- Is the handling acceptable?
Yes, I use it with the Sony grip installed. I prefer it to the other third party ones.
- Is it readily controllable without menu-diving all the time?
Yes, there is a quick menu (fn button) which I used a lot when I shot eg nd filter (on, off, auto), ISO change, etc. There is also "C" button to program, which I have it for iso.
- Has it a built-in raw converter a lá Fuji and Ricoh?
I don't think so.
- Can I preset a favourite focal length, eg 50mm?
I didn't see it in the menu. I think Canon g7x has it, remembering the last focal length when you open the camera.
- Is the EVF usable?
Yes, better then gm5. However my eyeglass pushes the back, then it gets blurry. This is normally for packing purposes, you need to pull the back the back of it to use it or push to put it back.
- Has it dioptre correction?
I was trying to see if I can make the evf fixed as it is and it was the dioptre correction.
- What are the SooC jpgs like?
Some of these are direct jpgs (maybe with some light editing), raw are 1st, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th:
Spring in NYC
Anything that starts with w-DSC in the first 11 row are RX100 original jpg's:
Istanbul Streets by Serhan
- Is it a good bet for mono?
I have not used directly. These are from edited in LR:
A Foggy Day...
- Does it have built-in mono filters?
It has creative style with sepia and B&W as a choice that can be used with the raw. There are other filters that cannot be useable with raw. I never used any of them.
I can get one at a decent price and I am seeking reasons not to...
The sensor is close to m43 sensors like gm1/gm5... Only difference is lens is fixed. m43 is better with the primes, but otherwise close enough to small kit lenses except distortion correction that is higher with RX100. The lens is pretty much f2.8 zoom all the way except the widest setting.