New to RX100. Few questions...
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Just unwrapped my new-to-me RX100 and have a few q's please 
1/For the total amateur/fool, is it best to just leave it in Auto (on the top cog wheel thingy) and point and shoot at everything?
2/Will I EVER get used to NOT holding it by having my finger over the pop-up flash!
3/When I disconnected it from my computer (Macbook Pro) via the USB (I wanted to see what pics looked like on computer) it said something about I should of 'ejected' it?? What is the 'proper/safe' way of connecting and disconnecting to a computer (Mac) via the USB cable supplied?
4/I thought I would have to download some kind of Sony software to be able to view pics on my computer (2015 Macbook Pro) but when I turned the camera on (after connecting via USB cable) my computer automatically opened the application 'Photos' and asked me if I wanted to 'Import' photo's. Is this the best way of viewing photo's on my computer?
Cheers all
ps - very impressed so far with the quality and feel of the RX100
1/For the total amateur/fool, is it best to just leave it in Auto (on the top cog wheel thingy) and point and shoot at everything?
2/Will I EVER get used to NOT holding it by having my finger over the pop-up flash!
3/When I disconnected it from my computer (Macbook Pro) via the USB (I wanted to see what pics looked like on computer) it said something about I should of 'ejected' it?? What is the 'proper/safe' way of connecting and disconnecting to a computer (Mac) via the USB cable supplied?
4/I thought I would have to download some kind of Sony software to be able to view pics on my computer (2015 Macbook Pro) but when I turned the camera on (after connecting via USB cable) my computer automatically opened the application 'Photos' and asked me if I wanted to 'Import' photo's. Is this the best way of viewing photo's on my computer?
Cheers all
ps - very impressed so far with the quality and feel of the RX100
Phooey said:
Just unwrapped my new-to-me RX100 and have a few q's please
1/For the total amateur/fool, is it best to just leave it in Auto (on the top cog wheel thingy) and point and shoot at everything?
2/Will I EVER get used to NOT holding it by having my finger over the pop-up flash!
3/When I disconnected it from my computer (Macbook Pro) via the USB (I wanted to see what pics looked like on computer) it said something about I should of 'ejected' it?? What is the 'proper/safe' way of connecting and disconnecting to a computer (Mac) via the USB cable supplied?
4/I thought I would have to download some kind of Sony software to be able to view pics on my computer (2015 Macbook Pro) but when I turned the camera on (after connecting via USB cable) my computer automatically opened the application 'Photos' and asked me if I wanted to 'Import' photo's. Is this the best way of viewing photo's on my computer?
Cheers all
ps - very impressed so far with the quality and feel of the RX100
1/ Yes... have fun for a while and snap away1/For the total amateur/fool, is it best to just leave it in Auto (on the top cog wheel thingy) and point and shoot at everything?
2/Will I EVER get used to NOT holding it by having my finger over the pop-up flash!
3/When I disconnected it from my computer (Macbook Pro) via the USB (I wanted to see what pics looked like on computer) it said something about I should of 'ejected' it?? What is the 'proper/safe' way of connecting and disconnecting to a computer (Mac) via the USB cable supplied?
4/I thought I would have to download some kind of Sony software to be able to view pics on my computer (2015 Macbook Pro) but when I turned the camera on (after connecting via USB cable) my computer automatically opened the application 'Photos' and asked me if I wanted to 'Import' photo's. Is this the best way of viewing photo's on my computer?
Cheers all
ps - very impressed so far with the quality and feel of the RX100
2/ Yes
3/ Click on the icon on the desktop, then cmd e and it will 'eject' it (ie close the connection). It's a nanny MacNag thing.
4/ It's the easiest. If you then have a programme like 'Elements' you can import them straight from iPhoto and edit them.
GetCarter said:
1/ Yes... have fun for a while and snap away
2/ Yes
3/ Click on the icon on the desktop, then cmd e and it will 'eject' it (ie close the connection). It's a nanny MacNag thing.
4/ It's the easiest. If you then have a programme like 'Elements' you can import them straight from iPhoto and edit them.
Cheers Steve 2/ Yes
3/ Click on the icon on the desktop, then cmd e and it will 'eject' it (ie close the connection). It's a nanny MacNag thing.
4/ It's the easiest. If you then have a programme like 'Elements' you can import them straight from iPhoto and edit them.
