This new version will surely continue to be popular with the food bloggers. Shots that used to require me to crouch down were more easily visualized, and the ever popular birdseye view of food didn’t require me to stand over a plate. Prosumer cameras have had such a feature for years, but it’s a bit rare on higher end cameras (the uber-popular Nikon D750 has one). I was unexpectedly surprised by the utility of RX1R II’s articulating screen. Others have complained about the lack of built-in EVF (I got used to using the LCD display), poor battery life (I carry at least two spare batteries with me), and the barrel distortion (easily addressed with a Lightroom lens profile). For more information, please email Johann Affendy at Leica Malaysia (). Images in this review were processed with Photoshop Workflow II. Yes, there are times when I still pull out my DSLR, but those times are becoming increasingly rare.Īs great as the RX1 has been, I have two main gripes: 1) autofocus is slow in low light, and 2) the mechanical leaf shutter tops out at 1/2000s with apertures bigger than f/5.6 – not a problem for most photography, but on bright days when you want to shoot wide open for that street fashion photo, it’s a letdown. The Leica Q can be obtained from the Starhill and Avenue K boutiques in Kuala Lumpur, or from B&H and Amazon. I have been using the original Sony RX1 for the past three years, and it has traveled with me to a dozen countries providing the small and surreptitious body that I always wanted in a travel camera. Yes, there are differences between the cameras (which I’ll get into), but using either camera is a joy and if your goal is a high quality, lightweight “point-and-shoot,” you won’t do any better than one of these bad boys. Such is the case when comparing two full-frame compacts: the Leica Q and the Sony RX1R II. When the biggest complaint you have about a camera concerns the image quality at ISO 25,000, you know you have a first world problem.
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