Sony DSC-RX100M2 User manual

Key Features
New 20.2 MP 1-inch Exmor R®Sensor
The world’s rst 1.0” CMOS sensor featuring an Exmor R®image sensor technology. With this back-illuminated technology,
the sensor doubles light sensitivity and combines with Sony’s Column A/D Conversion to reduce noise by half — a great
help when photographing in dimly lit environments. Markedly reduced noise is evident even when high-sensitivity settings
are used for capturing night landscapes or indoor scenes.
Carl Zeiss®T* F1.8 3.6x optical zoom
The large-diameter F1.8 Carl Zeiss®Vario-Sonnar T* lens delivers rened background defocusing (bokeh). A premium multi-
layered T* coating also dramatically reduces ghost and are caused by light reection.
Simple connectivity to smartphones via Wi-Fi®or NFC
Connectivity with smartphones for One-touch sharing/One-touch remote has been simplied with Wi-Fi®/NFC control. In
addition to Wi-Fi support for connecting to smartphones, the DSC-RX100M2 also supports NFC (near eld communication)
- a rst for Sony digital cameras - providing “touch connection” convenience when transferring images to Android™
smartphones and tablets. Users need only touch devices to connect; no complex set-up is required. Moreover, when using
Smart Remote Control — a feature that allows shutter release to be controlled by a smartphone — connection between
DSC-RX100MR and the smartphone can be established by simply touching devices.
Expanded ISO Sensitivity
With a new Exmor R®sensor that features the same adaptive noise reduction technology from Sony’s agship SLT-A99V,
the DSC-RX100M2 easily oers a wide range of sensitivity from ISO 160 to ISO 12800.
High speed Auto Focus
To improve focusing speed and sensitivity, the Exmor R®CMOS sensor uses its rapid throughput to deliver high-quality
image signals to the camera’s BIONZ®processor, which provides intelligent response data to a new high speed actuator
motor in the lens. The result is fast, DSLR-like focusing speeds even in low light.
Comfortable control ring for manual operation
A unique control ring around the lens works in combination with an intuitive, displayed user interface for meticulous SLR-
type control over settings that satises even the most fastidious users. The control ring can be assigned to adjust various
features (at various values) from basics like zooming and aperture to creative functions like Picture Eect. Moreover, it turns
smoothly and seamlessly, allowing quiet, click-free usage while shooting movies including a new step-zoom function that
enables instant selection of commonly used focal lengths.
Capture JPEG les, RAW les, or both
The DSC-RX100M2 saves pictures as compact JPEG les and/or ultra-high quality RAW les. RAW les save images prior
to de-mosaicking, white balance, sharpness and color enhancement. This retains maximum latitude for enhancing the
image on your PC.
New Multi Interface Shoe connector
Users can expand photographic and movie shooting possibilities by attaching optional accessories via the Multi Interface
Shoe, including an electronic viewnder, powerful external ash and stereo microphone. You can also connect with a
compatible remote control via Multi Terminal.
Full HD Movies at 60p/60i/24p
Capture HD Movies in your choice of super-smooth 60p, standard 60i or cinematic 24p, all at Full HD 1920x1080 resolution.
AVCHD™ codec delivers stunning picture quality. MP4 codec oers smaller les for easier upload to the web.
Tiltable 3.0” Xtra Fine LCD™
DSC-RX100M2/B Professional compact digital camera
Capture detail in low-light conditions with Sony’s Exmor R™ sensor and f/1.8
Carl Zeiss glass. This pocket pro boasts an ultra-sensitive ISO 12800, Wi-Fi sharing
and an expandable shoe system. Better yet, a lightning-quick AF can focus in
as little as 0.13 seconds. Suddenly, this award-winning camera just got a whole
lot better.

The tiltable 3” (1,229k dots) Xtra Fine™ LCD Display makes it easy to photograph over crowds or low to capture pets
eye to eye by swinging up approx. 84° and down approx. 45°. Easily scroll through menus and preview life thanks to
WhiteMagic™ technology that dramatically increases visibility in bright daylight. The large display delivers brilliant-quality
still images and movies while enabling easy focusing operation.
