the rx1 is a great tool. its resolving power and low light ability are unrivaled imo. and i made some wonderful memories with it, as have its users here. to say it is not top notch would be silly.
but to say that is the last word, or everybody makes the same aesthetic choices, or that all RAW images are flat and lifeless, well, those are equally not true. i prefer fuji bayer RAW to this sony sensor. for me, i greatly prefer the RAW images from any ccd sensor ive ever used to this sony sensor. and ive used many cameras whose ooc b&w i prefer to this sony sensor. i didnt like its b&w images at all. i like 'tweaking' images in post, not wrestling with them. those are all just my preferences. theyre not right or wrong. theyre shared by some, not by others. thats not right or wrong either. this is a subjective hobby. regardless of the individual emotional investment we might bring to any single component of it, we do better to accept that there is no unaminity about anything.
but to say that is the last word, or everybody makes the same aesthetic choices, or that all RAW images are flat and lifeless, well, those are equally not true. i prefer fuji bayer RAW to this sony sensor. for me, i greatly prefer the RAW images from any ccd sensor ive ever used to this sony sensor. and ive used many cameras whose ooc b&w i prefer to this sony sensor. i didnt like its b&w images at all. i like 'tweaking' images in post, not wrestling with them. those are all just my preferences. theyre not right or wrong. theyre shared by some, not by others. thats not right or wrong either. this is a subjective hobby. regardless of the individual emotional investment we might bring to any single component of it, we do better to accept that there is no unaminity about anything.
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