Sony RX10 review

A premium bridge camera with the RX100 II one-inch sensor and f/2.8 constant aperture lens.

Sony RX10
A bridge camera with a one inch sensor and f/2.8 constant aperture throughout the zoom range

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Colours are represented well by the RX10.

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Use Picture Styles to change the colour output of your files in camera.

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Different Picture Styles can be used for different situations, for instance Sunset. Shooting in Picture Styles means you can also shoot in raw format, should you need a clean image.

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Despite not having a dedicated macro mode, you can still get fairly close with the RX10.

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At the widest point of its lens, the RX10 offers an equivalent of 24mm, making it wide enough to take in a good wide view.

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The top telephoto end of the lens offers an equivalent of 200mm, which is enough for the majority of situations.

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If you do need to get even closer, use the Clear Image Zoom - Sony's very good version of digital zoom. Note that this can only be used when shooting in JPEG only.

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You can create shallow depth of field effects with the RX10's lens, which has an f/2.8 constant aperture throughout its focal length.

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There's lots of detail created by the RX10's one-inch 20.2 million-pixel sensor.

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Amy Davies

Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. Amy was once part of the photography testing team for Future Publishing working across TechRadar, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, N Photo and Photography Week. For her photography, she has won awards and has been exhibited. She often partakes in unusual projects - including one intense year where she used a different camera every single day. Amy is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her increasingly little spare time works across a number of high-profile publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar.