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I think this will be more useful to the point and shoot crowd rather than DSLR/MILC owners. With P&S's, compactness is a necessity, and since their lenses are small anyway (which means huge DOF),...

I believe the Google Play edition of the Galaxy S4 has a user-replaceable battery and a microSD card slot. All of Samsung's previous phones (including my GNex) did.

But personally, I rely on an...

"Why relegate all the useful subjects to the outer thirds of the scene, where many lenses lose sharpness?"
I think you just answered your own question.

I, for one, like the new studio scene. I...

I've shot the RX100M2 on bright sunny days in Disneyland, and the LCD is bright enough to see even without shading with my hand. PedroMZ probably just didn't have the brightness turned up (the auto...

Yes. If you search on Amazon for an "RX100 battery", you'll find several packages that come with spare batteries and an external charger.

Then get a Nexus or Google Play edition phone. No crapware.

And you can still disable built-in apps in 4.2.2

Oh, good lord.

Just use a phone charger. No need to buy anything extra. The little cube chargers that come with iPhones and Android phones and whatnot can all charge the RX100M2. You just need a...

It won't make much of a difference. All of the RX100M2's improvements (hotshoe, tilting screen, etc.) are negated underwater. The BSI sensor on the M2 might make it slightly better than the M1, but...

nathanleebush: People will still buy other compacts for one very simple reason: $$$

$750 is EXPENSIVE. Unless you are actually shelling it out yourself, I don't think you realize how much the high...

Owner of the RX100M2 here.

I have to concur with the reviewer. The clickless control wheel feels very.... ehh... loose. You have to rely on a visual aid on the LCD to know what you're setting it...

Disappointed at the lack of mention of the step zoom in the review. (Or maybe I just missed it.)

The step zoom makes the clickless function ring a LOT more forgivable and engaging, because then...

Isn't that the same thing? I thought larger sensors exhibit less noise at higher ISOs because they have more light gathering ability.

Obviously, everyone knows that larger sensors deliver better low light results. But the question is why? Is it simply because of a larger surface area? Just from the standpoint of surface area, an...

@NetMage Ohhh, ok. I thought it was the ratio of surface area that determined focal length equivalency, not the ratio of linear dimensions, i.e. I thought that to get a 200mm equivalent FOV on the...

@RichRMA I felt the same way about compacts until I got an RX100M2. When I use it, I don't "hold it out from my face" long enough for it to be fatiguing. That said, I'm less meticulous with it than...

I don't see how this could possibly be a better buy than any other premium compact. Its only advantage seems to be zoom range (200mm vs 100-140mm on other premium compacts), and even that's not...

Comparing the $550 P7800 to the $600 RX100, you get:
- a smaller sensor
- a larger body
- a slower lens
- a shorter ISO range
- fewer video options

All in exchange for what? An articulated screen...

Tilting screen
NFC+WiFi (can transfer photos directly to smartphone for fast turnaround)
"Bounceable" flash (built-in flash can be directed upwards)
Step zoom
Better sensor
Shallower DOF
Better...

Actually it's probably just the new DIGIC6. I think the 70D's AF needs bigger pixels than what this has in order to implement on-sensor CDAF, since every pixel will basically be halved.

Ironically, this is a feature that I didn't think would be useful, but now that I've used it, I LOVE IT. I love being able to upload full quality photos taken from a good camera (as opposed to a...