Sony announces Cyber-shot RX100 Mark V with 315 phase-detection AF points

david25 · 6 Oct 2016 at 18:09

PD in a small compact

https://www.dpreview.com/news/4559729196/sony-announces-cyber-shot-rx100-mark-v

$1,000 US = £1,000

Genoma · 6 Oct 2016 at 19:37

I love my MKIII but this is. just. too. much. money.

Minstadave · 6 Oct 2016 at 19:40

Silly money!

D.P. · 6 Oct 2016 at 19:44

JBuk · 6 Oct 2016 at 20:24

Seems to go up £200 every time they update it

Soon it'll be cheaper to hire your own personal photographer

An Exception · 6 Oct 2016 at 20:44

Crazy. Nice camera though.

Kmodo · 6 Oct 2016 at 21:25

Wanted to upgrade my RX100 mk1 to this but it's crazy money!

sniperone · 6 Oct 2016 at 21:29

£1200 for a point and shoot compact . Can't see them selling many if these

Minstadave · 6 Oct 2016 at 21:45

A6500 looks impressive though! Might tempt me away from m43 now Sony have got IBIS, huge buffer and touchscreen.

Greebo · 7 Oct 2016 at 10:38

Minstadave said:
A6500 looks impressive though! Might tempt me away from m43 now Sony have got IBIS, huge buffer and touchscreen.

I looked but even with the bigger sensor its not enough. There are still issues not addressed with the SOny plus I would have to start rebuilding my lens collection and also the equivalent lens are bigger and heavier and more expensive.

And the body is going to be £1500 alone which isnt cheap.

Minstadave · 7 Oct 2016 at 11:23

The EM1 mk2 is going to be in the same ballpark though.

I don't know the Sony lenses well, I guess the benefit is if you buy FE glass you can move to full frame easily - but then there's the weight/cost aspect.

D.P. · 7 Oct 2016 at 15:55

Greebo said:
I looked but even with the bigger sensor its not enough. There are still issues not addressed with the SOny plus I would have to start rebuilding my lens collection and also the equivalent lens are bigger and heavier and more expensive.

And the body is going to be £1500 alone which isnt cheap.

This really. If m43 isn't working for you you probably want to upgrade to a FF camera, Sony A7 would work if AF is not a priority otherwise just get something like a Nikon D750.

stuman · 9 Oct 2016 at 02:05

Jessops have pre-order set at £1000.

And there I was hoping for the prices to have a reshuffle

englishpremier · 18 Oct 2016 at 17:06

Better think about selling my MK IV before this comes out then. I'm not as impressed with it as I thought I would be. Nothing wrong with it per se, but much rather use my A7 even if it's not pocketable.

The RX100 V doesn't seem like a big step up really. If they ditched the viewfinder or flash to add a hotshoe, and 3.5mm mic then I'd think about it.

Would love to have seen the Nikon DL 24-84 but I don't think that will ever see the light of day now.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Oct 2016 at 17:47

Stupid money for a compact with a 1" sensor IMHO.

You might as well buy a Panasonic GF7 for under £300.

2StepSteve · 18 Oct 2016 at 18:02

What on earth are they thinking with that price tag, I'll stick with my MKIII!

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Oct 2016 at 18:19

2StepSteve said:
What on earth are they thinking with that price tag, I'll stick with my MKIII!

It costs around twice the price of the Nikon DL24-85 and more than the DL18-50.

englishpremier · 18 Oct 2016 at 22:03

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
It costs around twice the price of the Nikon DL24-85 and more than the DL18-50.

There isn't going to be a Nikon DL24-85 in my opinion, it's been delayed twice (once due to the earthquake). By the time it's ready for production it will already be obsolete.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Oct 2016 at 22:57

englishpremier said:
There isn't going to be a Nikon DL24-85 in my opinion, it's been delayed twice (once due to the earthquake). By the time it's ready for production it will already be obsolete.

Why would be obsolete?? Its pricing at £500 to £600ish is more like the RX100 III and it still looks a better bet. Sony has screwed itself over by making the RX100 more and more stupidly priced. Sony is entirely loosing the plot with the pricing of its newer 1" sensor based compacts.

TBH,I think over £400 to £500 for any of these 1" sensor compacts is getting mad - at least the DL18-50 is something unique in the market.

You might as well get a small Panasonic mirrorless camera IMHO.

No wonder these companies are loosing sales - if they priced these compacts closer to £300 to £400 ,they could at least entice more people to buy them.

englishpremier · 19 Oct 2016 at 09:52

Because everything else released around it at similar prices +/- £100 or so will have better specs by the time it comes. There is still no scheduled release date so it would be spring at the earliest.