Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
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Quick Shop Hands On With A Few Recent And Slightly Recent Releases
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Brian Moore
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Yes.
Ahmad Bhai
Well-Known Member
http://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/compacts/oly_stylus1
Had another look at the Olympus Stylus 1 (John Lewis Bond Street).
It has one of the best implemented, if not the best implemented manual focus of any compact since the digital compact era.
I know that's saying something, and i have gone through i dont know about thirty digital compacts
including some of the well regarded.
The ring around the lens is focus by wire.
Turn the switch near bottom of camera (surrounding Fn2 button)
it changes from click stops for aperture, shutter, any other customised setting,
to smooth clickless manual focus by wire ... better than some manual focus by wire primes i have tested.
Auto Focus is almost instant, even on touch screen.
EVF big and bright.
Seems like a super street shooter.
...
John Lewis also had the GM1
http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcgm1
Dinky or what. Cute, cute. Body pretty much same size as Sony RX100 mkII.
RX100 mkII has tilt screen & F1.8, more compact with lens.
GM1 has the faster AF by a fair amount, can ofcourse change lenses.
Had another look at the Olympus Stylus 1 (John Lewis Bond Street).
It has one of the best implemented, if not the best implemented manual focus of any compact since the digital compact era.
I know that's saying something, and i have gone through i dont know about thirty digital compacts
including some of the well regarded.
The ring around the lens is focus by wire.
Turn the switch near bottom of camera (surrounding Fn2 button)
it changes from click stops for aperture, shutter, any other customised setting,
to smooth clickless manual focus by wire ... better than some manual focus by wire primes i have tested.
Auto Focus is almost instant, even on touch screen.
EVF big and bright.
Seems like a super street shooter.
...
John Lewis also had the GM1
http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcgm1
Dinky or what. Cute, cute. Body pretty much same size as Sony RX100 mkII.
RX100 mkII has tilt screen & F1.8, more compact with lens.
GM1 has the faster AF by a fair amount, can ofcourse change lenses.
Julian de'Courcy
Well-Known Member
One thing Olympus does do extremely well is speed. They make the Nex camera seem like snail pace. This is everything as well as focusing. Not seen the stylus in hand myself so cannot comment on that camera.
The touch screen focusing and shoot is is wonderful implementation for street shooting with the pull out screen at waist level.
The touch screen focusing and shoot is is wonderful implementation for street shooting with the pull out screen at waist level.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Not to be trusted I hear - proceed with caution!
Paul Lange
Moderator
I love the user review for the DP3 where under the bad points is "Insane resolution (wife refused to be photographed again!!! )". 
Ahmad Bhai
Well-Known Member
If I was on a once in a lifetime to Africa, South America, Antarctia, Tibet which would I take
DP1M landscape (& 8x10 large frame
Sony HX300 superzoom wildlife
Fuji X-T1 + fast af Fuji zoom people & street.
Upcoming Sony Nex style FF & legacy manual focus shallow dof
(no built in evf, no phase detect af, i think will be approx £899)
In light of reading Chris's X-T1 hands on & more hands on instore with Olympus Stylus 1.
DP1M landscape & maybe not a 8x10 for transports sake
Sony HX300 superzoom 24-1200mm (although for the sake of even more portability Sony HX50V compact 24-720mm).
Olympus Stylus 1 street
Fuji X-T1 & Fuji X 56mm F1.2 shallow dof.
I must however admit, a big part of me wouldn't take any camera.
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