Sony RX100 20.2 MP Premium Compact Digital Camera w/ 1-inch sensor, 28-100mm ZEISS zoom lens, 3” LCD

With the RX-100, Sony has raised the bar for compact cameras. This small camera provides most of the flexibility of a much larger, heavier, and more expensive digital SLR (dSLR) or digital Semi-Transparent Lens (dSLT) camera, or even of a somewhat larger, heavier, and more expensive Mirror-less Interchangeable Lens Camera (MILC) such as Sony's NEX line of cameras. The RX-100 allows the photographer to control the shutter speed, aperture, ISO, auto-focus area, etc., and creates RAW format images, in addition to the less useful JPEG images. Also, the RX-100 menu system is reasonably intuitive, and easier to manage than the menu system of Sony's NEX line of cameras, about which you can read numerous complaints. The RX-100's 1" sensor is roughly 3 times larger than the 1/2.3" sensor of the typical compact camera, and consequently provides much better image quality than any other compact camera, with the obvious exception of the Sony RX1 compact camera that has a full-frame sensor, and that is roughly 4 times more expensive. The RX-100 boasts a high-quality Zeiss 28-100mm lens, which at 28mm has a maximum aperture of f/1.8 that is very impressive for a compact camera. The RX-100 is a valuable addition to a serious photographer's toolkit, and is as well a viable entry point for the amateur photographer to learn and practice the basic principles of serious photography. However, you get what you pay for, and although the RX-100 sensor is superior to the sensor of any compact camera of similar size and somewhat similar price, its sensor is no match for the sensor of a full-frame compact camera, a full-frame digital SLR, a half-frame digital SLR, or a half-frame MILC camera. For example, the dxomark website provides the following ratings of the sensors for various Sony (and other) cameras, based on measurements of the Color Depth, Dynamic Range, and Low-Light ISO characteristics of those sensors: RX1 full-frame compact (93), A99 full-frame dSLT (89), A77 half-frame dSLT (78), A57 half-frame dSLT (75), NEX-7 MILC (81), and RX-100 compact (66). Viewed from the perspective of these DxO ratings, the RX-100 sensor is in a class with Sony's first dSLR camera, the A100 that DxO gives a rating of 61. So, on one hand, the RX-100 provides equivalent image quality to the A100 dSLR, but on the other hand, the RX-100 image quality falls far short of the quality of the A99 dSLT or RX1 compact. But even considering the superior image quality of a dSLT camera such as the A99, this large, heavy camera is of no use to you unless you are able to take it with you. And taking a large, heavy camera everywhere you go is impractical. So, finally, this issue shows the strength of the RX-100. It is small, light, and unobtrusive, so you can take it with you frequently, and you will have it available to take high-quality photographs, even if those photographs are not of the highest possible quality that you might obtain with a larger, heavier, and more expensive camera. If you insist on the highest-possible image quality in a compact camera, and you are willing to pay for that quality, consider the RX1 instead of the RX100. The dimensions of the RX1, in terms of height, width and depth, are 113mm by 65mm by 70mm, whereas for the RX-100 those dimensions are 102mm by 59mm by 36mm. The weight of the RX1 is 482 grams, whereas the weight of the RX-100 is 240 grams. So, the RX1 has twice the depth and weight of the RX-100, a fact that makes the RX-100 a less obtrusive compact camera. The RX1 has a 35mm f/2 lens, whereas the RX-100 has a 28-100mm f/1.8 zoom lens, but the aperture of the RX-100 lens is f/1.8 only at 28mm, and decreases steadily to f/4.9 as the focal length increases from 28mm to 90mm: f/1.8 at 28mm, f/2.8 at 35mm, f/3.2 at 50mm, f/4 at 70mm, and f/4.9 at 90mm. The RX1 costs $2,800, whereas the RX-100 costs $650. Sony provides a downloadable, 68-page English/Spanish "Digital Still Camera / Instruction Manual" in PDF format for the RX-100 that doesn't give enough detail to be fully useful However, if you perform a Google search, you will find a 227-page or a 261-page much more comprehensive "Cyber-shot User Guide / Sony RX-100 User Guide" in PDF format, that is similarly downloadable from a Sony web page, although Sony doesn't provide any apparent clue that this more comprehensive manual exists. And, if you need even better instructions on the use of the RX-100, you can perform a Google search for Friedman Archives and buy the 425-page "The Complete Guide to Sony's CyberShot RX-100", which, at a price of $21.45 in PDF format, would still be cheap at twice the price. One caveat that you can find on page 203 of the 227-page version of the comprehensive "Cyber-shot User Guide / Sony RX-100 User Guide", or on page 235 of the 261-page version of that guide, is the fact that connecting the RX-100 to a computer via the USB cable can be idiosyncratic. In particular, you may need to connect the USB cable directly to the computer, instead of to a USB hub. Also, you may need to disconnect from the computer any USB devices other than the RX-100, the computer keyboard and the computer mouse. Additionally, you may need to configure the RX-100 "USB Connection" to "Mass Storage" using the RX-100 menu system. This idiosyncratic behavior is the first such behavior that I have noticed in any Nikon, Minolta or Sony digital camera that I have owned, and I have owned more than a few. In conclusion, the RX-100 sets a new benchmark for compact cameras, and is well worth its price.

