when I look at those results, it just makes me want to buy the original RX100......assuming one factors in the best price that one can find on the 3 cameras. Those scores are pretty identical to me.
Uhm....
Where has Canon stated that this uses a Sony sensor?
The big difference, of course, is that you lose that fast lens pretty quickly.
I'm with you in a lot of ways here Luke - at least among similar format cameras (still a difference between full frame and everything else that I can get worked up about). But by that standard, have you shot with an original RX100? Because the chief complaint against it among many "enthusiasts", myself included, we're all about those shooting intangibles. For sure some people liked it and it can make great images, but it's interface seemed to bother a lot of people. So while its a great dollar for dollar value these days - I'd basically give you mine but my wife still gets some use out of it - it may fail the one test you say matters. At which point it's a bargain for some, but still overpriced if you don't enjoy shooting with it...I'm finally getting to the point where I really couldn't care less about the measureables of a camera. How does it feel...how does it sound.... are the menus laid out intuitively....do the buttons and dials fall to hand.....can I use the camera to take the kind of photos I like to take. Those are all much more important to the end results I get (or if I'll even get the shot at all).
But by that standard, have you shot with an original RX100? Because the chief complaint against it among many "enthusiasts", myself included, we're all about those shooting intangibles. For sure some people liked it and it can make great images, but it's interface seemed to bother a lot of people. So while its a great dollar for dollar value these days it may fail the one test you say matters. At which point it's a bargain for some, but still overpriced if you don't enjoy shooting with it...
-Ray
For me, a pocketable backup camera almost needs to be MORE dialed in - they face so many challenges for my attention already that if they're not really fun to shoot with, I might never take them off the shelf...You're absolutely right. I had one and did NOT like the shooting experience. That's why I kind of backpedaled out of my statement. Although having just said that, I wouldn't like shooting with any of these 3 cameras, but if I wanted something semi-pocketable, I WOULD just buy the old one. So for me as a MAIN camera, I gotta love the way it shoots. As a pocketable back-up camera, I'd go the thrifty route.
Of course, everyone uses different variables to decide which one is best. I just think that since we're living in 2014 and not 2008, these DXO marks mean very little anymore.....at least to me (and it sounds like you, too)