ERGONOMICS AND CONTROLS
Sony churns out RX100 after RX100, but it hasn’t done a lot to change the basic
design and layout of controls since it launched the series. There’s a freely
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but I like using it for EV compensation. It’s joined by the typical zoom rocker
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remainder of the controls on the rear, to the right of the tilting display.
Rear buttons serve to start and stop videos, to access the on-screen Fn menu
and more extensive text-based menu system, and to play and delete photos.
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The camera has a tilting 3-inch LCD with a crisp 921k-dot resolution and
support for touch control. It’s mounted on a hinge, so you can tilt it up or down
to get shots from more interesting angles or point the LCD forward to shoot
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Touch input works well—you can tap the screen to select a focus point or subject
for tracking when capturing images or video. But there are limitations; you can’t
navigate menus via touch, nor can you use the screen as a touch control for
focus when using the EVF. Some of Sony’s competitors, including rival Canon
with its G5 and G7 compact camera series, include this feature, often referred to
as touchpad autofocus.