Should You Buy This Camera

Sony RX100

Compact · Fixed Lens · released 2012-08-31
Lowest now
$379
Good price -42% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$650
Aug 2012
Inventory
15
across 1 source

Prices are rising

How we compute this

Used prices have been rising recently. Prices are up 106.0% over the last 30 days. The 90-day low was $184, $195 below today. Currently 58% of the $650 MSRP.

Lowest now
$379
MSRP
$650
vs MSRP
-42%
90-day low
$184
All-time low
$179 (May 10, 2026)
30-day trend
+106.0%
Observed across 1 source · 82 days of history in last 90 · Methodology

Sample photos

Real-world photos taken with this camera, grouped by EXIF data on Flickr.

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Specs

Brand
Sony
Family
Sony RX
Category
body
Body type
Compact
Mount
Fixed Lens
Sensor
1-inch
Megapixels
20.2 MP
Lens type
Sensor family
Sony 1-inch 20MP (RX100 I-III)
Autofocus
Contrast Detection
AF system
Sony contrast AF
IBIS
Weather sealed
Max video
Max native ISO
Weight
Dimensions
Body material
Released
2012-08-31
Status
discontinued

Autofocus & action

AF system
Contrast detect
Focus points
25 contrast-detect
Subject detection
Human face
Burst (mechanical)
10 fps
Pre-burst capture
No
Card slots
1 (Single SD / Memory Stick Duo)
Sensor readout
Standard CMOS

Original RX100 (2012); 20.2MP 1-inch sensor; contrast-detect only; 10 fps Speed Priority locks focus at first frame.

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
mpb
well used
→ fair
$379 1 Observed yesterday view listing
mpb
good
→ good
$539 11 Observed 12h ago view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$679 3 Observed 12h ago view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.