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Olympus XZ-2 iHS
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DxOMark Sensor Scores

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Overall Score[?]
49
Portrait
(Color Depth)[?]
20.4 bits
Landscape
(Dynamic Range)[?]
11.3 Evs
Sports
(Low-Light ISO)[?]
216 ISO

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Type High-end compact 
Announced 2012-09-17 
Indicative price (USD) 549  
Sensor type CMOS 
Resolution 3984 x 2986  
Sensor photo detectors (Mpix) 11.90  
Sensor size (mm) 5.6 x 7.4 
Color filter array RGB 
Pixel pitch (µm) 1.87  
Bits per pixel 12.0 
Focal length multiplier 4.67 
Aspect Ratio 4:3 
ISO latitude  100 - 12800 
Shutter type Electronic 
Fastest - Slowest speed (s) 1/2000 - 60.0  
Frame rate (fps) 2.0  
Live view  Yes 
Stabilization  Yes 
Firmware  
Dust cleaning 
Mount typeCompact  
Weight (gr) 346  
Battery type Li-Ion Li-90B, 3.6 V, 1270 mAh 
Battery weight (gr) 0 
Tropicalization No 
Camera material Mixed plastic 
Mount material  
View finder type Electronic 
View finder magnification 0 
View finder coverage 0 
Mirror lockup  
View finder diopter  
Monitor type LCD 
Monitor size 3 
Monitor pixel 920000 
Articulated screen Yes 
Touch screen Yes 
Contrast screen 0 
Low-pass filter  
Focus mode Yes 
Autofocus modes Contrast Detect (sensor) Tracking Single Face Detection Live View  
Number of autofocus points 35 
Exposure bracketing 2 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps 
Exposure compensation +/- 3 EV (at 1/3 EV steps) 
Drive modes Single-frame shooting Sequential shooting High-speed shooting BKT Self-timer  
Buffer size  
Recording medium SD/SDHC/SDXC, Storage included 55 MB 
Image format RAW (12-bit lossless compression) JPEG RAW+JPEG  
White balance bracketing Yes (-/+ 7 steps in A-B/G-M axis) 
Connectivity USB: USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec) HDMI: Yes (Mini HDMI type-D) Wireless: EyeFi Remote control: Yes (Optional RM-UC1) 
Bluetooth No 
3G No 
Sound recording Yes 
External micro No 
Histogram  
GPS No 
Video Yes 
Maximum format image video 1920 x 1080 / 30 fps 
Full HD  
Live autofocus Yes 
Video file format MPEG-4 
Video codec H264 
Video stabilisation No 

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Color response
Sensitivity metamerism index
ISO 17321 		78
 
White balance scales R raw 1.94
G raw 1
B raw 1.91
 
    R sRGB G sRGB B sRGB
Color matrix as defined in ISO standard 17321 R raw 1.83 -0.71 -0.12
G raw -0.24 1.56 -0.31
B raw 0.11 -0.75 1.65

Full Color Sensitivity: Noise covariance ellipses in CIE 1931 Lab color space
Select ISO : 100
(ISO are manufacturer ISO)
 
Select luminance : 30








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Comments
Added by peevee |  February 19

Silly to present Nikon P7700 as better

It has the same sensor, so your "advantages/disadvantages in tests" are just your own measurement errors, well within your margin of error (see your comparison of Fuji X10 and Fuji X-S1, Oly E-M5 and Oly E-PM2 - sensors and processors are the same, your ISO scores differ by 10-20%).
But P7700 has slower lens, chosen to be slower to provide longer zoom range. So the choice is do you want better 28-112 (XZ-2) or better 130-200 (P7700) for which you don't need to crop (113-120 or even more I guess as good or better on Oly even with a little crop due to faster lens at 112).

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Added by Emilie_DxOMark |  February 20

Re: Silly to present Nikon P7700 as better

Hello,


Thanks for your comment. It pretty much corresponds to our conclusion. Nikon takes the lead thanks to a wider ISO latitude but basically differences in IQ should not be noticeable on your final images (as noted in our comparison review).

It is worth noting that DxOMark sensor score only takes into account sensor quality.

Best regards,

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