![]() At long last, there’s a microphone socket for recording higher quality audio, but with no hot shoe, you’ll need to use a bracket to fix one to the camera. Real-time Eye AF is also available during video recording, meaning the camera should keep human subjects in focus no matter how they move. There’s a raft of additional advanced features, including S-Log2 and S-Log3 profiles for easier colour grading in post-production, Hybrid Log-Gamma for HDR recording, and super-slow motion video at 250fps, 500fps, or 1000fps. It can record 4K 3840 x 2160 footage at 25fps with full pixel readout, which delivers highly detailed footage with no field of view crop. Other additions include a comprehensive intervalometer function for timelapse shooting, as first seen on the Alpha 6400 earlier this year.Īs usual from Sony, the RX100 VII has an impressive video specification. It can be combined with the self-timer in a bid to catch group shots where nobody’s blinking, but this requires a separate trip into Sony’s impenetrable menus to set up. The idea is that you then select one frame that catches the perfect moment, similar to modes we’ve seen on some recent smartphones. Sony has also added an oddly-named ‘Single Burst Shooting’ option, which takes a burst of seven frames from a single press of the shutter button in very quick succession either 90fps, 60fps or 30fps. The tilting screen is good for low-angle shooting ![]() Set the camera to continuous focus and tracking, and you can almost forget about moving the AF area or changing focus modes ever again. What’s more important in practice is that you get the firm’s impressive Real-time Eye AF and Real-time Tracking systems, which in its recent cameras has proven to be incredibly effective at holding focus on subjects as they move around the frame. The new innards also eliminate viewfinder blackout during continuous shooting. Sony claims that the AF acquisition time has reduced from 0.03sec to 0.02sec, and while that 1/100sec difference won’t be noticeable very often, it should help with fast-moving subjects. It now combines 357 on-chip phase-detection points covering 68% of the frame with 425 contrast-detection areas. So what has actually changed? Most importantly, Sony has combined a new generation sensor with its latest Bionz X processor, and this brings a significant update to the camera’s hybrid AF system. The lens extends considerably to its 200mm equivalent telephoto position Indeed in one respect, the VII has gone slightly backwards, with ‘just’ 20 frames per second continuous shooting rather than 24 (which is still twice as fast as you’ll likely need). The lens is the same 24-200mm equivalent f/2.8-4.5 zoom, and the pop-up viewfinder and tilting touchscreen are unchanged. It’s built around a 20-million-pixel 1in stacked-CMOS sensor that offers a sensitivity range of ISO 100-12,800. On paper, the RX100 VII has almost the same core specifications as last year’s model. For more options have a look at the best Sony cameras.So how can the RX100 VII conceivably justify its astronomical cost? Canon also offers an interesting competitor too, in the shape of the PowerShot G5 X Mark II with its large-aperture 24-120mm equivalent zoom and a price tag that’s nearly $100 / £100 lower than the RX100 VII. For comparison, Panasonic’s long-zoom Lumix TZ200 can be found for less than $700 / £600. The problem, as is often the case with Sony, is this price tag puts it squarely at the top as the most expensive compact camera of its kind on the market. In the US, its launch price is still the RRP. In the UK, you can now find the camera for around £850-900. This price tag has come down slightly in the three years since it launched. Sony’s RX100-series compact cameras have always been at the top end of the price bracket, and the Sony RX100 VII became the most expensive to date with a retail price of $1,198 / £1,200 at its launch. The RX100 VII employs a pop-up EVF and tilting rear screen
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