Environmental Sealings For a camera that you carry everywhere with you, being weather proofed is a big advantage. You will have one less thing to worry about.
8.3X Optical Zoom 8.3X Optical Zoom of Sony RX10 II will give you a lot of flexibility considering this will be your only camera during the day.
RAW shooting capability RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.
Medium size Body With relatively smaller body compared to DSLRs and better ergonomics compared to Compacts,Sony RX10 IIis a good compromise between size and functionality.
Average sized 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) sensor Sony RX10 II's 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) sensor size is ideal for many street photographers as it provides a good level of low-light performance and depth of field control while keeping the camera body small.
813g Carrying this weight all day may not be very comfortable for you.
Body Thickness 102mm With a thickness of 102mm,Sony RX10 II is not a pocketable camera for sure.