Sony RX100 IV 20.1 MP Premium Compact Digital Camera w/ 1-inch Sensor, 4K Movies and 40x Super Slow Motion HD DSCRX100M4/B
Sony RX100 IV 20.1 MP Premium Compact Digital Camera w/ 1-inch Sensor, 4K Movies and 40x Super Slow Motion HD DSCRX100M4/B
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- World's first1 201 MP 1\" Exmor RS stacked back illuminated CMOS, High resolution 4K movie recording with direct pixel readout and no pixel binning, Super slow-motion movie3 HFR (High frame rate) up to 960 fps (40x)
- Operating temperature:Approx. 0-40°C (32-104°F).Super-speed Anti-Distortion Shutter at max 1/32000 sec up to 16fps, Bright F18- F28 ZEISS Vario-Sonar T* lens (24-70mm), Fast Intelligent AF thanks to the new Exmor RS CMOS sensor
- Retractable XGA OLED Tru-Finer viewfinder and Sharp 3\" multi-angle LCD, Simple connectivity to smartphones via Wi-Fi and NFC w/ camera apps, Dual record of 168MP photos while shooting movie w/ auto settings. Focal length : f is equal to 8.8-25.7mm
- Enhanced pro-video functions and NTSC switchable. Power Consumption : DC3.6 Volt (supplied battery) / DC5.0 Volt (supplied AC Adaptor)
Brand : Sony
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4
Review Count : 249
Sony RX100 IV 20.1 MP Premium Compact Digital Camera w/ 1-inch Sensor, 4K Movies and 40x Super Slow Motion HD DSCRX100M4/B
- 10-2-15IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH COLOR CALIBRATION FOR YOUR .ARW / .DNG FILES... READ ON...This will be my final update. First off, sorry if my reviews have been all over the place but it has been difficult to sort out how to use this camera with Lightroom as I am use to Canon cameras. My reviews have gone from 4 to 1 to 3 to 1 again and now I am back at 4, although I would say its a 4minus. My main issues with the camera were in regards to its difficult interface with Lightroom, as you can see from my posts below. However, I have dealt with these issues to the best of my abilities and figured out that a big part of what was bothering me was not just about the camera and about Lightroom but not knowing how to use the cameras features in conjunction with Lightrooms features.For the longest time I could not figure out how to calibrate the .ARW files in the Sony Rx100 iv in Lightroom. It was very frustrating and it still is to a degree but I have figured out what I was not seeing. When Lightroom copies your .ARW sony file as a .DNG file and imports it into Lightroom, it does not automatically calibrate that image, you have to do this yourself in the Develop module in Lightroom. So what happens is that Lightroom imports the .DNG file and that file appears to be very different then what you see on your camera. This bothered incredibly, but here\'s what you have to do: Go to the develop module> Go down to the bottom panel on the right side where you see the Camera Calibration settings> Change the \"Profile\" setting to the matching setting that you have in your Sony Camera, so if you shot your images in Vivid mode, or portrait mode, change Lightroom setting to those Profiles!> If you adjusted saturation/contrast/sharpness in your Sony camera you will have to adjust these again in the develop module to accurately recreate the Sony .ARW file so that the .ARW file and the .DNG file look the same. This should pretty much get the job done, however i still see subtle differences, but for the most part I am satisfied.I do want to add that there is quite a bit of Image Noise, even with low ISO.I\'ve also had problems with the shutter on the lens getting stuck.Still, for a pocket camera, it takes some damn nice photos and is a useful tool.9-22-15IF YOU USE LIGHTROOM DO NOT BUY THIS CAMERA!!!Please read my reviews below to understand the issue I a complaining about and why I am strongly advising that anyone who uses Lightroom to not buy this product! So, from where I left off last I thought that the problem of Lightroom integration with the Sony .RAW/.ARW file integration was solved and that I could move on. Unfortunately this is not the case. While Lightroom can now import Sony\'s .ARW files and convert those files to .DNG files, the image quality once your files are converted and imported into Lightroom is sadly, absolutely POOR QUALITY! When comparing files that have not been imported to Lightroom with those that have been imported it is just so blatant to see that the files that have been imported just look BAD! in comparison. Again, the colors look totally FLAT, and LACK LUSTER, the shadows or darker colors especially loose saturation and vitality, everything just looks weak and totally boring! Photos that were shot with the Sony \"Vivid\" feature do not look \"Vivid\" at all! And what is so frustrating is that even though these photos are .DNG files, you still cannot edit them in a way that improves the photo or enhances in such a way that it looks closer to the original non-imported photo! I was hoping I could