DaveE1

Actually, it's quite inexpensive.

As a shelf ornament, it would be pricey. As a compact, have-with-me-at-all-times camera, it is worth at least twice the price for its convenience and image quality.

You might be better off drop around to your friendly photo equipment store to take a look at equipment at this price level before buying. Besides they could do with the business when given the...

With all due respect, people are complaining about the fact that the review is at odds with fully independent reviews and their own findings.

You are comparing the pocketable compact RX100II to the Olympus Pen E-PL5? Also, the Lumix DMC-GX7? Are you on the wrong page perhaps? Do you know the difference between these categories of...

It's well worth getting to know the RX100II.

User experience and engagement is more in the head than in the hands. Unreasonable expectations aren't going to help with any new camera, and you...

@"Serenity Now", well said!

And well done for understanding PhotoKhan's comment. I was at a loss to know what he/she/it was going on about. Sweet apple pies and cracks? Charming!

It doesn't make my coffee for me either, but I'd still give it gold as the best compact camera around by a long shot.

Then again, I don't care whose badge is on the camera, so I don't carry that...

This commercial is the inevitable byproduct of a company trying to find a use for the useless.

Sure, people are laughing... at, now with.

This commercial is the inevitable byproduct of a company trying to find a use for the useless.

Sure, people are laughing... at, not with.

It's cool technology that's pretty useless for phones as it stands, delivered by someone who has the presentation style of a robot with flat batteries. Taking phones out of your pocket and having...

There are many posts here that agree with you.

More about the camera, less about the reviewer, that should be DPR's new motto at the end of all this. A separate mood icon for the reviewer, to sit...

@Boky, I had two RX100II's in my short pockets recently, as I minded one for a friend who was swimming. What's supposed to happen?

Are you talking about boxer shorts? If so, why would you want to...

The review won't go down as DPReview's finest. I think that while people appreciate honesty in reviews, there is more than a fair smattering of whim and the superficial about this one... best...

The review is questionable (for reasons many others have pointed out)...

...but the posts from people giving out about people giving out are downright hilarious.

Thanks for the laugh!

I agree, it would! You can expect reviews that draw conclusions at odds with user's real-world experiences, not to mention the overwhelming opinion of professional equipment testers, to come under...

At $500, it would still be too expensive for some. Same with $300.

I think it is priced appropriately for the current market and the camera's capabilities, so price shouldn't score it down (even...

DPR reviews are kind of political these days. So, its best to read them as part of a larger balanced diet of independent reviews.

There could be a bit of politics thrown into this review. We don't know.

Anyway, Gold or Silver, the RX100 II is an extremely impressive camera - easily the best compact I have used (and other...

Yes a bizarre conclusion after the build up. No doubt a camera deserving of a Gold Award. The attempted justification for the Silver (downgrade) seemed a bit vague too. Maybe too many cameras to...

This is exactly how it looks to me too. I'm beginning to wonder how many more reviews are questionable too.

Normally I take DPReview reviews as a credible indicator of a camera's worth, but I am...