Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R review – Resolution detail
While moiré patterning is the obvious downside of the lack of an anti-aliasing filter, the increased detail resolution is the main benefit. Looking at images taken with the RX1 and RX1R, there is a clear advantage to shooting with the RX1R. Images look crisp, with excellent definition and detail.
A closer inspection of raw images taken with the RX1R reveals details that are not visible with the RX1. While editing in Lightroom 5, I found that raw images taken with the RX1R need hardly any sharpening. In fact, it is easy to create an oversharpened image as just a small nudge of the sliders is all that is needed. Conversely, images from the RX1 can withstand more extreme sharpening as they are slightly softer out of the camera. However, sharpening doesn’t make details appear – it just increases the contrast of edges to give the image a little more ‘bite’.
Shot at f/4, the green lines represent the centre and corner sharpness of the Sony RX1R, while the blue lines represent the centre and edge of the RX1. It is clear that the RX1R can resolve more fine detail
When shooting at the maximum aperture of f/2, both cameras resolve a lot of detail. However, once again the RX1R has the advantage
