New Sony RX1R II with a full-frame 42.4MP sensor, improved focusing and the world’s first customizable optical low-pass filter. Sony’s latest super compact camera features a full-frame backlit sensor, 35mm ZEISS lens
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Sonnar T* F2, fast autofocus, a folding XGA OLED viewfinder, and the world’s first customizable optical low-pass filter[i] with bracketing capability. Sony expands its famous Cyber-shot RX line of compact cameras by introducing the full-frame RX1R II model DSC-RX1RM2 .
Joining the RX1 and RX1R, the first in a family of the world’s smallest full-frame cameras, the new RX1R II delivers image quality never before seen in a Sony compact camera. The combination of a high-resolution 42.4 megapixel sensor and the high-aperture F2 ZEISS Sonnar T* 35 mm fixed focal length lens is largely responsible for this, as is the fine-tuning of lens and sensor to optimize collaboration.
In addition, the new model has a 30% improvement in AF response compared to the original RX1, which has won many awards. The RX1R II is equipped with the world’s first customisable optical low-pass filter that can be set to “off”, “standard” or “high” depending on user preference, and also accepts a bracketing mode. The new camera features a handy folding XGA OLED eye-level viewfinder, which is designed so that changes in overall size of the camera compared to previous models were minimal.
Unparalleled image quality in the palm of your hand
The new RX1R II uses a 35mm Exmor R-type full frame CMOS sensor® Backlit and with an effective resolution of approximately 42.4 megapixels combined with the powerful BIONZ X processor to achieve the highest levels of image resolution and sensitivity ISO 100-25600, expandable to 50 – 102400[ii] with a wide dynamic range. Reverse-illuminated sensor structure, higher circuitry integration and copper metallization provide faster data transfer speeds and outputs approximately 3.5x faster than the original RX1R.
The bright 35 mm ZEISS Sonnar T* F2 lens was specifically designed for this sensor to ensure that all images shot with this camera are impressively sharp from the center of the frame to the corners. This lens is equipped with a unique macro ring that allows you to focus on objects as close as 14cm from the front surface of the lens, and a 9-blade iris that provides smooth, even background defocusing for the most commonly used apertures.
Another unique advantage of the new camera is its fixed lens design, which allows for precise positioning of the lens and sensor in relation to each other to take full advantage of the extremely high resolution of the sensor.
The closer the components are to each other, the wider the angle at which light can pass through the lens and directly onto the sensor to create detailed, high-resolution images. In addition, unlike the focal plane shutter common to interchangeable lens cameras, the RX1R II uses a shutter built into the lens, making 1/2000 sec flash sync speeds possible. and significantly reduces the overall size of the body.
The new RX1R II also supports uncompressed 14-bit RAW recording to take full advantage of the sensor’s wide dynamic range, while still keeping compression capabilities.
Fast autofocus to catch the decisive moment
The RX1R II is the first of Sony’s RX series of compact cameras to feature fast hybrid autofocus. The camera’s sensor features 399 phase-assisted AF points on the focal plane that cover approximately 45% of the image area, the world’s largest AF coverage of a full frame sensori, and work together with 25 contrast AF zones to make the autofocus response about 30% faster than in the original model.
In addition, this camera uses an advanced motion prediction algorithm that provides superior performance when tracking a moving subject and allows for the optional AF-C mode, which tracks the subject accurately after focusing.
Other enhancements to the new model’s focusing system include several AF area settings, including “Wide” “Center” and “Adjustable Spot” as well as “Eye AF” and “Tracking AF” functions.
World’s first customizable optical low-pass filter
For the first time for a digital camera, the RX1R II is equipped with an adjustable optical low-pass filter that enables the user to manually adjust the balance between image resolution and the occurrence of moiré or color artifacts depending on the subject.
Three possible LF filter settings[iii] include “Disabled” which creates the effect of no LF filter and is designed for when image resolution is a priority “Standard” which preserves resolution while eliminating moiré and color artifacts, and “High” which is focused on suppressing moiré and artifacts.
