I love panorama mode

The China models appear to have a more consistent quality (smoother focus ring, more solid mode dial, no wobble in the lens housing) and less chance of dust on the sensor from manufacturing.

Easy auto modes - I'm not a photographer or even an enthusiast, but I like to see whatever

Also, this camera has two very intelligent modes that allow the camera to be used as an excellent point and shoot, so if you're not an experienced camera user, but want to get amazing photos, then this is still a good choice for you

Great image quality, fast focus, great burst mode, built-in creative effects and small enough you can take it anywhere.

-The zoom is impressive for a camera if this sizeShooting mode-The intelligent auto+ mode takes any guesswork out of most shooting situations, picking the best mode

but if you want the airplane close up with this I don't think it's happening unless you take it out of clear zoom mode, no moon shots or space photo's with this one anyway.

If you set camera on Superior Auto mode, and take a night shot by hand, it looks as good as anyone's

I really like the panoramic sweep pic mode, the s100 lacked this feature yet sony has been having it for years

The Superior Auto mode does a fantastic job of reducing noise via multiple exposures, and the Handheld Twilight mode, with more exposures, is even better.

- Superior intelligent auto mode

Excellent movie mode.

I love automatic drive mode

My hands are not steady, but even when Superior Auto mode takes several photos in quick succession, there's rarely a photo that comes

The "best shot" (or super intelligent auto mode - I think) it's kind of pointless because it does not do a good job selecting the best shot, but everything else with this cam is outstanding

I can imagine the possibility of the "on" button getting pushed when the lens had no place to go; maybe that would cause mechanical damage, first, to ruin macro mode, and later, to make picture-taking fail completely.

Even in "Super Auto" mode, you can go into "creative mode" and control depth of field, exposure, color saturation etc. without needing to know how those actually work

I gotta add though that I tried the "Superior Auto" mode on

I had good pictures any way, manual mode is good, love the HDR

I realize it has a myriad of scenic modes and manual control, but I usually just leave it in 'Intelligent' or 'Superior' mode and still get great results...as you can see in the attached pics from Big Sur

but it's smart enough most of the time to choose the correct mode for great photos.

- Useful features/modes

The image quality is so good that I normally keep it in the enhanced intelligent auto mode

The camera has a reliable auto mode

Like most, I have found the Sony RX100 to be fast, small, easy to use, highly customizable (RAW + JPEG, manual modes, all the most modern shooting modes), well crafted, and capable of producing images of very high quality

It feels good at hand, the pictures are magnificent, and the range of abilities is pretty stunning.i use it in "intelligent auto" mode and am quite pleasantly surprised at how well it stitches together multiple pictures

Excellent auto mode selects settings extremely well.

Its quick startup, rapid zoom, and easy mode setting do make it a great point and

The intelligent modes work quite well.

The intelligent modes work quite well.

Reliable full Auto mode (iA), great family camera for everyone to use: just point & shoot in any conditions and 99

You push it again and again and then wonder if the camera is in some strange "non use" mode

It does occasionally go into the wrong mode (ie, landscape instead of macro).7

I was a little disappointed that the panoramic pic mode doesn't work well at

The different modes are amazing

I am really confused as to why anyone would want to record in a silent mode?

Even though I think it'd be a shame if you only shot in auto on this camera, it's still the best auto mode I've used on a point and shoot

Sony has two speed options, and the continuous mode, while not as fast as a DSLR or higher end mirrorless camera, is still plenty fast enough to cover most fleeting facial expressions or object movements.+Fully pocketable in size means it with me when I want or need it much more often, and is much less obtrusive in research situations than an interchangeable lens camera.+Tough!

Features such as sweep panorama and color modes are easy to use

I enjoy the movie mode as well

The Superior Auto mode is so great that I almost always keep it on

The Superior Auto mode will intermittently have good focus but the Intelligent Auto mode does not produce any pictures in focus in sunlight or indoors.

I compared a RAW and a JPEG side by side in Lightroom: there is some more sharpness with RAW, yes, but JPEGS are still impressive, and those many creative modes are fun to play with

Full-manual with excellent auto modes as well

It has a stunning Macro mode with stability control

Robust manual mode that's easy to use

Superior auto mode is a bit quirky- not yet sure if it takes better photos or not

Worked great adequate zoom, multiple modes (get kindle book that explains how to use) and was very pleased

Yes, the 'intelligent' and 'superior' auto modes will get you good to great results out of the box.

I've always liked Sony compact cameras, but now that I have a RX100, I"M IN LOVE!

Yes, I know this is probably the worst e-mount lens, but honestly I don't see any other options taking into account the need for something really compact.