Pocket-sized Snapper

Sony CyberShot RX100 VI

- Marcus Wong

Sony’s RX100 series has been about pairing a small body with a zoom lens with enough coverage to get all your everyday photography needs. The RX100 III gave the coverage of a 24-70mm lens (35mm equivalent), while the RX100 IV brought a stacked sensor for faster readout and processing. Meanwhile, the RX100 V brought phase detection AF and a high burst rate of 24fps.

The new RX100 VI brings a new lens with the equivalent range of 24-200mm (35mm equivalent). That comes with improved auto focus speeds and optical image stabilization (OIS). Sony says this provides the equivalent of raising your shutter speed 4.0 stops at the 200mm telephoto end.

In terms of auto focus, the RX100 VI again spreads 315 phase detection AF points across the image area, with 25 contrast detection points to match. Despite having the same number of focus points as the RX100 V, better processing means the camera gets focus in just 0.03s, impressive indeed.