This unique feature lets photographers achieve the resolution and image quality they want when there’s a moire-inducing high spatial frequency object in the frame, essentially combining two cameras in one body – with and without a low-pass filter. Bracketing is also possible by changing the low pass filter setting, allowing you to compare the results of different settings.
New folding XGA OLED viewfinder
New to the RX1 series is the RX1R II’s built-in XGA OLED Tru-Finder[iv], which pops up and folds down with a simple press. The viewfinder has ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating and four glass elements, including two aspherical lenses, which provide 0.74x[v] magnification and clear, distortion-free visibility throughout the frame.
Variable angle screen, Full HD video and more
New camera features 3.WhiteMagic™ LCD screen with 1.2 million pixels and up to 109 degrees up and 41 degrees down to shoot at multiple angles from a variety of positions.
In movies, the advanced sensor and processor of this camera produce extremely detailed images with low noise. Utilizing universal format XAVC S[vi], this camera is capable of recording in Full HD 1920×1080 at 60p, 30p or 24p.
The new RX1R II is Wi-Fi® and NFC ready, and is fully compatible with the Sony PlayMemories Mobile™ app for Android™ and iOS platforms, as well as Sony’s growing collection of PlayMemories Camera Apps™.
A new version of the popular “Smart Remote Control”[vii] will be released soon via PlayMemories Camera Apps™. This app provides remote control of shooting with a smartphone, includes infinite shutter speed and continuous shooting functions, upgraded for the new camera. Learn more here sony.net/pmca
The Sony RX1R II camera will be on sale in America at the end of November – beginning of December.
Specifications
Sensor |
| MATRIX TYPE |
| Full frame Exmor R® CMOS sensor 35.9 x 24.0 mm , 3:2 aspect ratio |
| NUMBER OF PIXELS TOTAL |
| Approx. 43,6 MP |
| NUMBER OF PIXELS EFFECTIVE |
| Approx. 42.4 MP |
lens |
| TYPE OF OBJECTIVE |
| ZEISS® Sonnar T*, 8 elements in 7 groups 3 aspherical elements, including advanced aspherical elements AA |
| MAX. MAGNIFICATION RATIO STANDARD MACRO |
| 0.15x 0.26x depending on switch ring position for macro mode |
| F-NUMBER MAXIMUM APERTURE RATIO |
| F2 |
| DIAGRAM TYPE |
| Iris diaphragm 9 blades |
| FOCAL LENGTH |
| f=35 mm: [3:2 Photo] f=35 mm, [16:9 Photo] f=37 mm, [1:1 Photo] f=44 mm, [4:3 Photo] f=38 mm, [16:9 Video] f=44 mm with SteadyShot turned on , f=37 mm with SteadyShot turned off |
| FOCUS RANGE FROM FRONT EDGE OF LENS |
| 24 cm to infinity in normal mode and 14 cm to 29 cm in macro mode all values are approximate . |
| FOCUS RANGE FROM THE FOCAL PLANE |
| 30 cm to infinity in normal mode and 20 cm to 35 cm in macro mode all values are approximate . |
| OPTICAL TUNABLE LOW PASS FILTER |
| Yes |
| IMAGE CLARITY WHEN ZOOMING IN |
| 2x [Still Photo], 2x [Video] |
| DIGITAL ZOOM |
| [Photo] 42 MP approx. 4x 18 MP approx. 6.2x 11 MP approx. 8x, [Videotaping] Approx. 4x |
| FILTER DIAMETER |
| 49 mm |
Screen |
| SCREEN TYPE |
| 7.5 cm Type 3.0 4:3 1,228,800 dots Xtra Fine TFT LCD |
| BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT |
