RX100 design--what sense does it make?

the rx100 already has a mode dial, a control wheel, control ring, and a better Fn button than the nex 7 - you want to add 2 more buttons and another dial?? if you owned the camera you'd realize that it does everything you could want it too - quickly. in practice, not in the store.

as for the grip - its better with nothing. it makes it aesthetically better than any other pocket camera since film cams. its better without a built-in grip because you can now choose from the franiec, a flipbac, or the leica-like skin from ebay - which makes the camera look insanely classy. i got one and it looks even better than the stock camera with it on. it was like $16.

the only physical design flaw i can really see is they could have or maybe should have added filter threads - but even THAT has a really pretty great solution in the carryspeed magfilter.

bottom line: your opinion is in the extreme minority i'm sure. if you owned the camera you'd realize it operates very quickly and easily.