The 3rd and final was the model we received called the RX10-II and we have given out review as follows below:
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Design:
I quite don’t understand why SLRs designs are so mundane. I would love to see some innovative designs since the amount of models are increasing day by day.It does bore me to see an all black SLR with the same cluster of buttons and similar design features across multiple vendors. So coming back to this its the usual standard SLR design. Only thing is its compact and lightweight and unlike most SLRs, this one has a fixed lens which means it slots into a Semi-SLR type of category.
The quirks they have made with this camera and is in very few models according to my knowledge is that they have a proximity sensor on the viewfinder and the switch between that and LCD is automatic. The LCD is 3in and can be tilted.
The other quirk i found was if your focus was on either AF-S or AF-C then you could use the manual focus ring to zoom like an SLR. in Direct Manual and Manual mode the ring will retain its primary function of focus. The other thing they have done is since the focus ring can do 2 jobs and zoom can also be done like a digicam with the W & T lever, for Aperture Control they have added a ring instead of dial. The aperture ring sits where your zoom ring will be for most SLRs.
