Small and lightweight Tilting screen Built-in electronic viewfinder Large sensor Fast frame rate 4K video recording

Very expensive Screen not touch-sensitive

The RX100 V remains one of the best small-sized compact cameras on the market. Only the lack of a touch-sensitive screen, poor battery life, and that extremely high asking price see it fall short of perfection.

Built-in EVF ; 24fps burst shooting ; 315-point AF system ; Excellent image quality ; Advanced 4K video

Some handling issues ; No touchscreen ; Pricey compared to rivals

Bristling with high-end features that are matched by impressive performance, the RX100 V is a great premium compact that's only let down by some frustrating handling quirks.

Sony revised the spec of the RX100 V in July 2018,

Great lens and image quality, palm-sized portability, built-in viewfinder, tilt-angle LCD screen, fast burst mode and notable autofocus improvement

Still no touchscreen control, movie button position, autofocus still basic in some modes, no aperture ring, finder assembly per use, huge expense

There's no doubting that the Sony RX100 V is a brilliant compact camera. It's small, it's powerful, its continuous autofocus is notably improved, the images it can enable you to capture are great… but it's not that different to its RX100 IV...

Versatile ; Viewfinder AND a tilting screen ; Powerful for a compact

Expensive for a compact ; Limited zoom range

A small improvement over the RX100 IV, but Sony’s getting ever closer to the perfect premium point-and-shoot

The Sony RX100V will be available in black starting next month. The suggested retail price is set at € 1.200 EUR / £ 1,000 GBP / $ 998 USD. As soon as we receive a Sony CyberShot RX100V review copy we will put this premium compact camera to the test....

The Sony camera is also Wi-Fi and NFC compatible and can access Sony’s growing range of Play Memories Camera Applications. Another convenient addition is the ability for users to freely set the leading three characters of saved file names for easier...