Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-R1
December 28th, 2005 | by David Elrich
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Average user rating from 4 users |
A great camera with superb image qu
by ali on Oct 23rd, 2006 at 8:44 PM:
I but this R1 after i got rid of my canon rebel xt
The images i am getting with R1 is way better than rebel xt. with rebel xt, if i could get 50 percent nice image in a trip, i would have been really happy but with R1, almoust all photos are great.Note that i had spent about 2000 dollar on lenses for rebel xt.
the lens is really great.
the build quality is also much better than toy like rebel xt
and remaining time of the battery is also a great option(considering canon had only 3 different battery level indicator, full,half,empty!!!
I am really glad that i got rid of the canon and bought this R1
My expectations for R1 future.
by cmuralhas on Dec 30th, 2005 at 4:04 AM:
Hello.
I have an R1 for more than a month now and already took over 2000 shots with it. The Camera is GREAT, but as all great products there are some not so great issues. SOME of them can be solved using alternative processes, other we have to live with.
Here's what I think by order of importance:
1) Sharpness per pixel is NOT, by default, on par with good D-SLRs. YOU have to shoot with Sharpness on the Minimum and use the Unsharp Mask on Photoshop to get the best results. I'm doing this and the results are REALLY great!!!
2) The placing of the LCD on TOP is MY FAVORITE of all. However I Think it should be 2,5" and with 234Kpix at least.
3) The viewfinder CAN be BIGGER, now it's 0,44" with 234Kpix but at 0,6 or 0,8" it should get a much bigger picture than D-SLRs can have. I believe that with the VERY GOOD Depth of Field preview, the VERY GOOD exposure help (real-time histogram and zebra) and with the GOOD focus preview that this LCD/Viewfinder gives, this system has the potencial to become better than the viewfinder on Reflex systems. One or two more iterations perhaps.
4) 3,2 frames per second is OK for a machine with this price, 5 would be better of course. HOWEVER 3 frames maximum burst lenght is RIDICULUS. SONY was SICK when they developed R1 like this. EVERY cheaper D-SLR is MUCH MUCH MUCH better in this regard. It should be a burst of 30 frames minimum (10 seconds).
5) The absence of Video Recording when it could easily do so is pathetic. I believe SONY will solve this on a future R1.
6) I think 120mm equiv as maximum is not enough. I accept that the lens is EXCELENT quality and design, and accept the adapter LENS to expand the maximum focus range.
However the 1,7X converter (maximum to 200mm) is SO BIG that looks like a 400-600mm on D-SLRs. If it were to at least 400mm it would deserve the look, but at 200mm it definitelly doesn't worth the look or the 400$ cost.
SONY: Develop a 3,5X factor adapter lens (84-420mm when on) would be an excelent option if it had the same size as the actual 1,7X. NOW this would sell and get more people to buy R1.
7) RAW processing with the software provided by SONY is not very good. A much better option is using ADOBE CAMERA RAW that gives much better results.
Given all this, R1 takes pictures with superb quality, and it's definitelly worth the atention. However with all the above points soolved it would be a killer D-SLR machine at a great price. I'm expecting to buy every iteration of this machine if the evolution goes in the directions I just pointed out. I hope that it takes a maximum of 3 iterations to solve all these issues (and some other I didn't remember) and by that time with >20Mpix.
Go for it, SONY.
Can't think of anything (I need) th
by Mark on Dec 18th, 2005 at 9:27 PM:
Well, going from 3.2 to 10.2 is a fairly sizeable jump in terms of megapixels - and boy do you notice the difference. For me, moving from a point and shoot plus an Ageing Olympus (anyone remember the OM series) to the R1 is also a huge difference - mainly down to the reduction in my luggage required. I'm off to Southern Laos next week to give the R1 it's first proper try out and will have the full story then. In the meantime, I've been impressed by its abilities to give me anything from full auto to fully independent exposure priorities. I've yet to find a situation where Auto wont cut it - but am still trying. If you love Sony, buy it. If you don't, put it on your review list. It's great.
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Excellent results possible
by Chris on Nov 2nd, 2006 at 10:55 AM: