OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

I just got a Sony RX100M3 so I'll be more likely to have a camera with me most of the time. It looks like an amazing camera, everything I wanted in a pocket camera (except for zoom range). But.... I've always shot with Nikon and don't speak Sonyese. The whole control layout and menus are foreign to me.

Sony didn't help much with their 38 pages of instructions, compared to 500 page manuals for my last two Nikons, and their online help pretty much regurgitates the same info with a few brief notes added.

So..... does anyone have referrals to good tutorials that will get me from step one to proficiency, or at least a basic understanding of how to make this thing go?

Please??

Help??!!

p.s. I already know how to turn it on and set the date and can shoot on Auto, but don't even know the difference between "intelligent auto" and "superior auto". :roll: :roll:

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Is this what you want?:

https://docs.sony.com/release/DSCRX100M3_EN_ES_FR.pdf

Or this?

http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/4539039511.pdf

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Thank you Longshadow, but NO, NO, NOOOOOO!
That's the same crappy manual that comes with the camera. :(

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Sorry, I thought you were looking for one more than 38 pgs... :(

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

:lol: OK, I exaggerated. It's 39. :)

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

Sony documentation is the worst. Gary Friedman has made a career correcting that. I have his A6000 eBook and it is great.

RX100MK3 book link:
http://www.friedmanarchives.com/RX-100MK3/index.htm

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Yes! That's more like what I'm looking for. "In this 496-page (!) full-color book you'll learn:......."

It's a shame to have to pay $23.45 when Sony should have done it free.
Thanks! :)

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Alexander White's Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 III: Getting the Most from Sony's Pocketable Digital Camera Kindle Edition - $9.99

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Thank you, Ray. I just finished the download of the Friedman ebook but it has a 14-day trial (I think), so I'll also look at White's guide. :)

le boecere

OJ, as a photographic dunderhead, I virtually never post here amongst the Mensa Society of photography, but as a user of the basic economy Sony model (a6000) "I feel ya", as the kids say. While waiting for one of the experts and for your copy of Friedman's guidebook; "Auto" (iAuto or intelligent Auto) is Sony's version of most every garden variety "Auto" setting on any digital camera ~ iAuto+ (Superior Auto) is what Friedman terms "Auto on steroids". It takes everything the camera system can possibly sense, and much of what it thinks you're thinkin' and captures the image it believes you really would want if you were as smart as it is. "P" might be your first favorite setting, as it is essentially "iAuto" with some controls left to your descretion (if you change the Shutter Speed" in the display, it changes the Aperture, whether you like it or not). That's how these three basic settings work on the a6000 and I've gotta believe they'll work nearly as well on your coveted (by me) little "pocket camera". Give us a report in a few weeks; the world is waiting.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Thanks for surfacing again long enough to explain that! It was the good press on the A6000 here, and a few other models, that got me leaning toward Sony and once I got the RX100m3 in hand there was no way I was going to walk out of the store without it. :D

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

Larry, tell us what you think of the image quality of that camera once you learn how to operate it.

I think your biggest challenge will be getting used to the Sony menu system... which is definitely different than what you are accustomed to, but still an effective way to control your camera.

Once you get over that, I think the image quality of that machine will seriously impress you, as will the ease of operation.

I'm betting you will love it. :thumbup:

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

You betcha. Here's a hand held shot with superior auto, SOOC JPEG (except downsized for posting here). .........'cause I haven't been able to open the Sony RAW files yet. :lol: Yeah, I think I'll like this little critter. :thumbup:

(Download)

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

With photos like that, maybe you don't need any instructions.