You can buy the lens filter which act as the "lens protector" from lensmate.
http://www.lensmateonline.com/store/sonyRX100.php

A little contribution.

Hi bro you may find my review at the bottom of my website at the signature I bought it already .

Hmm, the camera is quite bad at taking macro shot of a single flower fully covering the screen, my Galaxy S2 seems to be doing a much better job at that. Any tips at taking up close macro?

However, taking macro from a distance looks very good though, very good bokeh as well.


Unable to upload original quality as the file size exceeds 5mb. Resized using paint, lazy to use proper software to resize for now.

I have another question, how do you take photo when the sun is setting? The foreground will either be underexposed or the sky will look super overexposed (literally all white).

Testing with image upload via Dropbox. Yes, I'm a noob.



This post has been edited by my44: Apr 27 2013, 04:35 PM

Yeah I noticed it was a bit difficult to get too close. The alternative way is to step back a little bit, get a nice focus of the flower petal among other flower petals and then crop. Reason being: the resolution is 20MP hence not much is lost.

My iPhone 4S can also get good closeup but deteriorate once you step further away. RX100 is very good when taking photos of human or pet as you don't have to be uncomfortably too close to the subject in a way that my 4S or your S2 would have.

For exposure settings, some users here can better advice than me. Yes, blown exposures are common if you are not careful. I haven't read and experimented much about EV balance and what-nots. Also, I think this is where the DRO (Dynamic Range Optimization) can come to the rescue but you will need A LOT of experimental photos that you need to view on a large screen LCD to see what works best. I think a few here can give some tips regarding this.

I love my RX100 and hope you do too!

Is there any way to remove the original file automatically when AutoHDR mode is enabled? I find the extra file wasting quite a lot of space and is a hassle to remove manually, what's the use of the original file actually?

This post has been edited by Fawkes: Apr 30 2013, 02:19 AM

RX100's closest minimum focussing distance is at its widest focal range and due to the sensor size, isn't going to be as close as you can get from smaller sensored cameras.

For the exposure question, every camera and even the human eye can see limited dynamic range. When you have a strong backlit, either:

- Fill flash to balance the exposure
- Use reflector to balance the exposure
- Shoot RAW to capture all the sensor's data and push pull from post processing
- HDR

Personally I think auto HDR and DRO modes are kinda risky as the camera is making the judgement and quite frequently make the wrong judgement. It also rarely come out as imagined when I look at a scene.

This pic of cherry blossoms ( they measure about ~3-4cm ) is shot with the strong backlight ie the sky in RAW. Personally I think one of the strong points for the RX100 is the robust-ness of its raw files.


DSC03478 by vmwt, on Flickr

This one is heavily cropped.


DSC03819 by vmwt, on Flickr

ps: ISO125 has the best dynamic range.

It's not difficult. Just pay attention to the histogram before clicking the shutter button. If the graph is too cluttered to the left means underexposed, then +EV to move it closer to center, if its peaking to the right, then its overexposed... just dial -EV to move it to the left.


Because auto-HDR could get funky when there's moving things... like ppl walking.... water for instance.... original file is there so the casual user still have useable photos for that epic vacation shot entirely with autoHDR cos he/she thinks it looks better

But seriously... it's just workflow.

Insert SD card/ plug in camera to computer... pull out the photos you want... format SD card = Done.

SD cards are dirt cheap even for the 32GB ones so its always better to make more photos than less.

Hmm okay, looks like I got much to learn.

Btw, is there any software that allows renaming all the jpeg files to date + time?

Anyone tried this screen protector before?
http://www.sony.com.my/product/pck-lm12

Do you know which shop that sells it?

I think can set filename to datetime etc in lightroom but don't have LR in my work computer. But if you don't mind me asking, why would you wanna do that?

I just use a regular stick on screen protector. Reason being is that being a tightly packed compact, if an accident is big enough to crack the LCD.. its probably big enough to screw up the camera itself

Well, it allows better organizing of photos instead of getting named as DSC*****. It's more convenient than looking for the date from the EXIF data anyway.

Anyone has gotten extra batteries for the camera? Is 3rd party battery reliable?

What settings do you guys use for rapid sightseeing when you don't have much time to mess around with the settings?

I was using Superior Auto before this but I realize it doesn't work very well when it is sunny and have the sun facing you. AutoHDR solved the problem sometimes but it is quite time consuming and the colour isn't accurate sometimes.

Anyone knows why the panorama cuts off before you finish taking the photo sometime?

Why does the screen not show the proper crop? The image captured is always smaller than what appeared on the screen before making it hard to determine to point the camera at which position.

sniper on the roof When shooting raw, which mode do you use?

Personally I'll just click "sort by date"

Cos stitching panoramas together requires a lot of computing power even on a desktop PC hence to do it in-camera itself, it has to opt for a limited coverage and reduced image quality.

You sweep in a curvature...so when the software turns a curvature to the merged flat image, the leftovers from top and bottom have to be cropped out.

As for mode..sometimes aperture priority sometimes shutter priority.. tengok priority la, its the same thing anyway

Hi guys
new RX100 user here and new to photography

pics taken during my recent trip. impressive little thing



This post has been edited by Dark Lynx: May 4 2013, 02:02 AM

Some shots taken a couple weeks back... 6 fire engines rushed to the scene to put out a fortunately small fire nearby


DSC04944 by vmwt, on Flickr


DSC04947 by vmwt, on Flickr


DSC04954 by vmwt, on Flickr

ps: they cordoned off the vicinity so couldn't take any action shots.

Hi guys.

I'm planning to purchase the rx100 this coming weekend, which place is selling with the most reasonable price in around KL/Seremban area? My budget is only <RM2100 not sure can get original set or not..

Your help is much appreciated.

I was planning to get the Sony NEX-5R because i didnt like the bring my DLSR around. However, upon my research I found out about the Sony RX-100. Now I am not sure which one to get because I like the idea of the compact camera plus i didnt utilize much of the DLSR function of inter-changeable lens

You asked in RX100 thread obviously people here will say RX100 better

Hi,

Anybody know where to get step up ring 37-52mm or 40.5 - 52mm area KL / Kajang?
Already visit few shop at Bangi and Digimall, the smalest one is 46mm-55mm

I dont want to buy online as I want to use it on this Sunday...

forget it.... already got the item from DGcolor...
size 37mm-52mm
and mod it so can attach to the lens..

as below ...


RX100 ring adapter mod by wch5274, on Flickr

RX100 ring adapter mod by wch5274, on Flickr

RX100 ring adapter mod by wch5274, on Flickr

but cant use the case anymore...

p/s : pic taken using xperia ZL

This post has been edited by bex9432: May 10 2013, 09:06 PM