I bought this camera a year or two after it came out. I think I paid $700 for it. One of my favorite, all-time camera. Doubt I will ever sell it. I've gotten some of my best photos with it. The lens is stellar! The change to an APS-C size sensor was class-leading. I often shoot RAW and the detail and dynamic range are more than adequate. Not great in low-light, so best to use in good light.
I talked with a Carl Zeiss employer at the photokina fair in cologne. He told me all lenses but not the smartphone lenses are engeniered by zeiss and they have people in the foreign factories. (wrong englisch 😅)
There's someone near me selling one for about $150 and you made me kinda want it. I want it to be cheaper though. You got some really nice shots with it.
@snappinessvlogs I ended up getting it for $140, and it actually came with more accessories than I thought it would. It had a memory card, and the card reader with it. It's in like brand new condition too.
I hear a lot of RUclipsrs saying sensor sizes the way you did: "two over three inch" and I can't figure out why nobody seems to understand fractions anymore. It's "two-thirds of an inch." Think of it like a recipe: you'd say "half a cup" not "one over two cup."
@@snappinessvlogs Maybe you can enlighten me, a metric guy: the whole imperial system is quite clear to me (not that I don't have trouble using it with callipers and such, but that's a different story) but 2/3", 1/3" and 1/4", all rather standard sizes in sensorland are clear to me: two-thirds of an inch, one-third of an inch and a quarter inch: no problems there. But how on earth do you pronounce 1/2.3" ? I'm always glad I can use a digital calliper at work (aviation) when I need to check parts, as an analog one boggles my mind compared to metric sizes...
I just got this, last weekend, at a flea market. 8 bucks. It's a bit roughed up but I've been refurbishing it and it's coming along great. I've used a bit of thick leather for the grip, the original one was desintegrating. It looks amazing with the leather.
@@snappinessvlogs I used a fairly thick leather ( close to 2 mm ), a piece of paper and a crayon to trace the edge on the outline of the indent and made adjustments until I got the perfect stencil. Glued it in using some contact cement for plastics. It should also be pretty resilient.
I have this camera and I love it. I paid 77 euros for the camera and 2 batteries, but without a charger. The only downside is the not-so-great low-light performance (not bad, but not good).
@@snappinessvlogs Here in Southern NJ we are behind in the number of courses to player ratios, but slowly catching up. I have been playing for about ten years, and my girls play too, they are now 12 and 15. My oldest started around 7. It is a lot of fun...and you can get out early and photograph nature in the process.
Back in time it was both awesome and out of reach, I did see once in 2003 and it was used by a professional press photographer so much it was a reliable camera. P.S: sorry for being pushy, we need more Mamyia ZD videos :)
And to be honest, I still like it sooo much and I was so disappointed to see Sony ended up with the same design every other manufacturer went along with when I was about to buy something new as the focus started malfunctioning. It didn't get dirty as you'd inevitably get on every other camera these days as you press your nose against the screen, it has a HUGE eyepiece that you can really use to dig the camera into your face for added stability and if only the screen would have articulated more over the viewfinder this probably would have been a formfactor that could have lived on in other models as it made room for buttons where other cameras have the screen. And oh... the grip... ever since I bought a new one, not one camera has lived up to my expectations of being able to GRAB the thing. I've got long, slim fingers and almost every camera out there (even expensive high-enders like Canon EOS D5 my sister got) lacks the space I need to be able to grab and hold onto the thing, with my Canon EOS600D or so I bought as a replacement being the worst thing ever. Besides the fact I switched from an EVF-camera (The R1) to an optical viewfinder camera (which I just could not get used to after 13 years with my R1) and the fact I lost seperate controls for aperture and shutterspeed, where I had to press an extra button on my Canon meant I got rid of it after a year and 4000 pictures or so. It just was not my camera. Got a GH5 now, mainly because of the better grip, but the R1 still wins when it comes to the grip. When it comes to buttons in odd places, the GH5 really is a shit-thing... it has too many buttons and some are just in inexplainable locations: who on earth thinks it's a good idea to put the 'disp' (display) button at the spot where your thumb rests when you hold the camera like you should? I've pressed it so many times by accident... Oh yeah, the sales-guy at the store completely wrapped me with his pitch when I bought it in 2006, as I had set my mind on another brand though similar model. But hey, I was 18, felt like I was bursting with cash from my vacation-job and thus happily spent the 1100 Euro (probably the same in Dollars) on it. But in hindsight I was glad I bought it and it has lasted for so long (well, it still works, but focus is a bit of a gamble... something is broken inside which means it usually focuses okay, but it can produce a very blurry image once every so often)
Excellent video and great camera! Love how these older cameras are getting the spot light again! So many hidden gems! Thanks for sharing Snaps!
What a strange creature. Love the design decisions around the flippy screen. 👀 From the waist!
It's quirky, but cool and surprisingly effective...
I bought this camera a year or two after it came out. I think I paid $700 for it. One of my favorite, all-time camera. Doubt I will ever sell it. I've gotten some of my best photos with it. The lens is stellar! The change to an APS-C size sensor was class-leading. I often shoot RAW and the detail and dynamic range are more than adequate. Not great in low-light, so best to use in good light.
I have held onto mine, my 828 also. Something about the images these cameras produce.
sony dsc r1 the legend
The side focus button is like back button focus it locks the focus
Funny how the bunny photos turned out to be in focus, knowing that contrast tracking AF is usually a bit slow.
