Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1 - Compact digital camera with a full frame sensor

Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1 
With the Cyber-shot DSC-RX1, Sony presents a compact digital camera with a full frame sensor. Inside the compact case, a 35-millimeter full-frame Exmor CMOS image sensor with effective 24.3 megapixels fulfilled his duties. By comparison, the sensor is more than twice as large as in the ordinary SLR cameras with APS-C sensor, seven times larger than the 1-inch sensor little sister DSC-RX100 and even 30 times larger than the sensor of a conventional compact camera.

The RX1 camera is not only compact but also easy: With dimensions of 113.3 x 65.4 x 69.9 mm, it takes 482 grams (with battery and memory card) on the scale. Complements the full-frame sensor is a high-aperture (f2) Carl Zeiss lens with 35mm (KB) fixed focal length and an advanced BIONZ image processor. The latter processes the data generated so quickly that the DSC-RX1 can shoot up to five frames per second. It is also thanks to him that she recordings in uncompressed 14-bit RAW format capable of storing.
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1

Thanks to a newly developed lens design with an AA lens element it wants to be successful Sony to build the lens is so compact that it in spite of the large image sensor takes place in the camera. Its fixed focal length of 35 mm is suitable, for example well for portraits and landscapes or street photography. The circular aperture with seven blades and a maximum aperture of F2 allow both beautiful bokeh effects such as an SLR. Using a macro-ring, the minimum distance from the subject is reduced to up to 20 centimeters.

If you still can not do without a zoom would you want in the new RX1 confidently Pixel Super Resolution Technology and clear image zoom feature can trust. With their help, the focal length may be doubled without the image quality is reduced to such an extent as would be the case with a conventional digital zoom. Thanks to the entire full-size image details are preserved. Because of the full-frame sensor has the DSC-RX1 a sensitivity of ISO 100 to ISO 25600th in a special "expanded" mode can even be set to ISO 50 and when using the "multi-image noise reduction" can be used with ISO 102400.
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1
Sony Cybershot DSC-RX1

Full manual control
as with an SLR are available to users in the DSC-RX1 many manual controls available. With setting rings on the lens allows the camera aperture and focus operate, while the choice of the focus mode is selected using a DSLR-style molded in and placed at the front of the camera control button. Similarly, the exposure and the recording mode via ergonomic and easily accessible control buttons are set. Here also the Quick Navi mode are turned on by all relevant camera settings can be accessed and changed. Should play to its strengths, this mode is best with the optional electronic viewfinder FDA EV1MK that reflects the changes camera settings. Equally valuable will be the viewfinder to check the manual autofocus. All pixels which are located exactly on the focal plane are in the viewfinder (7.5 cm (3.0 ") / 1,229,000 pixels) and the display is highlighted.

The camera shoots in full-HD resolution and the standards 50p/60p or 25p/24p. The videos are to offer high image quality and advanced noise reduction. To set the cinematic creativity knows no bounds, Sony allowed the RX1 complete control over all settings: aperture, time and program automatic and manual control are available. Moreover, wait 13 automatic creative functions and multiple post-effects out of photographers tried to be. Additional design options open up the auto HDR function, the contrast enhancer D-Range Optimization (DRO) and a serial shot at different exposure levels, white balance and various different DRO settings.

Besides the aforementioned electronic viewfinder FDA EV1MK also an optical viewfinder FDA V1K, a strong flash, a clip-on LCD monitor and a leather case LCJ-RXB are available as accessories. All extensions should be easily on the new Multi-Interface Shoe (hot shoe) to the camera mount. The Cybershot DSC-RX1 is from December 2012 to 3099; - Euro will be available in stores.