Optically good Compact with swabs

I will not repeat the many reviews or specifications, but subjectively evaluate what I noticed after a few weeks testing now. Before that I had as always with a camera Canon PowerShot G12, which I had to write off but after not removable lint had collected _im_ lens. So I see the XZ-2 implicitly with the G12.

Plus:

+ Amazing sharpness

Minus:

- Massive problems with the automatic white balance under artificial light (fluorescent tubes, energy saving lamps, mixed light). Remedy by fixed white balance (presets or manually).
- Autofocus does in low light conditions, the main problems, no slight blur, but completely out of focus, even with firmware 1.3! Very strong at telephoto settings and close objects. Low practical relevance.
- Slow Zoom
- Bracketing limited to +/- 1 EV
- Ergonomics / handling slightly worse than at G12
- Strong emphasis on reds, bright yellow is to red; bright, red color ranges eat out, radiate partially. Problems can be circumvented by working in RAW format.
- Low battery life, long loading times (in the unit).

Neutral:

~ Dynamic range OK
~ Operation / menu navigation OK
~ Strong barrel distortion at wide angle is only partially corrected in JPEG. Complete correction possible with RAW.
~ Autofocus not faster than other compact (as opposed to various test reports)
~ High ISO values ​​(> 800) noise comparable G12

In summary:

Good compact camera, image quality super at low ISO values, compromising the white balance / auto focus / zoom.

Update June 11, 2014: The camera has developed a clearly visible spot sensor. This means that I am in a near future planned hike without compact camera there - very annoying, especially as compact cameras, should generally be relatively insensitive with fixed verbautem lens. Therefore, devaluation of 2 stars.