The Sony DSC-RX100 is another camera in the Sony line up that have been designed for the everyday vlogger. The DSC-RX100 actually has several different versions  including the original (commonly referred to as the Mark I), the Mark II, the Mark III, the Mark IV, and the Mark V, which are successive iterations where Sony has added or changed certain features. As a consequence, when researching this camera, it is important to know exactly which version you are dealing with. Currently, only the original (Mark I) and the Mark II versions are under £500, and so in this article we concentrate on these two versions only. 

The Sony DSC-WX500 camera is one of a line of high-quality Sony cameras that have been designed specifically for the vlogger. It has almost all the characteristics that one wants in a vlogging camera. First off, it shoots video in 1080p Full HD, the defacto standard of today's display screens, and it shoots that video as image stabilsed by both optical lens-shift and electronic mechanisms to produce a very steady picture during normal everyday activities. The lens is manufactured by the premiere German lens company, Carl Zeiss AG, meaning that the quality of the images the camera can produce will be the best possible for the electronics. The lens also has a minimum focal length of 4.1mm on a 1/2.3" image sensor, making the lens a wide angle lens, which is important to getting as much of the surrounding scene as possible when holding the camera at arms length during a selfie shot.