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No, the final image does not contain a rendered 3D model -- the model is used as a reference overlay to adjust the lighting of the pixels on the original image. That's a huge difference.

"All kinds of operations" such as what?

Sony's noise reduction cheat was an aberration; most RAW data is as close as it's possible to get to the signal-level information from the image sensor. I...

The "computers involved" in the cameras you cite are piddling little calculators compared with the processors found in modern smartphones.

Whether you like the term or not, computational...

If content isn't generated from scratch, you can't call it rendered -- so "more a rendering than a photo" is pure hyperbole.

John Koerner: Riiight, the whole point of a 37.4 MP full-frame camera with a Zeiss 35mm F2 lens is for "in-camera processing" ..

The only stupidity here is your insistence that a secondary (if...

What makes this a "glorified cell phone"? What does that even mean? Glorified how? A phone how? What?

Why do you keep ranting about phones? What on earth does this camera have to do with phones?...

What does this camera have to do with phone/camera hybrids, considering it has no phone features, and that Android is not designed specifically for phones?

Oh yeah - nothing!

You think $600 is reasonable for the ZX1? Even $2k is unlikely.

The X100F is APS-C and costs $1200.

The RX1R is FF and costs $2400.

The Leica Q is FF and costs $4500. (Granted, that's Leica...

Nonsense. Persistence is virtue of walking in others' shoes. I happen circumstantial writings to furtherance of opinionated posters. The factual design of absolutism creates imperfect...

Panasonic states in their PR materials that both sensors are newly designed AND manufactured by Panasonic.

So, no Sony sensors here.

You guys are funny.

lol - are you really suggesting that Panasonic, Sigma and Leica whipped up this partnership and then Panasonic, what, 3D printed a nonfunctional prototype? .. all since Nikon and Canon announced...

I don't think so .. since there was never any logical reason to expect a mirrorless system to be significantly smaller overall than a DSLR system with the same size sensor.

Ooooooh, burnnnnn!

Neener-neener, Canon!

That sensor's high sensitivity is mostly facilitated by its low resolution. If you wanted a half-way compromise, you'd be looking at a 12 or at most 16MP camera.

Why should the author of this piece waste time copy/pasting basic information from Epson's website?

Why did you spend time writing out this complaint instead of just going to Epson's site...

What about the ring of LED lights built into this lens? Are you saying they're not useful for lighting subjects?

In the latest firmware, there is an "Off" mode, so this complaint no longer applies.

Love my X100F!

My question too -- I use the v3 anchors on an X100F, and the cords barely fit through the eyelets.

Whatever. Modern materials like those used in PD anchors are too advanced for you to "see" the failure risk in such an object just by looking at it.