I wonder how come there's not much talk about this as it looks like a winner on paper at least.

- It's using LX5's sensor
- Looks smaller than the LX5
- Looks like there's dual control ring like the S95
- Hot shoe = potential viewfinder??
- Can assume it'll have Oly's nice nice jpegs

Bestest of all... fast fast lens of them all.

The Olympus XZ1 has a 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 Lens
The Panasonic LX5 has 24-90mm f/2.0-3.3 lens
The Canon S95 has a 28-105mm f/2.0-4.9 lens
The Samsung EX-1 has a 24-72mm f/1.8-2.4 lens

Potential cons:
- Hope it's not slowass like Oly's M43's.


http://photorumors.com/2010/12/29/olympus-...uiko-zoom-lens/

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Tips

Share some tips and tricks that works for me la... do share if you find otherwise.

1) Shoot RAW to avoid jpeg smear

2) P mode works best imo cos can use the front ring for ISO and adjust with rear ring for exposure compensation.

3) In P mode, it will almost always keep aperture wide open but its sharp fully opened up so no problems there

4) ISO400 is like a little over ISO1600 in Canon APS-C. So go over that in worst case scenarios only

5) The IS is very kungfu so don't worry about SS too much

6) XZ1 tend to underexpose so bump that ~+1/3EV.

7) Always meter correctly base on histogram cos small sensor not as much RAW headroom as dslr.

8) Keep it in Macro mode so no need to mar fan change at different focus distance. Didn't find any adverse effect in doing so.

9) On mix lighting, it tend to go towards green so use the custom white balance which is very user friendly.

10) For low contrast landscapes, small sensor have small dynamic range... so bracket it. Get yourself a shutter release cable also cos it doesn't do 2sec timer bracket like canon dslr.


edit: Changed the title. Can't resist

This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Sep 3 2012, 03:33 PM

Hot shoe = potential strobist?

looks promising. price range?

Useless! 28mm wide angle can tro in longkang.

rm3300 oni

Enuf for street shoot liao. Certainly more flexible than a dslr lor.

Price out di meh? I don't think it's gonna be priced above m43 lor.

lol.. if rm3300 then its useless la.

looks good

No la, i just simply taruh testing you guys response oni lah

GF consider M43?

Ian hit the nail on the head

28mm wide = useless.

I don't know about you, but the Samsung EX1 is a damn solid camera. Was very tempted to buy it but ended up with a much cheaper and much more portable Ixus 130 for travelling.

Reason being if I had cared enough for proper pictures, I would lug my 7D around.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Dec 31 2010, 04:54 PM

Ur IXUS starts from 28mm also right?

wide angle part, not tempting
tele part, f/2.5 at 112mm quite tempting

Precisely. Therefore why pay more for the same?

I got the Ixus for 800. My money would be on the Sammy EX1 as compared to the Oly.

dpreview posted pictar samples liao

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1101/11011010...sxz1samples.asp

nice camera. considering this after selling my e420. heh

haha wise comparison...is ixus 800 f1.8 too?? if not meaning it is not the same..and is the sensor same size ? no right ixus smaller right? and this already answer your question why pay more for this new oly camera..

lets wait n see how much is this baby going to sell only decide...

Olympus already mention RRP is RM1799



This post has been edited by hellfire8888: Jan 18 2011, 11:25 AM

Oh giler mahal sial.
I wonder how the performance is like.. after using a dslr... now when I use the S90 or when I try the E-PL1.. I damn hate the lack of feedback.... that black screen between shots. It just feels so slow.

LX5 and s90 also around this price right?