Sony RX100V: EDC Camera

Street
Written By Intan Krishanty
Boardwalk in front of Bandar Jakarta at Ancol harbour, Jakarta. A wheelchair sits near a dock that has a green roof on top of it. 
Ancol, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.

They say the best camera is the one you’ve got in your pocket, and the Sony RX100V feels as comfortable as a modern phone in a typical pocket, except, unlike a phone, it has a 24-70mm equivalent lens and a 1” sensor.

I took it to Jakarta as my only camera to see my grandma before she passed. It helped me capture some scenes during her wake and funeral in the sea. We were blessed with beautiful light as we celebrated her life with family and friends—maybe the thick particulates courtesy of the air pollution in Jakarta actually softened the golden hour light even more into such a warm dazzling glow.

A security guard walks down a hospital corridor bathed in sunset glow. 
Funeral home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
Behind a fence lies a house with exposed brick walls and red roof. Laundry is hanging to dry. 
Funeral home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
Entry/exit parking gantries, with two motorcycles queuing to exit. 
Funeral home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
Double white doors against white wall and white tiled floors, with a label on the door saying "R. Transit Jenazah." 
Funeral home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
Black and white photo of concrete tiled ground with half of the photo in shade. 
Funeral home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
Funeral home, Jakarta. The tree across the window is a Kapok tree. Sony RX100V.
Shadows of six people posing, projected onto a golden yellow wall. 
Funeral home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
The front door of a house with potted trees dotting the entrance in golden hour. 
Home, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
A photo of the Jakarta sea with waves on the surface, and flower petals flying across the screen. 
Final resting place. Sony RX100V.
A photo of a dock in Ancol leading to a speedboat, with three people walking towards it. 
Ancol, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
Long tables point into the frame with large canopy tent shading them from the sun. 
Bandar Jakarta, Ancol, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.
A delivery rider in orange jacket and balaclava watches the traffic as he sits by a table to wait for his order. 
Delivery rider, Jakarta. Sony RX100V.

It’s also a convenient camera to slip into a backpack in Singapore. I took it for a short walk around the Civic District area in Singapore on a Friday afternoon. The beautiful historic buildings in this area are one of Singapore’s perennial tourist draws, but what was especially striking to me was the way the harsh light created interesting shadows and contrasts.

Two truck bays with only one of them at the right occupied by a Isuzu truck. There are signs that say "2.4m" and "Delivery Control Room" above each door. 
National Gallery. Sony RX100V.

Although I’ve stuck a JJC filter ring onto my Sony RX100V lens, the built-in ND filter certainly makes life easier as I never have to worry about fiddling with physical ND filters. It’s a shame the feature was removed from the later Sony RX100 iterations.

A portrait view of a corridor leading to the entrance of the Supreme Court. One side is open to the street, and the other side is the marble walls of the building. 
Supreme Court. Sony RX100V.
Yellow colonial building with white walls and doors. 
Asian Civilisation Museum. Sony RX100V.
A narrow one-way lane with the Supreme Court building on the left hand side, and the National Gallery on the other side. 
Supreme Court Lane. Sony RX100V.
Intan Krishanty
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