High-end bridge cameras: Sony RX10, Panasonic FZ1000 etc

stevewestern said:
I've been quoted £440-ish to sort an electrical fault.
Seems like a lot but the camera is worth nothing if it doesn't work..
Wish I'd sold it a few months ago before this happened (that said it would weigh heavily if I had and knew about it..)
Might have to sell it once it comes back.
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An update to this.
I've just had a final invoice for the repairs of £278, so a lot less than expected.
This includes return postage.
 
dibbly dobbler said:
Good luck with your sale Steve - just a thought ref the rear screen, it looks kind of like it has a screen protector stuck on? If so then the actual screen underneath may be perfect!? Sorry if I am wrong :)
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It may well have, I didn't want to try to dig at it with a sharp blade for fear of making it worse as I've not seen another rx10iv so don't know what they look like with or without a protector. Certainly the marks don't look like scratches on glass but I'd rather undersell and have a happy buyer then the opposite!
And thank you - I'm still not sure if I'm doing the right thing but need to raise some money after a bad few months..
Your observations mean I'll take a closer look tomorrow, might make it more attractive to a potential buyer..
 
stevewestern said:
It may well have, I didn't want to try to dig at it with a sharp blade for fear of making it worse as I've not seen another rx10iv so don't know what they look like with or without a protector. Certainly the marks don't look like scratches on glass but I'd rather undersell and have a happy buyer then the opposite!
And thank you - I'm still not sure if I'm doing the right thing but need to raise some money after a bad few months..
Your observations mean I'll take a closer look tomorrow, might make it more attractive to a potential buyer..
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I'm not certain but it's definitely worth a quick look - good luck with the sale anyway :)
 
ajophotog said:
Just took a look at your ad Steve and it very much looks like a screen protector to me having looked at my own screen. Good luck with the sale.
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Thank you too.
I'll see what damage I can inflict on it in the morning.
Not sure I'll be giving you £20 though..!
 
dibbly dobbler said:
Good luck with your sale Steve - just a thought ref the rear screen, it looks kind of like it has a screen protector stuck on? If so then the actual screen underneath may be perfect!? Sorry if I am wrong :)
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ajophotog said:
Just took a look at your ad Steve and it very much looks like a screen protector to me having looked at my own screen. Good luck with the sale.
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Well guess what....
I have never seen a screen protector put on so perfectly. I've put them on all my cameras over the last 30+ years so do have some idea but there was one on my rx10iv and underneath it is a perfectly unmarked screen!
Thank you both so much.
Might make it an easier sell now, but makes me feel a bit of a pilchard for not being able to tell there was a protector on the screen.....
I've now updated my advert, and again, thank you both so much.
 
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stevewestern said:
Well guess what....
I have never seen a screen protector put on so perfectly. I've put them on all my cameras over the last 30+ years so do have some idea but there was one on my rx10iv and underneath it is a perfectly unmarked screen!
Thank you both so much.
Might make it an easier sell now, but makes me feel a bit of a pilchard for not being able to tell there was a protector on the screen.....
I've now updated my advert, and again, thank you both so much.
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Great stuff - let me know when you want my bank details :D :LOL:
 
@ajophotog I posted this on the Canon R thread (no replies!) I just wonder if you had any opinion? On the face of it the R10 and RF100-400 could replace the long end of the RX10iv quite well I think? Cheers


Hi Canon folks - can you help me please with any thoughts on the following:

I'm a long time user of Sony's RX10iv which I very largely use for casual wildlife shooting (mainly birds) - I was pondering replacing it with an R10 and 100-400. Relevant factors I can think of:
1. Size and weight should be similar (I cannot be bothered lugging something big and heavy around)
2. Both lenses are sharp at the long end
3. The RX10iv does F4 at 600mm equivalent but the R10 should be far better at high iso so a draw I think in terms of low light (neither are great I know)
4. Slightly more reach for the Canon (640eqv vs 600eqv)
5. More pixels on the Canon for cropping (20mp on the Sony's 1 inch sensor vs 24mp on the apsc Canon)
6. Neither are going to win a smooth bokeh competition so not a deal breaker
7. The focusing is probably better on the Canon I would guess?
8. Big plus is that the 100-400 can do a decent macro which I also enjoy and the Sony is not great at (potentially with a Raynox)
9. The minus is the loss of the wide end but I rarely use it on the RX10iv and would probably pick up a 10-18
10. The Sony has been great but it's getting long in the tooth and with no replacement in sight I'm probably going to have to change at some point

I've got also an Olympus OM1 with a wide angle and a macro lens so it feels like there's an opportunity for some rationalisation there and I could get down to one body and two lenses...