Auto Object Framing
Give your photos a professional look with Auto Object Framing. Featuring advancements like exceptional two-person
portrait capability along with Face Detection and Tracking Focus, Auto Object Framing not only turns ordinary photos into
stunning compositions but does so automatically recognizing the scene then cropping accordingly.
Expanded ISO Sensitivity
With a new Exmor R®sensor that features the same adaptive noise reduction technology from Sony’s agship SLT-A99V,
the DSC-RX100M2 easily oers a wide range of sensitivity from ISO 160 to ISO 12800.
Customizable function button
Assign up to seven dierent functions to the function button, to allow quick access to your most frequently used functions.
Optical SteadyShot®with 3-way Active Mode
Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization reduces shake and blur by countering camera movements in both horizontal
and vertical directions. Active 3-Way stabilization adds digital rolling control that counters clockwise and anti-clockwise
rotation, resulting in more stable videos even at long focal lengths. Active 3-Way stabilization adds digital rolling control
that counters clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation, resulting in more stable videos even at long focal lengths.
Auto HDR mode
Captures more scene dynamic range than a single exposure can handle—and more range than photo lm. Combines
the best highlight detail from one shot, the best mid-tones from a second and the best shadow detail from a third for one
incredible shot (up to 6 EV stops). Captures in a split second. (Recommended for still subjects.)
Face Detection/ Registration technology
The camera can automatically detect and register up to eight individual faces and adjust focus, exposure, white balance
and ash to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends. Can prioritize children or adults
Multi-aspect ratio recording for still images
Capture still images in any of four aspect ratios — 1:1, 2:3, 4:3, or 16:9 (vertical to horizontal). This provides the freedom to
choose a ratio that matches the scene or the specic shooting purpose.
3.6x optical/7.2x Clear Image digital zoom
Most digital zooms use electronic cropping to get closer to the subject, resulting in unsharp images. With Clear Image
Zoom the powerful processor compares patterns found in adjacent pixels and creates new pixels to match selected
patterns, resulting in more realistic, higher-quality images. Clear Image Zoom digitally doubles optical zoom for closer
photos.
Picture Eect mode
Realize your creative potential with Picture Eect, a fun and simple way to convert ordinary landscapes and portraits that
come to life by heightening mood and emphasizing certain attributes. Eects are So Focus, Posterization, Retro Photo,
High Contrast Monochrome, Rich-tone Monochrome, Miniature, So High-key, Toy Camera, Pop Color, Partial Color,
Watercolor Painting, HDR Painting, and Illustration.
Creative Style settings
Control how the camera processes your images with six nishing styles: Standard, Vivid, B&W, Sunset, Portrait and
Landscape. You can even ne-tune contrast, saturation, and sharpness to your personal taste.
Specications
Camera
Camera Type Cybershot®Digital Still Camera
Lens Compatibility Fixed lens
Imaging Sensor
Imaging Sensor Exmor R®1.0” CMOS sensor (13.2 X 8.8mm) (3:2 aspect ratio)
Processor BIONZ® image processor
Pixel Gross 20.9M pixels (approx.)

Eective Picture Resolution 20.2M pixels (approx.)
