new to camera work: looking to purchase small high end digital camera...choices down to Sony rx100 ..mark 3 or 4 or pan. lumex lx100 best choice is ???? prices i see now P. lx 100 $560...

donwal

looking to purchase small high end digital camera...choices down to Sony rx100 ..mark 3 or 4 or pan. lumex lx100 best choice is ????

prices i see now P. lx 100 $560
rx 100 mark 3 $750
rx 100 mark 4 $859

bdo Loc: Colorado

donwal wrote:

looking to purchase small high end digital camera...choices down to Sony rx100 ..mark 3 or 4 or pan. lumex lx100 best choice is ????

prices i see now P. lx 100 $560
rx 100 mark 3 $750
rx 100 mark 4 $859

If price is your only criterion, buy the cheapest.

I'll be the first (maybe) but not the last to ask this question.

How do you intend to use your camera?

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

I have the Sony RX100 III and am very happy with it, it also shoots RAW.
I bought mine new for a lot less than you have posted, somewhere just over $600.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

buy the cheapest. spend the savings on good glass :thumbup:

Leitz Loc: Solms

dirtpusher wrote:

buy the cheapest. spend the savings on good glass :thumbup:

Perhaps you can recommend some good glass to use with the cameras the OP listed?

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Leitz wrote:

Perhaps you can recommend some good glass to use with the cameras the OP listed?

Hint - The cameras listed to not have interchangeable lenses. :XD:

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Leitz wrote:

Perhaps you can recommend some good glass to use with the cameras the OP listed?

didn't specify camera. only an idea.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

What types of things are you shooting...and will other employees be using it?

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Of the choices you have listed, Sony Mk IV - enjoy it in good health

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

donwal wrote:

looking to purchase small high end digital camera...choices down to Sony rx100 ..mark 3 or 4 or pan. lumex lx100 best choice is ????

prices i see now P. lx 100 $560
rx 100 mark 3 $750
rx 100 mark 4 $859

Welcome to the Hog and good luck with this question!!! :lol:
SS

donwal

Boat racing action....am within 500 feet of the action...
would also use for vacations...would like a small camera to cary in pocket..have an i phone ...does not do much with racing...
thought these cameras had better lens than kit lens in say a sony 6000
these cameras do have some zoom

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Leitz wrote:

Perhaps you can recommend some good glass to use with the cameras the OP listed?

That's easy. Either something made by Zeiss or something very expensive. :D

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

donwal wrote:

looking to purchase small high end digital camera...choices down to Sony rx100 ..mark 3 or 4 or pan. lumex lx100 best choice is ????

prices i see now P. lx 100 $560
rx 100 mark 3 $750
rx 100 mark 4 $859

I had the Sony III and sold it to get the IV - very nice, both of them. I bought the III used and sold it for a profit to buy the IV. It's a good solid camera. Do a Google search for comparisons of those three cameras and decide what features are important to you. I'm on a different computer now, or I'd post some links.

Let us know what you decide.

Joanna27 Loc: Lakewood Ca

donwal wrote:

looking to purchase small high end digital camera...choices down to Sony rx100 ..mark 3 or 4 or pan. lumex lx100 best choice is ????

prices i see now P. lx 100 $560
rx 100 mark 3 $750
rx 100 mark 4 $859

Love my RX 100 mark 2.
Pros- Good images, manual control available, small enough to fit in my purse or pocket, doesn't trigger the "OMG, she's got the camera out again" response. Good in low light, decent field of view.
Cons- zoom is limited, manual controls not as easy to use a DLSR, a little more sensor noise than a crop or full frame sensor, doesn't have interchangeable lens.
No matter which you pick, you will enjoy it.
:) :) :)

donwal

thanks....new to this...thought the rx100 had good glass