Olympus announces a Silver XZ-1 with special cap.
Olympus announced a silver version of the popular Olympus XZ-1. The more interetsing news is that it has a new lens cap which opens automatically when you POwer on the camera. The XZ-1 will ship in December.
XZ-1 price check: Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R, eBay.
One more thing: The price of the white XZ-1 dropped down to $399 at Amazon (Click here).
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Comment from lnqe-M: And 12-56mm F2.0 lens ;-)...
Comment from Robbi: EPM1...
Comment from Mr Hipsta: I have the XZ-1, but now I want a XZ-BIG...
Comment from Zaph: They are, but they are all way bigger th...
Scotch
7 months ago |The “NEW” lens cap costs 5000 yen! (64.5 USD)
Oliver
7 months ago |Yes, we consumers have to pay for the losses of Oly.
Scotch
7 months ago |that’s Oly’s plan for a “turnaround” .. classic
Nic Walmsley
7 months ago |Nice camera, nice enhancement. Stiff competition from the X10 though.
WT21
7 months ago |Is it just me, or is anyone else getting confused by all the “X” cameras lately?
I read on seriouscompacts, someone announcing they got to play with the GX1. It too me a few moments to remember which the heck camera that was!
gravityloss
7 months ago |According to market studies, X is the most profound letter that consumers remember the best.
GeorgeH
7 months ago |What’s the p/n of the new cap? Why is it so expensive?
Anonymous
7 months ago |Just wait for a replica auto-retract cap to be released by JJC… will costs <US$20.
Matt
7 months ago |An auto lens cap by JJC is already available on eBay, by the way so it is hardly groundbreaking.
Just wait for a replica auto-retract cap to be released by JJC… will cost <US$20.
Miroslav
7 months ago |Good news. There’s some life left inside Olympus after all.
thevoiceoverman
7 months ago |Good. The old lens cap was a pain. You can get 3rd party versions of this new one on eBay much cheaper.
Henrik
7 months ago |Is there a picture of the new cap somewhere? Does it make the camera deeper dimension-wise than the original solution?
Scotch
7 months ago |http://olympus-imaging.jp/product/compact/xz1/feature/index6.html#anc01
looks like dust can still get inside though
Camajan
7 months ago |I bet this is their plan to raise the stock prices!:-)
Bu
7 months ago |Nice idea, almost like a gift box. I wonder what else will surface :p
Mr. Reeee
7 months ago |Thank Goodness! This will save the company!
Renze
7 months ago |+10!
bilgy_no1
7 months ago |“De handige TCON-17X is speciaal ontworpen voor de XZ-1 en in dit geval wordt de telepositie vergroot tot 190 mm (vergelijkbare waarde bij een 35-mm camera) bij een diafragmawaarde van 2.5.”
I got an e-mail from Olympus yesterday with news about the lens cap, but also a special teleconvertor for the XZ1, that turns it into a 190mm zoom, f/2.5.
The thing looks pretty big, but interesting nonetheless.
Matthias
7 months ago |It would be time that they announce a PEN with integrated EVF… Or a Pro-PEN…
Bob Bowné
7 months ago |Does anyone think the cap is U.G.U.L.Y.???..if not just downright silly looking. I believe that same cap is on the Ricoh GXR..and I had the same thought there as well. The G10 does seem likely to trump this camera. ….and now that I am sitting here all content with my MFT primes….Fuji may just blow me out of the water in February with its now interchangeable system. I would like to get some rumors on that camera!!!!!
Kman
7 months ago |Looks weird, transformer-like. On that camera, with the flash popped up and the VF stuck on top, looks too modified. Like a hood scoop on a Toyota corolla.
Nick
7 months ago |G10?
michael
7 months ago |I have no opinion on how the cap looks, but with than EVF on, the whole camera is really, really hideous. Even worse than the PENs with EVF attached.
mahler
7 months ago |It looks like Olympus’ innovation capabilities have melted down to lens caps again (remember the special EP-2 edition with the “F”-cap?)
Mice
7 months ago |Bah… just wait until a Chinese eBay seller presents a cap like the ones for the LX3 and LX5.
Mike P
7 months ago |Still no AEL lock? No Thanks.
WT21
7 months ago |The new “PenPay” attachment that fits into the hot shoe (seen in the top picture), sends large cash transfers from your bank account to a shadow company in the Caymans. The attachment is $149 and will be available on Nov 21.
lnqe-M
7 months ago |LOL, the new chairman acceptance for the money Olympus lose from last 20 year.
raines
7 months ago |Those types of lens caps can be had on ebay for relatively little. They’re in a variety of sizes for point and shoot retractable lenses.
Zaph
7 months ago |They are, but they are all way bigger than this one on the camera.
Mr Hipsta
7 months ago |I have the XZ-1, but now I want a XZ-BIG; same-same but with a m43 or APS-C sensor and everything else a bit larger to match that sensor. Most importantly an equivalent to that great, bright 28-112/1.8-2.5 lens!
Robbi
7 months ago |EPM1
lnqe-M
7 months ago |And 12-56mm F2.0 lens