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SUSMatrix
post Mar 20 2011, 07:08 PM

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QUOTE(yushin @ Mar 14 2011, 03:26 PM)
Just got my XZ-1

2 years warranty
1 spare battery (It looks original)
8GB SDcard
Olympus Camera Pouch
1 pillow
1 unbrella
No extra charge on flexi payment

RM1750 during the fotokem fair in PWTC.

Overall impression :
Good:
-Easy to use little camera. I can take it out from drybox then shoot some used item to put on sale. No need to assemple the dslr and lens.
-Good output at night due to the F1.8 aperture.
-Got raw to process.
-Light enough to bring to hiking.
- focusing speed is good enough for a P&S.

Bad:
- Cannot use UV filter.
- The lens will always pop the lens cap out.
- Max usable iso for me is 400, I wish it can go higher.
- The lens or LCD not that good... when shooting scene with bright background light got white line across the screen, is this flare?
- Have to put battery in the camera body to charge, very toublesome coz I have 2 batteries.
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2 years warranty?? I saw most people selling with only 1 year warranty?

Btw, i saw most prices around RM1.6K with no freebies...knows where to get cheapest around PJ?
SUSMatrix
post Mar 21 2011, 12:02 PM

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QUOTE(yushin @ Mar 21 2011, 10:17 AM)
2 year warranty = more expensive lor. My buying pricing is more expensive than most other price posted here.
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Manufacturer's warranty or shop warranty? If shop warranty, just waste money only...

SUSMatrix
post Mar 22 2011, 09:18 PM

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Ok, guys, can me to the list of Owners liao.

Bought a white XZ-1 just now.

Charging battery now....

First impression....the most useless piece of junk user manual i have ever seen in my life. For such a high end camera, all it says was how to charge battery, power on, use auto mode, take picture and take video. That's it!!!! doh.gif doh.gif...Really kedekut...dun wanna print a few pages more....doh.gif

Right now i am reading downloaded user manual....

And yeah, i also saw the white flare or something when pointing at bright lights. Is this normal? But when photo came out, no such thing??? rclxub.gif
SUSMatrix
post Mar 23 2011, 02:38 PM

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I got a question. Tested the video recording just now. This autofocus thing is quiet annoying as it focus/defocus as i shift the camera. Is there a way to make it fixed focus when shooting video???



This post has been edited by Matrix: Mar 23 2011, 06:19 PM
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post Mar 23 2011, 06:20 PM

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Guys, i have started a thread in photo gallery for XZ-1 owners...

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1803927

Please post your best photo there and share-share!!

Don't laugh at my photos ok...i yam NOOB.

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SUSMatrix
post Mar 28 2011, 01:56 PM

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QUOTE(xproc @ Mar 26 2011, 11:41 AM)
s95. xz-1 lx5... which is better
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XZ-1. If you go to S95 thread, then it's S95. In LX-5 thread, LX-5 is best. smile.gif

Seriously, i think all these camera are good. Won't go wrong with any of them. Just see which feature you want most.
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post Apr 5 2011, 10:49 AM

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Guys,....i now realized there is a serious flaw with this camera. The video recording function is queit crap:

1) Focusing/re-focusing issue...always goes out and refocus...very annoying.

i read it can be solved by setting to manual mode and fixing the focus or something like that...so it becomes fixed focus like S95....haven't try yet. But this makes it very troublesome...no point having the record button if need to adjust so many things.

The videos also seems to be pretty noisy...compared to my wife's Samsung Wave 2, which records really good HD videos with minimal noise (but maybe slightly less detail).

Video is certainly not the XZ-1 strong point.

 

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