Nothing's more fun for a reviewer than looking at a camera we would buy for ourselves ... Though there's no grip on the front, the Sony RX100 is thick enough to hold easily.

Time to capture, after half-pressing and holding shutter button. The Sony RX100 V's full autofocus shutter lag when shooting the same target multiple times was very fast for a compact camera.

Find out more about how we test. The best compact camera you can buy right now is the Sony RX100 VII. While it may be a few years old, it still delivers an excellent package all around.

It got me thinking about my own point-and-shoot that I bought back in 2012, the Sony Cyber-shot ... with the RX100 VII being the final model in 2019. You can still buy the five-year-old model ...