Sony RX-100 Mk II

Well, go this as our RX-100 is going on to bigger and better things. So some reminders about how to reset the controls so that they work well:
For Video, it a little hard to follow, but here are the setting and how to save them in a custom mode:

Top dial: Movie Mode

Menu –

File Format: AVCHD

Record Setting: 60i 24M (FX) – this becomes true 30p once you drop it into your editing program. It uses about twice as much data per frame as 60p 28mbps, resulting in fewer compression artifacts. But if you want the slow motion option at all times, use 60p instead.

Steadyshot: Active (switch this to Standard or Off if you want a wider angle lens)

Movie: Aperture Priority

Menu –

Grid Line: Rule of 3rds Grid

Peaking Level: Mid

Peaking Color: Yellow

Function Button – click to enter

Function 1: White Balance

Function 2: Focus Mode

Function 3: ISO

Function 4: DRO/Auto HDR

Function 5: Creative Style

Function 6: Metering Mode

Function 7: Quality

Exit to Menu

Func. of Center Button: Standard

Func. of Left Button: AF/MF Control Toggle

Func. of Right Button: AEL Toggle

Press Fn Button

White Balance: Cloudy (gives a slightly warmer, more filmic tone to daytime scenes)

AF-C

ISO Auto

DRO Level 2

Portrait Mode, -2, -1, -3

Metering Mode: Center

Raw + JPEG

Press Fn Button to Exit

Turn Control Ring to set aperture to f/1.8

To save this setting:

Menu: 5

Memory – click to enter

Select Register 1

Press Center Button to confirm

Cinematic video settings on the Sony RX100: a step-by-step guide » Run Gun Shoot » 2013

I usually shoot semi-manual with the RX100. I let the camera achieve the desired focus/aperture, then I lock the settings. This is done by Auto Exposure Lock (AEL) and Autofocus/Manual Focus (AF/MF) switching.

Center subject, let AF achieve sharp focus

Press Left Button on Control Ring to switch to MF

Pan/tilt camera until you achieve desired exposure (compensating for backlit subjects, etc)

Press Right Button on Control Ring to engage AEL

If your subject moves or the lighting changes, just press the Left or Right Button to go back to auto mode and let the camera adjust.
Cinematic video settings on the Sony RX100: a step-by-step guide » Run Gun Shoot » 2013

For stills, there are lots of small hints that aren’t in any one place but here they are:
If you’ve time, I like to use the larger color space of AdobeRGB and shoot in JPEG+RAW and post process. Although for casual use the differences are small, they are there non the less. I use Jpeg for casual quick particularly since this camera has Wifi upload now and the raw for later processing.

I advise that you set up the panorama direction to be “up”. [Mode to Panorama, then Menu to 1 Panoram Direction] This will produce larger panos, since the wider dimension of the sensor will become the short dimension of the pano. Re: New RX100 user, tips wanted: Sony Cyber-shot Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

Play with the focus assist lamp too [ 1 AF Illuminator: Off]. I turned mine off because it seems to be more of a hindrance to focusing than a help. Re: New RX100 user, tips wanted: Sony Cyber-shot Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

Setting the menu to return to ‘last used’ rather than ‘top’ helps when you’re dipping into the menu a lot at first. This is in [Wrench 1 Menu Start: Previous]. Re: New RX100 user, tips wanted: Sony Cyber-shot Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review

There is an online book as well:

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