The best pocket camera we've ever made.
Zeiss Exmor™ CMOS Sensor BIONZ X MF Assist Peaking XGA OLEO Tru-Finder ™ Self Portraits NFC + WIFI certified

Brighter Images, Wider Angle Coverage
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The advanced lens expands your range of expression with the enhanced perspective of a wide 24mm focal length, 70mm lens with bright F2.8 telephoto shooting. This allows you to produce outstanding close-up performance as well as produce beautiful portraits with stunning background defocusing. You can also capture moving subjects in dimly lit settings. Legendary ZEISS®optics ensure superb edge-to-edge depiction, while a ZEISS®T1 coating reduces flare and ghosting, aspherical lens elements reduce aberrations as well as lens size, and a built-in 1/8 ND filter expands shooting freedom in bright scenes. 

135m equivalent

Brighter Images, Wider Angle Coverage
Never Miss A Detail Again
Never Miss A Detail Again

See more detail with a larger 20.1 effective MP 1.0-type Exmor R™ CMOS sensor and BIONZ X™ image processing engine that ensure bright, high-definition details and textures in all your photos and videos. Get four times better light capture with a back-illuminated sensor and three times more processing power than the previous BIONZ engine with the RX100 III.

Never Miss A Detail Again
Camera Functions To Fit The Owner

Between the wide variety of manual options and a custom button, you can quickly bring more creative control to every shot. Features such as MF Assist (enlarging the image) and Peaking (highlighting edges in focus) make it easy to incorporate manual focus in your shooting when you desire the added flexibility. Experience personalised control by assigning up to 42 functions to the "C" custom button to your exact preference and selecting shutter speed, aperture and more with the convenient lens-mounted control ring.

Never Miss A Detail Again
Frame Your Shots With Uncompromising Precision
Frame Your Shots With Uncompromising Precision
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Sony's high-contrast, high-resolution OLED Tru-Finder provides the uncompromising clarity and framing precision that serious photographers demand. Its advanced eyepiece optics are treated with a ZEISS T1coating for bright, clear viewing from corner to corner, while an eye sensor allows instant shifting between the viewfinder and LCD monitor for stress-free shooting. The 1,440k-dot (approx.) viewfinder fully retracts when not in use.

135m equivalent

Take Perfectly Composed Self-Portraits

Another feature of the RX100 III that raises the bar for compact cameras is its 3.0-inch, 1,229k-dot extra-fine clear and bright LCD monitor which tilts up to 180° upward and 45° downward for easy selfies, commemorative shots while traveling, 
and flexible shooting from various angles.

Take Perfectly Composed Self-portraits
Connect To Your Devices With A Single Touch
wifi NFC logo wifi logo

With seamless built-in Wi-Fi® and NFC™ capabilities, simply touch your RX100 III to instantly transfer a photo or movie to your Android™ smartphone or tablet. Alternatively, activate Smart Remote Embedded to enable remote control of the camera from a mobile device.2


2 Requires NFC™-compatible Android device and free downloadable PlayMemories Mobile app (www.sony.net/pmm/). 
Remote control of movie recording not supported.

Connect To Your Devices With A Single Touch

50 Mbps Captures 
Fast-Moving Scenes
With Excellent Quality


In addition to AVCHD format, the RX100 III is the first Cyber-shot camera to offer XAVC S3, the consumer variant of the professional XAVC format. Full HD (1920 x 1080) 60p (or 50p) recording at a bit rate of 50 Mbps clearly captures complex motion as seen in water spray or large crowds with stunning resolution. Audio is recorded in linear PCM format. Sequences recorded at the 120p (100p for PAL) high frame rate that is also included4can be reproduced in slow-motion with impressively smooth results.5 

3 An SDXC memory card with a Class 10 or higher speed rating is required for XAVC S recording 
4 120p (100p for PAL) recordings are captured at HD (1280 x 720) resolution. Intelligent Active Mode and Active Mode cannot be used when recording at 120p (100p for PAL)
5 The camera does not provide slow-motion playback capability. PlayMemories Home™ can be used for slow-motion playback.
Area-Specific Noise Reduction 

Area-specific noise reduction is now more powerful than ever. It selectively divides the image into areas based on patterns (such as edges, textures and evenly coloured areas like blue skies), and then applies the most appropriate noise reduction for each area to improve image quality, especially at high-sensitivity settings. Working together with Sony's detail reproduction, it gives supremely clear, detailed images.
HDMI Connections And 
Wi-Fi® Convenience 


Want to display your still shots on a beautiful 4K TV? Built-in cable ports allow connections such as HDMI yet do not interrupt the crisp, clean lines of the camera body. You can also use the Wi-Fi® feature and dispenses with cables all together.
Support For PlayMemories Camera Apps 

Expand your device capabilities and your freedom to create with PlayMemories camera apps6. Download shooting and editing apps or signature apps such as Smart Remote Control and Direct Upload for maximum social network convenience, plus enjoy the ease of sharing photos wirelessly without a computer. 

