But now the problem: The white balance with fluorescent light is, therefore such from fluorescent tubes or energy-saving lamps, not at all clear! The images are either too cold (blue) or too warm (reddish) therefore. Quite bad it is with mixed light, so if is additionally flashed. And worst of all, that a manual adjustment of white balance does not lead to better results. Why Olympus is here so permits lapse me absolutely inexplicable, since not only my E-420, but also much cheaper cameras from the same manufacturer (eg VG-170 and VR-340 - see my reviews there) that much better.
Another criticism concerns the iAuto mode: This is to use in the dark is very limited, since it, if at all, until much too late switches on the flash. Unfortunately those unsightly property have but many current cameras from other manufacturers, and also the thing can handle easily, so I do not want to overstate that.
The problem with the white balance may not be occurring at all, but only for certain firmware versions, but in the review "jack of all trades - unfortunately with some unpleasant problems" by A. Hohnwald for Olympus XZ-2, which is the big sister of the XZ 10, just as described and thus seems to be an isolated case. So I have a good piece with a heavy heart zurückgesickt again and gained me a Panasonic LF1. Although, in the above-mentioned advantages of the XZ-10 does not quite keep up and is of the image quality was not much better, as well as images that appear XZ-10 sometimes a bit too heavily fined by the souped image processor. But instead provides the LF1 in addition to a properly functioning white balance even a small electronic viewfinder. Although that is also not the compare an SLR, but especially when shooting outdoors very useful and puts the not exactly small price difference between the two cameras something.
My conclusion after much weighing: The gut says Olympus, Panasonic's head. The head has decided, but the belly is mourning the beautiful Olympus still a little after.