Excellent choice of camera, now make sure you buy a decent size SD card in case you start using it for photographs and video, 32GB SD cards are cheap enough nowadays and should be ample. Never ever run out of space again! I purchased a 32GB PNY SD card from PC World.
With regard to viewing the images on the card I tend to eject the SD card from the camera then insert into the SD card slot on the MacBook Pro, from that point on an icon should appear on your desktop which will contain your photos. If you click on the icon you can view the pics.
In terms of ease of viewing them I use Google Picasa which presents your pics in date order in a simple flat format no matter how many sub-folders they are buried down, but I don't use their cloud facility option and keep all the pics on the Mac. Just be aware that if you have recorded videos you will have to manually select the video folder because it isn't automatically found by Picasa.
Once you are done viewing the images you need to eject the card properly by clicking on the card icon on the desktop and right clicking if you have a wireless mouse connected and select 'Eject Untitled', or selecting the icon and tapping the trackpad with two fingers to bring up the menus, then select 'Eject Untitled' or whatever your card has been named.
This is just the same procedure as the keyboard shortcut suggested by Get Carter, just a different way of achieving the same result. I have a poor memory with regard to keyboard shortcuts!
The RX100 does work remarkably well in 'Auto' mode, but if you have kids that run round at breakneck speed you might want to set it to 'S' for Shutter Priority then hike the shutter speed up so that the pics aren't blurred.
If you want blurred backgrounds then set it to 'A' for Aperture Priority, then rotate the ring on the front of the camera and a load of numbers will appear, the lower the number the more blurred effect you can achieve in the background, is known as depth of field. You can get quite creative with this if you want to.
There is absolutely tons of stuff you can do with the RX100 and leaving it in 'Auto' hardly scratches the surface of what it is capable of.
There are a few books available that can guide you through the settings, namely 'The complete guide to Sony's Cybershot RX-100' by Gary Friedman, and 'Photographer's guide to the Sony DSC-RX100' by Alexander S. White. I downloaded both of these onto the Kindle app for my Mac. Alternatively quiz Get Carter who is extremely knowledgeable in this department, you only have to take a look at some of the photographs he's taken to appreciate just how good he is.
With regard to viewing the images on the card I tend to eject the SD card from the camera then insert into the SD card slot on the MacBook Pro, from that point on an icon should appear on your desktop which will contain your photos. If you click on the icon you can view the pics.
In terms of ease of viewing them I use Google Picasa which presents your pics in date order in a simple flat format no matter how many sub-folders they are buried down, but I don't use their cloud facility option and keep all the pics on the Mac. Just be aware that if you have recorded videos you will have to manually select the video folder because it isn't automatically found by Picasa.
Once you are done viewing the images you need to eject the card properly by clicking on the card icon on the desktop and right clicking if you have a wireless mouse connected and select 'Eject Untitled', or selecting the icon and tapping the trackpad with two fingers to bring up the menus, then select 'Eject Untitled' or whatever your card has been named.
This is just the same procedure as the keyboard shortcut suggested by Get Carter, just a different way of achieving the same result. I have a poor memory with regard to keyboard shortcuts!
The RX100 does work remarkably well in 'Auto' mode, but if you have kids that run round at breakneck speed you might want to set it to 'S' for Shutter Priority then hike the shutter speed up so that the pics aren't blurred.
If you want blurred backgrounds then set it to 'A' for Aperture Priority, then rotate the ring on the front of the camera and a load of numbers will appear, the lower the number the more blurred effect you can achieve in the background, is known as depth of field. You can get quite creative with this if you want to.
There is absolutely tons of stuff you can do with the RX100 and leaving it in 'Auto' hardly scratches the surface of what it is capable of.
There are a few books available that can guide you through the settings, namely 'The complete guide to Sony's Cybershot RX-100' by Gary Friedman, and 'Photographer's guide to the Sony DSC-RX100' by Alexander S. White. I downloaded both of these onto the Kindle app for my Mac. Alternatively quiz Get Carter who is extremely knowledgeable in this department, you only have to take a look at some of the photographs he's taken to appreciate just how good he is.
rich888 said:
Excellent choice of camera, now make sure you buy a decent size SD card in case you start using it for photographs and video, 32GB SD cards are cheap enough nowadays and should be ample. Never ever run out of space again! I purchased a 32GB PNY SD card from PC World.
