Sony Cybershot DSC-RX100 V

Sony RX100 V review

If you already own the RX100 IV, there’s no real need to buy the RX100 V – it’s just too similar. However, it’s also an improvement, if a slight one, over that already superb compact camera, which makes it one of the best point-and-shoots on the market, boasting a flexibility that few pocket cameras can muster. You do pay a hefty sum for that versatility and all-round performance, which is the only real criticism I can find about the RX100 V. If you’re willing to drop a grand on a point-and-shoot camera, though, this is the one to do it on. Buy the Sony RX100 X here from Amazon

Sony RX100 V review

Sony's Cyber-shot RX100 Mark V is arguably the most powerful premium compact camera to date, packing unparalleled speed and high-end features into a pocketable body. It's the first fixed-lens camera in its class to sport embedded phase-detect AF points in the 1inch sensor, allowing smooth and...

In my full review of the RX100 mark IV , I stated in the title that it was the most powerful compact camera ever created. Well, with the RX100 V, Sony managed to do even better. Perhaps the improvements are not as significant as they were when they upgraded the mark III to the IV but some of them...

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V

Sony continues to update its premium RX100 pocket camera series on a yearly basis. The latest edition, the Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V ($999.99), uses the same lens and body design as models dating back to 2014's RX100 III , but adds a vastly improved phase detect autofocus system and ups the burst...

Sony RX100 V review: Impressive, but resting on its laurels

Sony has completely owned the high-end compact camera market since the launch of the original RX100 back in 2012 . From the third-gen model , it tore up what a palm-sized compact could do by introducing a built-in electronic viewfinder and faster lens.

Sony RX100 V

Sony RX100 V remains as the most advanced compact camera, allowing casual photographers to capture HFR footages and continuously focus and capture moving objects at 24 fps. If these 2 features are not important, then there are other brands and models that are equally capable in capturing good images...

dissatisfied

I thought that this was a point and shoot camera. It needed an accessory. A flash. For the flash was built in. I also ordered this on Walmart.com thinking that if I needed to return this item I would be able to go to my local Walmart to return this item. Instead I had to ship it back.

Best compact camera ! Plus: Grim image quality. Crazy autofocus. Continuous Shooting, okay;). 24raw in seconds, crazy! 4K Applications for the timelapse, mM There are certainly more things but have not had time to test everything. Minus.

More importantly, it's a camera designed for the digital shooter more so than the one who may want to make big prints from a vacation. And to be honest, that seems to be most of us these days.

Sony RX100 V review: The fastest shooter in the West

The Sony RX100 series is probably the most important development in camera design this decade. These cameras deliver something previously thought to be impossible: true SLR quality in a camera small and light enough to fit in a jeans pocket.