| Auto Manual 5 steps Bright Sun Mode |
| ADJUSTABLE ANGLE |
| Up: approx. max. 109 degrees downward: approx. max. 41 degrees |
| SELECTING PREVIEW MODE VIEWFINDER/LCD |
| Auto Electronic Viewfinder LCD |
| FOCUS AREA ZOOM |
| 5.0x, 12.5x |
Viewfinder |
| DISPLAY TYPE/NUMBER OF DOTS |
| Type 0 OLED electronic viewfinder.39, 2,359,296 dots |
| BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT |
| Auto, Manual mode 5 steps |
| FIELD OF VIEW COVERAGE |
| 100% |
| EXAMPLE |
| Approx. 0.74x with the lens at 50mm focal length and set to infinity, -1m-1 |
| SHOOTING POINT |
| Approx.19mm from eyepiece lens, 18.4mm from eyepiece frame at -1m-1 CIPA standard |
| DIOPTER CORRECTOR |
| -4.0 to +3.0 m-1 |
Camera |
| IMAGE STABILIZER |
| Electronic for video |
| FOCUS TYPE |
| Quick Hybrid AF phase detection AF/contrast detection AF |
| FOCUS MODE |
| Single-shot autofocus AF-S Continuous autofocus AF-C Direct manual focus DMF Manual focus |
| FOCUS AREA |
| Wide 399 phase AF points, 25 contrast AF points /Central/Universal Spot AF S/M/L /Expanded Spot AF Wide/Central/Universal Spot AF S/M/L /Expanded Spot AF |
| TYPE OF EXPOSURE METERING |
| 1200-zone estimation |
| EXPOSURE MODE |
| Multi-segment Center-weighted Spot |
| EXPOSURE CORRECTION |
| +/-5.0 EV in 1/3 EV steps , when using the EV compensation wheel: +/- 3.0 EV in 1/3 EV steps |
| ISO SENSITIVITY STILL IMAGE |
| ISO 100-25600 in 1/3 EV steps expandable to ISO 50/64/80/32000/40000/51200/64000/80000/102400 , AUTO ISO 100-102400, selectable high/low , Multi-shot Noise Reduction: ISO 100-102400 in 1 EV steps , AUTO ISO 100-102400, selectable high/low 1 |
| ISO SENSITIVITY VIDEO |
| Eqv. ISO 100-25600 in 1/3 EV steps , AUTO Eq. ISO 100-25600, with top/bottom selection |
| WHITE BALANCE MODES |
| Auto Daylight Shadow Cloudy Fluorescent Light: Warm White Fluorescent Light: Cool White Fluorescent Light: Daylight White Fluorescent Light: Fluorescent Daylight Flash Color Temperature Filter Custom |
| MICRO BB ADJUSTMENT |
| Yes G7-M7 57 steps , A7-B7 29 steps |
| EXHIBIT |
| Program Auto 30″-1/4000*s Aperture Priority 30″-1/4000*s Shutter Priority 30″-1/4000*s Manual Exposure B, 30″-1/4000*s iAuto 4″-1/4000*s *Airis at F5.6 and higher. At an aperture of f/2.0 maximum limiting value: 1/2000 s. |
| DIAFRAGMA |
| F2-22 |
| RAW OUTPUT |
| 14 bit |
| RAW FORMAT WITHOUT COMPRESSION |
| Yes |
| IMAGE CONTROL |
| Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness, Creative Mode, Color Space sRGB/Adobe RGB , Quality RAW RAW and JPEG Super High Standard |
| NOISE REDUCTION |
| Noise reduction for slow shutter speeds: On./Off., available at shutter speeds longer than 1 second, Noise Reduction at high ISO settings: Normal Low Off., Multi Frame Noise Reduction: Auto ISO 100-102400 |
| DYNAMIC RANGE FUNCTIONS |
| Off., Dynamic Range Optimizer Auto Level 1-5 , Auto Extended Dynamic Range: Automatic exposure difference correction, Exposure range 1.0-6.0 EV, 1.0 EV step |
| SHOOTING MODE |
| Auto Intelligent Auto/Super Auto Program Auto Aperture Priority Shutter Priority Manual Exposure MR Recall Mode 1st movie mode, 2nd movie mode, 3rd movie mode Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual Exposure Panorama Scene Selection |
