XZ-1 Tips page 1 of 29
Olympus XZ-1 tips
from Jonathon Donahue
http://jon404.com
Here's a grab bag of XZ-1 information... from my posts, and others, on
www.Dpreview.com ... and from other places. No charge … but if you want to show your
appreciation, check out my website and get a great book!
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Setting the camera
Start with Program mode instead of I- Auto, Aperture, Shutter, or Manual.
On the screen menu that you see after pressing the back OK button --
1. Select Auto-ISO. The XZ-1 will try really, really hard not to go over ISO 200 -- and
that extra stop, from, say ISO 100 to 200, will give you super low-light pictures, with a
camera-set shutter speed fast enough to handhold.
2. Next, going down the menu, select 1 Vivid. Then press the little Menu button on the
back. Go to Picture Mode, select Vivid. Press the right arrow key, and set Contrast to +1,
Sharpness 0, Saturation +1, Gradation - Normal. Important: do NOT set Gradation to
Auto, or some other stuff will stop working.
3. Next, select white balance - Underwater (the fish icon). On the back-button Menu, go
to WB, press the OK button to select the fish icon, then press the right-arrow. Leave A
(amber) at 0, in the middle... but set G (green) to -1.
Between this and the Vivid setting above, you'll get beautiful pictures, indoor and out,
daytime, twilight, and in the dark.
4. Further down, select 'LF + Raw' as your picture type. This will make both a JPG and a
RAW image. In most instances, the JPG will be great... but the RAW backup lets you
rescue any image where the JPG isn't good.
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