Slow Auto-Focus; User Manual - Olympus XZ-1 Tips And Tricks Manual

XZ-1 Tips page 15 of 29
print at only 240 or 250 ppi, with great results. Because, for a normal print on a wall, very
few viewers will be inspecting it at close range... and, for 18" or 2' away, 240 ppi looks
just as razor-sharp as 300 ppi at 1' or less.
the ultimate extension of this 'perceived sharpness' is a billboard by the highway... where
an image silkscreened at only 5 or 6 ppi looks perfectly sharp to a passerby 100' away.

Slow Auto-Focus

...from posts on Dpreview by Vernatropius and Paul T.
Turn Off the "Rec View" in the Camera menu. See page 50, XZ-1 user manual...
"The image being recorded is not displayed. This allows the user to prepare the for the
next shot while following the subject in the monitor after shooting."
This is opposed to the default RecView On setting -- "The image being recorded is
displayed. This allows the user to make a brief check of the image that was just taken."

User Manual

http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/oima_cckb/XZ-
1_Instruction_Manual_EN.pdf
XZ-1 shutter count
...post on Dpreview by BluAlloy
Basically the process goes:
1.) Hold the Menu button while turning the camera On
2.) Hit Menu and enter the display brightness setup. (Located under the Wrench. It looks
like a TV)
You should now see the brightness adjustment bar on the right.
3.) Hold the Info button while pressing Ok
You should now see a black Olympus Screen