The RX10 mark II is an excellent example of a product that has almost everything you need for stills and video in one package. The versatility of the lens plays an important role, as do the quality of the sensor and the video capabilities.

The Sony Cyber-shot RX10 II is an update to the original RX10 (mark I) which retains its predecessor's 8.3x 24-200mm constant f2.8 zoom lens. The most significant update is to the sensor, which retains the older model's 20 Megapixel resolution as well as its 1 inch physical dimension, but introduces...

The Sony Cyber-shot RX10 II is, just like its predecessor, a camera that's going to divide opinion. On paper its 24-200mm f/2.8 equivalent lens and 1-inch sensor combination sounds like the bees knees. Until, that is, you see the physical size of this camera: it's big, like DSLR-scale big.

Constant f/2.8 aperture and great lens quality; physical aperture ring control; weather-sealed pro-spec construction; fast autofocus and decent close-up ability; great tilt-angle LCD and built-in electronic viewfinder; ace slow-mo and 4K video capture

Limited upgrades compared to original model; no touchscreen controls; lens slow to travel through zoom; focus selector positioning not ideal; maximum focal length limitations; no pinpoint or more complex autofocus options; it's really expensive

Photography is my hobby, I recently downsized from a full frame SLR as it was too heavy and awkward to carry. The Sony RX10ii is not my first bridge camera but will be my last. I was hoping for better quality for ￡1000+.

Superb Quality For Type

Bad Battery Life; Complicated Controls; Lens Knock; Not Good In Low Light

Announced in June 2015, Sony's Cyber-shot RX10 II introduces many of the same new technologies as the RX100 IV (which we reviewed in November 2015 but in a larger, SLR-like body with a long zoom lens.

What can I say, this camera is a video workhorse! 100mbps 4k(uhd), 1080p 120/60/30, and slow motion 240/480/960! I regulary use RED cameras, and I have to say I am VERY impressed and please with the video quality that comes out of this camera.

Everyman camera

I bought this camera for a 4K video camera and the possibility of a single travel camera. I also have the Panasonic GH4 and Canon 5D MK2, the issues I have had with removable lens DSLR cameras are sensor spots, I do clean my camera sensors and getting sensor spots on photographs is no big thing, an...

Versatile, high-quality lens; Good image quality; Excellent speed and slo-mo video skills; Good manual control;

Expensive, especially against RX10; Limited display tilt usefulness;

Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 might have the shortest focal range - 24-200mm - in this shoot-out, but it uses a much bigger 1-inch image sensor compared with the 1/1.7-inch image sensors used by its peers.As a result, the RX10 is as heavy and bulky as a DSLR camera, due to the big sensor and huge...