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Comparable Camera to the Sony RX100
mw:
I am looking for a good pocket camera that is comparable to the Sony RX100. What's a good Canon model to look at? Or any other brand that you would recommend.
Thanks.
LostArk:
Like it's bigger brother the RX1, the RX100 stands alone and unrivaled. There's really no other compact that makes logical sense to buy; all others are either deficient or so large you might as well get a mirorless or bring your DSLR + pancake.
Kumakun:
I use Canon DSLR's, but for a compact I wound up going with the Sony RX100. I looked at the Canon S110, G1X, and G15 pretty carefully. Ultimately I thought the G series was bigger than what I wanted for this purpose (some pocketable), and I felt the edge in IQ over the S110 warranted the higher price (grudgingly). But as other's have said--if you want to match the RX100 in IQ with a Canon compact, you're kind of stuck with the G series (which isn't really all that compact). That being said--I think the S110 is pretty good as well (judging from the "sample photo books" at Yodobashi Camera where I was shopping).
I do have a complaint with Sony cameras though. I live in Japan, and if I want an English language menu I have to buy a "Sony overseas model" (at a higher price). Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, heck--even Casio--include Japanese and English on their menus (as well as many other languages).
Anyway, I bit the bullet and bought the overseas model for the RX100. But I had been thinking about a NEX in the future as a mirror-less system. Less enthusiastic about it now.
verysimplejason:
I'm afraid, there's currently none from Canon. If you are willing to sacrifice a little bit of IQ just to get a Canon compact, S100 or S110 is the choice. You may also want to get the G15 which is a little bit bigger. But really, there's nothing from Canon that can go near RX100 in terms of IQ except G1X which isn't exactly pocketable. If you're willing to use a belt bag instead of your pocket then G1X can easily replace an RX100 and more. Oh and there's another one I remember. You can also get an EOS-M with a 22 mm pancake lens. This is the best recommendation I can give you if you want a "near" pocketable alternative to RX100.
--- Quote ---"Physically the EOS M shares similar vital statistics to its nearest rivals. The EOS M body measures 109x67x33mm and weighs 298g with battery but no lens. In comparison Sony's NEX-5N (which also shares an APS-C sensor) measures 111x59x38mm and weighs 269g with battery, making it shorter but a tad thicker. Panasonic's GX1 measures 116x68x39mm and weighs 318g including battery, making it a little wider and thicker. The Olympus E-PL5 measures 111x64x39mm and weighs 325g including battery, and is the only one of the group to include built-in stabilization.
Just for the record, Sony's Cyber-shot RX100 measures 102x58x36mm and weighs 240g with battery, making it smaller and a little lighter overall, and impressively that includes its built-in 3.6x optical zoom that's equivalent to 29-105mm. For completeness I'll finally add that Canon's own PowerShot G1 X measures 117x81x65mm and weighs 534g with battery, making it noticeably chunkier and heavier than all the models above even with its smaller sensor, although it includes a 4x / 28-112mm equivalent optical zoom.
While Sony's RX100 is undoubtedly a miracle of miniaturization, the figures above should tell you the EOS M is roughly the same size and weight as its interchangeable lens peer group when comparing bodies alone. But of course a camera without a lens only tells half the story and bigger differences emerge when you mount your optics. Canon launched the EOS M with just two native lenses, a 22mm f2.0 pancake (61x24mm, 105g, 15cm closest focusing, non-stabilized) and an 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS zoom (61x61mm, 210g, 25cm closest focusing distance). So fit the pancake and the EOS M becomes 57mm thick and 403g, and fit the zoom and it'll become 94mm thick and 508g."
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_EOS_M/
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CanNotYet:
Well, like posted before, you could always go mirrorless. Panasonic GF5X weighs in at 225grams, and the lenses are lightweight too:
14mm f/2.5 at 55 grams
20mm f/1.7 at 99 grams
14-42mm 3.5-5.6 Power Zoom at 95 grams.
And you can use them on any MFT camera...
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