Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price
Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price
索尼推出新款 RX10 超长焦相机：搭载堆栈式传感器，售价不菲
The RX10 V gets features from its bigger Sony Alpha brethren, but its lens is from 2016. RX10 V 继承了索尼 Alpha 系列“老大哥”的诸多功能，但镜头仍沿用 2016 年的设计。
Sony is bringing back the RX10 superzoom camera after a nearly nine-year gap between models. The newly announced RX10 V retains the same 24-600mm equivalent f/2.4-4 Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 25x zoom lens of its last two predecessors, but it has lots of upgrades elsewhere. The new 20.1-megapixel 1-inch-type sensor is a stacked design, allowing up to 30fps continuous burst shooting without any blackout (up from the last-gen’s 24fps). That’s a nice improvement for a camera aimed at action, sports, and wildlife photography, but it will come at a steep cost of $2,299.99 when the camera launches in early August. 在时隔近九年后，索尼终于重启了 RX10 超长焦相机系列。新发布的 RX10 V 保留了前两代产品那颗等效 24-600mm、f/2.4-4 的蔡司 Vario-Sonnar 25 倍变焦镜头，但在其他方面进行了大量升级。新款 2010 万像素的 1 英寸堆栈式传感器，支持最高 30fps 的无黑屏连拍（上一代为 24fps）。对于主打动作、体育和野生动物摄影的相机来说，这是一个不错的提升，但该机将于 8 月初上市，售价高达 2299.99 美元。
The RX10 IV launched at $1,700 in 2017. And, to be fair to the RX10 V, the pricing for the new model isn’t completely off the mark if you adjust for inflation. But what you get with the RX10 V isn’t just a sensor upgrade — the body has been revised to look and feel like Sony’s larger Alpha mirrorless cameras. It uses the same NP-FZ100 battery found in most current A-series models, offering over 50 percent more battery capacity. RX10 IV 在 2017 年发布时的售价为 1700 美元。平心而论，如果考虑到通货膨胀，RX10 V 的定价并非完全离谱。但 RX10 V 带来的不仅仅是传感器的升级——其机身经过重新设计，外观和手感都更接近索尼的大型 Alpha 无反相机。它采用了目前大多数 A 系列机型所使用的 NP-FZ100 电池，电池容量提升了 50% 以上。
The new RX10 V also inherits many noteworthy features and specs from its larger Alpha cousins, like an OLED electronic viewfinder, 4K 60p full-width video recording (4K 120p when cropped) with S-Log3 and S-Cinetone color options, and Sony’s top-notch real-time autofocus tracking system. Like larger Sony Alphas, the RX10 V has 575 autofocus points and can detect subjects as well as the human form — to better locate and latch onto faces and eyes during fast movement. It even has the Speed Boost function that debuted in the pro A9 III camera, allowing you to shoot at faster burst rates for short stints when you need it. 新款 RX10 V 还继承了 Alpha 系列“表亲”的许多出色功能和规格，例如 OLED 电子取景器、支持 S-Log3 和 S-Cinetone 色彩配置的 4K 60p 全画幅视频录制（裁切模式下支持 4K 120p），以及索尼顶级的实时自动对焦追踪系统。与大型 Alpha 相机一样，RX10 V 拥有 575 个自动对焦点，能够识别主体和人体形态，从而在快速运动中更好地锁定面部和眼睛。它甚至配备了在专业级 A9 III 相机上首次亮相的“速度提升”（Speed Boost）功能，让你在需要时能进行短时间的超高速连拍。
Since the RX10 IV came well before using a large camera as a webcam was a thing, the RX10 V now supports livestreaming at up to 4K 30p via a USB-C connection (with simultaneous recording) — which is ideal because its video-out port is still a flimsy Micro HDMI connector. While most of what’s new about the RX10 V is an upgrade over the last gen, the new model sadly lost a couple features: The lens no longer has a built-in ND filter and there’s no pop-up flash. Bummer. 由于 RX10 IV 发布时，将大型相机作为网络摄像头使用尚未流行，因此 RX10 V 现在支持通过 USB-C 接口进行最高 4K 30p 的直播（并可同步录制）——这一点非常实用，因为它的视频输出接口仍然是脆弱的 Micro HDMI。虽然 RX10 V 的大部分新特性都是对上一代的升级，但遗憾的是，新机型也砍掉了一些功能：镜头不再内置 ND 滤镜，也没有了弹出式闪光灯。真可惜。
I got to briefly test the RX10 V for a few days, and despite the reused lens, I came away impressed. It really does feel like a Sony Alpha camera with a big built-in telephoto zoom — though much smaller and lighter than attaching a huge lens to a full-frame mirrorless Alpha. I’m no birder or nature photographer (the longest lens I personally own is a 135mm), but Sony’s excellent autofocus and 30fps blackout-free burst shooting made it pretty easy to photograph birds in trees around my backyard or macro shots of bees moving from flower to flower. There’s a lot this lens and fast-shooting sensor can do. Of course, if you’re like me and used to full-frame cameras, you have to slightly dial down your expectations when it comes to sharpness and resolution — a 1-inch-type sensor is versatile, but it doesn’t hold up to the same pixel-peeping scrutiny. 我有幸对 RX10 V 进行了几天的简短测试，尽管镜头是沿用的，但我依然印象深刻。它确实感觉就像一台内置了大型长焦镜头的索尼 Alpha 相机——尽管它比在全画幅 Alpha 无反相机上安装巨型镜头要小巧轻便得多。我不是观鸟者或自然摄影师（我个人拥有的最长镜头只有 135mm），但索尼出色的自动对焦和 30fps 无黑屏连拍功能，让我能轻松拍摄后院树上的鸟儿，或是蜜蜂在花丛间穿梭的微距照片。这颗镜头和高速传感器确实大有可为。当然，如果你像我一样习惯了全画幅相机，在锐度和分辨率方面需要稍微降低预期——1 英寸传感器虽然功能多样，但经不起像素级的严苛审视。
The RX10 V seems aimed at deep-pocketed casual shooters who want a camera to take traveling without lugging around a bag full of lenses. In my years spent behind a counter selling superzoom cameras just like it (even the original RX10), the demographic was almost always parents photographing their kids’ sporting events or looking to take a versatile camera on vacation. But at $2,300, it might be more for a recently retired grandma or grandpa than it is for a couple 30-somethings with a kindergartener. RX10 V 的目标群体似乎是那些预算充足、希望在旅行时无需背着一包镜头就能拍照的休闲摄影爱好者。在我多年从事超长焦相机销售（包括初代 RX10）的经验中，这类相机的受众几乎总是那些拍摄孩子体育比赛的家长，或是想带一台多功能相机去度假的人。但 2300 美元的售价，可能更适合刚退休的爷爷奶奶，而不是带着幼儿园孩子的 30 多岁夫妇。