Field Test: Olympus XZ-1 by ortega

[ortega]

 

[ortega]

CCD-shift image stabilization Test

Note: good results dose not happen all the time, but this is impressive

 

[lucci87]

Hi I am new to this forum and new to buying camera, intending to buy xz1 soon,as i am very interested in photo taking but have a noob question do i have to buy dry box to keep the camera in good condition? pardon my noobish question as i have save alot for to buy this cam, hopin it can las long

 

[spidey89]

Hi I am new to this forum and new to buying camera, intending to buy xz1 soon,as i am very interested in photo taking but have a noob question do i have to buy dry box to keep the camera in good condition? pardon my noobish question as i have save alot for to buy this cam, hopin it can las long

Probably should post in the newbies section instead of the review question? Anyway, you only need a dry box if you're storing it most of the time, if you're using it quit often, shouldn't need though it would be good if you have a dry cabinet, but when I had one camera, I didn't bother, and it never got fungus, now I got a few and I don't shoot as often, I have a dry cabinet

 

[lucci87]

thx spidey for the advice, ya shld have post in other section cuz i tot mayb since its for review might as well post it here haha....

 

[ortega]

another example on where dramatic tone will do well

Cuisine Scene Mode

 

[ed9119]

kaozz..... there is a 'food mode' on this camera ??? :bigeyes:

the epl-2 dont have

 

[tomohitogo]

Wah - can we say that this camera can be placed in the same class as the LX-3/LX-5, Leica Dlux 4 etc?
The dramatic tone filter alone will save many people a lot of photoshopping work just to obtain pseudo-HDR effects...

 

[ortega]

Lol... Too much of a good thing is never good, to be used selectively

 

[ortega]

even more examples of dramatic tones

 

[tomohitogo]

So were the settings automatic or on aperture priority or fully manual and you merely applied the 'effects'?

 

[ortega]

On the dramatic tones shots all the settings were automatic

 

[shootingstars]

Hi Ortega, when shooting in dramatic tone, can one adjust the 'strength' of the effect, as in weak/standard/strong? I seemed to read somewhere about this adjustment, may be mixed up with epl2 or just from a wish list from users?! Thanks in advance.

 

[tomcat]

kaozz..... there is a 'food mode' on this camera ??? :bigeyes:

the epl-2 dont have

GF2 also have.

 

[ortega]

Hi Ortega, when shooting in dramatic tone, can one adjust the 'strength' of the effect, as in weak/standard/strong? I seemed to read somewhere about this adjustment, may be mixed up with epl2 or just from a wish list from users?! Thanks in advance.

No you cannot adjust the strength of the effect, is it kinda like switch on and shoot, kinda like lomo.

 

[creampuff]

Good test images. How is the build quality? Metal body? Is it an LX-5 killer?

 

[Ouverture]

Good test images. How is the build quality? Metal body? Is it an LX-5 killer?

Actually you can try them out at courts....

It's metal but definitely not as solid as LX5...although it's good enough.

 

[FilterFunk]

Actually you can try them out at courts....

It's metal but definitely not as solid as LX5...although it's good enough.

agreed.

the dial on the front is slightly more loose (or hollow) than the one on the Canon S95
focusing is generally really quick though, a few nitpicks on the functionality of the camera but nothing serious imo.

 

[ortega]

nice little camera, here are some random images while i was playing with the camera

 

[ortega]

diorama

Dramatic Tones