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Trustedreviews tested the new Olympus XZ-1 high end compact camera. You can find the final verdict at page 4: “The [shoplink 19904]XZ-1[/shoplink] feels like a good, solid move for its maker, and in helping the brand stay competitive and moreover relevant, it deserves to do well. Olympus has come lately to the high performance compact party, so it’s just as well that its arrival is with a product that should be awarded a degree of fanfare.”
And Pocket Lint posted a “7 days living with… the Olympus XZ-1” article: “the Olympus isn’t really pocketable, not in the same way that the Canon S95 or the new Nikon CoolpixP300 are. That means I’m less likely to slip it into my suit pocket for a wedding“…”If it is to be your only camera and slipping it into your pocket is less important than the option to add accessories that the extra size brings, then the Olympus XZ-1 is a seriously attractive camera, and I’ve had great fun with it.
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The Pocket Ling guy complained that F8 minimum isn’t enough for slow exposures of moving water. He obviously didn’t find the built-in ND filter.
F8 minimum is typical for a P&S camera…, so why the complaint? I think most of the reviewers don’t do a thorough job of the review because of the time constraint. It took me quite a few months to figure out all the bells and whistles of my DSLR.
LINT. Whoops.