6 Download available in all countries/areas where Sony Entertainment Network is available.
High-Speed Memory Cards 

Sony's range of memory cards offers a wealth of entertainment possibilities and serves as a perfect companion for photographers. Transfer and share information or use it with Sony cameras, VAIO laptops, PSP, or Xperia™ smartphones or tablets. 

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Detail Reproduction And 
Diffraction Reduction


Two new technologies bring out the full performance of sensor and lenses. Detail reproduction technology prevents the overemphasised outlines that plague most digital images. Diffraction reduction suppresses the effects of diffraction, which causes points of light to appear blurred especially at small aperture settings (large F-numbers). By taking the aperture setting into account, this technology faithfully restores clarity to points of light and other fine details, for beautiful landscapes, portraiture, and more.
XAVC S And AVCHD For Advanced Recording

The high-bit-rate XAVC S format is provided for serious videographers. It enables Full HD image recording at 50Mbps for extremely high-quality expression and minimal noise. It also employs the Long GOP (Group of Pictures) data compression method to realise efficient movie recording. Furthermore, you can shoot Full Hi-Def with AVCHD, then easily edit that format in many different programs.

(Note: Sony recommends using an SDXC memory card higher than Class 10 when shooting movies in the XAVC S format.)

 

Type Exmor R CMOS sensor
Size 1.0-type (13.2mm x 8.8mm)
Gross Pixels Approx. 20.9 Mega Pixels
Effective Pixels Approx. 20.1 Mega Pixels
Lens Type ZEISS Vario-Sonnar T* Lens, 10 elements in 9 groups (9 aspheric elements including AA lens)
F Number F1.8(W) - 2.8(T)
Focal Length (f=) f=8.8 - 25.7mm
Focal Length (35mm conversion) - Still Image 16:9 f=26 - 76mm
Focal Length (35mm conversion) - Still Image 4:3 f=25 - 73mm
Focal Length (35mm conversion) - Movie 16:9 f=25.5 - 74mm(SteadyShot Standard), f=30 - 86mm(SteadyShot Active), f=33.5 - 95mm(SteadyShot Intelligent Active)
Focal Length (35mm conversion) - Movie 4:3 f=31 - 90mm(SteadyShot Standard), f=37 - 105mm (SteadyShot Active), 41 - 117mm (SteadyShot InteligentActive)
Focus Range (iAuto) W: Approx. 5cm to Infinity, T: Approx. 30cm to Infinity
Focus Range (Program Auto) W: Approx. 5cm to Infinity, T: Approx.30cm to Infinity
Optical Zoom 2.9x(Optical Zoom during movie recording)
Clear Image Zoom Approx. 5.8x*2
Precision Digital Zoom - Still Image 20M Approx.11x/ 10M Approx.16x/ 5M Approx.23x/ VGA Approx.44x*2
Screen Size Approx. 7.5cm (3.0 inch)
Number Of Dots 1,228,800 dots
Name Xtra Fine/ TFT LCD
Adjustable angle adjusts up 180°/ down 45° (approx.)
Brightness Setting Auto/ Manual(5 steps)/ Sunny Weather
Size 0.39-type electronic viewfinder (OLED)
Number Of Dots 1,440,000 dots
Magnification Approx. 0.59x with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1(diopter) (35mm equiv.)
Type Retractable
Imaging Processor BIONZ X
Image Stabilizer System (Still image) Optical SteadyShot, (Movie) Optical SteadyShot Intelligent Active Mode, Optical type with electronic compensation, Anti Rolling type
Focus Mode - Direct Manual Focus Yes
Focus Mode - Manual Focus Yes
Focus Mode - Single-shot AF (AF-S) Yes
