to mention the low light capability.
It's also very well suited as a travel camera with great low-light capabilities. Ditto for low-light landscapes, as the photo proves (it's the second shot I've seen of that scenic turn of the road, and it's even lovelier!).
I'm sure there are other niches that I haven't thought of, as the sales numbers seem to suggest.
And finally, kudos to you, Barney! Your style of prose is admired and revered!
Clearly the price excludes 'snap shooters'. You are left with pros and prosumers who want a compact camera that can be 'real' if the occasion calls for it.
Clearly they can tolerate the huge files, quirky software, slow wake up, slow operation, poor battery life and very soon to be dated model.
Sony loves Ya!
I have an RX1Rii in front of me.
Only the RAW files are huge, the JPGs aren't. And it is absolutely not slow. It is only slow to wake up when the battery is removed. Otherwise it is overall pretty fast compared to say my x100s.
And god damn the quality is amazing. And so are the apps e.g. Time Lapse, Portrait etc.
Hi naden,
I am considering rx1rii (currently using x100s). Could you please comment on the battery and wake up time. Does it have sleep mode like x100s which simply sleeps after whatever time you have set and does not eat up battery or is it always on unless you shut it down? Is the battery that terrible with wifi off? I would use it for street work and travels. I do not mind 5 spare batteries for a day but if it is worse than that it would be dissapointing.
The RX1RII replaced my X100S as my EDC camera (I had the RX1 before that, but the slow AF and lack of a VF meant it didn't live in my jacket pocket despite the IQ).
Battery life is indeed abysmal. I always carry a spare battery with every camera I have, but if you are shooting extensively, 2 or 3 spares is safer with the RX1RII. One good thing about the Sony batteries is that they ship with a hard plastic case.
too wide for portraits
too narrow for landscapes
the no man's land of focal lengths
what is there to like??
Surely photography is more flexible than that. Environmental portraits?
this must be the stupidest comment Ive seen in ages :D
35 is a no mans land, all right..all the reportage and street photographers must be out of their minds while using it. And also the producers, having 4-5 types of 35mm in their line-up. Didnt they hear Frank C. ??
Frank C "One man's meat is another man's poison."
You may have your ideal focal length and that is fine. We all have our own opinion based on what we photograph and what is available.
My favourite focal length if I had to live with one and one only would be 40mm in 35mm film terms.
In film days my favourite set up was a Pentax Super A and 40mm Pancake lens.
In digital I have the Lumix GF1 and 20mm (=40mm) lens.
Ideal for me as 35mm is ideal for Barney.
yes Frank C: true, and the image quality, noise-wise, although quite impressive (especially compared to other FF sensors of higher than 40MP in resolution by Canon for example) still doesn't cut it, not for me at least anyway!
miniature: (bridge/compact cameras) > no more than 6MP
APS-C: no more than 12MP (8MP is the best!)
FF: no more than 24MP (16MP being the optimum)
MF: no more than 40MP (30MP would be ideal)
but apparently it's the prosumer photogs for whom all these camera manufacturers are making their junk!
You could learn a thing or two from Mary Ellen Mark.
I've wondered what is the point of the "slotted lens hood. Rotate a polarizer? Look hipster? My loaner Sigma Quattro had such a hood. Because?
> roughly 80MB each, to be precise,
Tortured English.
And actually to be precise, uRAW's are exactly, about, approximately, give-or-take, within 1% of 85.7 MB :-;
But some are 85.8, and some 85.6. :-;
Does the oh-what-a-long-name Cyber-shot RX1R-ii come with two batteries like the recent a7Rii and a7Sii cameras?
"Like all current Sony full-frame sensors it offers extraordinary dynamic range" - it is interesting that the Sony still lags 1 full stop behind Nikon D810 in dynamic range.
This SONY RX1R II has almost a full stop DR advantage than Nikon D810 in higher ISO, but half stop less from ISO 200 and below.
This SONY RX1R II's DR is better than Nikon D810 based on above.
Again, SONY RX1R II has almost a full stop DR advantage than Nikon D810 in higher ISO.
"Like all current Sony full-frame sensors it offers extraordinary dynamic range" So you're saying the original point (which isn't a comparison)is valid? My lowly A7 has extraordinary DR, compared to anything I've used previously, and has changed the way I visualize and expose images.
I think the Expeed processors inside the Nikons manage to do a better job at squeezes more DR out from the raw files than the Bionz processors. The latest Expeed 5 processor sat in the new D5 and D500 in early reviews are seemingly even better. So probably a better IPU is needed over the Bionz X
Very nice photographs, but given the price of the device, the product is aimed at professionals
Professional photographers make $26K a year on average and can't afford such gear. It's well-heeled amateurs who can (like the proverbial dentist's Leica).
