Topic: Olympus XZ-1, bright lense/sensor P&S

[sunjan]

Looks like this is a good contender for concerts.
Small enough for security to let you through, but with bright sensor and lense for shots without flash.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/olympusxz1/

[colargol]

Did anyone try this out?
I am looking for a new camera for taking photos at concerts, mainly indoors, and this looks like it might be a good one...

-colargol

[sunjan]

Some postings at dpreview have surfaced. Seems like a very good contender. No RAW though, IIUC?!
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=38233583
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=38367441
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1008&message=38225061
http://www.pbase.com/robin_singapore/tanya_chua_concert_
http://www.flickr.com/groups/xz1/pool/

[colargol]

Some of those shots are pretty impressive for such a small camera :-)
B&H might get som business soon...

-c

[sunjan]

Correction: it does shoot RAW images, it's just that not all third-party RAW editors handles them (yet):
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/xz1-review/using