Olympus Pen E-P1 hands on review by SimplyElectronics.net
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Olympus E-P2 First Look
Late last summer Olympus resurrected the venerable "Pen" nameplate with the introduction of the Micro Four Thirds Pen E-P1 interchangeable-lens digital camera. Now less than six months later comes the new Olympus Pen E-P2. The E-P2 is essentially the same camera as the E-P1, differing only in color - the E-P1 was "amateur" silver (there was also a white body option) and the E-P2 is "professional" black.
Olympus manufactured "Pen" series 35mm cameras from 1959 until 1983. The first pens were half-frame (providing 72 18x24mm exposures on a 36 exposure roll of film) interchangeable lens SLRs with a small but interesting selection of lenses. In the early seventies the interchangeable-lens Pens were discontinued and a new series of Pen ultra-compacts replaced them. I had a Pen FT (with 40mm f/2.8) for many years and I also had (for a while) a tiny Pen EE point and shoot. I liked them - both were well-made, dependable, and capable. Both featured good glass and both generated excellent quality images. The new Olympus Pen E-P2 is built around an 18x13.5mm Live-MOS sensor that generates 12.3 megapixel images in JPEG, Olympus RAW, or RAW + JPEG image formats. The E-P2 features a 3.0 inch 230k live view LCD and a new clip-on electronic viewfinder (which won't work on the E-P1).
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Olympus 'PEN' E-P2 review
The Olympus E-P2 is a compact camera with a DSLR-sized sensor and removeable lens mount. Announced in November 2009, it's an enhanced version of the E-P1 launched just five months earlier. Like that model, the E-P2 is based on the Micro Four Thirds standard jointly developed by Olympus and Panasonic to deliver DSLR quality and flexibility without the size, weight and perception of difficult operation.Micro Four Thirds achieves this goal by taking the sensor of the existing Four Thirds DSLR standard, but dispensing with the traditional SLR mirror and optical viewfinder to allow a much shorter lens to sensor distance; this in turn enables smaller and lighter cameras to be built, and the E-P2, like the E-P1 before it, is certainly compact considering the size of the sensor within.
The E-P2 takes the retro-styled E-P1 with its 12.3 Megapixel sensor, HD video and built-in stabilisation, and makes one major improvement alongside a number of minor enhancements. The big feature is a new accessory port positioned below and behind the flash hotshoe. The first accessory to exploit this port is the VF-2 high resolution electronic viewfinder which is normally bundled with the E-P2. Olympus also offers a second accessory which equips the E-P2 with an external microphone input to greatly improve the audio quality in its Movie mode. Other enhancements include two new Art Filters, an i-Enhance Picture Mode, the addition of a manual exposure controls for Movies, AF tracking and support for CEC, allowing HDMI control of the camera with a compatible TV. To further differentiate the E-P2 from its predecessor, it's also finished in smart black. But anyone hoping for an improved screen, faster AF or a popup flash will be disappointed. In our review of the E-P2, we're concentrating on its new features and the key aspects where it differs from the E-P1, along with its rival from Panasonic, the Lumix GF1. This review is designed to be read alongside our original E-P1 report which should be referred back to for more detail on the aspects both cameras have in common. So check out our Olympus E-P1 review for further information on these shared features as we'll be brief about them here. You may also wish to open our Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 review for further comparisons.
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