the camera is a small sensation in the market, through aperture of 2.8, although also other, but not with this wide angle. The 3mm to 28mm standard already makes very much and I do not want to do without it. Also on board is under these circumstances only the FZ200, although even a telephoto to 600mm, but a smaller chip, which is not quite so great for the image quality. Here a 1-inch sensor is installed, the LT keep up. Various tests with MFT and entry-level DSLR.
In principle, yes, many dream of a camera with a large sensor, a fast lens and plenty of zoom, change lenses without having to. This is unfortunately not physically. Either go big chip, high speed, but the focal length at least 2 lenses distributed, or smaller chip and a lens as the FZ200. The former combination is great, especially the lenses are heavy and expensive. You have to change lenses, wearing mehere kilos and put a lot of money for it on the table. The second combination has a good representative in the FZ200, so far the best Bridge when it came to light intensity.
The RX10 is now such a "halfway house", a bridge, as the name fits very well. The new 1-inch chip it comes loose ran to entry-level DSLR, especially if there "only" kit lenses are used. The argument is quite common, "because it takes a Sony A37 with Kitlinsen and is much cheaper" ... On paper, that's right, just are the faint lenses and thus squander the advantage APS-C very quickly. Really better is a DSLR only if you donated her some good glasses, which are correspondingly expensive. Not to mention the worse equipment of entry-level DSLR Bodies.
Where we are grad Price: Of course, 1000 Euros are a lot of money, adequate performance is correspondingly but already. Better is only possible with a lot more money and change lenses wear + or pay less, but then worse image quality Trough smaller chips or limitations in the focal length.
Yet what about the tiresome subject decentered lenses: My lens is sharp. Now make the matter but do not consider it so serious. Somewhere probably in the last few days, a camera retailers meant that the error when it occurs, probably not even notice 98% of buyers. He's right there already, because 98% of people who buy a camera so go out and take pictures, look forward to the shots and actually nothing remarkable. The remaining 2% make test photos without end, sitting in front of the computer and the monitor looking over high image magnification for "errors" from. Similar to people who search with a magnifying glass to paint their cars to micro-scratches and also find that, but these are no longer visible from a distance of 1m. Normally something falls not on, even for larger prints or when viewing photos on the TV is nothing to see. The problem there is only here, not from Amazon UK / USA, not in various test reports of photographers who really know. One should also mention that we are talking here of a zoom lens. Highest optical quality is only available with fixed focal lengths with a correspondingly high price, a zoom is always a compromise, however, is quite good here. The lens is good already what :-) So you do not let go crazy from any blurring the not even ultimately practical relevance, if they actually occur. Many have the "Focus Test" made and found no blur.
Otherwise, everything has been said on camera almost. The image quality is very good and that is what counts. The SD card slot has been criticized as fricklig, he is something. Clean the card is very good, but one must touch the card at the top on the sides and pull out out. The flash pops up slightly different to how normal knows the other cameras, something to watch out when folding, but I think only a habituation question.
What did not work, was often criticized: No decent manual, not even as a pdf. I hope there is something else ... There is an "Online Manual" on the HP of Sony, but that is rather ne "Frickellösung" and does not deserve the name of the manual. External books to the camera, there is not yet for sale, but the camera is still too young, will come as sure what. It is with this online help, but beautiful is not.
No charger: I think it's good, I'm here lying around tens Chargers and'm often on Search. A USB cable can I find much better, but that is certainly very subjective. The structure, however, is funny: a USB cable that plugs into the charging unit, then a cable from the electrical outlet to charge part ... and Sony can already, the smartphone there is only one connector that comes into the power outlet and where the USB cable is reingesteckt. Does not understand.
Motor Zoom: It would be better, of course, a manual zoom been going even as a combination if you absolutely have for videographers want more comfort, Olympus makes eg the 12-50 kit lens of the O-MD. But brings me pretty well clear. For a star deduction rather not.
For whom the camera is what? Good image quality will also in poor lighting conditions for people who want to wear do not meet one kilo DSLR who want to change any lenses and are not willing to put a lot more money on the table. The video function should be very good, according to some reports, the test better as camcorder in 4-digit Euro range. I did not test video I'm interested only in passing.
Addendum 26.1 .: a pretty good manual is now officially available for Sony, 444 pages, very extensive :-)
