who wants to spend $3300 on a pocket camera??

[Lachlan Fysh]

I will be picking up when they start shipping. I will be paying for it with sold cameras / glass – namely a d800e + 3x primes, some old medium format film gear, a sigma dp2m and *maybe* a ricoh GR… that guy might survive for use by my girlfriend.. maybe. I started with film (35mm then MF), bought the d800e before being really into hiking, tried to make it work multiple times hiking once I got into it but ultimately can't suffer the weight anymore. I started trying to see if I could get close to the d800e in less weight. First the Ricoh… MP a touch low, but mainly the white balance is completely whack and the dynamic range is unimpressive… Next the Sigma (cheaply while the M models were on their last legs)… *sometimes* amazing, if the light is right, regularly very disappointing if the light is not, because again, the dynamic range is lacking vs the d800e. I don't need the 42mp, I'd settle for the 36 of the d800e, but whatever, storage is cheap and knowing you can print anything you shoot on A1 paper is nice. Processing will be a pain, but it already is with the d800e or the sigma… My solution is to think like I'm still shooting film and only take the good photos, likewise on the battery life challenges of these small cameras. Digital cameras have people thinking you need to take 200+ shots a day.. The MP is less meaningful than the dynamic range performance of these top Sony sensors (like in the d800e) – the control that gives you in a RAW file is substantial and a lot closer to what your eyes see (still not there yet). I know this will deliver that also, maybe even better than the nikon. 35mm is going to be interesting. I don't mind the focal length, but I'd kind of prefer longer like a 50mm. Easy to go wider these days with automated stitching, hard to go longer. Still I haven't used a 35mm all that much and I do often find my 50mma touch too long and my 28mm too wide… A problem I don't seem to have with my little Olympus XA rangefinder, so here's hoping i love it and don't regret culling the rest of my selection :) – more space for gear at the very least

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