The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 is an ultra-compact, mobile device-mountable lens-type compact camera manufactured by

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. Announced on September 3, 2014, the QX10 is one of Sony's ''"Smart Lens"'' cameras, alongside the '' QX1'', '' QX30'' and '' QX100'', that are designed to be specifically used with a smartphone. It has a 1/2.3 inch backside-illuminated

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with 18.2 effective

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, sitting behind an ''ƒ''/3.5 (wide) to ''ƒ''/6.3 (telephoto) Sony G Lens. It has a 10x lossless optical zoom in a compact ''

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