Sony "QX100" Giz Review: The image quality is the best, but the feeling of use is painful

It's interesting to see the results of a name in name that gathered their technology so that they could take great photos from smartphones.

Autofocus is hard to say that it is good for flattering, and it is hard to say that anyone can use it easily. The mysterious lens -style camera, which is created by combining all the wonderful camera technology cultivated by Sony, is "QX".100 ".

The concept is very novel and wonderful.But the actual feeling of use is not wonderful.

It can be used from a combo of a camera lens and an image sensor equipped with WiFi, that is, a smartphone.It can be used with a lens camera alone.20 mega pixels, 1-inch image sensor installed, 28-100mm (35mm conversion) F1.8-4.The 9 -Karl Zeiss zoom lens is based on the wonderful camera RX100 released last year.

A person who is not satisfied with his smartphone camera.Also, those who are looking for accessory options for shooting some situations.A person who dislikes a compact digital camera for some reason.

The plastic cylinder fits in the palm like a baseball ball.Attached to a smartphone with a fast -paced fastener with a removable spring.There is no liquid crystal, but the camera has a shutter button and a zoom lever.The fitting of the jeans pockets is poor, and the jacket pocket fits reasonably.

The QX100 is connected directly to Android devices and iOS devices from WiFi and control from Sony's "PlayMemories" app.For the first WiFi connection, I think that it can be connected relatively easily in the normal state.However, I had a hard time in an environment where a large amount of wireless devices were swirling around like our office.If the device equipped with NFC, you can easily connect by touching the NFC mark at the top of the QX and the NFC mark of the smartphone.Once the camera can pair with the device, the connection settings will be inherited all the time, so the setup will be only once.

From the app, you can control the basic functions of the camera, such as white balance.If you use it in automatic mode, I think this is fine, but it seems that the aperture priority mode and manual focus are limited to manual control.

It's a bit sad that the shooting settings are not so detailed, even though they have such a wonderful image sensor.Also, the QX100 does not support RAW, so there is no option to develop.

Until you find the subject and actually take a picture ... it takes about 30 seconds for you to connect to the phone and shoot.

It takes a very long time until the camera gets up, and it's easy to miss the moment you want to take a picture.To be clear, this is nothing but pain.

The drawback of actually using this camera is that it does not end immediately.

Time lag occurs while taking pictures using the smartphone app and transferring images from the camera to the phone.This specification will surely be inevitable as long as the image is transferred wirelessly, but it is still painful.

The feeling of use of the camera seems to have been designed to feel pain, but if you use it with a Qx100 camera alone without connecting to a smartphone, you can enjoy it quite a bit.You can completely hide in your palm and shoot without noticing the people around you.Perfect for photos that are likely to be tagged (unusual photos that can't be said).

The only problem is that you don't know exactly where the camera is facing, and it is difficult to keep the camera horizontal.It tends to be unstable, distorted, and messed up.

Shooted in a pretty dark bar.Although it is a fairly distorted photo (this is my mistake), the noise is not noticeable despite the 3200 ISO value.

This is also a dark bar.

This brightness was not a flash and a dark place in a dark place, it wasn't using a smartphone light.There is no such option in the first place.

It is equipped with hardware and optical systems that are already familiar with RX100 II, so I knew from the beginning.Nevertheless, the appearance of high -quality photos on the smartphone display gives surprise and joy.

A cruel and unusual place.

・ The “PlayMemories Mobile” app is better on Android than iOS.

Although it is a transition period to iOS 7, it tends to make the performance unstable when connected to the iPhone.

・ I have never dropped the QX100 on the ground, but I feel very scary to drop it.Assembly has a cheap impression.It feels like the plastic.

・ This time, I tested the QX100, but there is also a "QX10" that is a cheaper product.This is also attractive, but the image quality is not so wonderful.

Although the image quality of the photo is wonderful, if you only discuss the image quality of the photo, you can buy a better camera if you pay $ 450 (about 45,000 yen).And as I actually used it, this camera is still unrealistic.I respect the attitude of trying to create a creative in the risk of Sony, but the QX100 is not simple or very compact.It is the impression that ordinary cameras are easier to use.

No, maybe the app has been improved in the future, and it may be crispy, and there is a possibility that it will evolve tremendously.

Mayumine (MARIO AGUILAR / US version)