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The Sony DSC-RX10 is not exactly what it appears to be.What's that– you say? Well, it's a 20 Megapixel 1" Exmore-R sensor equipped body with a permanent 8.8–73.3mm (24–200mm f/2.8 equivalent) Zeiss Vario Sonnar lens. It has a high resolution tiltable rear LCD and a high resolution high eye-point EVF. There is a top panel LCD, and dual mode image stabilization (including optical). And for those doing discrete shooting, the shutter is almost completely silent.
The RX10 shoots raw and JPG stills at up to 10 FPS. In video mode it is a so-called "World Camera" as it can shoot both NTSC (North America and Japan) and PAL...rest of the world. It shoots AVCHD 2.0 at up to 28 Mbps, and at both 24/25P and 50/60P. Full manual control is available when shooting video. In a unique feature for a camera of this type there is a built in Neutral Density filter. This is handy for still photographers wanting to use wide apertures and slow shutter speeds in bright sunlight, b...

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