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(It is there now)

What do you mean sharp? I can not even read the type number on the Zarges plate on the ladders on the first one... /S *LOL*

Seems like an amazing lens,

GoProKart...

Ah sorry 40 (not 45) degrees, they have not made doubling quite the same in both directions (replaced the image with a slightly squeezed version where it IS 45 degree...)

(Note that for the LX10...

@falconeyes. Yes, if the details are not important, cropping is the same as drawing a straight 45 degree line in the equivalent aperture diagram above.
(With white lines added see:...

@Androole, HA HA. Just realised that your calculus are completely wrong - and five people 'liked' that. *DOH* - do not know why I did not check the numbers yesterday.

The PRINCIPLE is right of...

@Michiel953, You seem to miss the point. The point is that you would not need to carry more than one camera, and the price - that I would find acceptable - would be poorer resolution and lo light...

@Androole, Yes, of courseI know that, my point was to extend the optical zoom to an extend where it does not cover the full sensor.

The RX100 III-V already performs so much better at 24mm, that if...

How I wish someone would go in a more complex direction!!

I love the F1.8 in the wide end of the RX100 III-V, and would like some zoom too. BUT it does NOT need to be at full sensor coverage, nor...

@Magnar W, but it still most likely means an end of RX100 as we knew and love it.
his new kid is great, but should have had its own moniker, as it is for a different user group.

@b534202
It is a matter of usage pattern. The battery can last for many hundreds of photos if you do not use flash. And the batteries ways so little, that you should just buy a few extra and carry...

Yes, they should have given it a different number, as it clearly targets a different user segment. Those that is more in need of zoom that lo light ability.

So I guess the OP is right, that this...

It is for a different user segment, for whom zoom is more important.
The strange thing is that they have reused the RX100 number, for a completely different camera - yes the physical appearance is...

@gonzalu
He he. and at the least 200 bits colour depth... /S

Compared to the RX100 III-V it is nice with the extended zoom range BUT it comes at the dearly cost of a MUCH worse performance in poor light. (see the graph)

So it can not replace my RX100 III...

@Pixel Pooper. If you do the calculus the difference in the angles of the perspective of the ears versus the front of the face at 2m versus 4m is roughly 0.1 degree. And you would need really keen...

@Pixel Pooper, You are wrong, sorry. There ARE special (but real) cases where you can. As long as the distance to the object is kept reasonably large compared to the depth of the picture elements...

"Perspective change" would be a more correct description I guess.

For a fixed motive yes, but it depends on the size of the motive. If you want to take a picture of say a mountain, you might want a wide angle lens, even used far away. And the other way round for...

Absolutely right!
(except for the special cases where the motive and the background is at approximately the same distance from the camera e.g. the motive is a person standing in front of a...