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Sony RX10-II First impressions, review

And image samples [Photography test]

— Sony RX-10 Mark II (images are courtesy of Sony USA) —

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Image examples

Image examples below were generated from Sony RX10-II camera RAW using capture One 8 (free Sony version) and saved as Tiff, then opened in Adobe Photoshop CS6, resized and cropped when needed, and saved for web at Jpeg quality 60.

There was no sharpening or any other adjustment applied (except shadow/highlight recovery where applicable). Capture One export to uncompressed TIFF were performed at default values.

Sony RX10 MarkII Sharpness and details (1/500 sec; f/3.2; ISO 400)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MarkII Sharpness and details – 100% crop (1/500 sec; f/3.2; ISO 400)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MarkII Sharpness and details (1/125 sec; f/3.2; ISO 100)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MarkII Sharpness and details – 100% crop

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MkII highlights and shadows (1/500 sec; f/3.5; ISO 200)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MarkII Sharpness and details – 100% crop

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MkII DOF at 200mm @F2.8

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MkII DOF at 200mm @F2.8 – 100% crop/h2>

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10-II Image quality – full size at 24mm F2.8 1/1600 sec

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MkII Image quality – center

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10 MkII Image quality – corners

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10-II Image quality – at 80mm (1/1250 sec F2.8)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10-II Image quality center crop – at 80mm (1/1250 sec F2.8)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10-II Image quality at high ISO (200mm, f2.8 1/320 at ISO 6400)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10-II Image quality (crop) at high ISO (200mm, f2.8 1/320 at ISO 6400)

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

Sony RX10-II Shadows and Highlights recovery (Maximum possible recovery with a single slider on Capture One)

Sony RX10-II Shadows recovery (Maximum possible recovery with a single slider on Capture One)

100% from above:

Sony RX10 MkII Shadows and Highlights recovery (24mm, 1/500 @F3.5)

100% from above:

Update: Sony RX10-II vs Sony a7-II in-studio images

For this test we used broncolor strobes, ISO 100 on both cameras, autofocus set by camera and turned off after.

On both Sony RX10-II and Sony a7 we set aperture f9, at around 100mm zoom. On Sony a7-II we had Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS Lens

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

100% crops of different parts of the image above

Default ACR settings were used. Sony RX10-II on the left, Sony A7MKII on the right.

Sony RX10MKII is on the left, Sony a7MKII  is on the  right

Sony RX10MKII is on the left, Sony a7MKII  is on the  right

Sony RX10MKII is on the left, Sony a7MKII  is on the  right


Conclusion

I have this Sony RX10-II with me only for a few days, and there is no verdict yet:-) However, from what I see based on image quality, this camera is way below the quality of what Sony a7 with 35mm F2.8 Lens delivers.

Sensor is too small to deliver acceptable (for me) image quality.  The only hope for this camera is to be outstanding video performer.

I’ll post sample videos including hight speed (you’ve seen one on the test video already), 4K and HD on a second part of this review.

UPDATE:

The image quality form a tiny sensor is not good enough – for me. However, this must be one of the best image quality from 1” sensor.

Watch the second part here: Sony RX10-II review, part 2: video performance

— Update: Adobe Camera RAW update to support this camera! —

New Camera Support in Lightroom 6.1.1

• Sony a7RII (ILCE-7RM2)
Sony DSC-RX10M2
• Sony DSC-RX100M4
• Canon PowerShot G3 X
• Casio EX-100F
• Casio EX-ZR3000
• Leica Q (Typ 116)
• Olympus AIR-A01
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ330
• Pentax K-3 II
• Phase One IQ3 50MP
• Phase One IQ3 60MP
• Phase One IQ3 80MP
• Ricoh GR II

Download new Raw converter here: Adobe DNG Converter 9.1.1

Sony RX10-II First impressions review

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom 6.1.1

While all the current Sony FE lenses were already profiled by the previous last update, this update adds lens profiles for lots of new lenses including:

Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6
Sigma 24mm F1.4 DG HSM
Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Mitakon 35mm f/0.95
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8

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