With Rabbit R1’s release less than 10 days away, there are accusations that it’s not ready for prime time. Well, that’s antiquated thinking.
People fail to understand that Rabbit R1 changes the device model forever. Unlike your phone, Rabbit R1 will not have a new OS every year. It can have the equivalent of a new OS every day. Since much of what Rabbit does will happen through a virtual machine in the Cloud, the tweaks will not be in software update releases, but can be constant.
For the most part, you can run a Leica Q2 Monochrom on autopilot with the camera deciding the best setting for shutter, aperture, ISO and focus. Such sacrilege, I know: turning an expensive, full-frame camera into a point-and-shoot. But hey, it’s my camera.
I was one of the fortunate 300 who got a ticket to the Rabbit R1 Pickup Party in NYC later this month. I could have waited a day or two to have my Rabbit delivered without having to pay for airfare, hotel, etc., but the release of the Rabbit R1 (or its offspring) may well be a piece of AI history.
Henri Cartier-Bresson…blah, blah. First 35mm…blah, blah. Remember this: Legends are what used to be.
I’ve never bought a Leica before, so I just want to judge my new Leica Q2 Monochrom for what it is today. When you shoot with it, you quickly get why someone who spends an outrageous sum on a Leica will do it again. While people see Leica for the legend, I see it as 100 years of getting better and better at building cameras.
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