Review
Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III
Sony
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 20 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm)
- Sensor type
- BSI-CMOS
- Max resolution
- 5472 x 3648
- ISO
- Auto, 125-12800
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 80
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 25600
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 24–70 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F1.8–2.8
- Optical zoom
- 2.9×
- Number of focus points
- 25
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Macro focus range
- 5 cm (1.97″)
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/2000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 10.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (60p/60i/24p), 1280 x 720 (60p/30p/24p/120p), 1440 x 1080 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, AVCHD, XAVC S
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- No
- Headphone port
- No
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.59×
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,228,800
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/ SDHC/SDXC, Memory Stick Pro Duo/ Pro-HG Duo
- Battery description
- NP-BX1 lithium-ion battery & USB charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 320
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 290 g (0.64 lb / 10.23 oz)
- Dimensions
- 102 x 58 x 41 mm (4.02 x 2.28 x 1.61″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (micro-HDMI)
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (with RM-VPR1 wired remote)
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