create a preset that would help make the imported photos look closer to the original but this is just not possible at all, the color difference between the two photos is just to stark. Literally, all the colors in your original photo are different colors in the imported version of that same photo. I\'m very upset and disappointed about this! I almost don\'t even want to sell this camera because I do not want someone else to have to go through this. This was an important decision to buy this camera, I thought I was getting the best and latest technology. I made the wrong decision, I just hope that anyone who reads this looks elsewhere and does not make the same mistake as I did when I spent a $G on this camera. My last hope is in buying that other piece of software to see if works with the Sony .ARW files, and perhaps the word will travel and Adobe and Sony will fix this issue. Whatever is going on has to do with the RGB not matching up as the color difference is wild. Don\'t believe me, just check the images below!ORIGINAL REVIEWI would like to give this camera a five star rating, and in terms of \"Quality\" for a compact camera, it deserves five stars. However, my biggest problem impacts heavily what my feelings are for this camera. The problem is that the cameras Raw files (sony uses .arw files as its Raw format) do not import into Lightroom! DAMN IT! No, .arw files are not recognized by the latest version of Lightroom 5.7.1 on a macbook pro retina, so you can not plug in your camera, import and convert .arw files to .dng files for use in Lightroom. Can\'t Do it!Now, I\'ve Downloaded the Sony image converter, so if I want to, I can convert my .arw files to Tiff files and those files do load into Lightroom and they look good and are similar to Raw files in many ways, they have that added quality and malleability. However, and this is a BIG drawback, Tiff files are MUCH LARGER than RAW files, from 3x as large to 6x as large, an 8bit Tiff file is about 60MB, a 16bit Tiff file is 120MB! Suddenly working with RAW files is taking up EVEN MORE SPACE. And, it takes a lot of time to convert these files, sort and organize them, and even more time with LOADING! Loading is often very slow, and for some reason Lightroom thumbnails often go blank. It makes working frustrating and aggravating. At this point, I\'d rather just shoot JPEG, but thats thing thing, I spent the extra money because I wanted that extra bit of quality, I wanted to shoot in RAW! And though I am not a professional photographer my photography is still very important to me and when I bought the camera, my plan was to shoot RAW like I do with my Canon 5D Mark ii. So I gotta say... I\'m disappointed in this outcome.I\'m still trying to fix this issue and hopefully it can be fixed. I thought I found the solution when I came across a piece of Adobe software that converted .arw files to .dng files (Adobe Digital Negative Converter). I thought this would be perfect and fix the issue. NO GO! After converting a batch of .arw files to .dng files I compared them and the .dng files were like mud, very clearly lacking in color, totally dull and flat. So this is also very much an Adobe issue as well as a Sony issue. But it needs to be fixed Sony/Lightroom!If anyone has similar issues and has found a way to fix it please let me know! I am just resigned to shooting JPEG at the moment. I don\'t want to deal with jpeg + raw, too chaotic. And I don\'t want to deal with converting to Tiff, to much space and too hard to work with. Only when conditions are perfect for shooting will I switch to using raw/tiff. I hope this was helpful. Its a shame because it really is an expensive and amazing camera, but an amazing camera that does not smoothly interface with your powerful, industry standard Software, is honestly just... SAD.I hope this was helpful.UPDATE: FOR THOSE WHO HAVE UPGRADED TO LIGHTROOM 6 DISREGARD THE REVIEW ABOVE. LIGHTROOM 6 DOES ACCEPT .ARW FILES! I WILL LEAVE THE REVIEW HERE SO PPL CAN SEE THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED!I also wanted to note that I had another issue come up with the sony RX100 iv, and that is that the lens cover that automatically opens and closes when the camera is turned on/off was getting stuck recently and would not open fully, only partially. This was really annoying, I had to push the cover to get it to fully open and there was a black spot showing on the screen where the lens cover was. I\'m not sure what happened, I\'ve treated the camera very well since I\'ve had, I have not banged it or dropped it, nothing like that. I cleaned the lens and turned the camera off and on and eventually the camera cover started opening properly again, but I am worried that the problem could come back. This happened with an old point and shoot canon I use to own, but only after 3 years and plenty of abuse. We shall see how this issues plays out, yes indeed, we shall see...?