UPDATE: A month or so later, unfortunately I haven't gotten to use this camera as much as I would have liked, it's winter in MN and I don't know about taking it from a hot car to a cold outdoor environment, they warn in the instructions against certain weather conditions causing condensation inside the camera. I have used it though and played with it on and off and have been learning it. USE SCN SETTING BY SPINNING ROUND DIAL ON LENS IT'S AMAZING FOR STUFF MUCH BETTER THAN AUTO ESPECAILLY MACRO SETTING. So now that I've learned a bit more about it and how to kind of fine tune it a litte, still don't know ISO and the fancy settings but I am blown away at the detail this camera can get and the beauty it captures so I bumped it up to five stars. I am questionable though that I can have a pic that is clear as hell till I blow it up as a screen saver and then it's all crappy looking. Kind of thought this camera could pull it off. Other than that and how many fifteen inch pictures does one make. Like I said it's a very impressive camera once you get the jist of it. OLD REVIEW: I really want to love this camera and I guess I do to some degrees. I have a lot of, if this and that were there or betters. I will start with I've only had it for a few days and I own two and have owned many other point and shoots as well as one that cost more than this by sony and was nicer about fifteen years ago. Back then they called their low light sensor zero lux capable and that cameras capabilities to catch moving images without blur was better, not sure what they've done for almost fifteen years. But I'm not here to rip this one down, ok maybe a little. Lets move to it's a great little camera if I ever finish the instruction and if it did what I push the button to do all the time instead of sometimes working with my push and sometimes not giving me the option, talking about the tracking, supposed to push center ring and it goe's from motion tracking to not, but it picks when it will allow you to do this, even though I've changed no setting and am still in auto mode, which so far is the only mode I've figured out, like I said and that's after reading half the instruction book. Oh and the zoom really blows bad, I thought I would be able to really zoom in on a distance not a chance, once the pictures taken if it's a good one, you can really zoom in on it but still haven't figured out how to crop it once I've gotten the zoomed pic I want it just sends me back to full pic. This is a very small camera and it's hard to hold it the way the rubber grip wants you to (buy a tripod like amazon basic for 21.00 it will make a world of difference and has quick release plate which gives it something to hold onto while taking non tripod pics), I was surprised when I went to take a pic for the first time in my kitchen to test it and the left top side popped up with the flash and almost made me drop it, once flash is open there is like no place for your left hand to hold it and if you hold it the way I found your blocking off the lower bottom of the flash's capabilities. I immediately put on the wrist strap, which a thumb tac to pull it through will be necesary. It comes with a left and right loop to feed through so as to put on a neck strap, but comes with no neck strap, WTFuzz. The auto focus can be a fight, like it locks onto something you don't want and wont let it go, no matter how much you move the camera to reset it and that's really annoying because what you want clear isn't and what you don't care about is. The clear zoom is amazing and will take a fifty to a hundred foot shot and zoom in and take a truly clear zoom shot, just wish it worked over a longer distance. Night shot in almost complete dark is pretty cool, it will cast a red light on your pic and then with just one strand of christmas lights on one wall for room lighting, it gives an image pic taken of good quality, I'll call it a night vision pic, very impressive and even somehow sometimes comes out like a normal pic in normal light, none of my other cameras can do even close to this, I'm excited to see if this means it will take low light videos for my you tube channel, where my other cheap cameras just give me black screen. Like I said though my old fifteen year old sony did this as well, so this is not a new feature just one they have on what I call higher end camers, call it CMOS or Zero Lux Capable or whatever the tech term is but it's a nice feature. Moving on doesn't have 1080 p video shooting, if you want this spend a hundred more and get the rx100 ii model, I don't do my you tube videos in hd anyway they take way to long to load even a twelve minute clip and I don't know who else has this problem but you tube videos I watch just freeze up and stutter if their in HD on my comp that cost less than this camera. I just want to add the iso circle around the lens is very tight to move and granted I am still only half way through my instructions and in auto it seems to do nothing anyway, but a little looser would be nicer. Without flash on, you can take picture after picture quite quickly, but if you use the flash expect to do the waiting game and I mean wait for next picture to be able to be taken, but this is standard for all cameras I've ever used. Except an old SLR film camera with an expensive flash unit set up. I also recommend the square trade warranty with this camera it's like fifty bucks or so for four years and it's a good warranty, I've heard sony has a lousy warranty and fights you tooth and nail to get stuff done, and that's from reviews I've read on amazon not my own experience as I've not dealt with sony warranty and they may be great so please don't sue me sony, just relaying reviews of the past that I've read. In last notes it's a sleek bad ass camera, I love it, just dont know if I'm in love with it and am hoping to get many great years of use with it. It's not a dissapointing camera by any means, just zoom and holdability keep me from a five star rating, in the you tube vids it seemed to have a super zoom and this is because when you have zoom at zero so to say the picture is tiny but to the human eye we see it at like fifty percent of camera zoom, so once the camera zooms in fifty percent now were both even and then the camera can go another fifty percent clearly and that's a decent zoom for not far away items but if you want the airplane close up with this I don't think it's happening unless you take it out of clear zoom mode, no moon shots or space photo's with this one anyway. I'll enclose a few pics just to give an example of what out of the box playing with it looks like and the photo of the city is a cool one, the city is 25 miles away but appears close right down my block for some reason. This is a good camera and I don't feel ripped off buying it, I tell everyone SLR quality pics in a point and shoot camera. The pic of the night time flag is with no lights on in my place and just the lights you see outside. The full flag has screen door so not great pic. The hanging flag is with screen door open and just glass door closed. I'll enclose a peanut tripod pic just to include on tripod pic.

