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So I've been thinking of buying a better camera for a while now. I currently have a Olympus RV-350, which I got as a present few years ago. This camera is quite cheap model that is even beaten by most new mobile phones in image quality... I guess it's only good feature is 10x zoom lol. I want something that has a chance of fitting in a large pocket with good image quality and RAW support would be a plus. I was thinking of getting one with weather resistance (semi water proof), but the available options (mainly Olympus TG-3) don't quite seem to have the image quality I'm looking for.

 

After some research I'm thinking of getting this camera http://www.verkkokauppa.com/fi/product/16500/dhfrg/Sony-DSC-RX100-digikamera#product-history

Tadaa - my choice might not come as a surprise. I know RX100 also has newer versions II and III, but they don't seem to offer enough improvements over the first model to justify the higher price.

 

Unless you know of some better alternatives I think I'm going to buy this.

 

I guess this camera doesn't come with a memory card, so I need to buy one? Any performance differences between different cards?

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Canon G16

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I have the olympus TG-3 and its durable alright I took it scuba diving, but its zoom is lacking and will not do what you want.  I don't mind it though as it meets my expectations

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Initially what you want to look for is a Enthusiast compact camera, things like Lx100, Stylus 1, LX7 Lf1, rx100, But if you can afford RX1, X100T

 

the ones I most recomend are LX100, stylus1, or rx100.

but if you aren't used to the small focal length, then you can tryout LF1 

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I have the olympus TG-3 and its durable alright I took it scuba diving, but its zoom is lacking and will not do what you want.  I don't mind it though as it meets my expectations

 

 

Initially what you want to look for is a Enthusiast compact camera, things like Lx100, Stylus 1, LX7 Lf1, rx100, But if you can afford RX1, X100T

 

the ones I most recomend are LX100, stylus1, or rx100.

but if you aren't used to the small focal length, then you can tryout LF1 

Keep in mind, this was posted in November of last year. 

 

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