Mr Sincere

The silver hood I linked too was painted black on the interior.  And so was the silver JVC hood I used on my x100.

Aren't we all?  :-) You're correct that the larger sensor cameras will give you more options for getting shallow DOF, but the x20 really isn't bad at all for a small sensor compact, and not just...

That sounds very similar to this: http://amzn.com/B00CHBJZJC I was about to pick this up, but then I started to wonder if it was possible to use the hood without the protective filter?  It looks...

Yes, very good. I only shot with RAW with it.  I only recommended it over the x20 for jpegs due to the complaints I've read about the x20 jpeg quality. It's not only with touch, it's also when you...

It sounds like you're a jpeg shooter, and if that's the case, it seems the XZ-2 will indeed give you results at least equal to the x20, if not better.  I personally shoot RAW, and I think the x20...

Yeah, that aperture doesn't change at all, no matter what I do with the zoom.  Still stuck at a pinhole size. Tried to do the reset in the menu a few times, didn't change anything.  Almost...

I finally caved and ordered a used x20 off Amazon Warehouse Deals.  Skipped out of work early just to get home and play with my new toy, but was completely disappointed when the live view display...

Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing.

While a built in ND filter is certainly more convenient, I believe you can use a screw on ND filter with the x20, if you have the appropriate adaptor. This is far from ideal, but it's at least...

Just echoing what DS21 said so well: Hurray for you and Silkypix, but back here in the real world we have thousands of photos and years of experience invested in an established workflow, which more...

Look at the bottom of page 8 of the review.

Currently debating the same cameras, and share similar thoughts.  Here's a brain dump of my thoughts on each camera: RX100:  The lack of a hot shoe, and f/4.9 at the long end are the deal killers...

I also noticed some definite flakiness here.  Sometimes it worked exactly as I (and you) expected:  press the shutter button (halway or all the way) and it instantly wakes up.  Other times, it...

I can't say it's bothered me, yet.  I can't directly compare to the XZ-2, but it seems they're about the same speed.  I use the step zoom, where you just tap the lever and it zooms to the next...

Hi David -- I actually replied to you in the Olympus forum, but I'll add some thoughts here on IQ and AF, since I've used both extensively: Autofocus on LX7 is much, much better than the XZ-2....

Yup, this is exactly what I found, and demonstrated in this video here: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50592564 It really focuses pretty well when you let the camera choose the focus point,...

I've been keeping an eye on this forum ever since I bought and returned two XZ-2s, just because I really did like the camera, and hoped to see some sort of follow up on the focusing issues I...

This is a difficult scene in general, and I don't think the x100 did a terrible job in any of them.  They're all easily fixable in post, especially if they were shot RAW.  You have a white sky at...

I asked the same in the flower comparison thread, but didn't get any response.I realize it might be a bit of a pain to figure out how to share the file, but it would really be greatly appreciated....

Thanks for sharing these Trevor.Any chance you could share the RAW files?  Like slips, I'm a bit concerned about what looks like noise in the shadows of the flowers, at base ISO and in bright...