Swamped with work over the last couple of weeks, no time or energy for personal work. Ah, but I did have a camera in my pocket, the Sony RX100. Weighing in at less the 9oz (pimped out with Lensmate’s 52mm filter adapter) pix of RX100 with filter mounted after the break

there really wasn’t an excuse for not having a camera on hand.

I could have used my phone and sometime in the future I will (once it matches or surpasses the RX100 image quality and speed) but for now, this little beast is pretty much unbeatable.

The combination of the fantastic 1″ sensor, the impressive Zeiss lens, easily accessible manual controls in photo and video mode make it a winner in my book. Check out this very reasonable vari ND filter, an essential accessory for video.

I haven’t been as thrilled with a true pocket camera since….ever!

Sensor technology came a long way over the last couple of years. Take a look at those DXO benchmarks

and one more

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