Sony RX100 Mk3 now on Sony's UK website.
Sony RX100 Mk3 now on Sony's UK website.
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anonymous-user

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78 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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At £699!!

Ouch... frown

I know there are a lot of RX100 fanatics on here including myself so thought this might be of interest to you all.

So what do we think the 'street price' of this camera will really be?

I want to upgrade from my Mk1, but not at £700 I'm afraid.

JustinP1

13,357 posts

254 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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I was going to reply to your other thread regarding the MKIII as a MKI owner.

My guesstimate was that the MKIII was going to be £600-£800.

My reasoning is that the MKIII is not a replacement model, they were segmenting the market based on price, somewhat in the same way the MKII has been sold along with the MKI.

What Sony are achieving with relatively fast development is not replacement models, but additional models as after the MKI they realised they were very much onto a good thing.

So, for your £350 or so, you can have the excellent MKI which is the best in it's class for a small camera. If you have a bit more cash, you can go for the MKII and get better low light performance - a bit of a bugbear for the MKI IMHO.

However, if you are a bit of a money no object flash Harry who must have portability, then you won't bat an eyelid at the MKIII - better IQ from the lens, and the EV so you look like a real photographer as oppose to a point and shooter.

rottie102

4,033 posts

208 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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I was in Edmonton, Canada today and I found Sony store with pretty much everything possible from Sony in stock like Rx1 AND Rx1r BOTH available smile etc

They were just about to receive today their first Rx100 mk3 at 950cad inclusive of tax which works out £520 and I was going to buy it but it was just a demo and they couldn't sell it frown

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

78 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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rottie102 said:
inclusive of tax which works out £520
We get shafted so much!

I defo want a Mk3 as I barely use my DSLR now due to being so satisfied with my Mk1 since I bought it, I just always wanted the focal length touch wider as street/city/landscape is my thing.

I also shoot a lot in the evenings and at night so the backlit sensor is also a big plus for me.

I wonder what the price will be from places like DigitalRev? Or I might just hang on till I go to the US in a couple of months..

GetCarter

30,854 posts

303 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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Price will drop pretty quickly. The Mk 2 is now cheaper that the price I paid for the mk1 about a year ago.

GetCarter

30,854 posts

303 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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I see it's 5mm fatter (than mk1) and takes less photos per charge, but other than that looks like an upgrade at some stage. EV gets good reviews.

the-photographer

4,475 posts

200 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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Euro price, 849 Euro, shipments July 8.


chriis

859 posts

206 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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I really fancied this but not at that price , just can't justify it . Had my Mk1 out this morning and the performance of it still amazes me to this day .

the-photographer

4,475 posts

200 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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The Dpreview camera comparison now includes the MK3, if you want to compare something cheaper or bigger.

JustinMinns

262 posts

245 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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Looking at the spec I'm seriously considering one (once the price comes down a bit) along with an underwater housing to replace my G1-X for a travel camera

StuH

2,557 posts

297 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Going for $799 in the US (£475) I'm out there in a couple of weeks smile

fido

18,549 posts

279 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Might as well pick up one in Hong Kong .. maybe £500 with a non-UK adapter frown Unless DigitalRev has an actual shop I can visit in person?

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

78 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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StuH said:
Going for $799 in the US (£475) I'm out there in a couple of weeks smile
I'll buy one off you for £500.

Make yourself £25! wink

JustinP1

13,357 posts

254 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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PistonHeads. Smuggling matters.






Not.
smile

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

78 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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I've bought a lot of things on my foreign travels and brought them home with me... Not sure that is smuggling is it?!

JustinP1

13,357 posts

254 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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NinjaPower said:
I've bought a lot of things on my foreign travels and brought them home with me... Not sure that is smuggling is it?!
Oh no.

But if you purchase something on your foreign travels for the express purpose of bringing it back and selling in in your home country without paying duty, then that's pretty much the definition of smuggling! smile

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

78 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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JustinP1 said:
Oh no.

But if you purchase something on your foreign travels for the express purpose of bringing it back and selling in in your home country without paying duty, then that's pretty much the definition of smuggling! smile
Shocking. I'm a criminal.

I might have to add up how much I owe the government then, seen as how friends have previously purchased for me:

A few bottles of vodka.
A Sony Discman in about 1994.
A Sony Minidisc Walkman in about 1997.
A pair of Oakley sunglasses in about 1999.
And loads of stuff I've forgotten...

All joking aside, I would happily pay someone to but me one abroad given the price discrepancy smile

2slo

1,998 posts

191 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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NinjaPower said:
I would happily pay someone to but me
yikesbiggrin

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

78 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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2slo said:
NinjaPower said:
I would happily pay someone to but me
yikesbiggrin
Quality typo there!

JustinP1

13,357 posts

254 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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NinjaPower said:
2slo said:
NinjaPower said:
I would happily pay someone to but me
yikesbiggrin
Quality typo there!
Don't worry about that.

In the smuggler's gaol you don't need to pay for that, I believe it is an obligatory service. In fact I understand the current deal is have 2 get 1 free!