- Purchased this DSC-RX100 IV and the DSC-HX90V with the same seller and at the same time. The previous review (before this one) is about the former.Considered, I am pleased with the amazing video-recording ability with UHD (not really 4K--that would be proper terminology on Panasonic GH4 and Samsung NX1, for instance), but this 1\" sensor model in a small body does greatly compromise the zoom to nearly 3X. It has a far brighter wide-angle aperture of f1.8, and because the sensor is considerable larger than the DSC-HX series (and most compacts in its price range), the small body size to make it possible does not allow for enough zoom. It is good for close-ups and a little zoom for sports during the day if you have a front-row seat, that is. However, you do not want to use the Auto setting because a manual setting where you control the shutter speed and so forth is ideal, and that it can handle 1/32,000 of a second is a feat no other camera in its class can match.Pros:+ Great for UHD video work, whether during the day or at night, and very clear too. The DSC-HX90V and its predecessors use conventional crop sensor technology that won\'t yield ideal results, especially indoors and when the day is nearing the end; would be a con for the DSC-HX90V not mentioned in that review.+ Full-sensor readout and no pixel binning, making it great for taking stills during recording (the first two predecessors took lousy, blotchy pictures).+ Bright lens, even at ~3X telephoto, is on par with the typical Panasonic FZ series (such as the FZ1000, which I really like and has better IQ and lens sharpness than the upcoming DSC-RX10 II).+ Unlike the DSC-HX60V model, the new 50 mbps codec is available, and you can shoot in high-speed frame rate, but at limited resolution, no sound, and 2-4 seconds, depending (this is probably more of a con, but meant to be played back at normal speed, up to 80 seconds, so that is really insane).+ Flash tilts up so you get even lighting, especially indoors at night without lights on. (There is a con to this, but I found slightly improved over previous models.)* Fits easily in a pants or shorts pocket, but just a slight bit too thick for a shirt pocket.* Made of better materials (magnesium alloy instead of mostly high-grade plastic).* Rare feature - not included (used the neck strap from my NEX-5N) - you can use the tiny inlets on both side (predecessors and the DSC-HXV models have just one on the right so only a wrist strap can be used). You do not have to worry about dropping the camera, and makes it look more professional, and a lot less strain around your neck.- Usable viewfinder, you do not even need to \'pull out at you\' as it is ridiculously tiny on the DSC-HX90V. However, it is so small that use on a bright day not so useful, even though tiny objects are hard to see on even a modest display size anyhow. It would be better having a larger viewfinder and lower resolution because the human eye cannot make out extremely fine details (this is a neurological factor, not a limitation of the eye itself).Cons:- Even though it does well in low light at wide angle, the lens speed and image quality is barely better than the much cheaper DSC-HX90V. In fact, lunar photography and distance shots are the biggest shortcomings because of the sacrifice to make the camera so little with a bigger sensor.- Cannot record in the higher-resolution and frame rate movie settings unless you have an appropriate memory card type and class (such as SDXC). Internal memory is no longer available in these newer models, and even Panasonic has dropped this feature, maybe because memory cards are a lot cheaper and larger capacity anymore.* Shorter battery life than on the DSC-HX90V (this is obviously due to processing requirements, so this con is acceptable given the new stacked sensor: DRAM chip).- Although video quality is superior to anything in its class, the noise reduction is absurd and unnecessary, making it worthy shooting in RAW and doing post-processing; JPEG images I found were the best on the original DSC-RX100 (Mark I was not in the name, why?).- Flash photography is not macro-friendly; you must be somewhat distant from the subject to avoid blurriness. This is due to flash syncrhonization timing that works poorly in Auto Mode, but that mode on the DSC-HX90V and its predecessors do well in. Panasonic and Nikon do not have this issue on any of their cameras I owned and tried, so not sure what Sony did wrong - even the NEX-5N was especially bad for this.- Macro performance is not great for very close-up work; Panasonic cameras tend to be better at this.- Must choose high display quality to see WYSIWYG results in photos and videos (this is misleading because the concept is like preview quality over actual render quality in a video editor on a computer).- Another con (not told in my previous review) - the camera body is too small for a microphone input, and no hotshoe.- Very expensive, probably because of the DRAM chip - if videography is not your thing, I would pass on this model and get the DSC-HX90V instead for half the cost.Sadly, I prefer the DSC-HX90V over the DSC-RX100 IV because high-quality video work is used less often, and the cheaper model has photo quality so close that the price point is not as appealing. I really use the zoom a lot, so this latest fourth Mark generation is only fitting for nighttime use where zoom is not so needed. I would not take this to a park or amusement park because of the zoom issue, and the lens is not fast enough in Auto Mode for low-light shots of passing vehicles, for instance. I suggest for low-light use a tripod and set RAW. Regardless whether you use the highest-quality JPEG, it is still too much noise reduction for large prints even at the lowest ISO setting. Due to the nature this camera is more geared for pro-level personal video work and not the greatest photo quality you would find on upscale Panasonic and Canon cameras, I would seriously put a lot of thought into what is best for you. In truth, if size is not an issue (say, you mostly use a DSLR-size camera often), the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000 is the best choice. Read my review on that one - just four stars because of some funky telephoto and rare malfunction issues. Why four stars for the DSC-RX100 IV? Noise reduction in JPEG images and some flash sychronization tweaking can be fixed with a firmware update, but if that were to be expected, Sony would have already done it by now: Common sense.Thanks for reading, and hope you found this review helpful.- Matt Eye
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