Portrait Photography

Snapshot of the day: Silent Prayer: street shooting with the Sony RX10

I spotted this beautiful stranger waiting in front of the Washington Square Arch-after dark
ISO 1000 @2.8

My first RX10 was doa, and I had written it off until I saw this crazy deal at Adorama (still a few left at $937)
Primary use will be shooting video, however, I really enjoyed using the RX100 during my Paris trip and took it out for a quick spin today. Too early to draw conclusions but I really liked shooting with it, a totally different experience when compared to a pure street camera set up like the Fuji X E2 with a small prime or even the RX100II. The Zeiss zoom is massive and it feels more like a small DSLR. Not necessary a bad thing. The RX10 focuses pretty fast in good light, controls are easily accessible, the shutter release button feels much better than on the Sony A7/r. The quality of this lens is outstanding already wide open, the only nuisance was the slow by wire zoom. This will be a plus during video shoots, however, when shooting stills, it can get in your way. I will have to take it out a few more times but it appears to be the perfect compact fusion camera. I will keep posting my impressions shooting with this thing :)