Focal Length Conversion Factor 2.7x
Color Filter System RGB primary color lters
Recording
Media Type Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Pro-HG Duo™ media; SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card
Color Space sRGB standard (with sYCC gamut) and Adobe RGB standard compatible with
TRILUMINOS™ Color
Still Image Mode JPEG (Standard, Fine), RAW, RAW+JPEG
Still Image Max Eective Resolution 20.2 Megapixels
Still Image Size 16:9 L:17M (5472 x 3080) / M: 7.5M (3648 x 2056) / S: 4.2M (2720 x 1528)
Still Image Size 1:1 L: 13M (3648x 3648) / M: 6.5M (2544 x 2544) / S: 3.7M (1920 x 1920 )
Still Image Size 3:2 L: 20M (5472 x 3648) / M: 10M (3888 x 2592) / S: 5.0M (2736 x 1824)
Still Image Size 4:3 L: 18M (4864 x 3648) / M: 10M (3648 x 2736) / S: 5.0M (2592 x 1944) / VGA
Panorama Still Image Size
Horizontal wide (12416 x 1856 / 5536 x 2160), Horizontal standard (8192 x 1856 /
3872 x 2160)
3D Sweep Panorama: N/A
Video Format AVCHD Ver. 2.0 / MP4 (MPEG-4 AVC (H.264))
Video Mode
AVCHD:
28M PS (1920 x 1080, 60p)
24M FX (1920 x 1080, 60i)
17M FH (1920 x 1080, 60i)
24M FX (1920 x 1080, 24p)
17M FH (1920 x 1080, 24p)
MP4:
12M (1440 x 1080, 30 fps)
3M VGA (640 x 480, 30 fps)
Video Signal NTSC color, EIA standards
Audio Format Dolby Digital (AC-3) / MPEG-4 AAC-LC
Microphone/Speaker Built-in Stereo Microphone
Still Image File Format JPEG (DCF Ver. 2.0, Exif Ver.2.3, MPF Baseline compliant), RAW (Sony ARW 2.3
format)
Wind Noise Reduction Yes (On/O)
Optics/Lens
Lens Type Carl Zeiss®Vario-Sonnar T*
Aperture F1.8 - 11 (W), F4.9 - 11 (T)
Aperture (Max.) F1.8 (W), F4.9 (T)
Aperture (Min.) F11 (W), F11 (T)
Optical Zoom 3.6x (Optical Zoom during movie recording)
Digital Zoom Still Image: 20M approx. 14x / 10M approx. 20x / 5M approx. 28x / VGA approx. 54x
Movie: 14x
Focal Length (35mm equivalent)
[Still Image 3:2] f = 28-100mm [Still Image 16:9] f = 29-105mm [Still Image 4:3] f=
30-108mm
[Still Image 1:1] f = 36-127mm
[Movie 16:9] f = 29-105mm (SteadyShot Standard), f = 33-120mm (SteadyShot®
Active Mode)
[Movie 4:3] f = 36-128mm
(SteadyShot® Standard), f = 41-146mm (SteadyShot Active Mode)
Lens Construction 7 elements in 6 groups (4 aspheric elements including AA lenses)
Aperture Blade Iris diaphragm (7 blades)
Clear Image Zoom 7.2x
Steady Shot Mode:Active [Still image] Optical [Movie] Active Mode, Optical type with electronic
compensation (Anti-rolling)

LCD Display
LCD Type 3.0” (7.5cm) (4:3) / 1,229,000 dots / Xtra Fine / TFT LCD / Tiltable (up approx. 84
deg., down approx. 45 deg.)
