Steve Spencer wrote: Nielk Mike wrote: Steve Spencer wrote: Nielk Mike wrote:
My goal is to reduce my camera gear in size and weigth as much as I can - w/o compromising on quality. The RX1R MkIII is a perfect step in that direction. It is 35/50/70 lens with a camera attached to it.
For short to medium tele I am currently using my a7cR with the Sigma 90f2.8. Also a great combo, giving me 90/135/180 easily with very high quality. But the a7cR is larger than the RX1R MkIII. So I wounder if Sony will (in another surprise move) ever launch an RX2R with a short tele like the Sigma 90f2.8 attached? It would also be a rather small combo.
And finally (though I don't think it to be very likely): How about an RX3R with a small UAW lens like the Voigtländer 15mm? That could give a 15/23/28 combination. Three very small cameras with lenses to cover all my needs.
I don't see how this plan makes sense. Unless you absolutely hate changing lens, the kit would be a lot smaller with one interchangeable lens camera (ILC) and three lenses. A 15mm, a 35mm, and a 90mm. I think that is why we have ILCs like your A7Cr. As a single carry camera I think a 90mm RX2r would be particularly awkward and many people would often want to shoot wider than 90mm and the camera wouldn't be able to do it.
Said another way there is simply no way that three cameras with a fixed lens attached to each can be a smaller package than one small camera with three interchangeable lenses. So you won't be reducing the size and weight of your camera gear with this approach and it would be much more expensive. I think the RX1r series camera does reduce the size of the gear, however, because with just one camera and one lens actually reduces the size compared to a ILC, but that comes with reduction in the focal lengths it covers. I think Sony picked the 35-70 ish range because that is the range people most typically use or close to it. Leica obviously thought 28 to about 60 is a better range, and then made a separate camera for people who prefer a longer 43 to about 85. I don't think anybody has ever made a camera covering the 90 to about 180 range that you are proposing.
(1) Yes, I hate changing lenses. It is very unpractical in the streets, subways, and in bad weather. And it takes time. So opportunities missed.
(2) Yes, nobody has yet made a 90mm fixed lens camera. But there is always a first time :-)
(3) I was using the a7cR with the Voigtländer 21, the Sony 50f2.5 and the Sigma 90f2.8. Or the Fuji X-Pro3 with the 23/35/50 f2 Fujinons. All good, but slowing me down.
(4) Because of speed I am currently carrying the RX1R MkIII and the a7cR with the Sigma 90f2.8. It works, but the a7cR is bigger than the RX1R.
You must hate changing lenses a lot.
The three camera solution you suggest would cost about $15,000 and would weigh about 1,500 grams.
A Sony A7rC with a Sony 16 f/1.8 G, a Sigma 35 f/2, and the Sigma 90 f/2.8 would weigh 1,434g and cost $5,274 new at B & H.
So you would be willing to carry a bigger heavier kit and pay three times as much just to avoid lens changes? I don't think many people would, and I suspect the market for people who would want such a kit is tiny. I suspect Sony thinks the same thing and that is why they are unlikely to make what you are proposing.
We will see :-)
Aug 23, 2025 at 07:46 AM
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