| SCENE SELECT |
| Portrait Sport Landscape Sunset Night Scenery Handheld Twilight Night Portrait Motion Blur Smoothing |
| CONTINUOUS SHOOTING SPEED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS |
| Continuous shooting in speed priority mode: approx. 5 fps, Continuous Shooting: approx. 2.5 fps AF-S 2 3 |
| AUTOSPUT |
| 10 sec. 5 sec. 2 sec. 3 or 5 consecutive frames with a 10 sec delay., 5 sec. or 2 sec. Optional Frames with bracketing with 10 sec. delay., 5 sec. or 2 sec. selectable |
| SHUTTER MODES |
| Single, Continuous, Shutter-priority Continuous, Autotimer, Autotimer Continuous. , Continuous Bracketing4, Time-lapse bracketing4, White balance bracketing4, DRO optimizer bracketing4, LPF 4 |
| IMAGE EFFECT |
| [Photo Shooting] Toy Camera, Exploded Color, Posterization, Retro, Soft Vivid, Partial Color, High Contrast Monochrome, Soft Focus, HDR Drawing, Rich Monochrome, Miniature, Watercolor, Illustration, [Video Shooting] Toy Camera, Exploded Color, Posterization, Retro, Soft Vivid, Partial Color, High Contrast Monochrome. |
| ART MODE |
| Standard, Vivid, Neutral, Clear, Deep, Light, Portrait, Landscape, Sunset, Night Scene, Autumn foliage, B/W, Sepia, Stylish Frame |
| NUMBER OF RECOGNIZABLE SCENE TYPES |
| [Still image] Super mode: 44, Intelligent auto mode: 33, [Video] 33 |
| FLASH MODE |
| No Flash Auto Filling Slow Sync Rear Curtain Sync Wireless with optional compatible flash |
Recording |
| COMPATIBLE RECORDING MEDIA |
| Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo high speed , Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro5, Memory Stick Micro Mark2 5, SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card, microSD memory card5, microSDHC memory card5, memory card microSDXC5 6 |
| RECORD FORMAT |
| [Still image]: JPEG DCF ver. 2.0, Exif ver. 2.3, MPF Baseline compatible , RAW Sony ARW 2 format.3 , [Movie]: XAVC S, AVCHD compatible ver. 2.0, MP4 |
| RECORDING FORMAT SOUND VIDEO |
| XAVC S: LPCM 2 can. AVCHD: Dolby Digital AC-3 2 can., Dolby Digital Stereo Creator MP4: MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2-can. |
| COLOR SPACE PHOTO |
| sRGB, Adobe RGB |
| NUMBER OF RECORDABLE PIXELS IMAGE SIZE |
| [3:2] L: 42M 7952 × 5304 M: 18M 5168 × 3448 S: 11M 3984 × 2656 , [4:3] L: 38M 7072 × 5304 M: 16M 4592 × 3448 S: 9.4M 3536 × 2656 , [16:9] L: 36M 7952 × 4472 M: 18M 5168 × 2912 S: 8.9M 3984 × 2240 , [1:1] L: 28M 5296 × 5,296 M: 12M 3440 × 3440 S: 7.1M 2656 × 2656 , [Sweep Panorama] Standard 3872 × 2160 8192 × 1856 Wide 5536 × 2160 12416 × 1856 |
| VIDEO RECORDING MODE NTSC |
| AVCHD: 28M PS 1920 × 1080/60p 24M FX 1920 × 1080/60i 17M FH 1920 × 1080/60i 24M FX 1920 × 1080/24p 17M FH 1920 × 1080/24p , XAVC S HD: 60p 50M 1920 × 1080/60p 30p 50M 1920 × 1080/30p 24p 50M 1920 × 1080/24p 120p 50M 1280 × 720/120p , MP4: 28M 1920 × 1080/60p 16M 1920 × 1080/30p 6M 1280 × 720/30p |
| VIDEO RECORDING MODE PAL |
| AVCHD: 28M PS 1920 × 1080/50p 24M FX 1920 × 1080/50i 17M FH 1920 × 1080/50i 24M FX 1920 × 1080/25p 17M FH 1920 × 1080/25p , XAVC S HD: 50p 50M 1920×1080/50p 25p 50M 1920×1080/25p 100p 50M 1280×720/100p MP4: 28M 1920 × 1080/50p 16M 1920 × 1080/25p 6M 1280 × 720/25p |
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| Exif Print, PRINT Image Matching PIM3 |
