Need A New Camera

Ad_Augendae

Ad_Augendae

Ad_Augendae

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I have an old 20.5MP IXUS 185 at the moment, if I leave you a few cropped pics, the light picture was when the camera was fiirst purchased and the second is now.
Both crops are at max zoom 40mm both around 10/15ft distance, that noise I just can't have, it spoils every snap. So it has been Suggested that I look at the Sony RX 100 range. I'm a point and click type of person but have been known to fiddle with the buttons. Thoughts Please.

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The RX100 range gives excellent results but the cameras are small and battery life is limited. Are you intending to buy new or used? If the former then your choices are the VA (short, fast zoom) or the VII (longer, slower zoom). If the latter then you should look at the IV, V and VA or the VI and VII. I bought a used VII last year and have been very pleased with the results.
 
I worry about buying second hand, at this point £500 will get me an RX100 VII but then I question myself and ask how much better is a Sony 20MP 1 inch Sensor going to be vs a Cannon 20MP 1 inch. I did look at some review sites and I see the same thing as above although not quite as bad (I crop a lot) on what was rated as the best 1 which was the IV in the older range with the VII looking much better. Most smart phones these days are hitting 50MP so should I wait a little longer before pulling the trigger on a camera. Or is my MP expectation just not a valid point ?
 
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The size of the pixel matters and phones cameras need a lot of computational work to make the images decent. Try looking at the images from a phone camera and any RX100 on a large screen and you should see the difference.
 
Ad_Augendae said:
Any chance you can post me a couple of random photos to help with a decision on a second hand RX100 VII. One Near and one far would help hopefully.
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Go on a website called Flickr and search the name of the camera in the search box near the top.

There are near 16,000 photos there taken by that camera that you can look at and you can zoom in and that kind of thing.
 
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