Olympus Stylus 1 Review

Now let's delve into more details of our Olympus Stylus 1 review by assessing its features and specs, as well as checking what pros and cons it has compared to other average products in this category.

Olympus Stylus 1 comes with TruePic VI processor. This model also boasts of a resolution of 12.0 MP and is equipped with a 1/1.7" (7.44 x 5.58 mm) sized BSI-CMOS sensor.

The base of Olympus Stylus 1 has the following ISO range 100 - 12800 .

Also, this model comes with the support of the RAW file. This gives you more opportunities in terms of further processing of your files as you can pick to save them in a RAW format.

Olympus Stylus 1 features a 12.0 MP 1/1.7" sensor, which is not a good pick for high-quality and detailed pictures. However, we have an alternative option for you if you were looking for higher resolution.

DxOMark Sensor Scores

DxOMark gives us a possibility to make a clear and scientific assessment of the quality of camera sensors’ image. Olympus Stylus 1, in its turn, features a sensor that was already studied and assessed by DxO Mark. After a complete evaluation, this type of sensor has received a score of 51 for the image quality. If you are looking to see how DxO Mark has tested and evaluated the Olympus Stylus 1’s sensor.

Anti-Aliasing Filter

Olympus Stylus 1 is known for the lack of anti-alias (Low-pass) filter. It is one of its essential features of the sensor built in this model. The absence of this filter contributes to a higher level of details and sharpness in the pictures you take. Yet, the lack of an anti-alias filter also enhances the possibility of more occurring in certain conditions.

Now let’s check how we can compare the size of 1/1.7" sensor featured in Olympus Stylus 1 with other standard sensor sizes.

LCD and ViewFinder

Olympus Stylus 1 is equipped with a Tilting 3" LCD screen. The resolution of this model’s screen reaches 1,040k dots.

In addition, this model comes with a built-in Electronic ViewFinder.

The Olympus Stylus 1’s embedded ViewFinder comes with coverage of 100 and a resolution of 1,440k dots.

100% ensures that the resulting photo will capture the exact scene you could see in the viewfinder while shooting. Such coverage indicator also means that the framing of your shot will be more accurate, so there won’t be need for further cropping.

This model comes with a high-quality LCD screen. This is a type of a touch screen, which makes shooting much more convenient and simple, allowing you to adjust the point of focus and camera settings with fingertips.

Max Shutter speed

Some of the other highlights of Olympus Stylus 1 are its 7.0 fps max speed and 1/2000 sec max shutter speed, which allow you to shoot continuously.

Besides, Stylus 1 comes with an electronic shutter, which has a max speed of 1/2000 sec. It also means that you can take shots without any noise. However, there is one thing to keep in mind. While electronic shutter is great for continuous and noiseless shooting, in some cases, it may result in rolling shutter effects on your images.

Flash

Stylus 1 features both an embedded flash and a flash shoe, which means that you can use both built-in and external flashes depending on your needs.

Focusing

In addition, Stylus 1 has a Face detection AF feature that quickly finds the faces that appear within the frame range and locks the focus on them automatically.

Video Features

As for the video quality characteristics of Olympus Stylus 1, it gives you a possibility to shoot videos at the highest resolution of 1920 x 1080 You also have enough flexibility in terms of how you can save your files. Namely, Olympus Stylus 1 allows you to save files in MPEG-4 and H.264 formats.

Olympus Stylus 1 provides full HD resolution, which means that this model shows decent performance in most situations.

Olympus Stylus 1 is not equipped with any ports that would allow you to connect external headphones and microphones to it.

Connectivity and Storage

One more advantage of Olympus Stylus 1 is its embedded wireless (Wi-Fi) connectivity. This feature makes it possible to share files with suitable devices without the necessity to connect them physically.

In addition, Stylus 1 is equipped with its USB 2.0 or HDMI ports that make it possible to connect Stylus 1 with suitable external devices.

Battery Life

In concordance with generally accepted CIPA standards, the battery featured in Olympus Stylus 1 provides a shooting life of 410, while the average battery life of cameras in this class is 316 shots.

Compared to all models in the Small Sensor Superzoom category, Olympus Stylus 1 offers the highest battery life that reaches 410 shots.

In this part of our review, we are going to focus on Olympus Stylus 1’s performance in various fields of photography. Each sub-section stands for a specific photography area. In every part, we will review Olympus Stylus 1’s name performance and give it an overall score. This first spider web graph indicates how we can compare the Stylus 1 to the average SuperZoom camera.

Hover your mouse over the points to see the score details for each photography type.

Olympus Stylus 1 for Portrait Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Olympus Stylus 1 performs Portrait Photography, we gave it a score of 46. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Olympus Stylus 1 can be called a Intermediate model for this type of photography.

If the score of this model doesn’t impress you and you are still looking for a model that is better suited for Portrait Photography, we recommend you to check out our Top 10 Cameras for Portrait Photography.

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Olympus Stylus 1 for Street Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Olympus Stylus 1 performs Street Photography, we gave it a score of 78. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Olympus Stylus 1 can be called a Strong model for this type of photography.

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Olympus Stylus 1 for Sports Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Olympus Stylus 1 performs Sports Photography, we gave it a score of 63. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Olympus Stylus 1 can be called a 63 model for this type of photography.

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Olympus Stylus 1 for Daily Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Olympus Stylus 1 performs Daily Photography, we gave it a score of 73. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Olympus Stylus 1 can be called a Strong model for this type of photography.

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Olympus Stylus 1 for Landscape Photography

After carefully reviewing how well Olympus Stylus 1 performs Landscape Photography, we gave it a score of 70. Compared to scores of other cameras from the same class, Olympus Stylus 1 can be called a 70 model for this type of photography.

If the score of this model doesn’t impress you and you are still looking for a model that is better suited for Landscape Photography, we recommend you to check out our Top 10 Cameras for Landscape Photography.