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The new 10 megapixel Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 has a 24-120mm lens, which will be wide enough for most people but a bit lacking at the telephoto end. I took a few photos of the wide-angle and telephoto conversion lenses at a recent Sony press conference. As you will see, both the wide angle and tele convertors are best described as “massive”! Personally I can’t see too many people buying them - after all, one of the advantages of the DSC-R1 is that it is smaller and more portable than a digital SLR. That definitely wouldn’t be the case if you had to carry the wide-angle and telephoto conversion lenses as well! Note that these are the production models that you will be able to buy in the shops - they won’t be getting any smaller…
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#1 guy villeneuve
yes interesting but let time to see how good it will be. the f828 had all the components but was bad. sony does not have the success of PANASONIC with their big zoom.but i give them the chance as i am a ZEISS fan.sony and minolta should come with something as interesting as OLYMPUS AND PANASONIC.
5:03 pm - Monday, October 3, 2005
#2 Jason
And I bet the price will be just as massive. At first I thought the R1 was cool, but it's way too expensive.
11:09 pm - Monday, October 3, 2005
#3 Rick
You'll have to be a hard-core Sony fan to go this route. You'd be better off with a D50 IMHO
11:24 pm - Monday, October 3, 2005
#4 Brent Williams
I have seen many pictures OF the conversion lenses but have yet to see one photo taken using one. Does anyone have a photo taken with the wide-angle conversion lense?
1:13 am - Tuesday, April 18, 2006
#5 nick in japan
Guy, There are issues with the F-828, I agree, knowing the camera's limitations and working around them is easy. I depend upon my F-828, and it does a great job for me, I just went over 10,000 images, a great lens, no problems yet, always with me.
The H-1 is a very highly rated camera that does indeed rival the Panasonic FZs, IMHO.
I recommend both the F828 and H-1!
12:02 pm - Tuesday, April 18, 2006
#6 Brent Williams
Thanks for your input Nick, but I'm looking for photos taken with the DSC-R1 wide-angle conversion lens.
5:11 pm - Tuesday, April 18, 2006
#7 nick in japan
Brent, my comment was directed to Guy (#1)
because of his opinion of the F-828. I have the conversion lens, wide, for the F-717, quite an impressive piece of glass, I feel that Sony produces great optics, I expect you will find that to be true with the options for the R-1 too. Good luck!
9:25 pm - Tuesday, April 18, 2006
#8 Molineux
Just hit some money and i have one of the tele end converters for dsc r1 if you want it call me i have two(you can have it for free) .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
12:36 pm - Wednesday, March 5, 2008