****The Sony RX100 Series Owners and Tips Thread****

[Richdog]

I did some searching but could not for the life of me see a dedicated thread for this incredibly popular camera series, just a collection of short and disprate threads dealing with many minor issues.

I just ordered a Sony RX100 Mk I as a "carry everywhere" pocket cam and thought it may be good to have one single "go to" thread where people could ask questions and discuss the tips and tricks for the RX100 series in general, and also the particular quirks of their models.

Useful tips would be:

• Ideal settings under difficult lighting conditions
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Anything else that new or existing users may not know
• Photo samples and settings also welcome!
• etc etc.

Really looking forward to getting some good use out of this thing.

PS: Please kindly keep hotlinked images to sensible sizes (1080p wide) or use Flickr to avoid the thread being skewed on mobile devices.

Cheers,

Rich.

 

[Richdog]

Love mine, not exactly a great photographer but I get a lot better photos then I ever do with my phone. Quite fancy getting a filter kit for it for my next trip away too.

I also butcher them far too much in lightroom

Nice. Any chance you can please re-size or use Flickr so the thread isn't skewed by huge images? Makes a big difference when browsing on mobile devices.

Bought a lens mate filter adapter online and works brilliantly. Only caveat is it can show up if you use the built in flash (at least on the M4).

I also bought the handgrip adaptor which makes holding it much more reassuring that it's not going to slip out of your grip.

Gary Friedman does a series of books explaining all the features and whilst the manual tells you a lot, his actually explains a bit more of the why about various settings, what works particularly well, what less so etc.

Wish Apple had NFC enabled so my iPhone would work with it.

Great little camera.

Can you please link to the filter kit and the handgrips so others can see?

 

[Richdog]

Awesome thread idea

I love my MK1 (cheapo 2nd hand from eBay) and sold the LX100 with no regrets at all

After a recent thread around the quite frankly crap strap which comes with the camera i bough some 5mm split rings and used them to allow me to attach my Peak Design quick release toggles:

I have also added the "leather look" stick on decals to give a bit more grip to the camera (I like the look too)

Cool, thanks.

A few of my recent ones :

Bridge Ahoy

Nice shot... did you add any blurring or out of focus aspect to it yourself, or is that "as shot"?

 

[Richdog]

Well, I spent a weekend with my camera using it mainly on Auto mode due to the chaos of skiing and apres-ski not giving me any time to get used to the manual controls and to be honest I was not completely enamoured with the results in terms of sharpness or exposure due to the automatically calculated results. Putting it into sports mode did obviously get better action stills, but it still wasn't great considering how good the lighting often was... I think I need to spend a few hours learning how to navigate the UI and getting used to the A and S modes.

 

[Richdog]

i also found that getting the autofocus settings correct also helped capture action. AF-C is the mode you want also check if it refocuses after each shot, my camera (a5000) has 2 modes one where it will re-focus and one which is designed purely to bash out loads of shots.

after that, if it purely action then i would go with S mode and dial it up a few stops.

if you could post up a couple of shots we might be able to give you some pointers. It would also probably help some others out who are also new and experiencing ****tyimage syndrome.

Hmm I will check the AF settings, good point.

I am now in the UK for 2 weeks so away from my PC so won't be able to post some photos... however will do some more testing with the settings (I have my camera with me) and let you know if it helps.

 

[Richdog]

Just realised I had forgotten all about this thread, oops. I haven't had much chance to abuse the RX100 yet, but overall I can't say I have been completely blown away by this camera. It could have been a case of expecting too much, but on a trip to Paris using the Auto modes for both cameras there were some instances where my Samsung S7 not only took better exposed indoor shots, but outdoor controlled glare and flare much better. Also, it has a much better panorama function on the S7. I am of course not saying the S7 is better than the RX100, but there were some situations where the discernible differences on Facebook-size and quality photos were not significant and in some cases in the S7's favour.

Using manual mode produces better results but after using a DSLR for so long I find it a real pain to adjust settings on the fly if I need to make any quick changes, however I guess I just need to get used to it more.

 

[Richdog]

Love my Mk. II, haven't found a reason to replace it yet.

Anyone else have this bug though, a sharp knock to the back of the camera (say, by folding the screen back in from a downward facing position) causes it to restart? Works perfectly otherwise.

That's not a 'bug', it's a hardware issue likely caused by a loose connector or something.