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19 May, 2025

Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush

By Ibraar Hussain

19 May, 2025

/ Compact Digital, digital camera, Olympus Digital, Olympus XZ-1, /

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Geoff Chaplin on Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush
The black background portraits are especially stunning, as is the 'Kasmiri Man - Sargodha Punjab', and all the portraits are…
jalan on Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush
Thanks for a great story and wonderful images, Ibraar. I have a similar camera, the 2013 Panasonic LX7. I think…
Ralph Turner on Olympus XZ-1 Digital Compact – Travelling in The Punjab and Hindu Kush
A beautiful set of images, Ibraar. That little XZ-1 looks to be a superb camera but, that said, it's only…

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