I talked with a Carl Zeiss employer at the photokina fair in cologne. He told me all lenses but not the smartphone lenses are engeniered by zeiss and they have people in the foreign factories. (wrong englisch 😅)
I’m old fashioned I know but I love a camera with lots of buttons, pics looked lovely
Ooo, I'm with you. The more physical buttons the better xD
There's someone near me selling one for about $150 and you made me kinda want it. I want it to be cheaper though. You got some really nice shots with it.
See if you can talk them down! That's a fair price in the current market, but I'm with you that I'd want it a little lower :)
@snappinessvlogs I ended up getting it for $140, and it actually came with more accessories than I thought it would. It had a memory card, and the card reader with it. It's in like brand new condition too.
I hear a lot of RUclipsrs saying sensor sizes the way you did: "two over three inch" and I can't figure out why nobody seems to understand fractions anymore. It's "two-thirds of an inch." Think of it like a recipe: you'd say "half a cup" not "one over two cup."
Must be a regional thing. Both are correct, just different ways of saying it.
@@snappinessvlogs Maybe you can enlighten me, a metric guy: the whole imperial system is quite clear to me (not that I don't have trouble using it with callipers and such, but that's a different story) but 2/3", 1/3" and 1/4", all rather standard sizes in sensorland are clear to me: two-thirds of an inch, one-third of an inch and a quarter inch: no problems there. But how on earth do you pronounce 1/2.3" ? I'm always glad I can use a digital calliper at work (aviation) when I need to check parts, as an analog one boggles my mind compared to metric sizes...
I just got this, last weekend, at a flea market. 8 bucks. It's a bit roughed up but I've been refurbishing it and it's coming along great.
I've used a bit of thick leather for the grip, the original one was desintegrating. It looks amazing with the leather.
That's smart. Just a piece of finished leather that you cut to shape and adhered?
@@snappinessvlogs I used a fairly thick leather ( close to 2 mm ), a piece of paper and a crayon to trace the edge on the outline of the indent and made adjustments until I got the perfect stencil. Glued it in using some contact cement for plastics. It should also be pretty resilient.
I have this camera and I love it. I paid 77 euros for the camera and 2 batteries, but without a charger. The only downside is the not-so-great low-light performance (not bad, but not good).
I haven't pushed the limits, but it does start to break down pretty quick when I bump up the ISO, so that makes sense.
How did you upload your photos ?? i am trying so bad and I don't find anyway to upload
Disc golf is actually pretty big in parts of Texas…getting into disc golf is like cameras, once you start you won’t stop.
I was just oblivious then - it looks way fun. And cool that so many free parks have courses. Sounds right up my alley 😁
@@snappinessvlogs Here in Southern NJ we are behind in the number of courses to player ratios, but slowly catching up. I have been playing for about ten years, and my girls play too, they are now 12 and 15. My oldest started around 7. It is a lot of fun...and you can get out early and photograph nature in the process.
@@snappinessvlogs oh and thanks for the shout-out
I can tell that this was shot on a GoPro because of the fisheye, but i was wondering which model?
This was the Insta360 Go2. It's not super great quality, but it's small size and ease of use makes filming very frictionless.
Back in time it was both awesome and out of reach, I did see once in 2003 and it was used by a professional press photographer so much it was a reliable camera.
P.S: sorry for being pushy, we need more Mamyia ZD videos :)
Yes yes of course :D What a great camera.
@@snappinessvlogs and btw you should think about a place for everyday growing community to make you even busier
The T * marking on the lens is about the great lens costing.
😎👍 nobad camera . Later year ussimilar models Sony H1H2 H5
What an odd form factor that has. I don't remember that one at all from the time. It was nice when they took risks and tried things out wasn't it.
I love these old quirky body designs
And to be honest, I still like it sooo much and I was so disappointed to see Sony ended up with the same design every other manufacturer went along with when I was about to buy something new as the focus started malfunctioning.
It didn't get dirty as you'd inevitably get on every other camera these days as you press your nose against the screen, it has a HUGE eyepiece that you can really use to dig the camera into your face for added stability and if only the screen would have articulated more over the viewfinder this probably would have been a formfactor that could have lived on in other models as it made room for buttons where other cameras have the screen.
And oh... the grip... ever since I bought a new one, not one camera has lived up to my expectations of being able to GRAB the thing. I've got long, slim fingers and almost every camera out there (even expensive high-enders like Canon EOS D5 my sister got) lacks the space I need to be able to grab and hold onto the thing, with my Canon EOS600D or so I bought as a replacement being the worst thing ever. Besides the fact I switched from an EVF-camera (The R1) to an optical viewfinder camera (which I just could not get used to after 13 years with my R1) and the fact I lost seperate controls for aperture and shutterspeed, where I had to press an extra button on my Canon meant I got rid of it after a year and 4000 pictures or so. It just was not my camera.
Got a GH5 now, mainly because of the better grip, but the R1 still wins when it comes to the grip. When it comes to buttons in odd places, the GH5 really is a shit-thing... it has too many buttons and some are just in inexplainable locations: who on earth thinks it's a good idea to put the 'disp' (display) button at the spot where your thumb rests when you hold the camera like you should? I've pressed it so many times by accident...
Oh yeah, the sales-guy at the store completely wrapped me with his pitch when I bought it in 2006, as I had set my mind on another brand though similar model. But hey, I was 18, felt like I was bursting with cash from my vacation-job and thus happily spent the 1100 Euro (probably the same in Dollars) on it. But in hindsight I was glad I bought it and it has lasted for so long (well, it still works, but focus is a bit of a gamble... something is broken inside which means it usually focuses okay, but it can produce a very blurry image once every so often)
You should try with a flash. Then let's know what this camera can do that many today $3,000.00 cameras can't do?