You are right about the lens but I would take ephotozine's charts with a hefty pinch of salt . Some of their MTF results border on comedy -- hide signature -- Jim Stirling: “It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.” ...
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To compare the stylus 1 with the xz-2, I downloaded the test pics from this site. Besides different colors (WB? But see later) the xz-2 pics are much crisper. BUT: The Olympus software shows a difference in one of the settings of the stylus 1 and the xz-2: gain high – stylus ...
The lens certainly appears well made and robust enough with the tripod mount collar just forward of the mount, followed by a wide zoom ring marked at 50, 70, 100, 150 and 200mm. Torqued to be slightly stiff, it did not need a zoom lock mechanism. A distance window is next up on...