This is the first time (and last time) I relied solely upon reviews in Amazon to make a decision to buy a camera. I was in a hurry with a vacation coming up and saw all of the rave reviews, making claims such as how the camera took better photos than their Nikon D7000. I decided to buy it. My first comment is that I took it on a trip and kept it in my jeans pocket just like I have always done with pocket cameras. In the past pocket cameras have spent countless hours in my jeans pocket with no adverse consequence. Within 4 days with the RX100 I looked at the viewing screen on the camera and there was a scratch across the screen. My next complaint is the video. I have for comparison a much less expensive Nikon pocket camera that I bought about 3 years ago. From experience taking videos I know that you have to pan slowly if you want the audience to comfortably view a video. I found that with the RX100 if you panned, even at a slow pace, horizontal streaks would appear in the recorded video upon playback, which greatly detracted from the video. I also noticed that the camera was slow processing shots and would take much longer than my older Nikon pocket camera, causing me to miss shots. As far as the size of the camera, I think Sony overdid it making it too small. It felt uncomfortably small in my hands, and I just didn't like the feel of the camera. The camera has a feature which somehow transforms a shot that you intended to be in landscape mode into a portrait shot of one person in the photo. It would then produce for the final photo not the shot that you intended but instead a portrait shot of the one person. I even put it on Landscape mode to force the camera to take landscape photos and it still extracted portrait shots of the person in the photo, leaving out the rest of the shot. Another thing was that it was promoted how the screen had some special qualities which made it easy to view what you are photographing when out in sunlight. That proved not to be the case. I found it nearly impossible to see anything on the screen when I was outside in bright sunlight. Lastly, regarding the quality of the photos, it does not even approach the quality of a Nikon D7000, which I happen to own. From what I could see it was no better than the aforementioned Nikon pocket camera that cost half as much years ago. I tried to return the camera and first, since it was fulfilled through Amazon but used a third party seller, I was informed that there was a 15% restocking fee and that is payable even if the camera and all paperwork and packing materials are in perfect condition. Since my screen had a scratch I was told that there would be a 30% restocking fee. Then another person in customer service told me that it was damaged, all the way through to the LCD, and that they couldn't take it back. I looked this up and found that the seller was exaggerating the situation in that the actual LCD screen is protected by a plastic cover that can be replaced if you buy a new back for the camera. Also, some brief searching online revealed that the plastic cover for the screen for the RX100 is extremely easy to scratch, and that you should buy a protective film at the same time you buy the camera. At any rate, I ended up giving the camera to my daughter because I couldn't return it. It would be an understatement to say that I was very disappointed with this camera. To sum up, I received poor value for my money. Sony should cease production of this camera because it will hurt their reputation.

