The above video clip was shot at f4.5 (fixed) at 1/250th on this cloudy day (no ND!). The wind and traffic noise were so loud that it was not possible to detect any zoom noise. But the camera did not appear to lose or shift focus while zooming, and AF was used (Catalyst Browse, using the downloaded original clip).

Samples looking great! This might be my new travel camera.

Endgadget's "sample" pictures are very similar to those provided by DPReview https://www.dpreview.com/samples/4971821110/sony-cyber-shot-rx100-vi-sample-gallery-updated

Evidently both attended a Sony-sponsored event and shot the same models (and buildings).

Leaving aside the capture of review sites by manufacturers supplying exclusive access to new products and boondoggles (see

what I learned from these photo examples is that long lenses are of limited use. Except for the boring close-ups of the Empire State building, almost none of the photos made use of a long(er) telephoto. Perhaps if Sony had sponsored for its invitees an African safari we might have some more interesting, if still quite irrelevant for most users (even the rich ones), examples.

Yeah - Sony totally had an announcement event for it. Matt Granger did a video about it.

And of course Sony does these events - it's a similar reason that the studios fly movie review vloggers out to premieres and whatnot. It keeps them out of the "sponsored review" category while making the reviewer feel important and inspiring them to keep the positive reviews flowing in, lest they not get invited to the next launch event.

(At least Granger was pretty skeptical of who would be in the market for a $1200 point and shoot camera, though he still was pretty positive in his assessment of it)

More samples

https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/8189628340/sony-cyber-shot-rx100-vi/

In stock

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1413824-REG/sony_dscrx100m6_b_cyber_shot_dsc_rx100_vi_digital.html

Video performance review

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sony-cyber-shot-dsc-rx100-vi-m6/6

The big advances of the VI over the predecessor RX100's is the long zoom and the ability to use the touch screen to focus. For videographers, an issue is whether you can zoom while shooting - is the zoom too fast, too wobbly, noisy, does it lose focus? And for the touch screen: what do the focus pulls look like? So this 'rich traveler' user of the camera shot a video showing the full length of the power zoom and some focus pulls: