How to Install / Upgrade: Sony brings back the superzoom RX10 with a stacked sensor and a high price
By Dillip Chowdary • Jul 21, 2026 • Source: The Verge
Sony announced the RX10 V superzoom camera after a nearly nine-year gap between models. The updated model features a new 20.1-megapixel 1-inch-type stacked sensor. It retains the same 24-600mm equivalent f/2.4-4 Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 25x zoom lens used on its last two predecessors.
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To upgrade to this release, replace your previous predecessor camera model with the newly announced Sony RX10 V hardware. The upgrade process consists of adopting the RX10 V physical unit containing the built-in 24-600mm equivalent f/2.4-4 Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 25x zoom lens. No software or firmware installation procedure is provided in the release information.
A main gotcha associated with upgrading to this model is its high price. You can verify the upgrade by checking that the hardware is the Sony RX10 V featuring the 20.1-megapixel 1-inch-type stacked sensor and 25x zoom lens.
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