Deal was marked as expired 2 wks ago. Was available at this price only over the bank holiday

This deal is no longer available so doubt they will match it. Big advantage is the size, there is nothing better at this size. If you a considering a D3300 there's a lot of options, but the D3300 is a good camera (just a lot bigger).

Think carefully about this one. You're comparing two entirely different species of camera. It's like comparing a car to a van and saying 'the van can carry more' - absolutely, but we don't all drive vans do we?

Totally depends what you want it for, but the fact you were deciding between an RX100 and a D3300 suggest you haven't given it enough thought to really narrow down what you need.

A big DSLR is great in the right circumstances, but the world is full of people with great DSLRs that were used on one holiday and have never left the cupboard since.

Was £499 (minus Cashback), over the Bank Holiday Weekend - looks like it's gone up now.
http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Sony/Sony-Compact-Cameras/Sony-Cyber-shot-RX100-Mark-III-Camera

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They've changed the price on the website.

It's now LX100 price.

With all due respect you don't know what you are talking about! The watch comparison doesn't work because this camera actually has quantitively better results than a cheap camera.

It has significantly larger sensor than a cheap compact which means has significantly lower noise at higher ISO. This camera also has a very good quality lens with a fast aperture which lets you shoot at lower ISO than you would need to with a cheap camera. The sensor size and fast lens also lets you achieve shallow depth of field shots.

If you compared this camera and a cheap £50-£99 camera in bright sunlight outdoors taking landscape pics if you don't view at 100% then the results similar. If you "pixel peep" and look at 100% you will see much more detail though. At the other end though in low light this camera lets you take good pics when the cheap camera would only give you an unusable mess.

I have this camera and the results are stunning, it's not an overpriced status symbol it is a marvel of engineering cramming high end equipment into such a small device.

With all due respect, here's a tip: don't give your opinion on something you have absolutely no clue about. If you still want to make such claims, feel free to provide references! Have a good day!

I would go for the DSLR - you will be able to buy a macro lens & partner with good flash systems. I might be tempted though to buy a 2nd hand D7000 as the flash capabilities would be better. What kind of products do you need to photograph?

Definitely a DSLR! Remember, good glass beats a good body

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The Fuji X100T is the camera for you. A fantastic camera if you can live with the slightly larger size. A different class of image to the RX100 and a viewfinder thats streets ahead of the Sony. The perfect street photography/travel digital camera. If video is important to you, rethink.

At best, this is a huge simplification. Assuming you are ignoring digital zoom (i.e. just cropping the picture) which obviously is going to loose information, you might be confusing the impact of the way zoom is often implemented the the resulting picture quality. In short, zooming usually reduces the maximum aperture available which might be compensated by increasing the sensitivity resulting in accompanied increase in noise. Not all lens are created equal though, take a look a the graph on dpreview to see that the reduced reach of the M3 comes with generally better performance. I bought the M2 and compromised on the better reach for reduced sensitivity (and not paying for the viewfinder)... however the M3 was £750 at the time, so this is a good deal.

There is no guarantee that a prime lens will be any better (although you would hope that £100 of prime would be better than £100 of zoom).

I started out with a 50mm and a 200mm fixed lens on an SLR and, while I would recommend trying one for creative purposes, I appreciate not carrying around a bag of lens to cope with the various situations I find myself in on holiday. Photos of sports, wildlife, the moon, concerts, etc would be very different with fixed lenses.

Seconding this. I had to choose between the RX100 and LX100, I ended up going for the LX100. My reasons were generally better video chops (4K), a better integrated lens, and better low light performance. There's no denying the viewfinder on the sony wins for accuracy though.

They might, but not with the 2 Year Sony Warranty. Well worth having imo, as any issues are dealt with by Sony rather than a third party.

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That's one of the reasons I went for this camera as its supposed to have good video. Not tried mine out yet. Its only 1080p but that's fine for me. Cannon g7x m2 is a good alternative.

This. If you really want zoom, I'd go for an SLR and a tele lens. A big zoom in a compact camera always disappoints.