The Sony RX1R II is a high-end compact camera, and it comes with a premium price tag. It has a fixed 35mm f/2.0 Carl Zeiss lens and a full-frame CMOS sensor that produces 42.4 MP images that measure 7952 by 5304 pixels.
The basic ISO sensitivity range is from ISO 100 to 25,600. That can also be extended down to ISO 50 and up to ISO 102,400.
Here are a bunch of examples shot at different settings, under different lighting conditions, and different types of framing. You can click on each image to open a full-size version for a closer look.
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/16 and ISO 125. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: 10.0 sec at ƒ/8 and ISO 50. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/5 and ISO 800. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/3.2 and ISO 4000. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/3.5 and ISO 1600. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 4000. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/11 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec at ƒ/16 and ISO 100. The built-in light meter handles challenging scenes like this well. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₅₀₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 100. The Camera Landscape camera calibration profile in Lightroom can really bring out colors and increases the contrast. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at ƒ/11 and ISO 100. There is a very slight lens barrel distortion with horizontal lines across the frame, but that’s easily corrected in post-processing apps like Lightroom. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₃₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀ sec at ƒ/11 and ISO 6400. The horizontal barrel distortion is a little more noticeable. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/3.5 and ISO 500. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 1250. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at ƒ/8 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/4 and ISO 1600. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at ƒ/11 and ISO 100. Highlights hold detail well. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
A reflection off the polished stone wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/4 and ISO 1000. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.2 and ISO 125. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/3.2 and ISO 1000. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 1600/ At f/2, the in-focus plane is very narrow and unforgiving, as you’d expect. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₆₄₀ sec at ƒ/18 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 4000. This scene often presents a challenge to camera light meters because it’s mostly dark with some very bright highlights. But it’s handled very well by this camera. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₅ sec at ƒ/8 and ISO 6400. Even at ISO6400 there’s very little image noise. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₈₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at ƒ/3.5 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/4 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₈₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 50. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₃₂₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/18 and ISO 160. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
I took this macro photo with a SONY DSC-RX1RM2 with 35mm F2.0 | ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 4000. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: 15.0 sec at ƒ/5.6 and ISO 50. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/5 and ISO 100. I often use this view to test both lens barrel distortion and how well the sensor handles the dynamic range between highlights and shadows. This camera does very well indeed on both fronts. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/5 and ISO 400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₆₀ sec at ƒ/3.5 and ISO 6400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2.8 and ISO 3200. There is practically no image noise even at ISO3200. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₅₀ sec at ƒ/11 and ISO 100. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/22 and ISO 1600. The lens is very sharp through the whole frame. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/8 and ISO 100. There’s no real issue with lens flare, and it handles wide dynamic ranges between bright highlights and dark shadows very well. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₀₀ sec at ƒ/11 and ISO 100. At “normal” shooting distances, there’s no lens barrel distortion to speak of for vertical lines. There’s a very slight barrel in horizontal lines that you can see in a couple of other examples on this page. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/4 and ISO 400. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at ƒ/8 and ISO 100. There’s no problem with lens vignetting. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₀₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 2500. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₁₂₅ sec at ƒ/16 and ISO 100. Again, you can see that straight vertical lines stay straight at standard shooting distances. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Photo taken with a Sony RX1R II (DSC-RX1RM2), which has a fixed 35mm F2.0 lens. Exposure details: ¹⁄₂₀₀₀ sec at ƒ/2 and ISO 100. There’s no chromatic aberration to speak of, even if you try to provoke it as in this shot. Photo by David Coleman / Have Camera Will Travel
Sony RX1R II Price & Availability
The Sony RXR1R II originally had an MSRP of around $3900, which is what it was when I originally reviewed it. Since then, Sony has reduced the MSRP down to around $3300, which is still not cheap, but it seems more in line with its features and competition.
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