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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I can see that eg storm petrels low over the sea from a boat and the autofocus won't match a DSLR but, for just about everything else, I find the Sony's autofocus amazing for birds in flight, eg swifts, distant hawking little gulls as well as easier things like raptors. My bottom line is that...
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I have the screen off all the time, except that I can turn it on and off by simply pressing C1 on the occasions that I want to use it.
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I guess I still need to look at those C and MR settings options, but for the time being I'm finding it quite OK just to leave the camera on Continuos Autofocus and Expand Flexible Spot for both perched birds and birds in flight.
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Thank you. I hadn't found the 'toggle' and 'hold' options and will look for that....
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I haven't bothered with the C1, C2 or C3 buttons yet. In order to use them, after you have programmed them, you have to hold them down whilst pressing the shutter button, which ideally requires two right index fingers.... So far anyway, I'm just using the same settings for perched birds and...
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I've cracked too and ordered one from E-infinity this time - even 'cheaper'.
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Thanks. So even coming from DSLR you're still pretty impressed by the image quality of this camera for bird photography?
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    They look pretty good, Lobas, thank you. Have you been a DSLR man before? The new source and lower price is interesting too!
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Very many thanks, pbjosh. This is the sort of information I have been waiting for. Looking forward to your further thoughts as soon as you can.
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I've bought two or three cameras from Panamoz in the past. Absolutely fine and good service.
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Thank you, nikonmike. Interesting....
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    As I understand it, the Olympus set-up should be between the quality of DSLR (say the Canon 7Dii + 100-400ii) and the best bridge camera (this Sony RX10IV), but more expensive and notably heavier than the Sony, with no DSLR compatible big lens option (nothing to match the reach of the 7Dii and a...
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Well, that partly depends on how much has been lost from the raw in turning it into the reduced size web jpeg that we see in the blog, of course. I'm hoping that the original raw shows more detail at full size. Maybe I'm hoping for too much, but I'm still hoping....
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Thank you BruceH. Well, that is another enthusiastic review, with a good wildlife and birds-in-flight perspective too. It's almost enough for me to take the plunge, but he is coming at it from a lower spec Bridge camera perspective and not from the Canon 7Dii + 100-400ii perspective, which is...
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    Thanks indeed pbjosh and ditto SB. I'm mainly hoping that it really will focus on a moving small bird in a bush 30 yards away nearly as well as the 7Dii + 100-400ii.
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    Sony RX10 1V the new boy.

    I'm itching to know if this great-sounding 1Kg RX10IV could really be a near-match for a birder currently using a 2.8Kg Canon 7Dii + 100-400ii. The specifications and non-birder reviews suggest that it really could be. Have any birders with this Canon set-up taken the plunge and tried it yet?
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