Sony RX10 mk IV share your thoughts, interest, images.

bartheil wrote in post #18952362
What happened?
I'm looking to buy one in the next two months. Would love to know more about durability...

I bought it on release day, and almost 2 years from purchase my zoom switch started zooming a little erratically. Zooming out was fine, but zoom in was a bit erratic. It wasn't a major problem. Zoom still worked on the lens ring.

Sent it away, Sony found the issue. Fixed cost of about £100 and I had it back in under 10 days. All good.

I must add I have used the camera majorly. Taken thousands, upon thousands of shots. The camera is a beast and worth every penny.

This past weekend I shot a cyclocross race in horrible conditions. I swapped back and forth between my RX-10 MkIV and a Canon 7D MkII with a 100-400 MKII lens. Both worked extremely well, especially considering the conditions. Here's a shot from the Sony. You can go to the album on Flickr and compare the Sony shots vs the Canon shots. There aren't as many Sony shots as Canon shots, but that fact that it's hard to tell which is which says a lot about the Sony.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2hAU​64t

Eggiez wrote in post #18952341
Still love this camera. I wore it out, so had to send it away for a little TLC from Sony, but its back and taking lovely photos again.

Yes Gary, curious as to what needed fixing.

DocRoger wrote in post #18952423
Yes Gary, curious as to what needed fixing.

Invoice said the 'rear casing' was replaced... I thought it was the zoom switch mechanism. Whatever it was its fine now.

No time to compose- just shoot thru the window.

I'm selling my RX10M4. Interesting situation I have found as a result:
I'm in Australia. The box comes with several mains plugs / cables and the charger is 110V-240V.
The user manual (instruction book actually) has on the first page, at the top right: 4-725-744-11(1).
I downloaded from Sony Australia and Sony USA and both have that same number.
I can't find any differences in the manual, on page 6 they both have the "For USA Customers" section.

So it seems that the cameras are universal, ie 1 version shipped around the world, only the language setting would be set I assume.
But maybe not!

Potential buyer contacted Sony US and was told, (regarding setting camera to NTSC rather than PAL) I Called Sony and when I change it to NTSC each time I turn on the camera it will have two additional steps. One saying you are on NTSC and one saying to format your card for NTSC

I was surprised at this and did some testing:
Sony seems to have given you wrong info.
I just changed to NTSC and got a message "Changing to NTSC requires a reboot". So I turned camera off then on. At startup there is a message "Running in NTSC".
As soon as I hit a button that disappears. I confirmed it was in NTSC and shot a quick movie.
That was with a Sandisk Extreme Plus 32GB 60MB/S card.
I then put in a Sandisk Extreme Pro 128GB 95MB/S card and had the same experience.
The first card was already formatted FAT32 and the 2nd card was already formatted exFAT.

The NTSC message disappears after I half press shutter button, the button in the middle of the control wheel or menu button (it does not go into the menu, just clears the message)
When the camera goes to sleep, the message reappears on wake up and again need to hit a button.
I leave the PWR Save Start Time at 30 minutes, otherwise every time it sleeps the lens retracts then it extends on wakeup.
(I really wished the RX10M4 did not have power zoom)

This info may be of use to someone, curious if anyone has relevant experience. I can't imagine US users get a message on startup about "Running in NTSC" and therefore it seems there would have to be different firmware. Curious, I tried changing the Area Setting to Chicago but not surprisingly that did not change anything (I assumed it was simply for Time Zone).

I should have Googled more before posting:

How to turn off Sony "Running in NTSC/PAL" message - for Sony cameras
https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=T3mo_sH9WA4

Edit, I should have investigated that process more. RX10M4 not supported.
For RX10 M2 and M3 I could disable the nag screen and Remove the 30min video recording limit.

New firmware update released today.

https://www.sony.com …ries/dsc-rx10m4/downloads


Benefits and Improvements

Adds real-time Eye AF for animals
Enables the possibility to operate the real-time EYE AF by half-pressing the shutter button
Improves the overall stability of the camera

NOTES:
It is not possible to detect simultaneously human and animal eyes.
Eye detection may not be possible depending on the environment, animal type or the movement of the animal.

From a trip to Manitoga in Garrison, NY.

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Eggiez wrote in post #18960069
New firmware update released today.

https://www.sony.com …ries/dsc-rx10m4/downloads


Benefits and Improvements

Adds real-time Eye AF for animals
Enables the possibility to operate the real-time EYE AF by half-pressing the shutter button
Improves the overall stability of the camera

NOTES:
It is not possible to detect simultaneously human and animal eyes.
Eye detection may not be possible depending on the environment, animal type or the movement of the animal.

Thanks for the info, Gary. I managed to download it (after jumping through hoops - typical sucker site, click on download and it takes you to a registration page instead).

Animal eye focus should be real useful! However, I noted that it said the eyes should be in dog- or cat-like faces, and a bird was used as an example of a face that is not dog- or cat-like.

You don't actually have to register... if you look down the page a bit, there is a link for downloading without registering.

philodelphi wrote in post #18960366
You don't actually have to register... if you look down the page a bit, there is a link for downloading without registering.

Ah, I see that now! Well, no big deal - I now have a Sony account.

Fall Colors. Sorry there are no mountains or Lakes in my immediate area. Just cars, utility wires and concrete. But I enjoy the colors of the trees with my 70 year old eyes anyway.

Passing by a steeple, and took a quick shot thru car window focus wound up on near roof and not on steeple. Settings 1/160 sec, f3.5, ISO 64, focal length 72mm

Absolutely loving this camera!