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January 2010
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Bottom Line
First Look
The attractive Olympus Pen EP2 serves up unique incamera controls
Interchangeable lenses
And a compact design
But it costs significantly more than an entrylevel DSLR.
Excellent resolution with lots of detail in the shots
Appealing
Bright and punchy out of camera results and well optimized JPEGs
Improved AF performance (though kit lens holds it back)
Pretty retro design puts SLR quality into a compact body
Collapsible kit lens is small and offers decent quality
Superb optional viewfinder aids stable holding and shooting in bright light
Good high ISO perf
Small
Inspiring design
Mirrorless design allows smaller optics
Smaller body
Very compact lens designs
Compatibility with a wide range of existing lens designs using adapters
Albeit with limitations
Good heft
But reasonably light at only one pou...
D-SLR-quality images. Sharp images from ISO 100-800 at all f-stops. Low noise from ISO 100-1600. Attractive design. 720p30 HD video capture. Mini HDMI port.
Image quality
New EVF
Handling
Super Control Panel
Creative feature set
IAuto mode
Dust reduction system
Styling
Build
Art filters
Lens
EVF.
Compact
12megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses. Giant LCD screen. Great lowlight performance
Professional features including full manual control and RAW mode. That design is hot
Son. Hot!
Striking design
Excellent build quality
Very good photo quality
Compact body with DSLR-sized sensor
Built-in stabilisation which works with any lens
Accessory port and superb EVF supplied
HD movie mode and HDMI port.
Retrostyling
Incamera image stabilisation
Lownoise image quality
The editors didn't like
Some highlight clipping (and poor dynamic range at ISO 100)
Low resolution screen that's hard to see in bright light
I-Enhance picture mode can't be disengaged when using iAuto
No built-in flash (and the optional flash is expensive and pretty basic)
Complicated menu system not that easy to navigate
Preview image brightness doesn't always match the captured image brightness
No quick way to s
Relatively limited Micro Four Thirds lens selection from Olympus (as of April
2010)
Short battery life (especially compared to an SLR)
No built-in flash
New accessory port devices hijack flash hot shoe
And don't daisy-chain -- so accessories can't...
Slow autofocus. No built-in flash. Electronic viewfinder is no match for an optical viewfinder. Camera picks up lens motor noise when shooting video.
No custom mode setting
No (built-in) viewfinder
EVF needs hot shoe
Price
Screen in brighter conditions.
A good deal more expensive than the nearly identical EP1. Costs about the same as a fullsized DSLR. LCD viewfinder is lowerresolution than the main LCD and is annoyingly laggy. Viewfinder also hogs flash hotshoe
Abstract: Just as this camera arrived on the reviewing desk another PEN was announced: the PEN E-PL1. With three PENs now out there, I could almost hear the old song … ‘Every time it rains, it rains PEN-Es from heaven.” Sorry for the corn!Olympus first broke aw...
We think the Olympus E-P2 is the first PEN camera to leave us with an empty feeling. Not in the still image quality department though—Olympus has really nailed it when it comes to Four Thirds imaging. We're talking about the design of the E-P2. Where'...
Image quality, handling, Super Control Panel, Creative feature set, iAuto mode, Dust reduction system, Styling, Build, Art filters, Lens, EVF.
No (built-in) viewfinder, EVF needs hot shoe, No built-in flash, Price, Screen in brighter conditions.
While the price of the Olympus Pen E-P2 might make some of your bank managers choke into their morning coffee when asking for the loan you might need to buy one, this otherwise modest upgrade of the E-P1 still sees significant improvements over its p...
Excellent resolution with lots of detail in the shots, Appealing, bright and punchy out of camera results and well optimized JPEGs, Improved AF performance (though kit lens holds it back), Pretty retro design puts SLR quality into a compact body, Collapsible kit lens is small and offers decent quality, Superb optional viewfinder aids stable holding and shooting in bright light, Good high ISO perf
Some highlight clipping (and poor dynamic range at ISO 100), Low resolution screen that's hard to see in bright light, i-Enhance picture mode can't be disengaged when using iAuto, No built-in flash (and the optional flash is expensive and pretty basic), Complicated menu system not that easy to navigate, Preview image brightness doesn't always match the captured image brightness, No quick way to s
For this Quick review we ran selected studio tests to confirm the E-P2's image quality is the same as the E-P1's. On the previous pages of this article we have described all specification and performance differences between the two cameras. To get all...
Small, inspiring design, Mirrorless design allows smaller optics, smaller body, Very compact lens designs, Compatibility with a wide range of existing lens designs using adapters, albeit with limitations, Good heft, but reasonably light at only one pou...
Relatively limited Micro Four Thirds lens selection from Olympus (as of April, 2010), Short battery life (especially compared to an SLR), No built-in flash, New accessory port devices hijack flash hot shoe, and don't daisy-chain -- so accessories can't...
As an evolution of the E-P1, the Olympus E-P2 retains much of what is great about its predecessor, while building on feedback from the E-P1 to offer some important new features. Key among these features is the accessory port, whose design bears more th...
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Published: 2010-03-17, Author: Lori , review by: cnet.com
Striking design; excellent build quality; very good photo quality
Sluggish autofocus, short battery life, low-resolution LCD, lacks on-camera flash
For some, an elegant shooter's design and high-quality low-ISO photos may more than adequately compensate for the Olympus E-P2's sluggish performance. Read full review See all prices
Compact, 12megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses. Giant LCD screen. Great lowlight performance, professional features including full manual control and RAW mode. That design is hot, son. Hot!
A good deal more expensive than the nearly identical EP1. Costs about the same as a fullsized DSLR. LCD viewfinder is lowerresolution than the main LCD and is annoyingly laggy. Viewfinder also hogs flash hotshoe
Camera makers have attempted, several times, over the past fifty years to combine the creative potential and flexibility of an interchangeable lens SLR camera with the convenience and usability of a pocket-sized camera. Unfortunately, that's sort of ...
