Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1RM2 – compact camera with 42.4 MP full-frame optical sensor

Compact camera Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1RM2
Compact camera Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1RM2

Lets meet with new compact photo camera Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1RM2, which will be available in shops from 25th November of this year. Its ZEISS Sonnar T* lens is mounted and have fixed focus, this is compensated with 35 mm full-frame Exmor R CMOS optical sensor with 42.4 MP effective resolution : there is ability to take parts of photo with big enough resolution or use digital zoom. Camera can shoot photos with 7952 x 5304 pixels maximal resolution in sRGB and Adobe RGB color spaces with ISO 50 – 102400 levels and save them in JPEG and RAW ( with 14 bits precision ) formats. It can record videos in Full HD 1920 x 1080 60/50/30/25/24 and HD 1280 x 720 120 modes ( with ISO 100 – 25600 levels ) and save them in XAVC S ( with LPCM 2ch sound encoding ), AVCHD format Ver.2.0 compatible ( Dolby Digital (AC-3) 2ch ( Dolby Digital Stereo Creator ) ) and MP4 ( MPEG-4 AAC-LC 2ch ) formats. It supports automatic and manual focusing, digital image stabilization and variable low-pass filter. It has digital OLED viewfinder with 0.39″ size and 2.36 M dots resolution; its main tilt-able TFT LCD display has 3″ size and 1.23 M dots resolution.

Camera can save photos and videos on SD, SDHC, SDXC, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo ( High Speed ) and Memory Stick PRO HG-Duo flash memory cards; it has : USB port for data transmitting and Li-ion battery recharging, Micro HDMI connector, microphone 3.5 mm mini-jack stereo input and Multi Interface Shoe connector; it supports NFC and Wi-Fi connections for data transmitting and remote control. One charge of its Li-ion battery is enough for 220 photos. Its lens apperture can be set in f/2 – f/22 range with use of 9 diaphragm blades; it can focus on 0.24 m – infinity distances in normal mode and on 0.19 – 0.29 m in macro mode; 49 mm optical filters can be attached to it. 8 glasses in 7 groups are built into lens, 3 of them are aspherical; they all are covered with protective and anti-reflective multicoating. Camera sizes are 113.3 ( width ) x 65.4 ( height ) x 72 ( depth ) mm, and mass is 507 g ( with battery and memory card ). Package contains : Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1RM2 camera itself, USB cable, power adapter for battery recharging, optical disks with software and user’s guide. It is very specialized camera, that is mainly designed for macro-photos making with very big resolution;, because its lens is mounted and fixed; wherein it costs 3.3 thousands USD; so, if there is no need in its specialized functions, then it is better to buy semi-professional camera with interchangeable lenses for much smaller price and receive high-quality photos and videos.

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