cell phones has been adding pixels for a while, as to nullify the need for general consumers to toddle a compact camera in daily life as well on travel since, say last Fall when for the first time mine sold two or three Weeks after putting in some of the most popular second hand markets . I always have the sought-after models and normally re-sell over-night as long as you tag a couple W10,000 below the going rate . (empty scenes in electronics-dedicated districts or rather buildings listed on Top Menu, is not a recent scheme for it has been a good decade after On-Line shopping malls took over the lime-light) here some manufacturers have changed strategy to up the ante, in producing more powerful cameras, still retaining its mobility BUT becoming quite expensive .

prices are of larger On-Line discount outlets so actual purchase price would be higher :
ソニーサイバーショットDSC-RX100M2【第3回】001

Sony DSC-RX100 ii introduced July 2013 W760,000
20 Million pixel – 1″CMOS – Wi-Fi – NFC – tilting 3″LCD screen – optional view-finder – Carl Zeiss lens – 3.6x step zoom – brightness F1.8 – macro 5cm – iSO 12800 (expanded 25600) shutter 1/2000 seconds – 10fps – full-HD video 60 frame – optical steady shot – manual mode – 3D panorama – HDR – smile shutter – color picking – RAW – hot shoe – SDHC, SDXC, Memory Stick Duo – USB charge – HDMi output – aluminum body – mass 225cc thickness 3.8cm weight 281g.

photo above is with dedicated FDA-EV1MK View-Finder kit selling in South Korea at W535,000
better mention price in neighboring manufacture-country of Japan Y39,800
considerable due to low-Yen currency and place-of-warranty don’t matter much on accessories, even expensive – also compatible with an even expensive supposedly-compact camera below :
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 ソニー SONY LCJ-RXB [ジャケットケース DSC-RX1専用]02_410
Sony DSC-R1Rintroduced August 2013 W3,080,000
24.3 Million pixel – full-frame CMOS – low-pass filter – 3″LCD screen – optional view-finder – Carl Zeiss lens – brightness F2 – macro 14cm – iSO 25600 – 5fps – full-HD video 60 frame – optical steady shot – manual mode – HDR – swoop panorama – smile shutter – color picking – RAW – hot shoe – SDHC, SDXC, Memory Stick Duo – USB charge – HDMi output – magnesium body – mass 511cc thickness 6.96cm weight 482g.

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Hasselblad Stellar just-introduced September 2013 at a whopping W1,950,000
20 Million pixels – 1″CMOS – 3″LCD screen – Carl Zeiss lens – brightness F1.8 – Full-HD video – optical steady shot – manual – HDMi output – mass 232cc thickness 3.6cm weight 252g.

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