Amid the compact camera craze, there’s one camera category that I’ve been hoping for a revival: the shoot-every-genre-with-one-lens bridge camera. Now, Sony has brought its larger sensor super zoom camera back from the dead. The Sony RX10 V brings back the same sensor and 24-600mm equivalent lens, but borrows the speed and autofocus smarts from the brand’s mirrorless cameras.
Announced on July 9, shortly after a teaser confirmed its existence, the Sony RX10 V is the first time the imaging giant has launched a super zoom since the RX10 IV in 2017. While Sony hasn’t touched its popular super zoom in nearly a decade, the RX10 V arrives with the same 20.1MP one-inch sensor and a 24-600mm equivalent, 25x zoom lens with a maximum f/2.8-4 aperture.
