Sony released the updated RX100 VII with an all-new 1.0-type stacked 20.1 MP Exmor RS CMOS image sensor and the latest-generation BIONZ X image processor, which work together to deliver Sony a9 level autofocus and speed performance.

This means a “world-leading” combination of has 357 phase-detect and 425 contrast-detect autofocus points that cover 68 percent of the frame. It can autofocus up to 0.02 seconds and performs 60 autofocus and autoexposure calculations per second. The RX100 VII also has in common the 1/32,000 anti-distortion shutter, 20 frames per second blackout-free silent shooting, Real-time Tracking, Real-time Eye AF (with auto, left, or right eye selectable options), and Real-time Eye AF for Animals.

The RX100 VII also debuts a new drive mode, Single Burst Shooting, for capturing high-speed shot at up to 90fps in JPEG/RAW format utilizing the anti-distortion shutter. Single Burst Shooting allows the photographer to frame fast-moving action and shoot as if taking a single shot, but the camera will actually deliver seven still images taken at 90fps, 60fps or 30fps, so the user can select the best image.

The RX100 VII is capable of recording 4K HDR video. While recording in 4K, users can enable Active SteadyShot which increases the effective image stabilization by eight times and can sustain continuous shooting of up to five minutes in this mode (when Auto Power Off Temperature is set to Standard). For Full HD shooting, there’s a new optimized stabilization algorithm used in the RX100 VII.

Other useful video features in this camera include Real-time Eye AF for Movies and Real-time Tracking, touch tracking, interval time-lapse recording, picture profiles, native vertical video recording, and a 3.5mm microphone input.

It features the same 24–200mm f/2.8–4.5 Zeiss Vario Sonnar T* lens of its RX100 VI predecessor released last year. The Optical SteadyShot image stabilization is capable of up to 4 stops of compensation. Unfortunately, we aren’t seeing a triumphant return here of the built-in ND filter last seen in the RX100 VA.

Sony seems to know that the RX100 VII is going to be particularly appealing to vloggers: the company will also sell the RX100 VII in a “Shooting Grip Kit” that includes the camera, a handheld grip (with active video and photo shutters built-in), a microphone bracket (mic sold separately), and two rechargeable batteries. Combine that with the video performance that Sony claims is even better than the already-good RX100 VI and the flip-up screen that can face forward, and you’ve got a pocketable and powerful vlogging machine.

The Sony RX100 VII is priced at $1,198 and will start shipping in August 2019.