Sony Shocks with RX1R III, Plus... What Happened to Gap Primes?

Surprise! Today, Sony dropped the announcement of the RX1R III right before the PetaPixel Podcast team was scheduled to record, so we are coming to you with an early episode this week to talk about what we think of the new premium compact camera.

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In This Episode:
00:00 - Intro07:57 - Sony surprised with an RX1R III announcement (petapixel.com/2025/07/15/sonys-rx1r-iii-premiu…)28:02 - Samyang expands the affordable Prima line with two new primes (petapixel.com/2025/07/15/samyang-adds-85mm-f-1…)33:49 - Judge says Insta360 may have infringed on GoPro patent, Insta360 will challenge (petapixel.com/2025/07/11/insta360-will-challen…)38:12 - The Fujifilm X half is very popular (petapixel.com/2025/07/14/the-heavily-criticize…)44:49 - Canon to add password protection to 10 EOS R-series cameras (petapixel.com/2025/07/10/canon-adds-password-p…), but it's not for what you think49:15 - Canon's re-mount of an ancient lens is very affordable (petapixel.com/2025/07/09/canons-rf-75-300mm-f-…)54:32 - What happened to gap primes?