2012 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 Reviews

Sony RX100 is where the use of 1-inch sensor can be hailed as technological milestone, from the beginning, says the Sony Cyber-shot RX100, its seriousness. The band offset of the upper third of the camera subtly reminiscent of the Lexica rangefinder ethos without overdoing it. Note the Carl-Zees-badge and the name on the lens. The front lens element is concave rather than convex.

The ring around the lens rotates freely - without latches, unlike the S-series. But if the Sony RX100 is turned on, you hear clicking sound. As in the Tech Info section shows the lightning jumps on top of rocker mechanical support as we have seen on several new Micro Four Thirds cameras, as well as the Sony NEX-F3. There is tiny flash that is very effective at wide angles.

Since we are comparing to other cameras, it is important to note that the sensor in the Sony RX100, 1-inch design, essentially the same size as the Nikon 1-series compact system cameras. As Sony puts it, which makes the sensor approximately four times larger than the average 1/2.3-inch sensor. Many were upset that Nikon had compact system camera with smaller sensor than its CSC competition, but I think the compactness of the Sony RX100 more than compensated for any concerns about sensor size the Sony RX100 is observed when using the 1-inch sensor can be celebrated as technical milestone.

Sony finally did what they wanted so many of us: They have built camera in the pocket-sized with large sensor and bright lens. It is the Sony Cyber-shot RX100, and it will send to other camera manufacturers back to their drawing boards for next season. The Sony RX100 is  20.2-megapixel, 1-inch sensor behind bright 3.6x, f/1.8 lens, and wraps them in small body not much bigger than Canon S100.

In fact, the special magic of Sony RX100 is how close it firmly to the stronger points of the S100, premium of more successful bag of Canon cameras. For many of us that have camera in this particular category bag embodies the Sony RX100, what we do when we our cash laid down for the S100, LX5, or XZ-1 wanted: bigger sensor, fast lens and a small body.