Hi all,
I'm toying with the idea of an RX100 to replace my Ricoh GR, and I'm just wondering which one to get. I shoot mainly documentary and street photography. I was wondering if you could help me with some questions. Apologies if this has already been covered.
- I'm led to believe that the UI improvements of the M3 are worth paying the extra for over the M2. What are your experiences? Has there been any firmware updates to the M2 to make the UI better? I liked the quick menu on the A7 where you had two rows of custom menu items at the click of a button, I believe the M3 is the same setup.
- On the ricoh I love the way the Auto-Hi Iso works. Set a desired shutter speed and max iso and the camera raises the iso to maintain the desired shutter speed until it reaches the upper limit you set, then it drops the shutter speed to maintain the correct exposure. Is there anything similar on the RX100? I know when I had an A7 I used manual mode with auto iso to get a similar effect, but once the iso maxed out I'd end up with underexposed shots.
- On the M3, does closing the viewfinder still shut the camera down, or has this been fixed in firmware? This seems like it would get annoying pretty quickly as I'd use the LCD most of the time, and only need the viewfinder in bright light - which doesn't occur too often in these parts!
- Is there a fast way to toggle between MF and AF? And when you switch from MF to AF and back again, will the camera remember the MF distance or do you need to set it again? If it's anything like the Ricoh then the MF distance gets overridden by the previous AF distance when you switch back.
Matt