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

Versatile; Viewfinder AND a tilting screen; Powerful for a compact;

Expensive for a compact; Limited zoom range;

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 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...

1-inch image sensor; Wide-aperture zoom lens; Strong low-light performance; Quick autofocus; 24fps burst shooting; Raw shooting support; Customizable controls; Tilting LCD; Pop-up OLED EVF; Wi-Fi with NFC; Super slow-motion HD video; 4K recording

Very expensive; Competing models have longer zoom lenses; Omits hot shoe; Lacks touch screen; Long times to clear buffer and render HFR video

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.

Great lens and image quality; palm-sized portability; built-in viewfinder; tilt-angle LCD screen; fast burst mode and notable autofocus improvement

Still no touchscreen control; movie button position; autofocus still basic in some modes; no aperture ring; finder assembly per use; huge expense

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...

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.

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.

Outstanding image and video quality; Genuinely pocket-sized; Record-breaking performance

Relatively small zoom range; No touchscreen; High price