In January 2011, the OLYMPUS XZ-1 was announced as the first model in the X series, and in September 2012, the STYLUS XZ-2 was announced as the X series flagship model.

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The Olympus Stylus 730, a 7.1 megapixel model with 3x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD.

ENGADGET: Olympus announces Mju 725 sw, Stylus 730, Stylus 740, Stylus 750, and Stylus 1000

Both new Olympus PEN cameras share the same 16.1-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS Sensor and new TruePic VI image processing engine as the award-winning, flagship Micro Four Thirds system camera, Olympus OM-D E-M5.

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The Olympus Stylus 740, which also has 7.1 megapixels, but ups the opitcal zoom to 5x and shrinks the LCD to 2.5-inches.

ENGADGET: Olympus announces Mju 725 sw, Stylus 730, Stylus 740, Stylus 750, and Stylus 1000

The Olympus Stylus Mju 725 sw, a 7.1 megapixel camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.5-inch LCD that's both shock and waterproof (that's what the "SW" stands for).

ENGADGET: Olympus announces Mju 725 sw, Stylus 730, Stylus 740, Stylus 750, and Stylus 1000

The Olympus Stylus 750, this one's nearly identical to the 740 (7.1 megapixels, 5x optical zoom, 2.5-inch LCD), just with the addition of CCD-shift image stabilization.

ENGADGET: Olympus announces Mju 725 sw, Stylus 730, Stylus 740, Stylus 750, and Stylus 1000

The camera's other specs look decent as well: 7.1 megapixel resolution, 3 fps shooting and a new low-power CMOS that Olympus claims reduces noise at high ISO settings.

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