Gadgetory

with cameras are always trade-offs the best images require bulky DSLRs while the most compact point shoots are lacking in both image quality and control that is until now enter Sony's RX want the Rx one is an unassuming camera that's roughly the same size as Sony's NEX line of the interchangeable lens cameras it has a full-frame image sensor something that's usually reserved for those super high-end DSLRs full frame sensors offer much better image quality shooting with the arcs one almost feels like cheating low light bad light no light all of those things that are difficult to manage with most cameras just disappear when you're shooting in the arts one it's also littered with control dials including three control rings on the lens it's a system that requires some setup but once you're set with it it works really well the arcs one isn't without its limits though the sheer compact size of it means it doesn't have the ability to change lenses and it doesn't even have a zoom function but the Carl Zeiss lens nearly makes up for those limitations the lens is incredibly sharp edge to edge even when open to its maximum aperture and it doesn't have any vignetting in the corners or problems with chromatic aberrations images are contrasting and vibrant and the lenses manual aperture ring clicks along with a satisfying field the manual focus ring is well damped imprecise which is good because the autofocus kind of sucks and the battery life is pretty disappointing as well and then there's the price the RX one is nearly three thousand dollars and you'd be a fool not to buy it with the electronic viewfinder for another four hundred and fifty dollars it's definitely more of a luxury camera the RX one isn't perfect it's not for the faint-hearted or the beginner but if you do have deep pockets and a love for photography the RX one is the one to beat