Author’s Note: If you’ve read one of my reviews, you know how I approach the reviews. If you haven’t, I’ll go ahead and let you know that this is a practical field impression review. There are plenty of dependable resources online like Dpreview.com and the DxOMark.com that are much better equipped for full technical reviews. I do not have the equipment or the time to do full technical rundowns on each camera we receive, so I leave that sort of work to the professionals. However, I take these cameras out into the field, use them for my personal style of shooting and then relay those experiences here in these reviews. While it is great knowing all of the technical qualities of a camera and it’s capabilities, if I don’t like the way it responds in the field then it’s essentially worthless to me. I think this is how a lot of photographers feel too, so that is why I write these kinds of reviews for your perusal. Enjoy.

I am not a point and shoot camera user. I would rather break my back with a big SLR on a day out instead of sacrificing quality and control for a simple pocketable point and shoot. Not that they don’t have their place, that is just the way I shoot. I like my optical viewfinders and my manual focus with real mechanical feedback. That being said, I can actually see myself using the Sony RX100 compact camera often. I really liked the portability, and I did not have to sacrifice image quality for it. I have full manual capability the entire time with brilliant control schemes that are as intuitive as they are useful. Read More Here…