Yes, this is what we are saying: that Sony may have cut the long end to improve the wide end.
If this indeed going to have 24 mm lens this is the camera i would want. I did not buy rx00 just for the reason that it did not open wide enough
They probably got word that MkII inventory still needs cleaning out.
Yes, and believe it or not, that piece of paper was lying on a flat table, and not glued to a wooden barrel!
I don't think that Sony ever made any commitment to announcing anything on May 1. It's the SAR and other rumor sites that are getting everyone fired up...
It's always like that. Tax difference between USA and countries in other continents.
about 20% VAT difference, plus usually a 20% penalty for EU customers to subsidize the US market ...
You need to lighten up, Sean!
I will buy this camera, if the specs hold. Had the original RX100 ... fine camera but none tilting screen and aperture quickly up to f/4.9.... so, sold it.... exciting news!
The statements that you're always using the m2 at the widest angle but never need a wider angle seem to have some tension between them...or you should change your user name to 28mm man ;-)
Sorry, but it really annoys me when people pass rumors off as fact as has been happening with some posters talking about this announcement (if that's what it does turn out to be). And then when they start blaming Sony for not living up to the rumors.... ...well that's just plain wrong.
Interesting, I never paid attention to those surplus you're mentioning. I guess I should be breaking the costs down more often... though it's not like I often buy cameras.
jintoku is right though Sean. A large number of your recent posts are just complaining about rumors.
There's that other poster who makes duplicate threads in different forums about such rumoured camera versus such commercialised camera on the grounds that "we know all their features"; these kinds of threads are idiotic and it is right to call them out.
I get it, but just to be clear(er): The (rumored!) difference in the lens is that it will have a wider zoom setting and faster at the telephoto extreme. For my major m2 usage (stealthy street photography) I alway shoot at the shortest focal length. For the m2, 28mm is perfect. 24mm is a bit too wide.
My main point is $800 is a huge amount for a compact camera. That's the same msrp for the A6000 w/kit lens. Different camera, I know, but the comparison will exist.If you look at it as nothing more than an RX100M2 with a built in EVF, it's $800-850 versus $700 and I'd pay $150 for a built in EVF. You can argue that the M2 is expensive and the M1 before it, but apparently, there's a good market for them.
