[quote=Gene51]Expensive, good lens, menu needs getting used to. Image quality is outstanding for any size sensor, even more so when you consider it is only a 1" sensor, light at 2.5 lbs, battery lasts about 300 shots, camera does not come with a battery charger - you need to charge by USB cable. Fast electronic viewfinder, great video, only 12 bit raw, very fast frame rate at 24 fps max - I'd buy it again. You've seen some of my images but just in case - you can make your own assessment:

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Totally agree and more. The best and most flexible travel camera since I switched to REV IV. Yo ucan create your own menu with the most useful functions.

Greetings,
I am not here to bash Capture One as I was pretty happy with their software performance since version 9.
I am just sharing a disappointing experience I had with them lately, and hope this might save some of you $$ and grief with their upgrade policy.
Here is my story: I upgraded to CO12 Pro at end of September 2019 (for $127 after discount). Less than two months later they came out with version CO20 asking me to pay another $159 or $20 for monthly subscription (way much more than Adobe) for the new version at what they call upgrade discount!!
Contacted their Customer service asking for a prorate discount towards the new version which they flatly refused. I am sure they knew they are releasing a new version when I bought my upgrade to CO12 PRO. I explained them that the upgrade their offered me would ultimately cost me a total of $286 while buying a totally new version would cost $299! Does this make sense?

What we learn from here:
1. If you use their SW, time your upgrades properly otherwise will end up paying way too much in order to use the latest upgrade.
2. Check their claim to being a lower cost than Adobe. (in my view is no longer true).
3. Personally I will make as much mileage of the version 12 I have and for any new projects I am switching to Corel Paint Shop Pro 2020. ( It does everything I need for a much cheaper upgrade price)

Nothing wrong with SL but Mirrorless are taking over so I would start her with Sony 6000. Can't beat the price and the quality for a beginner camera. Given the camera specs she can grow up with it into more advanced photography.

Would start at Emerald bay and go around the lake. The east side is great at sunset.
The west side is great in the morning when the sun rises.

You'll be fine in Quito with what you have. However strongly recommend a decent telephoto lens for wildlife or take/rent a SONY RX10 iii or iv for distance (24-600mm optical/ up to 2400 mm digital). I used the Tamron 150-600 mm with 1.6 crop camera for wildlife in 2015 and got great pictures.
Don't forget to visit the Equator site in Quito.

Have a great time!

I used it as the only one in Patagonia with the A6000 as backup. Got wonderful outdoors pictures. Lighter than my Canon DSLR with 3 exchangeable lenses. Always carry spare batteries in your pocket.

If the drive is alive and you can't just read it, I would try Easeus Partition Master program or their Data Recovery program. I own both and they work fine for me. If the drive is dead, you may try drive manufacturer data recovery service. They can read your data from dead disks.
Good luck!

Here is a sample before the clouds covered the full red.

On Sony cameras the movies are in a separate folder. Look for the directory PRIVATE/M4ROOT/CLIP.
MP4 movies are stored there.

Great camera.Enjoy it!

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I have the RX10-iii if interested. I used it in Patagonia and Peru. Depending on the use is as good as the RX10-iv (which I currently use).

I had the same issue a few years ago and switched to Corel Phtoshop Pro and I am very happy with it. Does everything I need like Adobe programs I used and it is only $ 69.99; and you own the program. I does have a good RAW editor and lots of features and capabilities. Try it for yourself before deciding. They have lots of training videos on line so the learning curve is pretty easy.
https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/products/paintshop-pro/ultimate/

First I would check if you compare apples to apples. I can't say if the price is justified, but from photo sites reviews and friends who have the RX100VI there is no compare to it. It looks to me that the RX100VI is kind of a"mini A9" So the ultimate answer is with you to decide based on your needs and performance trade-offs you are willing to make for $$$. Recently I was on a wildlife photography tour and surprisingly several highly professional photographers had the RX100VI as their second camera (???). Hope this helps. Undoubtedly Panasonic and others make good pocket size cameras that many photographers love.

I use Capture One on a dual display (Laptop and a 27" screen on HDMI) with no problems. Windows 10 allows you to configure each display to correct settings separately. I use the displays in Duplicate mode. Let me know if you need more info.

Good decision! XPS is a great computer. Make sure you get the max. memory and as big and fast SSD as you can afford. I would go with at least 1 TB.
The other option would be a monster gaming computer. (lots of$$$).
Enjoy your new buy!