A friend of mine bought one of these for a trip to Japan. I didn’t think much of it until Amazon dropped the price to $199, probably due to the release of the XZ-2. That made it a really hot deal. There were a lot of pluses…and some minuses that kept me from getting this camera at a normal price. First, let’s start with the good. Its got a 600k dot OLED 3” screen, F1.8-2.5 (2.5 at the long end, woohoo!) 28-112mm lens, fairly compact build, hotshoe, front ring (similar to S95, but not programmable), and shoots RAW. The big minuses: It has a stupid lens cap that will pop off as soon as the lens extends. The battery is only chargeable in the camera with a USB cable. The lens cap issue is fixed with the Olympus LC-63A Auto Lens cap, which is an extra $20. In any case, I have only shot a few test shots with the camera with pretty phenomenal results, but I really need to put it to a real test. Here’s a size comparison to the S95 and G12.
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