Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R review – Build and handling
The build of the RX1R is identical to the RX1, with both cameras having a metal body and a multi-interface hotshoe to mount either a flashgun, or Sony’s optical or electronic viewfinders. The camera handles excellently, with a simple button arrangement and equally easy-to-use on-screen menu. The exposure-compensation dial makes it quick to adjust exposures, and having an aperture ring on the lens helps to recreate the feeling of using a more traditional film camera, particularly when the optical viewfinder is also in use.
There is also a focusing ring on the lens, although this is an electronic fly-by-wire, rather than a mechanical system. Manual focusing is aided by display magnification and focus-peaking. Another nice touch that enthusiast photographers will appreciate is the traditional remote-release screw thread on the shutter button.
With the two cameras being so similar, the focus of this article will be on the difference the anti-aliasing filter makes to the amount of detail that the RX1R can resolve compared to the RX1. This will also take into account whether moiré patterning is an issue and, if so, which type of photography it is most likely to affect.
