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Great Compact Camera with 2.8 Lens and Good Sensor

Started 10 months ago | User reviews thread
OP Valentin G Contributing Member • Posts: 920
Re: Great Compact Camera with 2.8 Lens and Good Sensor

elliottnewcomb wrote:

Hey, some nice flower photos, well done, you can keep your doggone cats.

took you long enough to find it. You probably got sidetracked, I see you have or had an RX10.

I bought the original RX10, too big, sold it, found the Stylus 1, promptly bought the 1.7x tele conversion lens, then a spare camera. that lens is awesome, bright, sharp, maintains f2.8 to 510mm optical; 1,020mm using 2X.

I had a rough time with Oly's menu, so I put this together

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4432542

Thank you for the link, Elliott! Yes, the menus can be confusing but they are manageable.  My biggest issue is that the Fn1 button is very badly placed IMHO. I wish the Fn1 and the Movie recording buttons' positions were swapped. Fn1 is hard to reach while holding the camera without repositioning one's grip. I reprogrammed the Record button to be AE Lock, the Fn1 to focus point reset, Fn2 changes only Metering mode. I shoot RAW only so have no use for any of the JPEG specific features.

For when I need to shoot videos, I programmed C2 on the dial to restore movie functionality on the Rec button. This way I do not need to dig into the settings to allow movie recording. Flip the dial to C2, shoot movies, then flip the dial out of C2 and the Rec button becomes AE lock again.

I'm not sure I will get he tele and wide lenses since they defeat the compactness factor but who knows, I might if I find a good deal. Are the tele and wide lenses usable outside of their sweet spots - tele and wide respectively?

I've never had the RX10, I think the system automatically tagged it at the bottom of my review because I mentioned it.

Thanks again for the information!

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