The Sony RX100 is really a unmatched kind of camera. It’s one of the few things that grabs your very deep attention. And finally it’s shipping at Amazon US (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here). And if you still complain about the lack of grip don’t worry…Richard Franiec solved the issue 😉
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It’s a shame Sony decided to make this sensor suffer from ridiculous 24MP. It’s always the same with Sony. Who needs more than 12MP in such a camera?! Given that the LX7 has probably has a much much better lens, I’d rather spend the money on the Lumix (or the upcoming Leica version of it) than going with the Sony. Both should have about the same pixel density.
RX100 has a 20.2MP sensor , not 24MP.
With a high MP sensor you can down size the picture to get better low light performance(NEX7 vs NEX5N) or you can print a bigger picture…with a 10MP sensor you don’t have that freedom.
umm what happened to the canon mirrorless picture? did canon pay you off mirrorless admin? it was up for like 5 minutes in the middle of the day
Sony is 20MP on an area of about 116mm2, and LX7 is 10MP on a 43mm2 area, so actually, the Sony has a lower pixel density (172) than the Panasonic (232). It doesn’t automatically mean it is better, but Sony’s sensors seem to outperform Panasonic’s, so I’d guess the RX100’s sensor is gonna beat the LX7 at high iso and DR, etc.
The idea is to down sample from 22mp to get pixel sharp image. A 5.5mp image from RX100 can be displayed on a 30″ monitor without problem.
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