Desiring a discreet and powerful device, I found in the Sony RX 100 an excellent compromise.
It has many features to a personal and reflective practice, which is said "expert", as well as a fully automatic use.
It benefits from all the expertise present Sony on the matter (balance of white easily adaptable, separate Focus lock and exposure, peaking, HDR, panorama, etc ...) and, like the Nex for example, succeeds perfectly freehand difficult pictures allegedly failed once, except to the very carefully and using a foot.
I blame him, however, an elegant but too slippery structure, monitor, certainly bright and well defined but messy immediately, and the obligation to charge the battery in the camera; however, it can effectively compensate for these various drawbacks by products accessories by Sony or by various third parties (search the internet) but it tends to further burdening an already pretty hefty bill.