Sony Cybershot DSC-QX10

Overview

The Cyber-shot QX10 is essentially a point and shoot camera without a viewfinder, designed to be paired with a smartphone over Wi-Fi and NFC. The accessories are complete camera units that come with a sensor, shutter and zoom controls, a microSD card slot, and internal battery, allowing you to snap higher quality photos than what would be allowed from your regular smartphone camera. The QX10 includes an 18.2-megapixel sensor and 10x optical zoom.

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 19 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

5
Average:

4
Bad:

10

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Last revision on June 24, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Seamless smartphone integration
Good image quality
Reasonably priced
Great for inconspicuous shots
Battery indicator welcome
Photo quality is better than you'd get with most smartphones
Connects easily with Android devices with NFC

Reviewers Didn't Like

Noticeable preview lag
Limited manual control
Mediocre battery life
Lag experienced when shooting fast moving subjects
Slow to connect
No Raw support
Very limited feature set compared with a regular point-and-shoot

Expert reviews and ratings

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 is an add-on lens for use with smartphones. It's an example of a risky, forward-thinking concept, but some issues prevent us from recommending...

By PC Mag on February 14, 2014

We were admittedly hesitant when we first heard about Sony's new lens cameras, and we weren't even convinced after an extended hands-on earlier this month. But after spending a full week with the QX10, including shoots in Berlin and Alaska, it's hard not...

By Engadget on January 17, 2014

The Sony QX-10 camera module is the first of a kind. It's an innovative and original concept that can boost the performances and potential of a smartphone or tablet camera. It's intriguing, and the idea is certainly worth taking further. Basically, it...

By DigitalVersus on October 15, 2013

A bold experiment to improve smartphone photography, but its failings are...

By Alphr on October 07, 2013

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 might be a fresh take on a point-and-shoot camera, but the design ends up being a bit more trouble than it's...

By CNET Australia on October 03, 2013

The Sony Cyber-shot QX10 is a compact, but not ultra-compact digital camera, with Wi-Fi for a direct connection to your smartphone, running Android or iOS. Without the connection you can still take photos but will be left to guesswork regarding whether...

By ePHOTOzine on September 30, 2013

First I saw Paul Rudd, walking in cargo shorts and a very baggy white T-shirt. Then, not 48 hours later, a scruffy Paul Giamatti walked past me on the street holding hands with his son. In both cases, I knew I had to take a picture — you're not really a...

By The Verge on September 27, 2013

The ability to attach the QX10 to your phone, hold it in your hand, or stick it on a tripod while using your phone as a remote - and then throw it into your pocket after - make the Sony DSC-QX10 a versatile companion camera. Although we didn't...

By Pocket-lint on September 21, 2013

It's not often that we review something completely different to the norm, but the new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 definitely fits that description. The Sony QX10 is officially called a “lens-sensor module”, and it's designed to be the perfect partner for...

By PhotographyBLOG on September 19, 2013

For the price tag, you'd expect Sony to give you more but clearly they saw it otherwise. I still think this a brilliant idea but I'll drop the impractical bit. Instead I'll call it badly packaged thanks to a sub par app and so-so specifications...

By tbreak.ae on September 18, 2013

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