Olympus XZ-1 preview by Lory Grunin (CNET)
LOREO “3D Lens in a Cap” compared to Lumix H-FT012 and Fujifilm Real 3D W3 (3d-kraft.com).
Panasonic Four Thirds GF2 Exploded (Flickr).
Olzmpus XZ-1 image samples (Olympus Imaging).
Olympus E-5 DSLR Pros and Cons (TheDigitalStory).
Olympus E-PL2 hands-on video at Quesabesde (spanish only).
Olympus XZ-1 preorders at Amazon, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon FR and Amazon UK.
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Do you really have to charge it with USB, or can you also take the battery out and charge it? That would be a massive oversight for travel.
Those image samples on Olympus Imaging look, well, painterly. I pretty much had my wallet out ready to buy this one, but those are kind of disappointing. I presume that the RAWs will be better, and that sharpening was turned down, but …
Can you please explain? I don’t see anything painterly about it. The pictures seem to be better than what my S90 churns out (granted they are all in ISO 100 or so).
I consider the output of all my previous lumix point and shoots to be painterly, since in 100% zoom they looked like a watercolor painting, and I haven’t tried the LX3/5 yet. But these ZX-1 samples don’t look painterly to me.
TR:
You can buy 3rd party chargers for the LI-50B battery on the internet. The first link that a google search showed for LI-50B battery charger offered one for $8 (I didn’t check the s/h cost).
In terms of charging in the camera, I find the A/C adapters for USB charging to be very small, and perfect for traveling, unlike the several bricks I take for other cameras. Obviously if you shoot enough that you need more than one battery per day, then you need to think about having multiple chargers.
Thanks for the link to the comparison between the various 3D options… I just purchased a Fuji W3 online yesterday, and the comparison review reassures me that I made the right choice. The Panasonic 3D lens seems to less than ideal for anything other than macros.
The Fuji W3 is a good choice to start for a wide range of 3D photos and videos. But I must correct you that the Panasonic 3D lens is not a macro lens. It is best suited for short distances / close up portraits starting from about 60cm to 1.5 or 2 meters.
The exploded views of the GF2 on Flicker are very interesting. Looks to be a very rock solid model. I don’t see any protruding mechanism on the top that would prevent Pany from making a tiny digital SLR with hump in the middle for small EVF on this camera if they wanted to.