Sony DSC-RX10 Specification Guide

Key Features

See life in a new light

Open your eyes. A bright, large-aperture zoom lens, a big, extra-sensitive image sensor and other brilliant features are 

ready to fire up your passion to create.  With the new RX10 — the compact digital camera that puts boundless picture-

taking power in your hands and a fresh new outlook in your sights

More room to zoom at will

Close-up shooting is seamless. No switching to macro mode is needed. Zoom in all the way up to extreme telephoto on a 

subject as near as 30cm away. The built-in lens makes it more convenient for you to take impressive shots throughout a big 

range.

More capability now more compact

An advanced aspherical lens (AA lens) reduces diameter and length, and maintains high resolution even at image 

edges. A new Direct Drive SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor) stops lens movement with spot-on precision. Far-reaching 

optical flexibility minimizes mechanical dimensions. Precise alignment of the image sensor and lens also perfectly 

combines diminutive form and outsized performance.

Superior sensitivity makes a clear difference

Containing back-illuminated technology and approximately 4x larger light-sensitive area that other compact DSC (digital 

still cameras) can’t match, Sony’s 20.2-megapixel 1.0-type Exmor R CMOS sensor harnesses light and reduces image noise 

very efficiently. This, along with high settings of a wide ISO range, allow even photos of dimly lit scenes to look incredibly 

clear.

New-generation image processing engine, BIONZ X™, leads a new world

The groundbreaking new BIONZ X image processing engine not only maximizes picture quality in ways that only a 

seamlessly unified body and lens design can realize — it also faithfully reproduces textures and details in real time, as seen 

by the naked eye, with peerless high-speed processing. The experience of shooting and viewing stills and movies expands 

your senses by depicting true realism with richer tonal gradations and lower image noise than was previously possible. With 

such a high magnitude of power ready for every situation, BIONZ X naturally leads toward better ways to witness the world 

in full glory.

Quick focusing even at telephoto range

High-speed AF is remarkably smooth thanks to the Direct Drive SSM (Super Sonic wave Motor) with precision-engineered 

focusing stop positions designed to minimize focusing lens travel distance, which shortens focusing time.

More flexible focus area selection  

Choose among three concentric Flexible Spot frames for greater focusing versatility and precision than other cameras’ 

fixed-focus spot frame systems can provide. 

Lock-on AF tracks with smart precision

Just press the shutter button halfway to activate* Lock-on AF. It precisely focuses even on moving subjects by continuously 

adjusting target frame size based on its recognition of subject characteristics. You can easily stay focused on the main 

action because this object tracking innovation optimizes autofocus timing. Even when a subject goes out of frame 

temporarily, tracking resumes at the moment that it is recaptured after re-entering the frame.

New Eye AF on the soul of the subject

Applying advanced detection technology, this new Eye AF function detects and focuses on a subject’s eye, even if 

the subject is facing or looking slightly away from the camera. Then, a blinking green frame appears on that eye in the 

viewfinder image to indicate the point of focus for the upcoming shot. 

Shoot for more in Full HD 

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