Fazal is right... I know a couple of Leica M owners who went straight for the über-expensive 6-bit APSH summilux 35, 50 and 28mm f/1.4 lenses costing thousands each, but in reality the sharper, better performing Leicas are the f/2 and f/2.5 versions!
It is snob factor these buyers go for, not practical performance considerations. This Sony is going to find itself chiefly in the hands of street photography specialists and travel photographers because of the compact size, quality, relative discreetness and useability of the focal length. With so many pixels on offer, cropping will be a breeze for tighter aspects. It will, however, be somewhat limited for landscapes for which you really need 24mm or lower. Still, very interesting camera and far more competitively priced than the Leica Q but, wow, the Q does have that amazing EVF and touch screen
Hi Barney! I've got the RX1RII and it's a superb little camera. Out of curiosity, what's that handsome looking leather strap you're using on it? And which soft release are you using?
Hello there - well the leather strap was pulled from a very old junk camera I found in a charity shop (something ubiquitous - maybe an old Argus) and the soft release is actually part of the package of accessories that Fujifilm made for the black X100/S/T.
ONLY $3300 and have to work around its quirks and largely forgive its faults.
what a bargain...sony is laughing all the way to the vault
I'm sure this is a very nice piece of gear but 42 mp is excessive for a camera intended for handheld snap shooting. Also noise performance is not bad but not too good either, the noise on the bridge ISO400 shot is actually bad.
I believe the A7S sensor would have been a superior choice for this camera but Sony is all about specs.
Yes, well, managing motion blur is one aspect of the high megapixel count, the other one the rate of successful images vs shot images. A camera like this is mainly intended for snap shooting which requires you to do somewhere between 30 and 100 shots for every successful image: that's a lot of gigabytes.
Handheld snap shooting would be just one of the uses .. of any camera, not just this one. Go read the bridge notes .. he applied a filter with simulated grain. I've shot with this camera, both handheld and on tripod and noise is certainly not a problem. Nor do I find it at all difficult to get sharp shots hand-held at 1/30 provided I take due care.
But hand held snap shooting is not an issue, unless you don't manage your technique correctly. I never used a tripod with the D800, (was not shooting landscapes) and never had any issue with blur, unless i was shooting at to slow speeds, < 1 / 80 with a 35mm lens. I could make it below that but been very very careful, so its as with any other FX camera.
Nice piece, BUT... I liked the original RX1 a lot, and absolutely LOVE the Nikon DF, so I guess we just like different things. I couldn't possibly have less interest in a 42mp sensor. And most of the photos I'm seeing from the II look surprisingly soft, which the original never did. I'm not sure if that's just a matter of soft at the pixel level, which is unfair given how many pixels there ARE, or actually a bit soft at normal viewing sizes. Regardless, I can't seem to shake the impression...
Regardless, despite the RX1 being my primary camera for about two years and one of my favorite all time, I can't screw up either the enthusiasm or cash (if the enthusiasm was there) for this camera. I hope Sony keeps innovating on the sensor front though, and moves their BSI tech down to a 20 or 24mp sensor that I might want to check out. Or 16, but Sony seems wedded to more and more and MORE resolution, which just isn't my priority.
If you say these samples were from Panasonic $600 LX100, half of the potential buyers will quite.
Nice article - I'd be well up for a high quality fixed lens compact but perhaps with a longer focal length - 45mm perhaps.
I could not overlook the ergonomics and battery life of this camera though. I prefer a smooth shooting experience
It is not the best buy because of its high price and fixed zoom although it is good enough.
I really enjoy the personal reports of folks interacting with cameras I may have not paid a second glance to.
In these reports, there are no right or wrongs, just the honest reactions of humans, machines, and the world around us that we are trying to find the beauty in. Cheers
"and I wish it had a touchscreen. I've come to really value touch-sensitive screens over the past couple of years, mostly for AF placement when shooting from low angles."
I have a Nex 5n with a touch-screen, and love it. If you read the DPR review of the 5n, and the comments, you'll see one of the reasons Sony removed that possible feature from my A7.
Maybe I'm jumping on the bandwagon here but I'm amazed at the lack of detail and the amount of noise in the bridge shot (at iso 400!!!). I got better results shooting my 5D at night back in 2006. All I can think is maybe Barney couldn't hand-hold the shot and way underexposed and then tried to compensate in post.