Focus Mode - Continuous AF (AF-C) Yes
Light Metering - Multi Pattern Yes
Light Metering - Center-Weighted Yes
Light Metering - Spot Yes
Exposure Compensation +/- 3.0EV, 1/3EV step
ISO Sensitivity Setting Auto (ISO125-12800, selectable with upper/ lower limit), 125/ 160/ 200/ 250/ 320/ 400/ 500/ 640/ 800/ 1000/ 1250/ 1600/ 2000/ 2500/ 3200/ 4000/ 5000/ 6400/ 8000/ 10000/ 12800 (Extendable to ISO80/ 100), Multi-Frame NR*3: Auto (ISO125-12800), 200/ 400/ 800/ 1600/ 3200/ 6400/ 12800/ 25600
White Balance Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluor.: Warm White, Fluor.: Cool White, Fluor.: Day White, Fluor.: Daylight, Flash, C.Temp./Filter, Custom
Shutter Speed iAuto(4" - 1/2000)/ Program Auto(1" - 1/2000)/ Manual(Bulb, 30" - 1/2000)/ Aperture Priority(8" - 1/2000)/ Shutter Priority(30" - 1/2000)*4
Self-Timer Off/ 10sec./ 2sec./ 3 or 5 consecutive shots with 10sec. delay selectable
Flash Mode Auto/ Flash On/ Slow Synchro/ Rear Sync/ Flash Off
Flash Range ISO Auto: Approx. 0.4m to 10.2m(W)/Approx. 0.4m to 6.5m(T), ISO12800: up to Approx. 20.4m(W)/Approx. 13.0m(T)
Auto Macro Yes
Auto Focus Illuminator Auto/ Off
Aperture iAuto(F1.8/F11(W))/ Program Auto(F1.8/F11(W))/ Manual(F1.8/F11(W))/ Shutter Priority(F1.8/F11(W))/ Aperture Priority(F1.8/F11(W))
Face Detection - Mode Off/ On(Regist Faces)/ On
Face Detection - Face Selection Yes(Key, Selected-face Memory)
Face Detection - Max. No of Detectable Faces 8 faces
Dynamic Range Optimiser Auto/ Level 1-5
Superior Auto Yes
Intelligent Auto Yes
Program Auto (Program shift available) Yes
Shutter Speed Priority Yes
Aperture Priority Yes
Movie Mode(Program Auto, Aperture Priority, Shutter Speed Priority, Manual Exposure) Yes
Panorama Yes
Scene Selection Yes
Manual Exposure Yes
High Sensitivity Yes
Night Scene Yes
Night Portrait Yes
Portrait Yes
Landscape Yes
Fireworks Yes
Gourmet Yes
Pet Yes
Handheld Twilight Yes
Anti Motion Blur Yes
Sports Action Yes
Macro Yes
Sunset Yes
HDR Painting Yes
Rich-tone Monochrome Yes
Miniature Yes
Toy Camera Yes
Pop Colour Yes
Partial Colour Yes
Soft High-key Yes
Water Colour Yes
Posterization Yes
Retro Photo Yes
Soft Focus Yes
High Contrast Monochrome Yes
Illustration Yes
Memory Stick Duo (Still Image / Movies) Yes*7
Memory Stick PRO Duo (Still Image / Movies) Yes*7
Memory Stick PRO Duo - High Speed Yes*7
Memory Stick PRO HG Duo Yes*7
SD Memory Card Yes*7
SDHC Memory Card Yes*7
SDXC Memory Card Yes*7
Memory Stick Micro Yes*7 *8
Memory Stick Micro (Mark2) Yes*7 *8
Micro SD Memory Card Yes*7 *8
Micro SDHC Memory Card Yes*7 *8
Micro SDXC Memory Card Yes*7 *8
13M (3,648×3,648) 1:1 mode Yes
6.5M (2,544×2,544) 1:1 mode Yes
3.7M (1,920×1,920) 1:1 mode Yes
20M (5,472×3,648) 3:2 mode Yes
10M (3,888×2,592) 3:2 mode Yes
5M (2,736×1,824) 3:2 mode Yes
18M (4,864×3,648) 4:3 mode Yes
10M (3,648 X 2,736) 4:3 mode Yes
5M (2,592 X 1,944) 4:3 mode Yes
VGA (640 X 480) 4:3 mode Yes
17M (5,472×3,080) 16:9 mode Yes
7.5M (3,648×2,056) 16:9 mode Yes
4.2M (2,720×1,528) 16:9 mode Yes
Sweep Panorama Wide (12,416 X 1,856 / 5,536 X 2,160) Yes
Sweep Panorama Standard (8,192 X 1,856 / 3,872 X 2,160) Yes
AVCHD - 1,920 X 1,080/50p (28M, PS) Yes
AVCHD - 1,920 X 1,080/50i (24M, FX) Yes
AVCHD - 1,920 X 1,080/25p (24M, FX) Yes
AVCHD - 1,920 X 1,080/50i (17M, FH) Yes
AVCHD - 1,920 X 1,080/25p (17M, FH) Yes