With regard to viewing the images on the card I tend to eject the SD card from the camera then insert into the SD card slot on the MacBook Pro, from that point on an icon should appear on your desktop which will contain your photos. If you click on the icon you can view the pics.
In terms of ease of viewing them I use Google Picasa which presents your pics in date order in a simple flat format no matter how many sub-folders they are buried down, but I don't use their cloud facility option and keep all the pics on the Mac. Just be aware that if you have recorded videos you will have to manually select the video folder because it isn't automatically found by Picasa.
Once you are done viewing the images you need to eject the card properly by clicking on the card icon on the desktop and right clicking if you have a wireless mouse connected and select 'Eject Untitled', or selecting the icon and tapping the trackpad with two fingers to bring up the menus, then select 'Eject Untitled' or whatever your card has been named.
This is just the same procedure as the keyboard shortcut suggested by Get Carter, just a different way of achieving the same result. I have a poor memory with regard to keyboard shortcuts!
The RX100 does work remarkably well in 'Auto' mode, but if you have kids that run round at breakneck speed you might want to set it to 'S' for Shutter Priority then hike the shutter speed up so that the pics aren't blurred.
If you want blurred backgrounds then set it to 'A' for Aperture Priority, then rotate the ring on the front of the camera and a load of numbers will appear, the lower the number the more blurred effect you can achieve in the background, is known as depth of field. You can get quite creative with this if you want to.
There is absolutely tons of stuff you can do with the RX100 and leaving it in 'Auto' hardly scratches the surface of what it is capable of.
There are a few books available that can guide you through the settings, namely 'The complete guide to Sony's Cybershot RX-100' by Gary Friedman, and 'Photographer's guide to the Sony DSC-RX100' by Alexander S. White. I downloaded both of these onto the Kindle app for my Mac. Alternatively quiz Get Carter who is extremely knowledgeable in this department, you only have to take a look at some of the photographs he's taken to appreciate just how good he is.
Thanks for the tips rich888! Especially the one about inserting the SD card direct into the Mac - I didn't know it had a card slot! With regard to viewing the images on the card I tend to eject the SD card from the camera then insert into the SD card slot on the MacBook Pro, from that point on an icon should appear on your desktop which will contain your photos. If you click on the icon you can view the pics.
In terms of ease of viewing them I use Google Picasa which presents your pics in date order in a simple flat format no matter how many sub-folders they are buried down, but I don't use their cloud facility option and keep all the pics on the Mac. Just be aware that if you have recorded videos you will have to manually select the video folder because it isn't automatically found by Picasa.
Once you are done viewing the images you need to eject the card properly by clicking on the card icon on the desktop and right clicking if you have a wireless mouse connected and select 'Eject Untitled', or selecting the icon and tapping the trackpad with two fingers to bring up the menus, then select 'Eject Untitled' or whatever your card has been named.
This is just the same procedure as the keyboard shortcut suggested by Get Carter, just a different way of achieving the same result. I have a poor memory with regard to keyboard shortcuts!
The RX100 does work remarkably well in 'Auto' mode, but if you have kids that run round at breakneck speed you might want to set it to 'S' for Shutter Priority then hike the shutter speed up so that the pics aren't blurred.
If you want blurred backgrounds then set it to 'A' for Aperture Priority, then rotate the ring on the front of the camera and a load of numbers will appear, the lower the number the more blurred effect you can achieve in the background, is known as depth of field. You can get quite creative with this if you want to.
There is absolutely tons of stuff you can do with the RX100 and leaving it in 'Auto' hardly scratches the surface of what it is capable of.
There are a few books available that can guide you through the settings, namely 'The complete guide to Sony's Cybershot RX-100' by Gary Friedman, and 'Photographer's guide to the Sony DSC-RX100' by Alexander S. White. I downloaded both of these onto the Kindle app for my Mac. Alternatively quiz Get Carter who is extremely knowledgeable in this department, you only have to take a look at some of the photographs he's taken to appreciate just how good he is.
I think for now I'll just leave it in Auto mode, however i did mess around with the ring on the front of the camera and like you said - it brought up a load of numbers on the screen. I wonder if i should of left it alone as i didn't take note of what it was set on by default. I doubt it resets to default on it's own..
Once again thanks all for the tips etc
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