January Pick – Sony RX100 MII
Happy New Year! To kick off 2015 I’m going to start featuring a photography-related item each month that will help take you to the next level or something that is just awesome and fun. This month, I’m featuring the Sony RX100 MII. This little powerhouse is really an extension of my own body – I bring it everywhere I go and it aside from being compact and discreet, it has most of the functionality of a professional dSLR not to mention a big 20-megapixel sensor!
What’s so awesome about this camera?! Here are some of my favorite features:
- 20.9 MP 1″-type Exmor R CMOS sensor
- Carl Zeiss Lens
- 28-100mm equivalent F/1.8-4.9 lens
- ISO 160-12800 – AMAZING low light capabilities
- Nice depth of field when shooting at low aperture
- 3.0 inch tiltable LCD screen (makes shooting overhead and from below very easy)
- HD video with full exposure control (MPEG-4/AVCHD)
- Raw/JPEG/ Raw+JPEG
If you’re in the market for a compact, point-and-shoot camera, I could not suggest a better camera than this one. Honestly, I never thought I would ever buy a non-Canon camera, but I am so glad I did. I didn’t think twice about leaving my fancy Canon 5D Mk III and all of my lenses at home when I went to Iceland and Europe this year – I love this camera so much, and I hope you will too!
Here are some example shots using the Sony RX100 MII. If you are a fellow camera nerd, you know that the newer model, the Sony RX100 MIII has been released… (don’t have this model yet, who wants to buy it for me?)
SONY RX100 II SAMPLE PHOTOS
Regular manual setting
This shot was taken with regular old manual settings.
This is a sample shot using the fill flash function. You can see a light drop shadow to the left of Howie…
Here’s an example with shallow depth of field.
Macro! These flowers were extremely tiny, notice the size of the blades of grass.
I hope I’ve conveyed my love for the Sony RX100 II in this post – please let me know if you have any questions or feedback in the comments below!
