Sony RX10 mark 5
Just wondered if anyone had heard when Sony will be releasing the RX10 mark 5 and what the specification will be. Have done the usual google search and a fair bit of speculation
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+1, I tried the DSLR route, overpriced & over hyped. I got the Pano 2K, it does everything I need-superbly👍🏻, plus I got a good trade in for the Pano 1K because it’s still sought after. OP, the folk I talked to at a camera store told me other than professionals(plus wannabes & posers) folk are switching to the high end Bridges in droves. You are another progressive thinker👏🏻👏🏻
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Imagine how heavy my Rucker is with Canon camera body plus 4 x lenses, extender, tripod etc., means I can’t take my scope as well.
I’ve had 2 bridge cameras, which, apart from spare battery, don’t require any other gubbins so walking all day is no problem. My current DSLR has a picture count of less than 5000 whereas my bridge camera has in excess of 80000.
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With the Pano I have a Nikon Bridge with 83x zoom that is ideal for moon shots as well as t’other side of scrape shots👍🏻
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It had crossed my mind to do the same. I rarely use my DSLR kit these days as its too heavy to cart around. Five years ago I purchased a Canon G16 which I can put in my pocket. In terms of picture quality for the majority of photographs I take there is really not that much difference in quality if any at all. Pushed to the very limits of its zoom range then I would accept that my Canon 15-85 zoom lens on the DSLR will give me a better quality of picture but as most of the pictures I take are taken at standard focal length there is little if any difference. What I am not very good at is getting rid of old equipment, I am sure Margaret thinks I am a bit of a hoarder!!! Is there a good option for disposing of decent photographic equipment?
David
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“Is there a good option for disposing of decent photographic equipment?”
If there is, I’ve yet to find it, David. The trouble is that camera gear, like techie stuff, moves on so quickly that our old stuff rapidly becomes out of date.
I checked out selling my 10yr old Canon bridge and most places weren’t interested. Even on eBay I’d make so little it wouldn’t be wither the hassle. I’ll give it to the charity shop instead.
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You and me both David, more cameras and golf clubs clutter up our house. If I buy a Sony RX 10 I might use Wex Photography and part exchange some of the Canon DSLR gear
Until I find out about the RX 10 mark 5 everything is on hold. If you buy the mark 4 the full price is about £1800.00 so some wriggle room for p/e
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I wouldn't part exchange personally, I wish I had kept all my old cameras down the year. I wish I had kept my Canon AE1 and my first real SLR a Zenith E for example just as display pieces.
I visited a friend of a friend once and he had all the cameras from when I first got into photograph in the late 70s and early 80s. He had a AE1, A1, Pentex ME and MX, Olympus OM1, and a selection of lenses to match (the old FD mount from Canon) and a classic 70-200 mm Vivitar.
Happy days.
Can I ask the one thing that puts me off bridge cameras is not quality but not having an optical viewfinder, are the new electronic viewfinders good?
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"Can I ask the one thing that puts me off bridge cameras is not quality but not having an optical viewfinder, are the new electronic viewfinders good"
I'm no expert, Corners, but I’ve had no issues with electronic viewfinders. The one on my old Canon was fine and the one on my compact RX100 is very sharp with the option of turning on/off info, grids and level indicator shown within the viewfinder display.
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On the viewfinder front. I was determined that I needed a camera with a viewfinder but strangely in the five years I have had the Canon G16 I have hardly used it. Even in bright sunshine I seem to be able to use the screen to compose pictures without too much of a problem. Maybe where a viewfinder comes into its own is if you are using the zoom at maximum especially if taking a picture of say an animal?
David
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Thanks TW and DK, maybe I need to look in (pun intended) as my experience of electronic viewfinders is a bit dated now
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you are a lucky chap (or chapette)
Looking back that was my all time favourite camera.
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My problem with a viewfinder is my varifocal glasses. I find it quite difficult to use a viewfinder with them on. I know I can adjust the viewfinder to suit my vision but that means I have to take the glasses off. I suppose we all adapt to our own limitations!!! Obviously in the days of manual focus cameras we had no choice.
David
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I still have my AE1, the camera is mint but the case has badly deteriorated.
Obviously no news on the Mark 5 can’t even find out what the specification will be.
Think I’ll probably get the Pano 330 serviced whilst waiting to see what happens
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Anyone wishing to dispose of camera gear may consider an organisation for disabled photographers, such as the disabled photographers society and similar organisations, charities that pass on gear to disabled would be photographers.
Although I do cart around rather heavy Nikon DSLR kit, my old lightweight Canon with mid range zoom never sees the light of day unless the grandchildren use it. I just use the camera in my I-Phone, perfect for short range.
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Cheers, BM, I’ll check it out 👍🏻
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Corners, saw a Zenith EM Special on " Flog It " t'other day. It was a Special in so far as it was made & marked specifically for the Moscow Olympics !! Sold for a few quid more than I expected, so hang on to the kit you've got everybody -- Antiques Fair a-calling !!
No, No, that's only for the camera kit, not for the photographers you muppets
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Thanks for the post, it was such a heavy camera that others seem lightweight ever since. It also had a rotating shutter button, it got wound up by using the wind on lever and when you pressed the button, which I remember went down a fair way and took some effort, it would rotate under your fingertip! Caused a hard skin patch to develop there
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Anyone interested in wildlife photography may be interested in the Exhibition at the M Shed, just along the Quay from Baltic Wharf site in Bristol, where they are showing the Wildlife Photographer of the year pics for 2019.
Interestingly, I believe a number of the exhibits were taken using the RX10 unless there is another Sony with a similar name.
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