When
you are out on your motorbike wearing a leather
jacket there are very few
expert cameras that will fit in
your pocket BUT the
camera that stands out
is the
Sony
RX100 IV Compact
which is small enough to
pick up and go without any
thought to it's size and
weight.
To get right into the Sony RX100 IV compact camera - check out the
User Manual.
If you are a keen photographer the Sony RX100 IV is the ideal compact camera for carrying with you
everywhere and it is designated as an expert camera on the Sony
website. With full manual controls or set to automatic it will produce
excellent landscapes, portraiture, street and even (within a
reasonable distance) sports and wildlife
photography due to its fast frame rate. It is not without its
imperfections but overall it is a decent package - check out this review
at
DPREVIEW
The only real downside for a biker is that the camera is
not fully waterproof so it is not an answer to a GoPro strapped to your
bike unless you only
use it on fair weather days. The Sony RX100 IV is
4.02" in length, 2.28" in
height, 1.61" in depth and
weighs in at 298g.
Check out the
Full Specificationsand Camera
Images
The RX100
IV has image
stabilisation
and a Zeiss zoom lens
with a
f1.8 wide aperture and
24-70mm field of view
which will
accommodate even 'low light'
night street photography.
The icing on the cake is
that it has a 'pop up' OLED
electronic viewfinder and a
20.1 MPixel x 1" size
digital sensor.
The
image samples I have seen on
the internet are excellent.
The best camera jpeg image captures shot
in reasonable light conditions are in the ISO:80-1600 range and good
for up to A3 print size. Should the print size be A4 or below, then I
suspect that ISO:3200 could be used with minimum noise vs image quality.
The 20Mpixel sensor delivers very high resolution 'RAW' file images
which even in the higher ISO:3200-6400 ratings can be cleaned up using
post processing software and yet retain a great deal of detail in the
image in relation to the final print size. The RX100 IV costs
£849.00 vat inclusive in
the UK which seems a bit
steep
BUT that is a
reasonable investment
if it
is to be your only camera!
Whether you
set the RX100
IV up to shoot jpegs straight out
of the camera and make
prints for your gallery or
shoot 'RAW' image files and
tweak them into an art form
using post processing
software, the camera
delivers the technology and
manual controls in
a neat package.
From the Internet -
"The
Sony Cyber-Shot RX100 IV brings the world's first stacked Exmor RS 1.0
type CMOS sensor with a DRAM memory chip, 40x super slow motion capture,
4K video shooting and high-speed anti-distortion shutter in a
pocket-sized point-and-shoot. This new sensor improves the overall AF
performance speed and enables users to capture fleeting moments of
action with stunning detail, resolution and clarity, with ease. The
RX100 IV maintains the compact design of the RX series making it ideal
for day-to-day shooting, and has a Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 24-70mm (35mm
equivalent) f/1.8-f/2.8 lens"
Video +
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Sony Videos
from the Sony Website.
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