Sony RX1R-II real world review

Nice, had an original RX1 and it did take nice photos but lack of viewfinder and fiddliness of the controls was ultimately a turn off.
 
I do tire of the line that this camera is too expensive.

Maybe people think that small cameras should be cheap and forget that what you're getting is a FF camera with a very nice lens which will fit in a winter coat pocket or a very small camera bag in the summer.
 
From a copywriting point of view you have mixed styles between semi-formal and colloquial and used quite a diverse and advanced vocabulary, for me it ruins the flow a bit as I can't decide if it's a formal review or a commentary of use (by someone who does cryptic crosswords). Punctuation is a bit iffy, there is no need for either of the semi-colons and there are too many exclamation marks (c.f. writing styles).

Other than that I quite liked it, product images (dust aside) support the story and some of the sample images are very nice too.

Have to say that the camera isn't for me though, a fixed lens camera (FF or not) at such a high price is a statement of excess and if I were to do that I'd be looking at a Leica :)

edit: also, I know you have an 'about you' page but given it's a user review it would be helpful to set a bit of context around your usual usage at the start, this will help people to understand what angle you are looking at this camera from.
 
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Nawty said:
Have to say that the camera isn't for me though, a fixed lens camera (FF or not) at such a high price is a statement of excess and if I were to do that I'd be looking at a Leica :)
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I do hope you're joking as if not this is badge snobbery at its worst.

Outspoken and secure in myself as I am I really couldn't give a flying about badges or what other people think of my purchases and I can definitely say without a hint of inverse snobbery that I'd take the Sony over a Leica every time... unless I wanted a fixed lens camera and preferred the 28mm FoV and in that case a Leica makes sense as they make one but not because of the badge but because of what it is, a 28mm fixed lens quality camera.
 
woof woof said:
I do hope you're joking as if not this is badge snobbery at its worst.

Outspoken and secure in myself as I am I really couldn't give a flying about badges or what other people think of my purchases and I can definitely say without a hint of inverse snobbery that I'd take the Sony over a Leica every time... unless I wanted a fixed lens camera and preferred the 28mm FoV and in that case a Leica makes sense as they make one but not because of the badge but because of what it is, a 28mm fixed lens quality camera.
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I did say IF. And it may be badge snobbery but I would also argue that NEEDING a FF compact camera is camera snobbery so if you're in for a penny...

Besides, I prefer 28 to 35mm.

edit: and bear in mind I sold all my FF kit in favour of m4/3 so that may affect my stance on FF.
 
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I'd love an RX1r (1 or 2) if the RX100 is anything to go by! I'd take it over pretty much any Leica in an instant.
 
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