![]() ![]() High ISO performance: photos are great up to ISO 400, good at ISO 800, and quite useable at ISO 1600. At these distances, you will also lose 1-2 stops of light. In supemacro mode, because of the short working distance, taking a photo less than 1.5 inches wide is quite difficult. In macro mode, the camera will take a photo 4.25 inches wide at 28mm, 3.75 inches wide at 112mm. Also, the flash will not fire in supermacro mode. However, the camera is stuck at 28mm focal length, which limits the effectiveness of supermacro due to the tiny working distance. In supermacro mode, the camera can focus right on the lens port. Macro & Supermacro functionality: Fair in macro mode. Large exposure changes are dealt with quickly. The auto-focus is slow, but it does work. Also, it auto-focuses in video mode, unlike many other compacts. This camera has a nice one-touch video button, which means you don't have to change modes to do video. Olympus XZ-1 Video performance: The Olympus XZ-1 does 720/30p Motion JPEG AVI video. Internal flash: Good, even coverage that lights an entire room without a problem. This outdoor photo from the Olympus XZ-1 is a 100% crop of the above photo. Image quality: Great, comparable to other high-end compacts However - some functionality, like setting macro for example, takes more button presses than on other cameras.įocusing speed: consistently good, not as quick as the E-PL2 but a little faster and more consistent than most other compacts In manual mode, the rear control dial changes shutter speed. Keep in mind that 112mm is not exactly a long zoom, you won't be shooting small birds with it.Ĭontrol dial: A front contol dial changes either the aperture or shutter speed in aperture or shutter priority mode. As you can see, the background is somewhat blurred in the first photo - and you can shoot at much faster shutter speeds than at F5.6. Most compact cameras will shoot at F5.6 at a 112mm focal length. Top photo taken with the Olympus XZ-1 at F2.5, 1/40th at 112mm (fully zoomed in). Shooting at 112mm, at F2.5 will actually allow you to slightly blur the background -see the photos below. This is the first F1.8 camera from Olympus since the C5050Z, and the first lens to have the Zuiko brand on it. The large maximum aperture offers some depth of field control, a first for a compact camera. This lens is the highlight of the camera, and is in my opinion a better lens than the 14-42mm kit lens that comes with the Olympus E-Pl2. ![]() Most other compact camera lenses are F5.6 when fully zoomed in. The body is a combination of aluminum and plastic. The camera is very comfortable to hold and use, and very intuitive. Controls are very similar to the S95, except the body is slightly larger and has a dedicated video button. Small is size, it is closer in size to the Canon S95 than the Canon G12. Unlike other compacts, this camera was simple to figure out how it use it in seconds. Lithium ion battery, good for 325 shots without flashīuild quality & handling: Excellent. Has an internal flash and hot shoe, allowing control of remote strobes Same equivalent sensor size as Canon S95/G12ġ1 auto-focus points, with moveable focus pointġ280x720 HD video, 30 fps, AVI motion jpeg, auto-focuses in video mode I've been using this camera for several days, and wanted to share my personal thoughts. It's excellent F1.8-2.5 lens makes it stand out about the small crowd of competitors. I find lots of people posting long exposure shots, but there's no mention of this in the manual, any online review, or any forum post I can find.The Olympus XZ-1 is clearly a winner in the class of high-end compact cameras, with very few negative aspects. In fact, I contacted Olympus, who told me no NR is applied when shooting raw, but my XZ-1 seems to do this no matter what the settings. This sounds like dark-frame subtraction, sometimes called long-exposure noise reduction (not to be confused with with the noise reduction applied in the JPEG conversion phase). Same thing happens in Bulb - after I release the shutter, it locks up for however long the shutter was open. After the 10 seconds, what happens? Repeat with the shutter speed set to 30 seconds.įor me, the camera locks up for 10 seconds after the shutter closes (30 seconds in the second test). The test is simple: In Shutter Priority, set the shutter speed for 10 seconds and take a shot. I'd like to find someone else with one to run a quick test. I just picked one up for my son, and it's doing something I didn't expect - specifically, I think it is doing dark frame subtraction after long exposures. ![]()
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