Angle Adjustment Tilt angle: Up: Approx. 84 degrees; Down: Approx. 43 degrees
Brightness Control Auto / Manual (5 steps) / Sunny Weather mode
Coverage 100% Field of View
Live View Continuous Live View
Real-time image adjustment display Yes (On/O)
Histogram Yes (On/o)
Peaking
Yes
Level setting: High/Mid/Low/O
Color: White/Red/Yellow
Grid Display Yes (Rule of Thirds, 4x6 Square, Diagonal & 4x6 Square Grids, O)
Customization Grid, Histogram display, Digital Level Gauge, Grid Line, Magnied display for
playback
Focus Control
Focus System Contrast-detect AF
Focus Points 25 points
AF Modes Single-shot AF (AF-S) / Continuous AF (AF-C) / Direct Manual Focus (DMF) / Manual
Focus
Focus Area Multi point AF (25 points) / Center weighted AF / Flexible spot / Flexible spot
(tracking focus) / Flexible spot (face tracking)
Focus Sensitivity EV 0 to 20 EV (at ISO100 equivalent, with F2.8 lens attached)
Focus Features Predictive control (AF-A, AF-C), Focus Lock
AF Illuminator Built-in LED, Range: approx. 3' 4” - 9' 9” (0.3m-3.0m)
Exposure System
Metering Modes Multi-segment, Center-weighted, Spot
Metering Sensitivity EV 0 to 20 EV (at ISO100 equivalent, with F2.8 lens attached)
Exposure Compensation +/- 3.0 EV, 1/3 EV step
Exposure Settings
[Still]
Superior Auto, Intelligent Auto, Program Auto (Program shi available), Shutter
Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, Scene Selection, Movie, Sweep Panorama
[Movie]
Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual
Scene Mode(s)
Anti Motion Blur, Fireworks, Gourmet, Handheld Twilight, High Sensitivity,
Landscape, Macro, Night Portrait, Night Scene, Pet Mode, Portrait, Sports Action,
Sunset
D-Range Optimizer O, Dynamic Range Optimizer (Auto / Level), Auto High Dynamic Range: O, Auto
exposure dierence, Exposure dierence level (1.0 – 6.0 EV, 1.0 EV step)
Auto Exposure Lock Yes (AE Lock button). Can be disabled from menu
ISO
[Still Image]
Auto (ISO 160 - 12800, selectable with upper / lower limit), 160 / 200 / 400 / 800
/1600 / 3200 / 6400 / 12800 (Expandable to ISO 100 / 125)
Multi Frame NR: Auto (ISO 160 - 25600), 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / 6400 / 12800
/ 25600
Creative Style Black & White, Landscape, Portrait, Standard, Sunset, Vivid
Contrast (-3 to +3steps), Saturation(-3 to +3steps), Sharpness(-3 to +3steps)
White Balance Mode Auto / Daylight / Shade / Cloudy / Incandescent / Fluor (Warm White) / Fluor (Cool
White) / Fluor (Day White) / Fluor (Daylight) / Flash / C. Temp., Filter / Custom
Color Temperature 2500 – 9900K with 15-step each Magenta/Green compensation (G7 to M7),
Amber/Blue (A7 to B7), Custom
Exposure Bracketing 3 continuous or single shots in 1/3 or 2/3 EV steps

ISO Sensitivity (Movie) [Movie]
Auto (ISO 160 - 3200 equivalent), 160 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200
Picture Eect(s)
[Still Image]
Toy Camera, Pop Color, Posterization, Retro Photo, So High- key, Partial Color,
High Contrast Monochrome, So Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Monochrome,
Miniature, Watercolor, Illustration
[Movie]
Toy Camera, Pop Color, Posterization, Retro Photo, So High-key, Partial Color, High
Contrast Monochrome
Drive System
Drive Mode
Single-shot, Continuous, Speed Priority Continuous, Self-timer (10/2 sec. delay),
Self-timer (Cont.), Self-portrait One-person, Self-portrait Two-person, (with 10 sec.
delay; 3/5 exposures), Bracketing
Continuous Shooting Speed 10 fps at 20.2MP
Self-timer 10 sec. / 2 sec. / Self-portrait One-person/ Self-portrait Two-person/ Self timer
Continuous (3 or 5 shots)
Shutter Speeds iAuto (4 - 1/2000) / Program Auto (1 - 1/2000) / Manual (Bulb, 30 - 1/2000) /
Aperture Priority (8 - 1/2000) / Shutter Priority (30 - 1/2000)
Burst Buer
JPEG Standard (12 shots)
JPEG Fine (12 shots)
RAW (13 shots)
RAW+JPEG (10 shots)
Flash
Flash Type Built-in, Pop-up Auto
Flash Metering System Pre-ash TTL
Flash Modes Flash Mode: Auto / Fill-ash / Slow Sync / Rear Sync / O
Wireless (using compatible external ash)
Flash Compensation ±2.0 EV (switchable between 1/3 EV steps)
Flash Coverage ISO Auto: 1’ to 49’ 2” (0.30m to 15.0m) (W) / 1’ 9” – 18’ 8” (0.55m to 5.7m) (T)
ISO 12800: Up to 98’ 5” (30.0m) (W) / 37’ (11.3m) (T)
Recycling Time Approx. 3 sec.
