Olympus XZ-1 is just fantastic

[Jeremy Z]

I've had this for about a week now, and I like it more all the time.

Here's the full review I wrote for eOpinions.

Here are a couple shots of the camera. I know, poor lighting, but let's treat them as illustrations:

I'm liking the ART filters more than I thought.

Base shot:

Dramatic art filter:

Grainy film art filter:

Base shot:

Dramatic art:

Grainy film:

B&W by de-saturating only:

Dramatic art:

Grainy film:

Straight-up (except cropping):

Straight-up:

I just got the FL-36R bounce flash for it today, and as expected, it works miracles for indoor flash photography:

Direct flash:

Bounce flash:

Bounce flash:

 

[Jeremy Z]

I got out a few weekends ago for some walk-around photos. They're posted in the B&W Gallery sub-forum, which you can see here:
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...os-resort-town-few-weeks-ago.html#post2510809

Here's a teaser: