Upgrade my Sony RX100 v1?

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Well, I've seen the v3 specs and I'm rather impressed. However, the zoom being even less has kind of scared me off.

The view finder and wifi are the 2 greatest things that make me consider upgrading.

I love shooting in low light as well, I'm no camera buff at all either so the cameras easy to use functions certainly stick out.

Also, I love the size of the camera for what it can deliver.

What do you think? Is it worth selling for a couple hundred quick and pulling another £400+ out of my back pocket for the upgrade? Or am I better off just sticking to my current cam? Or even looking at an alternative. I often miss having a decent zoom, but it's not entirely essential. Also, it's my main cam. I don't have anything else to shoot with. Only this.

Thanks
 
The reason I went for a RX100 was because it was compact, but then I found Micro 4/3 and fell in love. Slightly larger than the RX100 but still very compact and extremely good quality pictures, plus the interchangeable lenses are excellent.

After M43 I wouldn't go back to using the RX100 or any of the upgraded versions. There's a M43 thread here, check that out.
 
Aedus said:
The reason I went for a RX100 was because it was compact, but then I found Micro 4/3 and fell in love. Slightly larger than the RX100 but still very compact and extremely good quality pictures, plus the interchangeable lenses are excellent.

After M43 I wouldn't go back to using the RX100 or any of the upgraded versions. There's a M43 thread here, check that out.
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Yea, I'm no camera buff at all, so can you give a specific camera name?

Thanks
 
agnes said:
That's reviewed much lower than the Sony rx100 though? I need to do some researching into this M43 stuff.
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Totally up to you, with M43 and DSLRs the glass is the most important part, the body is just for the features, the RX100 would be reviewed against the camera as a whole.

If you want to stay compact and don't care about interchangeable lenses then you could upgrade the RX100 to a later model of it, but not sure how much benefit you would get from your personal usage. If you want to venture into more DSLR level cameras, but don't want the bulky form factor of the normal DSLRs (I didn't) go M43, then you have options of doing more specific types of photography (Like macro if you're into that type of thing), or if you don't care about size at all, go for a DSLR.

I'm assuming that you prefer a small form factor, which is why you went RX100 in the first place, which is why I suggested going M43 like I did, I don't regret it.
 
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Image and specifications of Canon’s upcoming Powershot G7 X have leaked,. The G7 X will feature an 1 inch sensor.

- 1 inch 20MP CMOS sensor
- Zoom equivalent to 24-100mm f/1.8-2.8
- Intelligent optical Image Stabilizer
- 5 stop video image stabilization
- DIGIC6 processor
- 31 points AF. touch AF
- LCD monitor tilting. 1.04 million dots.
- Touch panel
- Built-in flash
- Exposure compensation dial
- Control ring
- ND filter built-in
- Video Full HD 60p, stereo
- Manual video control
- Wi-Fi
- NFC
- remote control function with smartphone
 
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