Disaster in Innsbruck

A little story about how my son Tom broke his arm, on the last day of our trip in Tirol, Austria, and literally 2 hours before we would leave the slopes. Luckily the camera's were rolling..!




Camera's used: Sony RX100 and a GoPro HD2

Nighttime with the Sony RX100

If the best camera is the camera you carry with you, then my iPhone should beat the competition easily. But accessibility is only one part of the equation. There's a few minor details like lens and sensor size, for instance, that one has to take into account when judging a camera's quality and abilities.
The Sony DSC-RX100 has the size and specs to beat any pocketsize-competition out there. In fact, it even beats entry-level DSLR's, from what I've read. This camera should be a killer in low-light, considering its 1" sensor and max aperture of 1.8. But how do these specs turn out in real life? I took the RX100 out for a boat-ride and into the night. Watch these few minutes of footage and you're in for some real fireworks...

Sony RX100 on the way...

Nice sober & sleek look. Love that focus ring already.

I've been hearing and seeing so many impressive things about this brandnew mighty-yet-pocketsized Sony camera that I decided I could not live without one ;-) We're talking a camera the size of a cigarette pack (who smokes these days anymore, we need to come up with a new comparison...) with a huge sensor, a manual focus ring!, manual controls, RAW, 1080P 50 in video mode, a very sweet Carl Zeiss zoom lens with an impressive 1.8 aperture on the wide end, some great functionality and a robust metal design.

I'm taking off for France with my wife and kids one of these days and all the tents, picknick tables and inflatable beds seem to be rounded up and ready to be stuffed in our stationwagen. Guess who'll be one Happy Camper with his new Sony toy this summer...