Any thoughts/views would be welcome :)
 
dibbly dobbler said:
@ajophotog I posted this on the Canon R thread (no replies!) I just wonder if you had any opinion? On the face of it the R10 and RF100-400 could replace the long end of the RX10iv quite well I think? Cheers


Hi Canon folks - can you help me please with any thoughts on the following:

I'm a long time user of Sony's RX10iv which I very largely use for casual wildlife shooting (mainly birds) - I was pondering replacing it with an R10 and 100-400. Relevant factors I can think of:
1. Size and weight should be similar (I cannot be bothered lugging something big and heavy around)
2. Both lenses are sharp at the long end
3. The RX10iv does F4 at 600mm equivalent but the R10 should be far better at high iso so a draw I think in terms of low light (neither are great I know)
4. Slightly more reach for the Canon (640eqv vs 600eqv)
5. More pixels on the Canon for cropping (20mp on the Sony's 1 inch sensor vs 24mp on the apsc Canon)
6. Neither are going to win a smooth bokeh competition so not a deal breaker
7. The focusing is probably better on the Canon I would guess?
8. Big plus is that the 100-400 can do a decent macro which I also enjoy and the Sony is not great at (potentially with a Raynox)
9. The minus is the loss of the wide end but I rarely use it on the RX10iv and would probably pick up a 10-18
10. The Sony has been great but it's getting long in the tooth and with no replacement in sight I'm probably going to have to change at some point

I've got also an Olympus OM1 with a wide angle and a macro lens so it feels like there's an opportunity for some rationalisation there and I could get down to one body and two lenses...

Any thoughts/views would be welcome :)
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No opinion Mike as I haven't used any of the later canon gear. I would imagine it would be a pretty decent upgrade over the Sony being a lot newer. Be interesting to see how you get on with it if you do go down that route.
 
My son left Olympus to go back to Canon. He now has a Canon R6ii with an adapter for old legacy lenses.
He loves to do Motorsport.
He said almost straight away that the images were sharper - but he was complaining about shoulders and back pains on the very first outing!
 
dibbly dobbler said:
@ajophotog I posted this on the Canon R thread (no replies!) I just wonder if you had any opinion? On the face of it the R10 and RF100-400 could replace the long end of the RX10iv quite well I think? Cheers


Hi Canon folks - can you help me please with any thoughts on the following:

I'm a long time user of Sony's RX10iv which I very largely use for casual wildlife shooting (mainly birds) - I was pondering replacing it with an R10 and 100-400. Relevant factors I can think of:
1. Size and weight should be similar (I cannot be bothered lugging something big and heavy around)
2. Both lenses are sharp at the long end
3. The RX10iv does F4 at 600mm equivalent but the R10 should be far better at high iso so a draw I think in terms of low light (neither are great I know)
4. Slightly more reach for the Canon (640eqv vs 600eqv)
5. More pixels on the Canon for cropping (20mp on the Sony's 1 inch sensor vs 24mp on the apsc Canon)
6. Neither are going to win a smooth bokeh competition so not a deal breaker
7. The focusing is probably better on the Canon I would guess?
8. Big plus is that the 100-400 can do a decent macro which I also enjoy and the Sony is not great at (potentially with a Raynox)
9. The minus is the loss of the wide end but I rarely use it on the RX10iv and would probably pick up a 10-18
10. The Sony has been great but it's getting long in the tooth and with no replacement in sight I'm probably going to have to change at some point

I've got also an Olympus OM1 with a wide angle and a macro lens so it feels like there's an opportunity for some rationalisation there and I could get down to one body and two lenses...

Any thoughts/views would be welcome :)
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FOR ME, the whole point of the RX-10 ? is the zoom range, so the loss of the wide end would be a deal breaker. I know a lens swap is easy enough but it means a bigger bag!

Point 10 is my problem too. My Sony works OK most of the time but has let me down a couple of times and the rubbers are starting to peel as well. Is there any real alternative with a similar zoom range and (as important) image quality?
 
My rx10 iv is my fav camera of all time, it does pretty much all I ask from it and i'm always surprised with the results once edited to my liking. Yes macro could be better with it but I find the raynox and Nisi achromats work find. If Sony could have just added a few tweaks with one more release that would have been nice. Rapid flash synced to shutter for macro stacking would have been my number one ask and better close up function. Not to be unfortunately. :(
 
Nod said:
FOR ME, the whole point of the RX-10 ? is the zoom range, so the loss of the wide end would be a deal breaker. I know a lens swap is easy enough but it means a bigger bag!

Point 10 is my problem too. My Sony works OK most of the time but has let me down a couple of times and the rubbers are starting to peel as well. Is there any real alternative with a similar zoom range and (as important) image quality?
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Yes I see where you are coming from and my mind is far from made up on this. There aren't really any obvious replacements - one option could be the Nikon Z 28-400 mounted on something like a Z8: you've nearly got the width then you could put it into crop mode for 600mm equivalent and still have nearly 20Mp - it'd be a chunk heavier and bigger though...
 
ajophotog said:
My rx10 iv is my fav camera of all time, it does pretty much all I ask from it and i'm always surprised with the results once edited to my liking. Yes macro could be better with it but I find the raynox and Nisi achromats work find. If Sony could have just added a few tweaks with one more release that would have been nice. Rapid flash synced to shutter for macro stacking would have been my number one ask and better close up function. Not to be unfortunately. :(
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If it close focussed a bit better I'd be selling everything else like a shot :LOL:

I've tried umpteen times to get good quality macro shots with it and never really been happy with the results...
 
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