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Sony QX10, QX100 Previewed
4 September 2013
One day it's the revival of that old 35mm efilm concept with the DigiPod and the next it's Sony slapping digicam muscle onto your puny smartphone.
You can't buy either but you can preorder the Sony contraption. It turns out to be, well, not a little uninteresting.
What the smartphone brings to the party is storage and sharing. And, if it's an Android device, even a little editing with a special version of Snapseed that can capture an image directly from the Sony for immediate manipulation.
The QXs bring optics, zoom and some exposure control via phone software.
Chris Fain at B&H Photo has a 4-minute overview of the product:
FEATURES
Highlights of the $499 QX100 are:
- Clips to smartphone and shoots uncoupled
- 20.2MP 1.0" Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor
- Bionz image processor
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* f1.8 lens
- 28-100mm (35mm equivalent)
- Full HD 1080p video at 30 fps
- Built-In Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity
- Compose and adjust settings from phone
- Saves images on smartphone and camera
- Manual exposure control via smartphone
Highlights of the $249 QX10 available in black or white are:
- Clips to smartphone and shoots uncoupled
- 18.2MP 1/2.3" Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor Bionz Image Processor
- Sony G 10x Optical Zoom lens
- 25-250mm (35mm equivalent)
- Full HD 1080p video at 30 fps
- Built-In Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity
- Optical SteadyShot image stabilization
- Compose and adjust settings from phone
- Saves images on smartphone and camera
Note that neither model includes a flash, unlike any digicam, mirrorless and most dSLRs. That trick is for another day, apparently.