Interface |
| INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINALS |
| Multi/Micro USB7 connector, Micro HDMI, microphone stereo 3.5mm mini jack , multi-interface connector |
| NFC |
| Compatible with NFC tag type 3, one-touch remote control, one-touch content transfer |
| WI-FI |
| Yes IEEE802.11b/g/n 2.4 GHz band |
Power |
| POWER SUPPLY |
| 3.6 V Constant Current battery included continuous. 5.0V current AC adapter included |
| BATTERY |
| NP-BX1 battery pack |
| POWER CONSUMPTION IN CAMERA MODE |
| Approx. 2.5W with LCD monitor and approx. 2.7 W with viewfinder CIPA standard |
| CHARGING VIA USB USB POWER SUPPLY |
| Yes AC adapter included |
| BATTERY LIFE CIPA, PHOTO |
| [Photo shooting]8: With LCD screen: approx. 220 fps approx. 110 min with viewfinder: approx. 200 shots ca. 100 min, [movie actual shooting 910: with LCD screen: approx. 30 min, with viewfinder: approx. 30 min in [MP4 28M] mode continuous recording maximum duration approx. 20 min with a maximum file size of 4 GB , [Movie Continuous Shooting ]9: With LCD screen: approx. 50 min, with viewfinder: approx. 50 min In [MP4 28M] mode maximum continuous recording time approx. 20 min with a maximum file size of 4 GB 11: |
Other |
| PLAYMEMORIES CAMERA APPS |
| Yes |
| SHOOTING FUNCTIONS |
| Smart teleconverter approx. 1.4x 2x Eye AF Fixed AF Face Detection Face Detection Smile Shutter Grid Lines Quick Navi Digital Level Indicator Horizontal & Vertical Deviation Exposure Bracketing White Balance Bracketing Optimizer Bracketing DRO Flash bracketing LPF bracketing AF-assist illumination Sharpening zone highlight Zebra Screen marker Photographer’s signature and copyright Minimum shutter speed at ISO auto Remote control from PC Auto-crop subject |
| PLAYBACK FUNCTION |
| BRAVIA Sync control for HDMI Single with or without shooting information display, RGB histogram and over/under warning Index Picture View 9/25 frames Enlarged Display Mode Auto Orientation Panorama Scroll Auto View 10 sec 5 sec 2 sec Off. Forward/Reverse Video Delete Protect Playback 4K photos |
| OPERATING TEMPERATURE |
| Approx. 0-40°C 32-104F° |
Size and weight |
| DIMENSIONS W X H X D |
| 113.3 × 65.4 × 69.6 mm 4 1/2″ × 2 5/8″ × 2 7/8″ |
| WEIGHT |
| 480 g 1 lb0.9 oz. /507 g(1 lb1.9 oz. with battery and Memory Stick PRO Duo memory card |
| What’s in the box? |
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[i] Among digital cameras. According to an October 2015 press release based on Sony research
[ii] Extended ISO 50-102400 available for still photography only
[iii] Available only when shooting stills
[iv] XGA OLED Tru-Finder viewfinder has a resolution of 2359296 dots
[v] Approx. 0.74x with a lens with a 50mm equivalent focal length and infinity depth of field, -1m-1
[vi] An SDXC Class 10 or higher memory card is required to record XAVC S-format video
[vii] Version 4.0
Wow, the Sony RX1R II compact camera sounds impressive with its full frame and high-resolution 42.4 megapixel sensor. The improved focus is definitely a plus, but I’m curious about the “world’s first optical low-pass filter.” How does this feature enhance image quality and what are its benefits compared to traditional filters?