I have short, stubby, little fingers and, while I liked the S95, I
actually found it a tad too small for me. I wish I could blame that on
my flinging it into the swamp, but that was just careless stupidity. I
think I'd always now look for that adjustment ring around the lens
though. I really like that idea. I could easily have gone to the S95
again. I was tempted by the XZ-1 because of that fast lens and a hope
that it had that something that the c5050z had (in image quality) that
I always liked. I'm not one to spend time analyzing differences, but
the results i got from the c5050z always seemed [struggles for a word]
natural(?). I was hoping I'd get that feeling back.
How this explains how I ended up with the E-P2, I don't know. I was
strongly attracted to the E-P1 when it came out. I've always liked the
Leica M8/9 of course, and that Fujifilm X100 looks special. I think
the E-P2 may just satisfy an aesthetic in my mind the way my favorite
film camera (Voigtlander R3A) did, and satisfy it in an affordable and
practical way (14-42kit was $898). A soft spot for Olympus surely
didn't hurt either.
However, I am always made aware when I take out the 5DMkII and look at
the results, there's a reason I bought it. I get caught resisting
taking the 100 Macro off it though, as it's hard to come back from
that sharpness.
Cheers,
Marc
On Monday, 28 March 2011, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ha!
> I have both the S95 and XZ-1 in my bag at the moment (and a G12 and a Canon
> 1100D...)
> I do like the adjustment ring around the lens on both. The S95 is soooo small
> and the Oly takes the VF-2 finder so they're both quite nice.
> The key for me is that while the Canon is f2 at the wide end and that's only
> a fraction slower, the XZ-1 is f2.5 at full 4x telephoto but the Canon is
> 4.9 That makes the Oly much better for portraits.
> The Canon has a 'Ring Function' button on the top which makes life a lot
> easier - to shift the function on the Oly is harder. I haven't even found the
> ISO change control on the Oly yet!
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 28/03/2011, at 7:28 PM, Marc Lawrence wrote:
>
>> Having thrown my Canon S95 into the swamp some weeks ago (I still
>> check for it each time we ride pass and the water level gets lower) I
>> have been investigating replacements. Although another S95 was the
>> obvious choice, the Olympus XZ-1's introduction interested me greatly.
>> I've looked at a lot of reviews, considered my previous positive
>> experience with the c5050z (one of the cameras considered a
>> predecessor), looked for good prices, and seen other people's
>> experiences (including here on the list). The XZ-1 definitely looks
>> the business for my desires.
>>
>> So today I did the deed and went out and bought an Olympus E-P2.
>>
>> Wait, what? [scratches head]
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marc (I don't know how that happened)
>> Noosa Heads, Oz
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