AVC MP4 - 1,440 X 1,080 (12M) Yes
MP4 - 3M VGA (640 X 480 / 30fps) Yes
XAVC S - 100p 50M(1,280x720/100p) Yes
XAVC S - 50p 50M(1,920x1,080/50p) Yes
XAVC S - 25p 50M(1,920x1,080/25p) Yes
Still Image Monitor: Approx. 320/ Approx. 160min., Viewfinder: Approx. 230/ Approx. 115min.
Movies actual shooting Monitor: Approx. 50min., Viewfinder: Approx. 50min. (In [MP4 12M] mode, max. continuous shooting time is Approx. 15 min. and max. file size is 2GB)
Eye AF Yes
Face Detection Yes
Face Registration Yes
Smile Shutter Yes
Quick Navi Yes
Digital Level Gauge (pitch and roll) Yes
MR (memory recall) Yes
Single-bracketing Yes
Cont.-bracketing Yes
White Balance Bracketing Yes
DRO Bracketing Yes
MF Assist Yes
Photo Creativity Yes
Peaking Yes
Zebra Yes
Micref Level Yes
Step Zoom Yes
Self-portrait timer Yes
Control for HDMI Yes
Start-up Time Approx. 1.6 sec.*9
Shooting Time Lag Approx. 0.16 sec.*9
Shutter Release Time Lag Approx. 0.008 sec.
Shooting Interval Approx. 0.6 sec.*9
Burst Speed (Maximum) Speed Priority Continuous Shooting: approx. 10 fps, Continuous Shooting: approx. 2.9 fps (AF-S)*5 *6 
Burst Interval (Minimum) Approx.0.1 sec*5 *6 *10
Built-in Microphone Stereo
Wind Noise Reduction Off/ On
Optical Zoom During Movie Recording 2.9x
Histogram Indicator Yes(On/ Off)
Built-in flash Manual pop-up
Slide Show - Video Out HD (HDMI)
Slide Show - Movie Yes
Slide Show - Effects Skin Toning/ Skin Smoothing/ Shine Removal/ Eye Widening/ Teeth Whitening
Automatic Image Rotation Yes
USB Connection - Auto (Multi-Configuration) Yes
USB Connection - Mass Storage Yes
USB Connection - MTP Yes
Hi-Speed USB Yes
Micro USB Yes
Multi-use Terminal Yes
Micro HDMI Yes
Supplied Battery Maximum Voltage 4.2V, Nominal Voltage 3.6V, Capacity for Shooting 4.5Wh(1240mAh)
AC Adaptor Power Requirements AC 100V to 240V, 50/60 Hz, 70mA; Output voltage DC 5V, 0.5A
USB Charge Yes (supplied AC Adaptor)
USB Power Supply Yes (not supplied AC Adaptor AC-UD10)
Dimensions (W x H x D) Approx. 101.6 x 58.1 x 41 mm (CIPA compliant)
Weight (with Battery & Memory Stick) Approx. 290g (Battery and Memory Stick Duo are included)
Weight (Body only) Approx. 263g (Body Only)
Supplied Accessories Rechargeable Battery Pack(NP-BX1), AC Adaptor(AC-UB10C/UB10D), Micro USB cable, Wrist Strap, Strap Adaptor, Instruction Manual, AC Power Cord

Features and specifications are subject to change without notice.
*2 Optical zoom from the wide side (except RX1).
*3 Achieved by using overlay burst shooting.
*4 When ISO sensitivity is higher than IS0 3200, the slowest shutter speed limit is 1/4 sec. Manual setting of ISO sensitivity to lower than ISO 3200 is necessary to set shutter speed slower than 1/4. (except RX series models).
*5 You may not be able to shoot images in Burst mode depending on the Shooting mode.
*6 Speed will be slowing after taking some shots.
*7 For movies, compatible Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark2), Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo,Memory Stick XC-HG Duo, Memory Stick Micro (Mark2), SD/SDHC/SDXC memory card or microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC card (Class 4 or faster speed is recommended) can be used.
*8 With Adaptor (optional)
*9 Shooting interval of maximum recoded pixels.
*10 Speed will be slowing after taking some shots. *without CMOS models