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Pentax MX-1
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What’s good about the Pentax MX-1
Best price
$1,235
- Faster continuous shooting speed 6 shots per sec vs 5 shots per sec
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Pentax MX-1
What’s good about the Olympus XZ-2
Best price
$399
$399
- Weighs a little bit less than the MX-1 12.2 oz vs 13.8 oz
- Significantly cheaper street price $399 vs $1,235
- Has longer exposure available 60 seconds vs 30 seconds
- Better built-in flash range 36′ vs 29′
- Has a flash hot shoe connector MX-1 does not
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Olympus XZ-2
What the Pentax MX-1 and Olympus XZ-2 have in common
- Similar Body sizes 23 in³ vs 22 in³
- Similar sensor resolutions 12 MP
- Similar image sensor size 43 in²
- Similar viewscreen resolutions 920k dots
- The same maximum ISO setting 12800 ISO
- Similar optical zoom range 4.0×
- Same viewscreen size 3.0″
- Same quality video capture 1080p 30fps
- HDR processing
- HDMI port
- panorama mode
- RAW capture
- flip out viewscreen
What’s missing from both the Pentax MX-1 and the Olympus XZ-2
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No 3D capture -
No GPS tagging -
No waterproof housing -
No external microphone jack -
No Wi-Fi
