New Olympus Cameras for 2011

[Hamish Gill]

I suppose the most intriguing camera from olympus' recently released models is the XZ-1 ... claiming to "fill the gap" it has a f/1.8 (at the wide end) lens and a feature set you might find on a DSLR or mirror-less interchangeable lens camera (has anyone thought to shorten that to MIL... someone should...) ... i suppose the question really is "was it a gap that needed filling" ... anyway, it has piqued my interest

Olympus XZ-1 camera

Filling the gap
With brilliant image quality and an ultra bright 1:1.8 iZUIKO DIGITAL zoom lens, the Olympus XZ-1 fuses compact camera size and style with system camera features.

lots of flashy pictures of it here:
http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/xz-1/XZ-1-camera-digital.htm

Olympus E-PL2

The latest addition to Olympus’ PEN family is a feast for the eyes, a beautiful camera with a fresh, contemporary design.

http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/21693_pen-camera_e-pl2_23944.htm

Olympus VG series

New Olympus compacts make every day a movie day Imaging’s easier with VG-130 & VG-120 all-rounders

http://www.olympus-europa.com/corporate/1696_13907.htm

Olympus "Tough" series

OLYMPUS TOUGH cameras just got even tougher

http://www.olympus-europa.com/corporate/1691_14011.htm


plenty more news in recent olympus releases can be found here

http://www.olympus-europa.com/corporate/presscentre_pressreleases.aspx

 

[Pete Askew]

Nah, I'm holding out for the Fuji!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Dito ... Ah crap, your gonna have one before me arnt you ... I already have to deal with your having an m9, and now this... ...

 

[Pete Askew]

The hammer is already hovering over the piggy bank!!

 

[Mark Grant]

The Olympus XZ-1 looks tempting,

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-olympus-xz-1-black-digital-camera/p1523683

http://www.jacobsdigital.co.uk/p-49168-jacobs-digital-olympus-xz-1-black.aspx

http://www.ukdigital.co.uk/olympus-xz-1-black-digital-camera.html

 

[Hamish Gill]

to small sensor for my liking...

 

[Mark Grant]

It has a large sensor for a compact with fixed lens ( not as big as 4/3 of course ! )

slightly larger sensor than a Canon G12 or Nikon P7000

A nice chart here for anyone interested in sensor sizes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format