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The Next Big Thing Is Small, Sony RX100 Review part IIb and Conclusion

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SONY DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/2.2, 1/60 sec, ISO800)

Small is beautiful. Less is more. Reduce to the max, Simple life….. We all know about the magic of reduction. Since the economy crises started about 4 years ago reduction is everywhere. It’s almost a kind of hype. Even they still very rich talk about reduction. Of course most of the time they are praying water and drinking wine. But it seems that they don’t feel as comfortable showing their wealth as they did before. Before you blame me to be a socialist living in a nice house on the hill I will stop here.

As much as the magic of reduction is hyped most of the time less means just less. It’s the same with cameras. Less is just less. Continue reading →

The 150MP full frame camera, The Sony RX100 review part IIa

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SONY DSC-RX100 (10.4mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO125)

4. Image quality: ( click on each image to see it’s 1500 pixel version )

Today there is no 150MP full frame camera. Even the 36MP sensor of the Nikon D800 is considered too much for most of the lenses. You need the best lenses and technique to make the camera shine. The RX100 sensor scaled up would result in a 150 MegaPixel full frame camera so it needs a very good lens and good technique to get most out of it. Continue reading →