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Replacement for SZ-31-MR on the way?

Started Apr 30, 2013 | Discussions
jon404 Senior Member • Posts: 2,231
Replacement for SZ-31-MR on the way?

Thinking about replacing my SZ-10... noticed that the SZ-31-MR has been out for a year now... does anyone know about Olympus' upgrade cycle? Like, how long until there's a new SZ-32 with new features? SZ-31-MR is $260 today on Amazon.

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skeys Veteran Member • Posts: 3,191
$200 for refurb direct from Oly America...

and your choice of silver or black. Nice to see you visiting here, Jon.

Steve

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OP jon404 Senior Member • Posts: 2,231
Re: $200 for refurb direct from Oly America...

Well, that's a good deal.

Lately, I've been learning APS-C photography with a fire-sale Pentax K-01. The image quality is much better than my XZ-1, as you would expect. But it doesn't fit in my shirt pocket -- and I keep coming back to that as the most important, absolutely critical form factor. Now, the Pentax people are very excited about the new Ricoh GR -- a 28mm fixed-lens APS-C shirt pocket compact. But I'm hoping Olympus will make something like this also... maybe an XZ-3? The XZ-2, good as it is, is just too large for my pocket.

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OpticsEngineer Veteran Member • Posts: 7,821
Re: $200 for refurb direct from Oly America...

I searched the web for a while trying to dig up some rumors about an SZ31MR successor, but I did not turn up anything.   It seems like it was about a year betwen the SZ30MR and the SZ31MR, but I don't think that really means much.

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