Introduction; New sensor; High speed shooting; The zoom lens; Macro photography; Single burst shooting; Battery life; Rolling shutter; Real-time AF tracking; LCD screen and EVF; Video capabilities; Compared to smartphones; Compared to Canon G7 X III and G5 X II; Wrap-up;

Introduction; New sensor; High speed shooting; The zoom lens; Macro photography; Single burst shooting; Battery life; Rolling shutter; Real-time AF tracking; LCD screen and EVF; Video capabilities; Compared to smartphones; Compared to Canon G7 X III and G5 X II; Wrap-up;

While companies tend to introduce their leading-edge technologies with their flagship products, these top-tier advancements will inevitably make their way into more entry-level products.

The Sony RX100 VII is a high-end compact designed for travel, action, video and vlogging. Successor to the RX100 VI, it shares the same 24-200mm f2.8-4.5 zoom as well as essentially the same body with a touch-screen that can angle up to face you and small but detailed viewfinder that pops up and...

The RX100 series has often felt like Sony's ‘concept' compact range, a money-no-object demonstration of what it's currently possible to cram into a pocket, fixed lens camera. This is, as we found in the Sony RX100 VI, mostly a blessing – but sometimes a usability curse, too.

The RX100 VII will be available in August 2019 at a recommended price of $1200. It'll sell for around €1300 in Europe and £1200 in the UK, with both figures including tax. These are around the same prices as its predecessor was launched at, so we expect to see the Mark VI get re-positioned, to make...