Sony RX100?

[zwarte_kat]

Anyone checked out this camera? It's all over the Japanese websites.

I didn't really understand what is so special about it, until I saw it in the store. This camera is seriously small! Smaller than the GRD, closer to the Canon S100, not sure which one is smaller.

Zoom lens is 1.8 at the wide end, which is 28mm equivalent.
The 1 inch sensor is about as big as the Nikon J1, and it has 20MP, for gallery sized prints straight out of your shirt pocket 😉

http://photo.yodobashi.com/gear/sony/camera/dsc_rx100/

 

[btgc]

Another camera which will run mills of custom grip makers 🙂 I'd like camera of current technology with 1.8" LCD to have more room on camera back, and controls moved from very right side more left - to have right side clean, with more pronounced thumbrest and some controls above thumb. No need for large LCD to frame, and for review there are...computers, I guess?

Useful range of focal lengths, btw. Still love my Rikenon 28-100/4.

 

[zwarte_kat]

Yes this camera obviously doesn't focus on ergonomics, a camera so small though, must be almost impossible to make ergonomic. It is is really a lot smaller than the picture shows, you'd have to see it in real life to understand!

 

[btgc]

It is is really a lot smaller than the picture shows, you'd have to see it in real life to understand!

Checked dimensions with a ruler. And I thought Sigma DP are small cameras!

 

[matthewm]

It's got my attention. The price is pretty steep, but I've been considering a replacement for my GRDIII. Something with a bit of zoom, but nothing out there compares. I think Sony may have something here. I'd like to see some real-world samples and not just charts and graphs and still life photos from DPReview.

Anybody that has this camera should post up photos here asap. 🙂

 

[Archiver]

Agreed! This camera packs a 1" sensor with a 28-85mm f1.8 zoom into a body only a bit bigger than the Canon S100. Pics! Pics, darn it!

 

[bugmenot]

Agreed! This camera packs a 1" sensor with a 28-85mm f1.8 zoom into a body only a bit bigger than the Canon S100. Pics! Pics, darn it!

Correction: a 28-100mm equivalent f/1.8-4.9 lens. 🙂

 

[zwarte_kat]

There is already a group for it, quite impressive IQ
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dsc-rx/pool/

If you really want a camera that small, then this one is now the best I think.

 

[nightfly]

Does anywhere in the United States have them yet or can you not get them till late July?

 

[lynnb]

more sample images: see links to David Pogue's galleries in this NYT RX100 review
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/t...ove-state-of-the-art.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all

 

[remginop]

i am so rooting for this camera. I just wish other manufacturers produce a cheaper alternative to this. Sony seems to monopolize this class of cameras (the only compact with 1 inch sensor I think). More samples at http://www.squidoo.com/sony-rx100

 

[jpfisher]

I had some very brief (15 minutes) time with the RX100 at a press event. It performs well--snappy autofocus, which was my major gripe regarding the Canon G1 X.

Going to reserve final judgement until I get a couple of weeks with a review unit, but it's a promising camera. Would be an easier sell at $550, though--$650 is a lot to drop on a compact.