Olympus Stylus 1s Premium Compact Camera Announced in Japan
Olympus has announced the replacement for the Stylus 1 premium compact camera which is named as Stylus 1s.
The new Olympus Stylus 1s is now official in Japan and the premium shooter comes with only a couple of improvements over its predecessor.
The main improvements over the previous version is a smaller AF target and a new step-up zoom function.
The Olympus Stylus 1s will be released in Japan in mid-November for about 70,000 yen / $650. US availability of the premium camera is unknown at the moment.
Olympus Stylus 1s Officially Announced with Minor Changes
The Stylus 1s features the same 12-megapixel sensor and the 28-300mm equivalent bright, fast telephoto i.Zuiko lens that boasts a constant aperture of f/2.8. Specs list also includes an electronic viewfinder and a tilting display on the back.
Below is a quick specs comparison table for the Olympus Stylus 1 and Stylus 1s digital compact cameras.
Olympus Stylus 1 vs Stylus 1s Comparison
| STYLUS 1s | STYLUS 1 | |
| Focal length (35mm equivalent) |
6.0 mm ~ 64.3Mm (28 mm ~ 300 mm) |
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| Open F value | F over the entire 2.8 | |
| Optical zoom | 10.7 times | |
| Digital Tele-Converter | 2 times | |
| Step zoom | There are 9 steps |
None |
| Shooting range | Normal: (W) 10cm ~ ∞, (T) 80cm ~ ∞ Super Macro: 5 cm ~ 60cm (zoom position is fixed) |
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| Image processing engine | True Pic VI | |
| Effective pixels | 12 million pixels | |
| Imaging sensor | 1 / 1.7-inch CMOS | |
| Sensitivity | ISO100 – 12800 Auto ISO100 ~ 12800 (customizable, initial setting ISO100 ~ 1600) manual ISO100 ~ 12800 |
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| Flash | Built-in flash / external strobe can be connected (with hot shoe) | |
| Continuous shooting speed | About 7 frames / sec [Fast Burst] |
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| Monitor | 3.0-inch 1.04 million dot TFT color LCD mobile / touch panel |
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| Movie shooting | MOV (HD /MPEG-4AVC/H.264), AVI (HS / Motion JPEG) |
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| Movie image quality mode of | Full HD: 1920 × 1080 HD: 1280 × 720 HS120: 640 × 480 HS240: 320 × 240 |
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| AF area | Up to 35 points All target, single target, small target , the target group (35 points in 9 points) |
Up to 35 points All target, single target, the target group (35 points in 9 points) |
| Shutter speed | 60 seconds – 1/2000 seconds, valve (maximum 15 minutes) | |
| Focus mode | Single AF (S-AF) Continuous AF (C-AF) Manual focus (MF) tracking AF (C-AF + TR) Super Macro |
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| MF Assist | By the operation of the control ring Enlarge Display / peaking display |
By the operation of the control ring to enlarge |
| SCN mode | 13 kinds portrait, e portrait, landscape, interval shooting , sports, night view, Night Portrait, sunset, documents, panorama, fireworks, multiple exposure, Beach & Snow |
12 kinds portrait, e portrait, landscape, sports, night view, Night Portrait, sunset, documents, panorama, fireworks, multiple exposure, Beach & Snow |
| Art filter | 11 different Pop Art, fantastic focus, Daydream, Light Tone, Grainy Film, toy photo, Diorama, Cross Process, Gentle Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Lee New Clair Art filter variation of, There are five types of Art Effect function |
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| Level | 2-axis display / 3D display | |
| Wi-Fi function | Wireless flash, image share feature, position information adding function, easy connection function |
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| Built-in viewfinder (EVF) |
Eye-level electronic viewfinder 1.44 million dots / 100% field of view there eye sensor |
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| HDMI connection terminal | HDMI micro connector (Type D) | |
| Recording medium | SD memory card (SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I compatible), Eye-Fi card | |
| Battery attached | Rechargeable lithium-ion batteryBLS-50 | Rechargeable lithium-ion battery BLS-5 |
| Possible shots | About 450 sheets | About 410 sheets |
| Size (width × height × depth Unit mm) |
116.2 × 87.0 × 56.5 mm (I excluding the projection part) |
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| Mass | 402g (battery, including card) | |
| Color | Black | |
| Converter lens compatible (sold separately) |
WCON-08X TCON-17X MCON-40 |
TCON-17X MCON-40 |
| Release Date | November 2014 mid | November 29, 2013 |