I would have to think that if it would have been correctly exposed in-camera the results would have been better...right???
perhaps he pushed a bit too far into post processing....ISO 400 noise? never...and also not on APS-C/DX DSLR here. ;) otherwise, ISO400 Noise was a huge problem, for instance with the -otherwise- great Olympus 8080, 8 MP Bridgecam with small 2/3 Sensor back into 2004. ;) But not with any Canikon DX/APS-C DSLR here ever. Heavy picture Editing also brings on much noise, so also here into the ISO 320 Shot above, but the shadows have had been lifted, as the text describes...and it's hell noisy when viewed 1:1, nothing bad meant.
I applied a VSCO filter (can't you tell? That's pretty obviously film-like grain to my eyes). If you want original untouched OOC images and Raw files, plenty are available from this camera elsewhere on DPReview. This is a personal opinion piece.
Hi Barney: It's a nice shot, wasn't criticising it as a photo so much as questioning the quality of the file. Now that you say it was a VSCO filter then it makes more sense that it is as noisey as it is (or film-like if that is what you want to call it).
Just now disclosing that VSCO filter is applied therefore there is grain is a FAIL. And not everybody uses hipster filters or even knows about VSCO so we can't tell. A really bad representation of one of the best FF sensors made to date. Might as well add a photo taken with A7Sii in low light and add grain and not tell us. If we wanna see photos with film-like grain we'd be looking at photos taken with actual film cameras.
Wow some people get angry about such odd things. My apologies for applying a filter. I'll update the captioning right away... in the meantime, you can download raw files from our real-world samples and studio tests.
it wasn't critique, just being wondering...we didn't know that you've applied that VSCO filter, but that makes perfect sense then - thank you for the explanation, have fun.
Sony...reduce the Sony RX1RII to its real value price....about $1600.00 and triple your sales.
Well, they haven't even filled the orders of those willing to pay $3299 so why would they do that?
I bet the 42 MP BSI FF sensor does cost Sony a lot to produce alone, then the body, and this way fine 35/2 Zeiss lens...imagine what the 35/2 Loxia Biogon Zeiss lens yet alone costs - and then the RX1R II isn't expensive at all, even more when compared to Leica offerings. ;-) I am not wealthy, so i can't afford it.
Mailman88, thank God you don't work for me....
Thanks for the review Barney. I'm sorry that so many of your readers are are more likely to be upset and belligerent than inquisitive when they see or read something they don't understand.
Tremendous amount of whinging and moaning going on here, then again - seems to be the norm these days. Scores of people claiming their keyboard warrior status as if they have in their possession the perfect "holy grail" camera themselves.
I can read past the ego's swinging around here (notably a user complaining about noise from a full size 42mp image shot at night, no doubt) but I can't deal with the continual moaning about why things aren't perfect for *them*. Get over yourselves, its a tool and no tool is quantifiably perfect for everyone. Be lucky that this year you even have the opportunity to be in the position to shop for, or own a camera - plenty of people in the world don't, and realising this will go a long way into understanding all this petty internet bashing is...sad, really.
Get over yourself...this is a gear site where people are here to discuss gear. Thanks for pointing out that we are 'lucky to be in a position to shop for a camera'. Nothing wrong with having a social conscience but seriously, know your audience. This is a camera site dedicated to new camera gear...so obviously we are going to nitpick and overanalyze the latest models...that's what it is all about.
Don't want to listen to it, move on to a website more conducive to your temperament.
Really enjoying these personal views on cameras, versus the tech laundry lists we so often see. Cameras are creative tools and our experiences with them are, of course, personal. Thanks
The "lifted shadows" look is the new HDR: more of a technical feat than artistic.
Wondering how so many issues with noise given Sony's recent barnstorming performance in this regard, will be good to see studio samples. for me this is almost perfect little camera, lens is a bit sticky outy for a pocketable camerera and a grip would improve tha handling and accommodate a bigger battery, but only OIS or IS and a touchscreen are inexcusable for the MK4 please.
The one thing it is clear at the price the IQ has to be unequivocally top draw otherwise it will get kicked to death in the forums here QED.
Some very thought provoking choices in this series, good to see that DPR staff are not just box ticking feature lists or fangirling brands when selecting gear they approve.
Image #1, really noisy including girl's face and neck.
Image #3. If you like this image Barney, then its your choice. But to me lifted shadow doesn't look like shadow at all. Grass simply looks like painted in blue instead of being in shadow. A problem often seen when people try to lift shadow unnecessarily to show the DR of these sensors.
Image #4, extremely noisy.
Image #5, so accurate focus can't be achieved unless you activate certain focusing mode? And DPR has been praising Sony's latest focusing capability as something never seen before?