Flash Bracketing ±2.0 EV
Convenience Features
Media/Battery Indicator Yes
View & Index
Single (with or without shooting information), RGB histogram and highlight/shadow
warning,
4/9-frame index view, Enlarged display mode (L: 13.6x, M: 9.9x, S: 6.8x), Auto
Review (10/5/2
sec, O), Image orientation (On/O), Slideshow, Panorama scrolling, Folder
selection (still),
Forward/Rewind (movie), Delete, Protect
Advanced Features
Auto High Dynamic Range Yes, (Auto Exposure Dierence, Exposure dierence Level (1-6 EV at 1.0 EV step),
o)
Sweep Panorama Horizontal (Wide/Standard), Vertical (Wide/Standard)
Face Detection On, O, Face Registration, Face Selection; maximum eight faces detected
Smile Shutter™ technology Smile shutter (selectable from 3 steps)
Image Stabilization
[Still Image]
Optical
[Movie]
Active Mode, Optical type with electronic compensation (Anti-rolling)
Priority Setting (for Face Detection) Yes (eight faces max)

Interface
Memory Card Slot Dual compatibility slot: Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Pro-HG Duo™/PRO-HG HX Duo™
media - SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card
NFC Yes (NFC Forum Type 3 Tag compatible, One-touch remote, One-touch sharing)
Wi-Fi Yes
HD Output HDMI®(Type D micro)
USB Port(s) USB 2.0 Hi-speed (mass-storage, MTP)
BRAVIA® Sync™ Yes, via HDMI®with compatible BRAVIA HDTV (link menu)
PhotoTV HD Yes, with BRAVIA Sync enabled HDTV and HDMI®cable
Microphone Input Via MI Shoe + Optional ECM-XYST1M
Remote Commander Yes, via RM-VPR1
Accessory Shoe Multi Interface Shoe
DC IN Yes, via AC-UB10 AC charger and USB cable
Tripod Mount Yes (1/4" diameter, 20 threads per inch)
Weights and Measurements
Dimensions (Approx.) 4'' × 2-9/32'' × 1-1/2'' (101.6 x 58.1 x 38.3 mm) excluding protrusions
Weight (Approx.) With battery and Memory Stick PRO Duo Approx. 9.9 oz. (281 g)
Weight(Approx) (Main unit only) 7.8 oz. (222 g)
Power
Battery Type InfoLITHIUM®NP-BX1 (3.6V)
Battery Capacity 1240 mAh
Number of Still Images Approx. 350 images with LCD monitor (CIPA standard)
Power Consumption (in Operation) Approx. 1.8W
Soware
Supplied Soware Supplied Soware: PlayMemories™ Home, Image Data Converter Version 4 (via
soware download from camera)
Operating System Compatibility
PlayMemories Home: Windows®XP SP3, Windows Vista®SP2, Windows®7 SP1,
Windows®8 (PlayMemories Home is not Mac compatible); PlayMemories Online
Uploader: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista®SP2, Windows®7 SP1, Windows®8, Mac
OS X (v10.5- v10.8); Image Data Converter Version 4.2: Windows®XP SP3,Windows
Vista®SP2,Windows®7 SP1,Windows®8, Mac OS X (v10.5- v10.8)
Service and Warranty Information
Limited Warranty Term 1 Year Parts & Labor
Accessories
Supplied Accessories
Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-BX1
AC Adaptor AC-UB10
Micro USB cable
Wrist Strap
Shoulder Strap Adaptor
Instruction Manual
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trademark of Carl Zeiss, Inc. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Features and specications subject to change without notice. / UPC:027242870802 / Updated: June 25, 2013