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ricardovaste wrote:
I bought a high end compact once, it was a good camera, fast lens, good sensor, great screen, worked well. I used it for a while... but it never inspires you to use it. They don't function like a "regular" camera would, and eventually it fell out of use completely. I ended up picking up my old 35mm fixed-lens RF and using that for a while, which was always an absolute joy to use.
Assuming the camera is for you, I would maybe go with something like an X100S, and a nice strap. Something that size-weight, you don't feel it on your at all if the strap is good. I keep my strap quite short so it doesn't Bob around, and even wear it like a sling sometimes (under right arm).
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It would be a total mistake to think you could replace a "regular" camera with something like a RX100, at least for an enthusiast. Many could easily replace their entry level DSLR with a RX100 or even an iPhone and be happy.
The point, IMHO, of the RX100 is that it packs a lot of "regular" camera features into a pocket, so you can always have a pretty decent camera with you.
There are no shortage of pocketable compacts, some downright tiny like the Canon Elf series, but, they offer no control, they don't shoot raw, they have a tiny, tiny sensor.
RX100 gives full manual control, manual focus even. For me that means its a nice tool for pano's. Its 1" sensor and f1.8 lens can give some subject isoltation. Not a ton, but far more than most compacts and akin to m4/3 with a kit zoom. You've got RAW mode, 20 meg resolution, with the RX100 mkII wifi, and the ability to add on a very nice EVF.
It does quite a bit for something that fits into a pocket.
Weill it inspire you to shoot ? Probably not, but having owned the RX1, X100s, various m4/3 cameras, which often are inspiring, they also often get left at home simply because unless its winter I don't have a pocket for them.
I don't really want a $1300-2800 X100s or RX1 banging around my neck all night, nor would I want a camera bag to keep track of, when going out for a night on the town, hitting a few bars etc.
RX100 I can slip into my jeans pocket, I can slip into my suit pants pocket etc and have a pretty capable camera with me when want it, and more importantly, slip it back into my pocket when I don't.
iPhones work well for social snaps, but sometimes you want/need a flash, and some decent high ISO ability, etc
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