Review
http://photoreview.com.au/reviews/advanced-compact-cameras/fixed-lens/sony-cybershot-rx100-vi
Kai's review sample was overheating on a hot day, but I guess a little bit less than the Mark V.
The video samples have the awkward "no nd filter on a sunny day makes a fast shutter" look that one would expect from this camera.
... and at around 9:40, his battery runs out.
Also, funny frame of Philip Bloom looking vaguely caveman-like at 6:21 or so.
It keeps them out of the "sponsored review" category while making the reviewer feel important and inspiring them to keep the positive reviews flowing in, lest they not get invited to the next launch event.
With modern media trends it actually means that you control all actual sources of information. As search algorithms prefer information that appear first and that have more views (rightly connected to being first).
We have here some kind of cartel agreement between corporations and press.
Yeah - Sony totally had an announcement event for it. Matt Granger did a video about it.
And of course Sony does these events - it's a similar reason that the studios fly movie review vloggers out to premieres and whatnot. It keeps them out of the "sponsored review" category while making the reviewer feel important and inspiring them to keep the positive reviews flowing in, lest they not get invited to the next launch event.
(At least Granger was pretty skeptical of who would be in the market for a $1200 point and shoot camera, though he still was pretty positive in his assessment of it)
Manufacturers now formed special pack who attend such events. This allows very tight control over information.
Endgadget's "sample" pictures are very similar to those provided by DPReview https://www.dpreview.com/samples/4971821110/sony-cyber-shot-rx100-vi-sample-gallery-updated
Evidently both attended a Sony-sponsored event and shot the same models (and buildings).
Leaving aside the capture of review sites by manufacturers supplying exclusive access to new products and boondoggles (see
),what I learned from these photo examples is that long lenses are of limited use. Except for the boring close-ups of the Empire State building, almost none of the photos made use of a long(er) telephoto. Perhaps if Sony had sponsored for its invitees an African safari we might have some more interesting, if still quite irrelevant for most users (even the rich ones), examples.
Do you have original Canon 5D with 70-200mm F2.8 as travel camera now?
Even more bad samples
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/06/sony-rx100-vi-sample-images/#
The above video clip was shot at f4.5 (fixed) at 1/250th on this cloudy day (no ND!). The wind and traffic noise were so loud that it was not possible to detect any zoom noise. But the camera did not appear to lose or shift focus while zooming, and AF was used (Catalyst Browse, using the downloaded original clip).
More bad samples at
Wow. Lack of an in-camera ND filter is a horrible idea. The whole appeal of the current one is that it's a tiny portable camera that can shoot decent video in a bunch of conditions without extra accessories. I frequently use it as a tiny b-cam or to shoot in places where using a bigger camera would draw too much of the wrong kind of attention.
If I now need to start carrying around some sort of push-on ND filter which I need to keep putting on and taking off all day, the appeal of the camera is greatly reduced. The current one is a little bit too weak (f/11 + nd on a sunny day is just about right for video), but it's one of the big selling points. Without it, I doubt I'll be spending $1200 on this camera.
Two comments on the above videos:
If they sold the camera in the transparent case I might buy it. Or pink.
The Venice video is from yet another "reviewer" who got early access to the camera. He fails to mention the absence of an ND filter and, in the video, the sound is removed, replaced by some silly song. Thus, we are not able to discern if the motorized zoom is noisy (there is a full zoom in the video), as it is in previous models. This, like the absence ND filters, is an important issue for assessing the RX100 VI as a video camera.
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