Sony Cybershot RX100 Mark VII

The RX100 Mark VII, like its predecessors, is without a doubt an incredibly powerful camera for its size. But its price is also incredibly high, which makes it a bit of a niche item, and people within that niche tend to be pretty discerning. It does indeed shoot very nice video and decent photos, and it’s almost certainly the best point-and-shoot camera you can buy today.

The best compact on the market? The best compact in history? Certainly, it's one of the most powerful. It's easy to quantify that in terms of its sheer ability to gather and process high-resolution imagery, but it's the camera's features that really...

There's no doubt that the Sony RX100 VII is an impressive camera. Given the strong performance and huge popularity of previous models it was likely that any changes Sony made here would only make it a better performer – and that's pretty much the...

SPECSImage sensor: 13.2  x 8.8 mm Exmor RS CMOS sensor with 21 million photosites (20.1 megapixels effective)Image processor: BIONZ XA/D processing:  14-bitLens:  Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 9.0-72mm f/2.8-4.5 lens (24 – 200mm 35mm equivalent); f/11 minimum...

On paper, the RX100 VII is amazing. Its size is amazing, its 24-200mm lens is (sort of) amazing, its high-speed shooting is amazing and its latest-gen AF system is amazing. The only thing that's not amazing is the experience of actually using it. This...

With the RX100 VII, Sony has done what it does best, and crammed an astonishing amount of technology into a tiny package. Somehow its fitted a 24-200mm equivalent zoom, electronic viewfinder, tilting screen, 20 fps shooting and 4K video recording into...

The RX100 VII receives our gold award and recommendation. Here's why.Click here to read more.Sample galleryWe've been shooting with a pre-production RX100 VII for a few days now. Have a look at what the new sensor can do.Click here to see the...