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> iPhone, or any phone for that matter, sucks big time as a camera

Well, the question of which phone sucks the least remains...

I'd definitely add "Low light performance worse than that of predecessor" to "The Bad" part of the summary. Every part of the chart a happened to look at was noticeably better rendered by iPhone 5...

> "Smallish screen"?

Yes, compared to competition. Definitely way too small for me, personally (plan on going from current S3 to Note II).

> "Manual controls"? This is phone, not DSLR:))

Agree...

> there details in the "improved" version that do not exist in the "original"

Even though the "details" do not exist in the original version, the *information* does. What is needed to reconstruct...

> A blurry lens causes irretrievable damage to the information

There is absolutely nothing "irretrievable" about that damage as long as (a) pixels are not saturated, (b) dynamic range of the...

> I know the 5d2 is weather sealed It's not (I have it), only 1-series Canon cameras are... So if it served you well, so shoud RX1 -- or better, because of lack of zoom lens.

... happened to Canon 1D forum when 5D was launched, and it took quite a while for things to settle down. There was huge number of requests (or should I say outcries?) to separate 1D from 5D... Now...

Try adding attachment grip for RX100 to the cart, and the site will suggest adding accessories for it: an RX100 II or RX1R...

Lightroom support for camera correction is definitely lacking... It almost always requires you to go to the Profile tab and pick the lens, and on many occasions I couldn't even find 16-35/2.8 in...

... digital zoom in video does not require upsampling -- up until actually used area on the sensor shrinks to the video frame resolution, which is never the case for RX100. So I, personally, would...

... if they did such comparison, it would be way harder to justify Silver Award over Gold for the original model -- and thus create all the controversy and traffic, traffic, traffic. So, you see,...

> So find another review site.

That's Luminous Landscape. In fact, that's the only place where I look for *reviews*.

DPR for me, these days, is a camera database and forum site, that's all. BTW,...

> he took extreme steps

He certainly did, in great many areas, as he managed to develop this site and sell it to Amazon. Not something you'd expect from a mere mortal.

> The awards reflect the reviewers' subjective opinion

I could understand that. Phil Askey (remember him?) was biased towards Nikon, we all knew that, and just accepted as a fact. We are all...

Compared to what?

So, Silver award... OK.

Controversy increases traffic but reduces credibility. Seems like the choice was made here already.

Next logical step is hiring Ken Rockwell as reviewer.

... and for posting the image. Seems like it's exactly what I was looking for, and w/o your post & photo there was no way I'd know RX100 II would fit that nicely; the case is even not listed as...

Sky looks a bit too bright and washed out to me... Applying a graduated filter fixes it, makes image more balanced, and, most importantly, puts extra emphasis on that beautiful fog you captured:

Thanks for the heads up. Downloaded and installed. BTW, LR upgrades itself in a funny way... It first installs itself in a new folder (so I first was under impression I'll retain 5.0), and only...

The more it's about software, the harder it is for Japanese companies to get it right. Just read "What happened to Japan's electronic giants?":

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21992700

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