It is delivered with a hand strap, a battery and a USB charging cable, a manual sowei that content rather covers the "basics" in spite of its circumference. Who wants to deal more intensively with the camera, which they recommend appropriate literature.
The camera body is made of metal and feels very valuable, the controls for adjustment are small (therefore, too "compact" camera), however, have a very clean and good leadership Verabrbeitung. In weight, it is certainly not a "cheap Compact" that one conjures up fast times from the pocket, it is thus appropriate to protect this beautiful valent camera as a corresponding camera bag, which should be used after proper research on the original Sony, with some very reasonable "replicas" from the Far East seem the fixing screws lt. Internet damaging the tripod socket of the RX100, as the fit is quite deficient.
The often-mentioned available as an accessory stick-lateral grip I do not miss, even without this feature they can be kept very well without risk and operate perfectly!
The RX 100 II I treated myself to mainly take the RX100 because of fold monitor, which allows a considerable relief for overhead shots or shots from waistline down. Especially children recordings would be mentioned here.
The folding mechanism is processed completely made of metal (as well as the mechanism of the small built-in flash) and solid.
Comments from other users, you must be careful that nothing would break, I can not confirm for lifetime!
The mechanism leaves, as the whole camera, a very good and solid impression.
Whether you want to take advantage of the additional hot shoe on the camera to be seen. Sony calls for all accessories (external viewfinder, external flash) unexpectedly hefty prices.
The menu navigation lder RX 100 II ässt after some very readily incorporated use, Sony has here ideally both the "zoom ring" designed freely assignable to the lens, as you can on the back on a "FN" key quickly to desired and up to 7 freely configurable parameter access. The engineers have really given some thought!
The Zommring runs the way also, completely contrary to other representations, very smooth and easy to operate well. From here read and alleged "breakaway torques" no trace!
The image quality is about modern DSLs the entry-level and middle class par, my Nikon makes it much better.
Customised strongly the RX100 II is not only in its very good image sharpness. Night shots with the corresponding's proposed program (where it makes available a number of diverse "scene settings" for every possible shooting situation), had an extremely big surprise! Images from actually dead of night were on the PC suddenly so rich in detail, as if they were taken at dusk. So far I had with any DSLR DX format such surprisingly good results!
The RX 100 II also not stingy with individually adjustable parameters, so the contrast, sharpness and brightness can be corrected not only in manual or auto mode at will, even in scene or program mode customizations are possible.
Slight weaknesses she shows sometimes in macro photography, because, depending on the Focus preset, the focus is not always made immediately. Otherwise, it operates quietly and quickly.
In addition, a UV filter as a possible lens cover or for ambitious photographers a polarizing filter with the size of 52 mm to be purchased. Unfortunately, Sony offers no filter thread on the lens, should in buying filter adapters urgently (!) Be sure that they are removable, as some users have noted that in combination with the flash and wide angle may occur through the adapter ring shadows. Thus came removable magnetic filter adapter or the original Sony adapter as well as the adapter of "Lens Mate" (I have him I ordered from USA) into consideration. So rather something to spend more!
The filter itself should be purchased as a "slim-line design" because they apply only marginally because of the low depth of the lens and thus to avoid shadowing at the edge.
What is not mentioned in any description is that the RX 100 II not only a 3.6x zoom includes, but by specific settings in the menu via a "Clear Image Zoom" to additional digital zoom Endzoombereich of 20 (!) - Adequately about 500mm KB - present (with corresponding reductions in quality, of course, because it is displayed outside the "optical" zoom).
Mention should also be of advantage that Sony also produces recordings in HDR. Many (but motionless!) Images are superimposed on a recording, so that they thus come brilliant advantage. Landscape or night shot getting thus again a very good and vivid impression.
On a 2GB Memory Card go lt. Sony, depending on the resolution (here 20 MP), under up to 170 JPEG images in the "FINE", in JPEG + RAW, are given by the manufacturer 58 images, only RAW would be 88 images.
The battery should provide to the 350 images. As a little extra purchase for travel charger with battery could still be considered, since the battery otherwise upload via USB cable only directly in the camera does.
Conclusion: The RX 100 II is a high quality alternative to a DSLR, discerning amateur photographers who want to carry around their "suitcase" is not always and with a range from wide-angle to short telephoto of about 100mm KB (optical focal length), are in you find a very good companion with great Zeiss optics, a very good noise behavior and countless opportunities to use.
Likewise, it is suitable for beginners who are interested from the outset valued recordings and want to deal in detail with the subject of photography, without wanting to lug so much or would like to invest in a good DSLR proud buzzing with ordinary lenses or can.
For audiences with the fast "shot" in between at the pool bar or on the beach without sustainable claims on image quality or individual settings, it is certainly the wrong camera, this target group by Sony is probably not addressed from the outset by the price-formation.
The difference to the somewhat cheaper RX100 is that the RX 100 II has the swivel monitor already described, additional tracks are laid behind the sensor so that it thus, as opposed to RX 100, acc. To Sony by one stop to be again more sensitive appears.
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