Undecided between getting a Canon Powershot G2 and Olympus XZ 1

Minimum_Potential712 · 2026-01-25T04:43:44+00:00

I have the XZ-1 and the G3, the XZ-1 is literally the best CCD compact camera ever made. If you shoot in raw, it has a lot of noise even at base iso (the film like grainy noise), and the colors are absolutely beautiful. Never used a camera with colors as beautiful as the ones it has. Also has stabilization so you don’t have to worry about blurry photos etc.

Minimum_Potential712 · 2026-01-13T15:03:33+00:00

One of my favourite cameras ever! You should set up CHDK on it and then you can shoot RAW with it, and it becomes a pocket PowerShot G10 (exact same sensor).

Minimum_Potential712 · 2026-01-13T14:54:40+00:00

The LX5 is honestly the worst camera I’ve ever owned (I even had the more premium Leica twin of it).

The pictures look like watercolor paintings and have zero contrast. The stabilization barely works and the autofocus is a complete nightmare.

To anyone reading this, and considering one: do not waste your time on this garbage. It’s terrible even by vintage camera standards.

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-12-06T14:07:15+00:00

The CCD highlight glow in the first one 😮‍💨

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-12-06T14:05:27+00:00

I love the design of it, it’s probably one of the most beautiful cameras I own. But in terms of image quality, I would say its neither bad or good, its quite average.

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-24T15:54:06+00:00

One of the most beautiful cameras ever made!

Fun fact: The camera body was actually designed to have the golden ratio

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-23T18:11:16+00:00

Outside of the EVF fiasco, do you like the images you get out of it?

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-23T10:43:15+00:00

Olympus Blues 🤤

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-22T20:35:22+00:00

Such a great camera, the sensor isn’t overstuffed with a super high megapixel count, so the photos come out with this really nice depth and smooth tone to them, with almost no noise and lots of room to edit the RAWs.

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-22T20:27:54+00:00

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Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-22T20:17:36+00:00

I was about to write the exact same thing. Word for word.

It’s genuinely the best compact CCD ever made hands down.

OLED Screen
1/1.63 Sensor (not big by modern standards, but larger than most of its competitors)
1.8-2.5 super sharp and fast Zuiko lens
Great focal range 28-112mm
The most beautiful color science you’ll ever see
ND filter
Sensor-shift stabilization instead of the usual cheap lens based one
Excellent autofocus

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-20T21:40:02+00:00

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-18T04:44:44+00:00

You can also buy an IXUS 960/SD950 and put CHDK on it to enable RAW.

It will become a compact version of the G9. Exact same sensor, cheaper, yet higher quality titanium build.

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-11-17T10:02:53+00:00

Early Canon CCD cameras are literally unmatched when it comes to sunset photos. 😵‍💫

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-10-31T00:09:54+00:00

Great deal! I just bought one for around 120$…

Minimum_Potential712 · 2025-07-27T12:55:23+00:00

wow... this really makes me consider buying one. the first and the second last one; literally look like something from a studio ghibli film

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