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I was gonna shoot this rx100 mark 6 review in downtown Brooklyn and it was going to be beautiful a work of art a masterpiece but Mother Nature and had a little bit of a different plan so it looks like it's time for Plan B how's that so this is the Sony rx100 Mark 6 when I'm shooting stills I'm almost exclusively shooting on a 35 millimeter film camera but when I'm not I'm actually using one of these they're super portable they're really light lighter than DSLR and most certainly lighter than my 35 millimeter and the transfer speeds are incredible I can quickly put on my phone and then up to Instagram and it's video capabilities are also amazing which obviously I can't do it by 35 millimeter now Sony comes out with a new one of these just about every year which is why we're already at the mark 6 when the mark 1 came out in 2012 now that's great because we've come a long way but it also means that now that we're at the later generations not much is changing so let's figure out why you probably won't pay $1,200 for the mark 6 so just like its predecessor the mark 6 has a twenty point one megapixel one inch CMOS sensor with 4k video 24 30 P and at the lower 1080p resolution you have the HFR motor high frame rate mode that is capable of 960 frames for a second the ISO spans from 125 to 12,800 so I find that it performs better in the lower ISO range that's like 125 to 800 once you get to 1600 and especially at 3200 you're gonna see a lot of noise and grain we just have to keep in mind that this is a point-and-shoot camera after all and with that comes a small flash and small batteries that can't really handle hot days or long recording times be prepared to own a few batteries especially if you're recording video and also like last year's model there's the pop-up OLED ebf god bless the pop-up EVF I love it so much yes yeah it's one of the main reasons I bought this camera and it's so crisp and so clean there's something really intimate about being able to look through a viewfinder and take a photo I mean no one else is behind you looking at what you're getting it's just you and your camera and it makes you feel really professional now the big difference this year though is that it's a single-action EVF so it pops up and instead of having to pull it out like you did on previous generations it just does that automatically then when you want to close it it's one single push down the photo burst modes and auto focus also got a refresh on this model the autofocus is fast and I mean really fast and it's facial recognition is on point too even when the face is super far in the frame or you're really wide the burst mode can also now capture 233 shots at 24 frames per second which is almost 100 shots more than the rx100 mark 5s 150 shots for making gifts or capturing the perfect moment this is really great for the vertically challenged among us and the foodies you're really gonna love the extended range of the screen in previous models you had that 180 degrees screen which it still does this is great for vlogging this is great for taking selfies but new this year is the 90 degrees tilt down it typically only went to 45 but now you have that full 90 I really didn't think this was gonna be super useful but when taking shots of food or at concerts it actually came in handy so you pair that with the touchscreen capabilities that are also new this year it's kind of bangin you can finally touch the screen to focus and to take shots but I can't navigate the menu or hit okay so in a world where touchscreens are so intuitive they're on everything we use why didn't we go one step further and make it completely usable via touch we're so close but speaking of close hello Zeiss 24 to 200 millimeter lens for tourists or festival goers or bird watchers or a parent at a high school event this is really a great feature and it's clean it's crisp and it actually flattens out the image and gives you depth of field much like the Canon 70 to 200 millimeter wood it made me feel like a great photographer even when I was just on the fly doing something really quick the problem is we gave up an F 1.8 aperture lens and those built in n DS which I use all the time I loved being able to get down to 1/8 especially at night and the nd was so easy and quick to slap on it was much easier than adjusting the shutter and when doing video the nd is like absolutely valuable so this might be the difference between buying this model in a previous cheaper model that n D and F 1.8 is a little bit more valuable to me overall the rx100 continues to be a great camera with better video options and way more models than canons g7 or Luminex LX line and with all these models have come incredible improvements I mean this is a super powerful point shoot it has great HDR features and with added s log3 support this model can even step up as a B cam on shoots with an a7 s very comfortably the real problem though is the total and complete lack of a mic input and the price I mean for $1,200 there really should be a mic input especially for how many vloggers use this camera just put it in so if you have the money go for it you will absolutely not be disappointed by this camera but if you're looking for a bang for your buck you might want to look at the rx100 mark 4 or 5 I have the four and I bought it on Craigslist last year and it still works really well and with that extra money you could buy an external audio recorder so thanks for watching if you like this video and you like watching my hair slowly deflate make sure you like and subscribe also shout out to this camera that is currently doused in water alright we'll see you next time