The Sony DSC-RX100/B 20.2 MP Exmor CMOS Sensor Digital Camera with 3.6x Zoom is an excellent pocket sized power house. It will produce excellent photos, photos that rival my NIkon DSLR on many occasions. I've done some side by side comparisons and I'm amazed at what this little camera can do. I must say that I'm not a huge fan of Sony as a whole, and have never been a fan of Sony camera gear, however Sony is really the only company that is continually pushing the camera technology envelope especially with their mirror-less DSLR's. My gripe with Sony camera's has always been software related, and aftermarket product support where Sony just doesn't measure up to Nikon and Cannon. Outside of these issues the RX100 is really in a league of its own in the point and shoot market place. For the most part all the reviews you read about this camera are true. Once you take some time to get to know this camera you will be taking it everywhere, which is the reason everyone buys it. I got tired lugging my DSLR around, and was ready for something that I could throw in my pocket and still produce great photos. I still lug out the DSLR when I have a planned shoot which requires greater lens abilities. That being said the RX100 won't replace your DSLR, but it will have you taking more picture everywhere you go because it's so easy to carry and shoot with. The reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is this, the auto focus can and will be inconsistent, playing around with your settings and getting familiar with the camera will eliminate most of this issue. The HDMI port is in a ridiculous location all but making it almost totally useless. The fact that this camera cannot be fired remotely is also a gripe, at its price point it should have remote shutter ability. The rotation dial is laggy, not totally unusable but not great, a firmware update I'm sure could fix this but Sony has a history of not releasing software updates for any of their products. In conclusion any minor flaws the camera does have are greatly out weighed by the images this little camera produces. If you can get the camera for less the $400 as I did thru the Amazon Warehouse (mine was new open box missing the charger & cable) I would say it's definitely a buy.

