Olympus XZ-2 Review

4.5

November 1, 2012 | Mark Goldstein |

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Specifications

Type

Body material

Metal

Image Sensor

Type

1/1.7'' CMOS
Effective pixels

12 Megapixels
Filter array

Primary colour filter (RGB)
Aspect ratio & area

4:3 /
Full resolution

12.76 Megapixels

Lens

Focal length (equiv. 35mm)

28 - 112mm
Maximum aperture

1.8 - 2.5
Focal length

6.0 - 24.0mm
Optical zoom

4x

Engine

Type

TruePic VI

Live View

Displayed information
- Shooting information
- Face / Eye detection mode
- Focus mode
- AF frame display
- AF confirmation mark
- Aperture
- Battery check
- Exposure compensation value
- Flash intensity
- Flash mode
- Flash status
- Super FP
- Histogram
- Eye-Fi condition
- Shutter speed
- Spot metering area
- Number of storable pictures
- White Balance
- Tone control
AF type

Contrast detection system
100% field of view

100%
Magnification mode

Yes

Image Stabiliser

Type

Sensor shift
Modes

Two-dimensional

Focusing System

Method

Contrast Detection AF system
Focus areas

35 points / Automatic and manual selection
AF lock

Yes , Locked by first position of shutter release button in single AF mode
Modes
- Manual focus
- Single AF
- Continuous AF
- AF Tracking
- Face Detection AF
- SuperMacro mode
AF illuminator

Yes
Standard mode

0.6m - ∞ (wide) / 0.6m - ∞ (tele)
Macro mode

0.1m - ∞ (wide) / 0.3m - ∞ (tele)

Exposure System

Modes
- Programme automatic
- Shutter priority
- Aperture priority
- Manual
- i-Auto
- Scene Modes
- Movie
- Art Filter
Exposure compensation

+/- 3EV ( 1/3 steps )
Exposure bracketing

2 / 3 frames ( +/- 1/3, 2/3, 1 EV steps )
Enhancement function

Mechanical Image Stabiliser
Face Detection Technology
Shadow Adjustment Technology

Scene Modes

Number of scene modes

16
Modes
- Portrait
- e-Portrait
- Landscape
- Night Scene
- Night Scene with portrait
- Sunset
- Sports
- Documents
- Panorama
- Fireworks
- Beach and Snow
- Underwater Macro
- Multi-Exposure
- Underwater Wide
- Backlight HDR

Multi-Exposure

Max. number of frames

2 frames (shooting)
Frame assistance

Live View

Light Metering

Method

TTL open aperture light metering
Detection range

0 - 20 EV Digital ESP, centre-weighted average metering, spot metering
Modes
- ESP light metering
- Spot metering
- Centre weighted metering
- Highlight
- Shadow

Art Filter

Modes
- Cross Process
- Diorama
- Dramatic Tone
- Gentle Sepia
- Grainy Film
- Key Line
- Light Tone
- Pale & Light Colour
- Pin Hole
- Pop Art
- Soft Focus
Variation / Effect

Available

Sensitivity

Auto

ISO 100 - 12800 (customisable, default ISO 100 - 1600)
Manual

ISO 100 - 12800 (adjustable in 1/3 EV step)

Shutter

Self timer

12s / 2s

Shutter Speeds

Shutter speed range

1/2000 - 60s (up to 16 min in Bulb mode)

White Balance

AUTO WB system

Yes
One-touch white balance

2 custom settings can be registered
White balance adjustment

+/- 7 in each A-B / G-M axis (in Auto WB, preset WB mode & one-touch WB)
Custom WB

1 setting can be registered at Kelvin temperature (2000K - 14000K)
Preset values
- Tungsten
- Flourescent 1
- Sunlight
- Flash
- Overcast
- Shade
- Under Water Auto

Sequence Shooting

Speed

5fps
Recordable frames

200

Image Processing

Colour space

sRGB / AdobeRGB
Sharpness + Contrast

5 levels
Saturation

5 levels
Black & White filter

Yellow, Orange, Red, Green
Black & White toning

Sepia, Blue, Purple or Green in Black & White mode
Picture mode

Vivid, Natural, Muted, Black & White.
Gradation

4levels (auto, high key, normal, low key)

Internal Flash

Type

pop-up
Modes
- AUTO
- TTL-Auto
- Manual

External Flash Control

Type

TTL Auto for Olympus dedicated flash, Auto or Manual
Modes
- Auto
- Red-eye reduction
- Slow synchronisation with red-eye reduction
- Slow synchronisation
- Fill-in for exclusive flash
- Manual

Wireless Flash Control

Control method

Triggered by built-in flash light
Compatible external flash

FL-36R, FL-50R, FL-300R, FL-600R
Modes
- Auto
- FP TTL Auto
- FP Manual

Monitor

Monitor type

Tiltable LCD - Touch Panel
Monitor size

7.6cm / 3.0'' (3:2)
Resolution

920000 dots
Colour balance

+/- 7 levels
Brightness adjustment

+/- 7 levels

Level Gauge

Detection

2-axis
Display

Rear LCD monitor

Recording Formats

RAW

12bit
RAW & JPEG

Yes parallel recording
JPEG

Yes
Aspect ratio

4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 6:6

Image Size

RAW

3968 x 2976 / 19.3MB / frame
Large

3968 x 2976 Fine (compression: 1/4) 5.9MB / frame
3968 x 2976 Normal (compression: 1/8) 2.7MB / frame
Middle

2560 x 1920 Normal (compression: 1/8) / 1.1MB / frame
Small

1280 x 960 Normal (compression: 1/8) 1.1MB / frame

Still Image Recording

EXIF

2.2
PIM

III
DPOF

Yes
DCF

Yes

Movie Recording System

Recording format

MOV(MPEG-4AVC/H.264)
Image Stabilisation Mode

Yes Digital Image Stabilisation
HD Movie quality

1080P / 30fps Recording time: 29min.
720P 30p, 9Mbps (MOV) 29min.
Frame rate

30fps
Art Filter
- Cross Process
- Diorama
- Dramatic Tone
- Gentle Sepia
- Grainy Film
- Key Line
- Light Tone
- Pale & Light Colour
- Pop Art
- Pin Hole
- Soft Focus

Sound Recording System

Internal microphone

Stereo
External microphone

Optional
Recording format

Stereo PCM/16bit, 44.1kHz, Wave Format Base
Image footage

4s

View Images

Modes
- Index
- Calendar
- Zoom
- Slide show
- Movie
- Single
Auto rotation

Yes
Histogram in playback mode

Yes
Shooting information

Off / On
Image protect mode

Yes

Erase / Protect / Copy Function

Erase modes

Single, All, Selected
Image protect mode

Single

Image Editing

RAW data edit

Yes
Red-eye reduction

Yes
Sepia

Yes
Resize

Yes
Correction of saturation

Yes
Shadow Adjustment

Yes
Trimming

Yes
e-Portrait

Yes
Aspect ratio

-

Menu languages in camera

39 languages (Japanese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese (BR + PT), German, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovak, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Korean, Simple Chinese, Traditional Chinese,Thai, Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Persian, Indonesian, Hebrew, Malay, Vietnamese)

Customisation Options

My Mode

2 settings storable
Fn Button

Yes

Interface

Media

SD Memory Card (SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I compatible) Class 6 is recommended for Movie shooting
HDMI™

Yes Micro connector (Type D) *
USB 2.0 High Speed

Yes
Combined V & USB output

Yes NTSC or PAL selectable
Wireless connectivity
- Eye-Fi Card compatible
- FlashAir
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