Four years later, with the benefit of hindsight and the rise of computational photography in smartphones, the RX100 VI is no longer a controversial anomaly. It is a fascinating time capsule—a camera that bet on versatility over raw emotion, and in doing so, predicted the future of hybrid shooting. Let’s address the elephant in the room: the lens.
The result? burst shooting with full autofocus and auto-exposure. For a compact camera, that is still, as of 2024, mind-boggling. sony rx100 mark 6 cu
The stabilization isn’t great (it’s optical steady-shot, not the active IBIS of modern ZV-E10s), but the real trick is the zoom rocker. Because the lens is motorized, you can get smooth, servo-driven zooms from 24mm to 200mm. Try doing that on a Fujifilm X100V. You can’t. Four years later, with the benefit of hindsight