The review in the Wall Street Journal the other day was very good in terms of explaining the pros and cons of this camera. There have been a number of issues with the menu and how many menu items there are. Having had numerous digital cameras, I can tell you that one MUST READ the Manual. The manual that came in the box called the guide (I guess) is not terribly impressive. The 200 page manuals I got with several Pentaxs over the years were very good and required me to study them for a month. I'd like a nice 200 page manual with the RX100. With practice you can make some great photographs with cameras like this one. It takes practice. Its ability to handle low light photos is amazing. I turned off the lights in my living room. There was enough illumination from the porch lights to give me a few amazing photos of lamps and chairs in the living room. My fancy Canon can do that if and only if I play games with the settings using a tripod. On a long walk today I managed to get some awesome photos with the RX100. It does everything I want. My next step is to study up on how to use tmanual and program modes. My three issues: 1) I have had a devil of a time to get the panorama setting to work. Out of 13 tries I got it to work once. It keeps coming up with an error or something that says (a) moving too slow, (b) not so fast, and (c) keep it level. One Youtube movie showed a guy flashing the thing over a backyard with no particular concern for level and it worked great. Go figure. I shall keep trying. Of course, I can do panoramas using multiple shots and merging in Photoshop. 2) the other is the manual. 3) What does T* mean? One owner suggested keeping your camera in a plastic bag. I keep mine in a 1 qt zip lock freezer bag. While I have the money, the RX100 meets all of my needs for fair weather photography. I love my large Canon, but it is a pain to wear around my neck. This is a darned fun pocket camera to shoot. Lastly, taking good pictures is all about EYE. A camera with a hundred features cannot make up for rotten photographic talent. I see lots of lousy iPhone photos, which will only improve when Apple makes a phone that floats in the air and uses an algorithm to take exceptional pictures. If you want a camera as a status symbol then go buy a $10,000 Hasselblad. Even it will take rotten pictures if in the wrong hands. I finally located the manual for the RX100. It is under documents. Sony. Com and then go from there.

I really like this camera. Although it doesn't have all the advantages or bells and whistles of my DSLR, it fits in my pocket. Rather than miss shots (going for a late night street stroll, meeting friends or dining out) I have this with me. In fact, after getting used to it, I took only this camera on a weeklong trip to Mexico and it worked great. The RX100 has a ton of manual controls but also has a good "point and shoot" mentality for when you want to turn your brain off. I don't publish dozens of photos to Facebook so I post-process every photo I print. For me, that means shooting in RAW which the RX100 does. The bigger sensor means I can get a clear and detailed photo when I blow up to 16x20 (the largest I have printed so far with this camera.) There are plenty of reviews of this camera both here and on the net so for my 2 cents: 1) This isn't a camera for everyone, you are paying for RAW, a fairly fast lens and bigger sensor 2) The RX seems to go through the battery fairly quickly, so buy a couple of spares 3) As others have mentioned, the start video button is inconveniently located and easy to turn on accidently 4) The camera has lots of features, I found a secondary handbook on how to use it, was helpful If you want a cheap point and shoot, you'd probably do better looking elsewhere. If you really enjoy photography but want some convenience, seriously consider this camera. Okay, I used this camera for 10 months and took over 2,000 photographs with it. No problem...... loved it. Suddenly it began to insert a multicolor line (up to 3) through the center of the photograph. In the last 200 or so I've shot, it has happened about 15 times. I sent the camera back to Sony with a card it in with the defective photos. They said the camera passed their tests and the problem is the software I use to view the pics. (Really, I use 2 nationally known photo editors and it didn't this for any of the other 2,000 pics I took with it.) They did not look at the pics I sent in.... just the ones they took. Great camera for 10 months, but little to no support from Sony. The camera gets 5 stars, Sony support gets 1 star.... average equals 3 stars. If you buy it, know there isn't much support.

I will compare Sony RX100 to Canon G1X as I own both of them. They are in the same price range and many people looking for a new non SLR camera will consider both of them. - responsiveness and handling: Sony is much faster, shot to shot and focus speed. Almost as good as entry level SLR. Canon is slow, very slow, I can not use it after spending a few weeks with RX100. - PQ: both make good pictures comparable to entry level SLRs with mid range lenses. Low light performance is also good, I feel that Sony is a bit better - Macro: RX100 can make very nice macro shots, G1X can not. I was really missing this future and now is very happy to get it back with RX100 - Lens: Also subjective, I feel that RX100 lens is sharper and of cause it is much brighter (1.8 vs 2.8). Add macro capability and RX100 is a clear winner in this category - Sensor: Canon is larger, but brighter lens compensates. Also, I believe Sony sensor has better dynamic range, but it is just based on my observations. - Size: I do not have a problem with G1X size, but it is not pocketable, RX100 is. But if you have a very large hands it may be too small for you. - Auto mod: Sony is better, colors and sharpness are very good in JPEG, did not feel a need for RAW My conclusion: G1X will be listed on eBay shortly. I may keep my 7D SLR for now, but it is not gonna get a lot of use from now on. It is sad that Canon stop innovating in small camera segment, they will be beat by other manufacturers who understand that regular non pro consumers will not buy big and heavy SLRs when small camera has almost the same capabilities for the same or less money and has the same PQ. After making more than 300 shots with RX100 during last vacation, 99% of which are perfectly exposed, sharp and overall very nice, I truly believe that $650 price is justified. Many people who are looking for entry level SLR now will be better off purchasing RX100 as their big SLR camera will be staying home most of the time. Mine 7D does! Good luck with your camera shopping!

