Zeiss ZX1 for Landscape Photography

Is the Zeiss ZX1 good for Landscape Photography?

Zeiss ZX1 Landscape Photography Score

GOOD

Zeiss ZX1 has a score of 78 for Landscape Photography which makes it a GOOD candidate for this type of photography. Zeiss ZX1 will satisfy most of your needs, but if you are looking for a camera that is even better suited to Landscape Photography, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Zeiss ZX1 Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Exposure Mode

A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Manual exposure mode in these conditions helps a lot in order to achieve correct exposure.

Manual Focus Mode

With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.

RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Large Full frame (36 x 24 mm) sensor

Large sensor in Zeiss ZX1 ensures a good low light image quality compared to smaller sensors, and it also provides higher pixel quality compared to smaller sensors.

Very High Resolution Sensor: 37.0MP

Zeiss ZX1's 37.0MP sensor is perfect for landscape photography. It will capture a lot of fine details and let you print them larger.

35 mm - Poor Wide Angle Coverage

Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses. Unfortunately, with the widest focal length of 35mm, Zeiss ZX1 doesn't provide a real wide angle coverage.

No Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

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Zeiss ZX1 Alternatives in Large sensor compact cameras for Landscape Photography

Leica Q2 Compare ZX1 vs Q2	47 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #123 Rank in Compact Cameras: #8
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Sony RX1R II Compare ZX1 vs RX1R II	42 MP \| Full frame BSI-CMOS Sensor 35 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #39 Rank in Compact Cameras: #1
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Zeiss ZX1 Compare ZX1 vs ZX1	37 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 35 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #63 Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q Compare ZX1 vs Q Typ 116	24 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 28 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #41 Rank in Compact Cameras: #2
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait 90 Street 93 Sports Daily Landscape

Sony RX1R Compare ZX1 vs RX1R	24 MP \| Full frame CMOS Sensor 35 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #141 Rank in Compact Cameras: #9
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Leica Q2

Sony RX1R II

Zeiss ZX1

Leica Q

Sony RX1R