Image #6, again terribly noisy.
Image #7, noise is expected due to high ISO.
Of course you like this camera.
Image #4 has a film emulation filter applied (which I would hope is obvious upon close examination) and image #1 was not taken with the RX1R II. The portrait has slightly missed focus due to user error, and is sharp enough for large printing because - it turns out - you have 42 million pixels in this file.
I respect your opinion, but I must say that you seem to have crazily exact requirements...
Very good "user" review. Even though preference plays a large role in camera and equipment selection, its always nice to read more detailed user experiences and likes/dislikes. Technical reviews can tell us a lot but, user reviews and field experiences do more to tell us about living with the camera. Good job Barney and the pictures are excellent.
I suspect some guy in a senior position at Sony is absolutely insisting that touch-screen isn't part of their philosophy, but how long will they ignore implementing such a cheap piece of hardware which so many people (including respected reviewers) want?
To those who (sometimes rather aggressively) don't care: screen digitizers are cheap as chips, the Sony interface has already worked with touch in APS-C models, and you can turn the feature off incredibly easily if you wish. I'm sure implementing touch-to-focus is a laborious design process, but I'm also pretty sure that isn't the dominating factor in the decision to omit it.
Bloody annoying when you have to go into the menu system to enable manual focus because your camera just will not pick the intended focus point.
The fact that Sony was absolutely hammered by negative comments from the Luddites when they originally implemented touch-screen on the 5n would have a large bearing on its removal. Half the people reading this still become apoplectic at the thought of touch-screens...
I absolutly love touch screens and I know many more poeple who do. I could not beleve that a touch screen would be usefull on a camera until I had one. (Olympus E-M5)
Malabito --You Can TURN IT OFF. Lol....options are good.
Not to defend Sony, but there are other issues that have to be balanced in deciding additional features for a camera such as this: POWER.
The battery is diminutive. Someone higher up in this thread suggested adding IS. Where would they get the power required for that?
The same probably applies to a touch-screen. It's electronics will also eat electrons and that battery is already stressed!
Battery life has never been a real issue for me. I grew up in the era when 36 exposures was a big deal, and most Haselblads only shot 12, before changing film.
Why is everything so noisy? Is it the "advanced" technique to expose for the highlights and just pull the shadows up? Well, you get noise - even at iso 320 - what a shame.
Noise is overrated. If you print your images rather than pixel peep them on monitor, this much noise wont do nothing.
Agree, so much noise. But then again, it's 42 MP, you can douwnsample it and you can print large and it won't be an issue.
35mm is also my favorite focal length. As today if I had to spend 3.3 know usd, I think I would go for the combo 6d + 35mm 1.4 ii as this combo allows to expand into a bigger system.
I am not sure whether a fixed and noninterchangeble system is a good investment today
It's not a purchase that makes sense financially, just like a Leica, it's one you do it because you afford the privilege.
Why would anyone bring up the 6D into this conversation with its one point auto focus as opposed to 399 points.
...but weighs about 3 times as much and in terms of conspicuousness is like comparing carrying a marshmallow around the neck compared to a breeze block! I don't think you can start using DSLRs as a comparison because this is not a camera designed to compete directly with one. Yes it has blinding resolution, DXOMark also rates it noise performance very highly (so I think people here are spending too much time staring at their 72dpi monitors!). This is for discretion, for candids, for street, for travel, for being able to take high quality images inconspicuously
Looking forward to the street photography shots as Barney goes homeless to pay for his personal choice in gear of the year for 2015. Too bad the Sony does not do selfies as I would like to know if he is able to stay so immaculately groomed as he wanders about with his tent folded up neatly in his shopping cart.
"Until I tried to take nighttime shots with the RX1R I didn't believe it was possible for an inanimate object to shrug, but I swear that's what the damned thing did whenever I half-pressed the shutter button."
I'm thinking perhaps you unintentionally hit francais for the operating language, Barney?
Don't they all have a film Olympus OM2? Canon rangefinder maybe?
Otherwise I'm not convinced this would out-hipster an X100 or EM5.
Truly extraordinary how much detail can be captured by this tiny camera.
As someone who enjoys the 35mm focal length and the romantic idea of a single camera, I wish I could say that purchasing the RX1RII would be like finally finding the holygrail in the long hunt. However, there are several major compromises that make it a less attractive camera when compared to the alternative (A7RII): the lack of in-body stabilisation (which I came to rely on), the lack of a touchscreen (which I enjoy tremendously from the MFT), the lack of an electornic shutter (for higher shutter speed), and the lack of some form of environmental sealing (this need is perhaps more psychological).
