HOT. I think its the best price in recent times.

hott

Although this is the mk1. Mk2 is out. Same image quality but far better video in the Mk2.
Hot if you will be using this mostly for stills.

I have one of these now. I got it secondhand recently at a very good price with trade-in (all my Pentax Q and full set of lenses). It’s pretty much the only camera I need now. I’ve hardly touched my Nikon system at all for months now. I even went back to the place I bought mine from and thanked them for selling it to me (Cameraworld in London W1).

This or the Lumix G7? we've been having many discussions and research... still cannot decide.

That’s a difficult decision, only truly solved by getting both. However, among the things I really like about the RX10: the video capabilities and clean hdmi out; the quite good stabilisation in video (not up there with a Sony BOSS handycam, but pretty good for a stills cam trying to do vid); the absolutely superb dream lens that stays at f/2.8 all the way through the range (even at 200mm equiv); the quite usable PlayMemories Mobile software that lets me shoot quickie shots from my Xperia Z phone (which then geotags the phone version of the pic — the cam can’t do that itself). The PlayMemories Mobile software is quite limited though — just a basic shutter and zoom, nothing much else. I’m not sure, but I’d expect the Panasonic can probably do the same sort of thing through the Panasonic Image app (which I’ve used on a Panasonic V720 in the past). But yes, back to the RX10 — it’s all about that lens. Oh, and weatherproofing, apparently. It’s also such a handleable camera — the size, it’s small, but fits my hands very well. Everything’s where it should be. I remember the same feeling on my old (now dead) Nikon F4, but that weighed 1.4Kg for the body alone, and was a lot bigger to grip around.

If you’re not going to emphasise the video aspects, the Lumix also becomes a good choice. It’s just that Pana seem to videographically cripple anything below the GH4 at the moment, from the usability and features point of view, not the quality point of view, and probably only to preserve top-end sales.