Lastcastmike

Great camera. Been using one exclusively for 4 years. After a while, you don’t even use the menus. Exposure compensation, the Aperture, Shutter, Auto wheel and the focus selection switch. That’s it. The Friedman book will show you all you need.

RosiArt

HIGHLY recommend the Gary Friedman book. It's about 750 pages, so it gives you an idea of the complexity of the menu system. Like others, I get just as good, if not better photos than with my 35lbs. backpack of Canon equipment, and I'm always ready of the next best shot. By the way, someone mentioned it has a Zeiss lens. That's incorrect- better yet, it has a Leica lens.

azted Loc: Las Vegas, NV.

I have had Sony, Nikon and Olympus equipment, and I feel that the Sony menu is easier and more intuitive than the Olympus. I cannot remember the Nikon at all. I had the original RX-10, and I sold it after collecting too many other bodies. The reality is that the Zeiss lens on the RX-10 is so perfectly matched to the sensor, that you will get many more keepers, no matter if you shoot in Aperture priority, Shutter priority, or in auto. It is just a piece of equipment that has been perfected! (I do also own an RX100 v as well as two full frame Sonys and the OlympusM-5 ll)

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Every camera has its quirks and different menus. The Sony RX10 IV (and III) menus are not the easiest to navigate but start in P mode shooting and learn as you go. GREAT camera!!

bwa

JoeM845

I bought this camera to lighten my load for an African safari last year. with non-photographers. I was a Nikon shooter with a D600 and a bunch of lenses. I had concerns about dust and reaction time changing lenses in an open-sided land cruiser.

The camera performs well for me. I mostly shot RAW and used the full zoom range of the lens. I got increased noise and a need to have the subject fill the frame because of the small sensor size. Both of these problems can be mitigated in post.

The menu system is very strange after years of Nikon. I still have trouble internalizing it as a whole system rather than many loosely connected parts. I concur with the recommendations for Knight's book. His explanations were far clearer than the official manual but my mind's eye concept of the menu still wasn't hanging together.

Take a look at "Sony RX10iv for Point and Shoot Nature Photography Guide" (https://psnp.info/psnp_/?p=1525) by Steve Ingraham. It's a free download with a request for a contribution if you find it useful. His explanations are also clearer. He also talks about how he uses the camera, the settings he uses, and why he does things the way he does. That helped me a lot.

Ufauxreal

Thanks to everyone's enthusiasm and encouragement I just pulled the trigger and ordered this camera. Can't wait to receive it. I know I will probably have a ton of questions. And, if my track record holds, now that I have ordered the mark IV version you can expect the mark V version any day!😁

azted Loc: Las Vegas, NV.

You will wonder why you ever had a body and individual lenses. Start in auto to learn to trust it, and to learn the focusing methods. Then progress. It is well built and beautiful!

Ufauxreal

Thanks for that link. I've got it downloaded and will read it later.

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

What Mark said about the learning curve. Friedman's book is A BIG help!

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

No, it has a Zeiss lens. I wrote about this camera the other day. It’s the camera I’ve shot most over the 2 years I’ve had it. It’s also my least favorite camera to shoot. I do a lot of my shooting from a kayak and it is by far the best option I’ve found that’s easily manageable while sitting in a kayak. It’s amazing to be able to capture BIF from a kayak. I love it for what it’s capable of but it will never replace my other cameras. I think the ergonomics suck, I hate the menu system, the raw files take a lot more work than my Nikon raw files, everything has to go through Topaz Denoise. I hate the electronic zoom as it is and it loses focus when zooming.

azted Loc: Las Vegas, NV.

Awwwwwwww, a true love/hate relationship. How cute!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

The learning curve is whatever you make it out to be. You can start taking great shots right out of the box. However, exploring deeper into the menus and the camera's capabilities will take more time. If you use the camera regularly at the beginning, experimenting with settings and menu choices, you'll be very comfortable in 2 to 3 weeks. You'll be amazed at how quickly and accurately it focuses on moving subjects, the AI-guided Eye Focus tool (for humans AND animals), and if you take video, you'll be amazed at the capabilities.

Nothing is intuitive out of the box. But having learned a few other camera systems will definitely help.

Ltgk20 Loc: Salisbury, NC

I bought a used one for my wife and it works quite well. I shot Minolta for 20 years and then made the natural move to Sony A mount and now E mount. Some dislike the Sony menus, but I never had a problem. What I found with the RX10 is the same as my a99, a99ii, a9ii and now a1 is this: take the time to set the camera up the way you want including all of the custom buttons and function menu (one of the best things about Sonys is that they are extremely customizable). Once you do this it will be a vary rare thing that you'll need to go into the menus for anything. Also, I've had many of Gary Friedman's books and recommend them.