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As a potential owner of XZ-1 I would be very interested to hear what you consider it's limitations, please.I am really enjoying my s95, which I ended up purchasing when I realised the limitations of the upcoming Oly XZ-1 that I had intended to get.
I believe that people agree that its sensor is very slightly less good at higher ISO though of course the lens is 1/3rd of a stop faster. More importantly for me though is the fact there there is, so far, no proper way of independently controlling AE-L and AF-L and that makes it a non-starter for me I'm afraid!As a potential owner of XZ-1 I would be very interested to hear what you consider it's limitations, please.
I was not aware of any side by side tests yet, does this mean you could point me to some?I believe that people agree that its sensor is very slightly less good at higher ISO though of course the lens is 1/3rd of a stop faster.
I can see why someone would not like that. On my S90 focus point is not controllable. Is it controllable on S95 or XZ1?More importantly for me though is the fact there there is, so far, no proper way of independently controlling AE-L and AF-L and that makes it a non-starter for me I'm afraid!
Thank you for the clarification! In that case I will have to treat sensor statement with a chunk of salt and interpret "AF and AE not being properly controlled' as "they don't work the way I prefer to use cameras" as some of us prefer to select focus point rather than recomposing when camera can do that and prefer cameras that are not forcing us to do it their way.I just read a zillion threads and it was often repeated that the sensor is marginally less good than the s95. They DPReview Oly forum.
As for focus, i never use anything other than centre/lock/recompose!
Fair points - but I actually believe the sensor thing is true, it is very widely written about: the Oly has the same sensor as the LX5 and it is slightly noisier at higher ISOs according to reviews.Thank you for the clarification! In that case I will have to treat sensor statement with a chunk of salt and interpret "AF and AE not being properly controlled' as "they don't work the way I prefer to use cameras" as some of us prefer to select focus point rather than recomposing when camera can do that and prefer cameras that are not forcing us to do it their way.
I have looked at DPR's review when it came out and to my eyes XZ1 is better even at high ISOs. Shots at ISO 1600 processed from RAW are bit noisier _but_ contain better detail, plus processing was done with ACR beta, it is likely results will only improve once processor is tuned for the camera.Fair points - but I actually believe the sensor thing is true, it is very widely written about: the Oly has the same sensor as the LX5 and it is slightly noisier at higher ISOs according to reviews.
I understand personal preferences, I just wanted to express feeling that "not handling _properly_" is then not appropriate qualification.And each of us uses cameras in different ways for sure but not having an AE lock counts any camera out for me, however it handles focus.
I agree and I appreciate your wishes. As of now I still don't know whether I will go for it but I sure follow it closely.These things are very personal though, so I very much hope you enjoy the Oly if you get it!
From that same review (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusxz1/page6.asp):From the DPReview conclusion:
'The sensor may be a touch noisier than the one used by Canon, Nikon and Samsung but the slightly brighter lens makes up for some of that difference and it's rare to need to shoot above ISO 800 where that difference starts to become visible.'
the last meal ... :shocked:I had forgotten that I still owned this camera until I saw a shot taken from a plane that Jorgen posted with an S95 recently;
and on this occasion I needed a camera that was small and discrete ........
Barbecue?the last meal ... :shocked: