First Impressions: Sony RX100 VII (A9 Level Performance in Your Pocket)

While companies generally tend to introduce their leading-edge technologies with their flagship products, these top-tier advancements will inevitably make their way into more entry-level products thanks to the continued development of said technologies along with the economies of scale lowering production costs over time. Such is the case with the RX100 VII, Sony's latest premium compact point and shoot, which promises the performance of the flagship A9 and incorporates the company's latest autofocus technologies like Real-Time Eye AF and Real-Time Tracking. For reference, Real-Time Eye AF and Real-Time Tracking were first introduced with the Crop Sensor Sony A6400 that was announced at the beginning of this year, and shortly thereafter patched into the Full Frame flagship Sony A9 along with the widely popular third-generation A7 cameras. Putting flagship-level performance into a premium compact point and shoot camera is a bold claim, so we were reasonably skeptical when we were first introduced to the RX100 VII, especially given our rather lukewarm experience with the previous model. We got to spend some time with the RX100 VII last week while we were in Oregon for Sony's Kando 3.0 Trip, head on after the jump to see how the seventh generation RX100 fared.
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