Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Sony RX100 M2 Review!”.
Hey what is up guys mkbhd here – and this is the best pocket camera ever made thanks for watching no, but this is a bit of a secret weapon because, first of all, i use this a lot, but then i never really talked to you guys about it. So i realized i figured. I should probably tell you guys a lot more about this particular device right here. Uh i’ve used footage from it in a couple of mkbhd videos. I take like all of my instagram photos on it. Now i bring it anywhere. I go and i have an open pocket, so this is the sony rx100 mark ii.
Now i know a lot of you guys immediately go to the description and check out the price and when you guys see the price of this you’re, probably going to first say no. No. I really don’t want that, but i urge you to watch this video first and then tell me what you think. The rx100 mark ii is basically a refined masterpiece. At this point, it ticks all the boxes and it makes some improvements over the original already legendary rx100 mark 1.. Everything that can be good about a pocket camera is good about this camera, so there are already about a million reviews of the original rx100 out there. On the internet, but here’s the gist of what you need to know that makes this camera so good. First of all, first and foremost, is the 20 megapixel giant one-inch sensor they put in this thing that is bigger and more sensitive than any other camera that fits in your pocket by a lot with this bigger sensor, you get better low light performance, a shallower depth Of field, and basically, overall, better image quality second, is the super fast carl zeiss lens. That’S f, 1.8 at its widest focal length. It’S so that’s pretty darn fast, it’s 3.6 times optical zoom, and it also has optical image stabilization that works really well, there’s also a pop-up flash that can be articulated and used to bounce light off the ceiling instead of blinding your subject every time.
It also has a three inch: super bright, articulating, live view, lcd, that’s viewable, indoors and outdoors and can help you get your shots at pretty much any angle. Thanks to that new articulating hinge, it has just about every software feature and mode. You could possibly think of anywhere from full manual control over everything and raw or jpeg photos to the full auto on all the creative modes and even built-in hdr. It has wi-fi nfc a hot shoe. It has a smooth turning ring around the lens that can be programmed to change, focus or aperture or really anything you want. It takes rechargeable batteries that last a long time and sd cards up to 128 gigabytes right now, and the build quality all around the outside is all metal. So this thing is built like a tank and it can be tossed into bags and traveled with all the time. The controls are well built too they’re, well organized and easy to learn and they’re, pretty clicky and responsive when in use, and on top of all of that, the images and video that come out of this camera are stunning.
They are really good. So, even if you think this camera is the ugliest thing in the world, you can’t deny the crystal clear image: quality colors are very accurate, photos are tack, sharp dynamic range is impressive, and basically, what i’m trying to say here is this blows? Every other pocket camera out of the water in this department, auto focus while you’re taking photos, is super fast, very snappy, sharp and accurate, and it also has continuous, auto focus during video recording at 1080p, which is also constantly very fast and accurate. Now i don’t know about you, but with a lineup like this there’s hardly any reason to consider any other pocket camera over this one at this price point. So if you guys remember, i did videos from ces in january, in the beginning of this year, uh where i did some coverage of an nvidia event, a huawei device, uh sony device and at the end i did a huge nine minute.
Wrap-Up of all of the highlights of ces, yet 99 of that footage from those videos came from this, you can actually cut between dslr footage and rx100 footage in a single youtube. Video and most people for the most part will not be able to tell the difference, especially because, like we said, the awesome optics, the great image quality and the shallow depth of field thanks to the fast lens and the big sensor, it gives it that sort of Dslr, like filmic, look when you’re taking videos with it, and on top of all of that, this is what it’s like to hold a dslr while taking video. While this is what it’s like to hold a pocket camera while taking free hand, this camera could also be considered. Maybe the perfect vlogging camera, because a lot of the vlogging cameras you already see on youtube are compact and have to take great quality video in a tiny package.
This is exactly that this is probably even more compact than a lot of the other youtube cameras out there, and it takes much better video quality at arm’s length. Now i don’t happen to do this style, video all that often, but if you do like i did at ces, then you’ll find that delivers well pretty much awesome quality and it’s much much easier to do this kind of style with this than with a dslr. So what are the main differences between the mark ii and the mark? One? You may ask well the mark ii here has wi-fi nfc a hot shoe on the top and an articulating lcd screen on the back.
If you can live without these four features, then might i suggest saving a little bit of money and getting the still god-like rx100 mark one and saving yourself quite a bit of money, but i actually really love having the mark ii for that wi-fi plus nfc capability, Which makes it brilliant for smartphone control, so overall, the rx100 and rx100 mark ii clearly an incredible camera, just a really really great buy for anyone, and i would argue that this could be the full-time, only camera for a lot of youtubers out there. Now i see a lot of youtubers go out and buy a dslrs which is sort of a larger, more unwieldy body. For that cinematic, look, the shallow depth of field and the quality that you get, but then they never take advantage of the interchangeable lenses that you’re supposed to use with a dslr they’ll use the same lens all the time, and i would argue that this is a Better buy because this gets you the same quality, the same image style and it’s smaller, it’s cheaper and it’s just significantly easier to shoot with. Like i said you can get that optical image. Stabilization is built in so you don’t have to worry about getting a lens with that. You can use it with one hand and check your phone at the same time. You can vlog with it it’s so much more versatile than a dslr and it fits in your pocket and you can take the quality anywhere.
It’S a great camera. So now you can check the price. I know you probably have it in a new tab anyway, but honestly if i was still giving ratings like numerical values for devices like this, this would probably be one of those rare 10 out of 10’s that just doesn’t have any real flaws to hold it back. It’S arguably the perfect camera, but either way.
Thank you for watching this video and a lot more mkbhd. Videos are to come because these are like the two most exciting months of tech september october uh, so i’m really excited thumbs up for that and, most importantly, let me know if you guys want to see more like device like smaller device reviews like this. I i haven’t reviewed this camera, the one i’m shooting this on right now i have my amazon gear list in the description of every video and a lot of the stuff on that list. I have not reviewed yet. So let me know if there are things on that list that you want to see me make a video about, like i said thanks for watching, and i will talk to you guys in the next article peace you .