I wish Sony would consider releasing a 35mm f2 lens for the A7 that's just as good (both optically and size-wise) as the RX1 series. With such a lens, I can truly have my holygrail in the form of an A7RII + 35mm f2. For now the 35mm f2.8 would have to do.
As for the Lens, try the Zeiss Loxia 35/F2 Biogon onto the A7 Series. If it would be that expensive, i'd have bought it long ago.
yeah it is very very expensive, and you'll lose the AF, which is a huge compromise.
Moonbridge shows hideous noise and a waste of effort. We need an excellent 35mm camera for a similar price to 35mm film cameras of years ago, such as the Nikon FE2. Let's not get into Leica pricing. Let's have a comparison with 24" x 36" prints from this camera, a NEX 7, Ricoh GR, even a Nikon P7700 or Samsung EX2f and I think you'll find that the RX1R II is not worth the money.
A survey should be started to see how many people complaining about this ACTUALLY READ THE ARTICLE!
It's clearly stated in the article (and a few times since) that that's ARTIFICIALLY APPLIED NOISE!
I realize I'm posting this almost a year later, but I have a compulsion about correcting nonsense ............
The bridge photo above is ISO 400?! Looks like ISO 400,000.
@techjedi, so how do you explain the noise in the dog photo? Shot in really bright moonlight?
@techjedi you totally missed my point. But let's start over shall we. Me: "The dog photo is ISO 320?! WITH noise reduction applied? Looks more like ISO 320,000"
Now insert your response here: "_______________"
@bovverwonder Yeah, the dog picture looks noisy for 320, but that said, I have no idea how dark it actually was in that scene. It could have been dark dusk and it could be a great picture at that time. Or it could be earlier and it sucks for that ISO. I cannot really say.
I didn't miss your point, the bridge photo was obviously moonlight, so your comment seemed to undervalue what a good job it did with so little light at ISO 400. It was easy to respond to that comment. The dog picture is less clear what the shooting conditions were, so it is harder for me to judge one way or the other.
Well it's sorted out, VSCO filters were apparently applied to the photos above to give it "film-like" grain. Mystery solved.
'Thanks Barney for sharing your experience with the RX1R II!
I agree with him in many respects as to this camera's aesthetics, the EVF, tilting rear screen, manual controls, a 35mm lens being versatile etc.. And yes, a stabilizer is to be desired (as is dust and weather sealing, for this compact isn't designed for studio works).
Now my questions: Some of the pictures Barney has made show a lot of noise - not only at ISO 6400 but also at ISO 400 (steel bridge after dark). At ISO 400!? I really don't know what to think of it! And as to the dog photo: Am I right that the CA in the trees is easy to fix?
As to focusing Barney speaks about the AF performance. But what about MF with the RX1R II? Is MF a convenient way to go? (In the wide angle range I'd always prefer MF)
Finally: Couldn't an A7 II with a 35mm lens attached be a good alternative to the compact (with the option for changing the lens)?
I know, of course, the RX1R II is a tempting thing indeed!
hi Cal .. nice feedback
The ISO400 shot is shot in dark, am suspecting the exposure is corrected in post, but usually dark shots exhibit more digital noise compare to the bright scenes. But I still agree with you, it's worse than my expectations too.
From what I am reading in your text, I agree an A7II may better suits your outdoor needs with IBIS, better handling etc and the whole setup in almost the same price range, the only trade-off is obviously the size.
No comments on the pictures? Excellent photography.
I would love to own this camera because of its outstanding image quality. Unfortunately, Panasonic LX100 is more in my price range.
good to hear this from boss of sony =]
well enjoy your lx100 am sure you can take amazing photos from that little monster too ..
I purchased a rx1 mk2 but was soooo disappointed when the camera had a focusing issue particularly with the foreground so had to ship it back to Henry's camera who have been brilliant in standing behind the process... I really hope they fix it because it's a beautiful camera... I'm not as excited about not having a touch screen as others but IS would have been the icing on the cake a bigger battery the size of A7r I l into a larger grip. One thing I don't understand is why sony don't make the grips more useful, my rx100 mk4, a thousand dollar camera and you have to by an 18 dollar grip from them, so it would seem a fatter grip could incorporate a larger battery which would not distract from its looks if that's what they are worried about.... My A7r mk2 is perfect from that point of view, actually that camera is perfect and with the sensibly price 35mm 2.8 I get stunning results. Perhaps I got a little too reckless getting the rx1
has sony recalled this camera because of focus faults?
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