When Sony launched its first RX100 back in 2012, we were very impressed. The camera offered tremendous functionality in a pocketable package. Then, when the RX100 II came around last year, Sony added WiFi along with a full-size hot shoe (which can accommodate high-end audio gear, among other accessories), besting the original model. This year's iteration is by far the most capable yet, with a superior lens, XAVC S encoding and a unique pop-up EVF.
Gotta love that pop-up viewfinder. It really seems painful to me how sony ever so incrementally dishes out the upgraded new models. would it really have hurt for them to do any sort of resolution above 1080 in this? in any case, it's still for the most part unchallenged. they'll sell bucketloads
Sony RX100 Mk III vs Canon G1X Mk II
To be honest, if you just want to capture great street scenes, either can works. However, the RX100 Mk III is what we’d recommend to the street photography crowd. In fact, you’ll probably never miss a shot.
If you want overall better image quality though, then the G1X Mk III takes the cake.
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2014/07/10/one-sony-rx100-mk-iii-vs-canon-g1x-mk-ii/
Sony’s RX100 vs RX100 II vs RX100 III
RX100 III offers the best image quality of any pocketable camera we've ever seen. It's not just that its 1"-type sensor is at least twice as large as most of its rivals, it's also a very good sensor, whose low read noise means it offers excellent dynamic range and the kind of malleable Raw files you'd usually only expect from a much larger camera.
The Sony Cyber-shot RX100 III features a 1inch 20.2 megapixel backlit CMOS sensor that delivers impressive noise performance and excellent image quality. Combined with a new high quality Carl Zeiss f/1.8 24-70mm equivalent optical zoom lens with image stabilization and Sony's skillset in miniaturization means Sony are able to produce a compact digital camera with a hidden electronic viewfinder, plus Wi-Fi connectivity and NFC. The RX100 III also improves on the previous model with a tilting screen that tilts forwards, great for self-portraits.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sony-cyber-shot-rx100-iii-full-review-25485
The new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III is the best compact camera that we've ever reviewed, period. We were impressed by last year's Mark 2 model, but this third iteration takes several big steps forwards, most notably thanks to the inclusion of a high-quality, cleverly integrated eye-level viewfinder which in our view is a stroke of genius.
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/sony_cybershot_dsc_rx100_iii_review/
The biggest single difference between the M3 and its predecessors is the lens. I wasn't sure I'd appreciate the wider, 24mm equivalent, extension to the range, but found myself using it more than I expected. Conversely, I was disappointed by the reduction at the telephoto end of the zoom; the camera seems much sharper at full zoom than its predecessors but I personally don't like the look of head-and-shoulder portraits shot at 70mm equivalent.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sony-cybershot-dsc-rx100-m3/7
There's a lot to like about the Sony RX100 MKIII. The new features over the MKII and especially the MK1 make it highly attractive. When I first saw the camera I thought – guess I have to get one. But by the end of my two weeks of almost daily shooting, and as I packed the sample camera up to return to Sony, I realized that I probably wouldn't. The reason is that as good as the MKIII is, and as full-featured as one could likely wish, the original MKI which I've owned for the past two years is still a great little camera and continues to do its job as my go-everywhere camera.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/sony_rx100_iii_hands_on.shtml
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