Sony's big guns are out! The firm's new expert compact is nothing short of a technical revolution. It packs a 20-Megapixel, 1-inch sensor (that's four times the size of those usually found in compact cameras!

Unrivalled picture quality for a compact camera (sensitivity; sharpness at wide-angle settings; Good build quality and design (lens ring; settings wheel) with plenty of customisable features; Good responsiveness once it's running; Full HD; 50 fps video with stereo sound

Lens quality could be a little more consistent at telephoto settings; Start-up is a bit on the slow side; Battery life (330 photos; compared with 400 for the Panasonic LX5

Best camera i have owned. I have had the likes of Canon G10, Pentax SLR and many others. This camera is the go to for me. Amazing picture quality and everything you will ever need to capture a still or moving object. Amazing features. Great value.

Picture and Build Quality

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Compact, easy to use and takes great pics

Pros: the new stacked imager yields exceptional photos. Coupled with Sony's intelligent scene management, truly striking images are obtained without having to 'optimize' them after transfer to the laptop. The super-high-frame-rate video is spectacular but alas I have not used it much.

After researching cameras for over 6 months, Sony released the RX100 and it was a perfect fit for me. I am traveling to Argentina to do mission work for over a year and I wanted DSLR quality pictures and full HD 1080p video that could fit in my pocket. I have exactly what I want in this camera.

extremely portable; good build; tons of features

scratches easily

Outstanding low light quality. Quite remarkable actually for this tiny camera. My biggest pet peeve is where the movie button is located, right next to where your thumb goes and I'm constantly hitting it by mistake. Second issue is with the macro.

I noticed some of the small pocketable cameras could take very good photos comparable to those taken with semi decent digital SLR camera. Especially the ones taken during bright daylights turn out very impressive photos.

Great photos in a small package

Too much blue tint if white balance is not chosen correctly

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Haven't had a point and shoot for a good 5 years at least. I've had a Nikon d90 since its release and day to day pictures have been shot with our iPhones. The problem with iPhones is the small sensor, lack of zoom and not very good light sensitivity.

I was looking for a compact camera for everyday use, to complement my DSLR as the DSLR is too heavy to carry everywhere. I am so glad to have gotten this camera, it has impressed me so far. The colours on jpeg has turned out very natural, just the way I like it.