In my last post, I was keen to share my first outing in some time with my RX100, a camera that I had considered selling on due to lack of use but I am so glad that I held on to.
The unobtrusive nature of this little compact allows me to go pretty much unnoticed as I find the next image, it also sits almost weightlessly in a coat pocket, an ideal lightweight set up.
With such a diminutive size, comes the trade off of battery size and durability, however for me it is no problem to carry a couple of spare batteries but to be honest I worry far less about such things these days, I just enjoy getting out and taking photos.
Regular readers of my musings will have followed my journey into the world of point and shoot cameras over the last twelve months, with many of my recent blog entries centered around the Lumix LX5 and Lx7 cameras and the Canon S95, G11 and G12.
As my collection has grown, there are certain cameras that are going to be left behind, a case of too many cameras and too little time, or another opportunity for a photo project where perhaps I just use one camera for a month? (with my collection as it is, this project would take over a year to complete!)
One such camera in question is my Sony RX100 which I acquired in July of this year and took for its first outing to the seaside at Budleigh Salterton.
The single image that features for this post is one of my favourites from that shoot, which has prompted me to ensure the Sony will be used more over the next week or so, when I have a few days off from work and more opportunity to get out and take photos.
In my last post, I mentioned that I had been awaiting delivery of my latest older camera acquisition, the original Sony RX100, so today’s musing is centered around my first shoot with this little compact.
The RX100 was first released in 2012 and while I did look at the reviews and various videos, it was not something I would consider at this time, I was too obsessed with seeking my holy grail of photography, ‘full frame’.
How times and mindsets change, the RX100 now fits well into my criteria for an older camera, I was looking forward to taking it out for its first shoot, to the East Devon seaside town, Budleigh Salterton.
Having only just picked the camera up from the Royal mail parcel collection office half an our previously, this was going to be very much shooting with an unfamiliar camera and customising on the hoof, rather than doing so in the comfort of home as I normally would.
Fortunately, the menus of the RX100 are laid out in a similar way to other Sony cameras, so I was not a total stranger to the settings so was able to get taking photos in no time.
If I am being honest, I was not sure how much I would like the RX100, one of my first dalliances into full frame was a Sony A7, of which the image quality was stellar but felt a very sterile experience to use, it was rarely the first camera I chose to shoot with for my own personal use but very reliable and capable for any paid work I was doing at that time.
The same cannot be said for the RX100, it is an absolute joy to use and will find a regular place on future outing for certain.
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