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Sony RX100

Pros: Lightweight, versatile, compact. Good image quality, manual settings, bright lens.

Cons: Suffering exceeded 800 ISO, screen not visible on very bright days.

Opinion: I have used the RX100 for 7 years in every condition and for every type of photo: landscape photos, portraits, street photography, travel photos, interior photos, family event photos. I used little the video section, but it is not a suitable camera for this purpose. The lens is very bright, especially at short focal lengths (f. 1.8 / 4.9) and the 1" sensor returns an image quality much higher than traditional compacts (certainly not equal to modern aps-c or full frame sensors). The focal length from 10.4mm to 37.1mm corresponds approximately to a 28-100mm lens in fullframe (about an 18-70mm in aps-c), that is, a lens that allows you to do everything that an amateur photographer likes to do. The versatility of the camera also allows you to make reportages. Let's remember that it is the eye of the photographer to shoot, the device is only the tool (at least until artificial intelligence will not establish itself in this field too). The shorter focal lengths correspond to a wide angle ideal for landscape photos, monuments, groups of people, themselves, for some unpretentious interior photos, in short, enough and advances for photos on vacation, family and Sunday. At medium focal lengths we get good photos of details, portraits set or portraits in the foreground. The color of the ingrown is good and the distortion acceptable (however well corrected by the machine in jpeg format). At long focal lengths we have a valid telephoto lens, with optical zoom of 3.6x, which allows distance photography, nature and detail. The minimum focusing distance is 5cm so it is possible to take good close-up shots (I photographed flowers, insects etc. with good satisfaction). The sensor suffers in low light conditions, and noise becomes noticeable from ISO 1600 upwards. I haven't tried astrophotography, so I can't say for that. This camera allows you to shoot in manual mode, with aperture priority, with time priority, automatically and with pre-set parameters (landscape photos, portraits, sunsets, etc.). It gives satisfaction in any case: it reads the light values well and correctly chooses the shutter values. In manual you can set the focal aperture (from 1.8f to 11f), the shutter speed (from infinity to 1/2000), the ISO parameters (from 80 to 6400) and the white balance. In priority modes, the exposure value (-3 +3 EV) can also be changed. You can manually change the brightness, contrast, and saturation parameters of the image. You can add a dominant color from the menu. The settings allow us to choose whether to shoot in RAW, in RAW + jpeg (in case it takes the same photo in the two different formats) or in RAW only. This gives us the opportunity to intervene on the image in post-production. Sony offers a free version of the photo editing software CaptureOne that allows us to correct the shots. What is described makes it clear that the Sony RX100 is suitable for Sunday photographers who want image quality superior to compact, it is ideal for those who want to approach the world of professional photography, it is useful as a second camera for professionals who want a camera to keep in their pocket if necessary. To conclude. I loved the RX100. I preferred it to a reflex for its lightness and versatility. In addition, I wanted to start from here to approach photography in manual mode. I used it everywhere and for any purpose. Given the size and the good build quality, I brought it and I always carry it with me. Good autofocus, good "point and shoot" mode, good shooting speed, good images in Jpeg. It's a camera I'll never sell and highly recommend it to those who want to start taking pictures at an advanced level.

sent on May 17, 2023