Up close with the Olympus XZ-1

Some time ago I purchased an Olympus XZ-1 for a personal point & shoot camera.  I haven’t had a ton of time to get it out and play with it, but I have gotten a bit of a chance.  There were several things that drew me to the XZ-1.  First, the lens on this camera is spectacular, especially for a P&S.  The real reason I was hoping to try this camera was for it’s “super macro” mode.  The XZ-1 has an incredible depth of field when using this mode.  It also focuses at a minimum distance of 1 cm…that stands for centimeter!  I don’t know how long it’s been since you measured something in centimeters, but that’s pretty dang close!  That is what enables the great depth of field from this P&S camera.  I really like that.  It also fits in my pocket…another plus!

So, one day I took this camera around an abandoned office building in my home town.  This building has a few floors that are strictly used for storage, and some of the stuff has been there for a very long time, or so it appears.

Without further a due…some “super macro” shots from the XZ-1

First, is an old oven that I took a close up shot of the knob of.  Technicals: ISO 200, F/2.8 and 1/320th @ 6mm

Next up is some old circuit boards I found.  Technicals: ISO 200, F/1.8 and 1/20th @ 6mm

Here is a shot of an enormous collection of florescent tubes.  Technicals:ISO 200, F/5.6 and 1/20th @ 6mm

The last shot is of some of the old letters used on an old school press.  Mainly, the letter F.  Technicals: ISO 200, F/2.8 and 1/8th @ 6mm

You’ll notice some of the shutter speeds were a little slow.  Another great feature of this camera is it’s built in image stabilization.

So far I am very pleased with this purchase and think it will be a great addition to my small bag when I simply don’t want to lug the DSLR around.

Thanks for looking!