First of all I’d like to compliment the seller for having helped me get my package. I was so happy to see how quick delivery was going to be but suddenly USPS issued out a delay on many packages due to weather conditions. The seller made sure to alert me on any updates, and contacted USPS for me. Worst part: I had planned to use the camera for a vacation trip and I was scared I wouldn’t be get it before I left. The seller alerted Amazon about my situation and I got my package just before my flight! Now the camera itself did not disappoint. I got it used yet it looked brand new, there were only a little bit of scratches on the side. No damage to the screen or lens itself. It was a little heavy but it just makes me consider how good the quality it is. I recommend buying a battery charger for the camera though it comes with a charging cord that can be plugged into the camera. The camera quality was suprisingly good considering how old the camera is. Although, it can be difficult to use if you’re not familiar with how a camera works(shutter, ISO, shutter speed). Since you could have to manually adjust the settings depending on the camera mode you’re in. I found no difficulty but I’d watch a video on how these settings work to make sure you’re getting the best quality results possible. The video recording was beautiful 4k footage and very greatful for audio recording as well. The battery life was okay, I think it lasted me anywhere from 3-4 hours using it constantly. I would recommend buying an extra battery incase you’re not at home to charge it. I will 100% be purchasing something from this company again. I was very satisfied with their service!

La cámara llegó en perfecto estado. En cuantoa la cámaraestoy muy satisfecho. Tiene pracyicamente todos los controles de una reflex en modo manual. En semiautomatico hace una exposición muy buena, para cuando uno necesita fotos rápidas o no quiere uno estar moviendo los controles. El flash es muy bueno y esta excelente que se pueda doblar para luz de rebote. La calidad de las fotos es excelente, el desenfoque que se logra gracias a su apertura 1.8 me fascinó para ina camara de este tipo. La uso con mi Samsung galaxy para transferirle las fotos via cable mini usb en el cel. y compartirlas en tiempo real (con o sin edicion). La verdad es que salen tan bien, que solo en ocasiones las mejoro, casi nunca para corregir exposición. Muy satisfecho por su tamaño portable. En definitiva una cámara muy potente y prácticapara llevar y hacer fotos y conpartirlas vía cel. Inmediatamente o para hacer trabajos mas serios de edición en la computadora.

A pesar de que los celulares tienen ya muy buena tecnología, esta belleza sigue sacando unas fotos de noche espectaculares.

Seems to be legit - best price I could find in Canada. I was debating going between this and the RX-100II but this model is a) cheaper b) less clunky (as the RX-100II has attachments and I don't plan on bringing anything else with me) c) Weighs less. You should note that the RX-100II DOES has a better sensor for low light conditions but this really is an amazing camera for it's size. The manual focus is pretty damn good and coming from a guy that loves his DSLR... This is now my new travel camera. If you're looking for a camera case that isn't 99.99 or wondering what will fit well the Case Logic DCB-302Black Compact Camera Case is a nice snug fit (plus you can store an SD card, wire and USB stick in there too).

En su oferta comercial, la fotografía corresponde a una cámara Sony con 4K, y la cámara que entregan no es de estas especificación. La versión recibida es un producto de calidad, pero sí deben tener cuidado en lo que están comprando.

takes great pics