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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
The image quality from the E-P twins is superb. Colours are rich without being over-saturated. Auto focusing and exposure are good with exposure compensation easily to hand. The electronic viewfinder – not our favourite device – does make it e...
The EVF is a cut above any other we have used but it still falls short on showing true-to-life brightness and contrast. It is like looking at a very small TV very close up, but at least in this case it is a high definition TV.
The Olympus twins are wonderful cameras. We took our E-P1 to the tennis and used it with an old lens, attached with an official adapter and it gave good results without being ostentatious. The E-P2 is just that little bit better. *
The image quality from the E-P twins is superb. Autofocusing and exposure are good, with exposure compensation easily to hand. The viewfinder — not our favourite device — does make it easier to use legacy manual focus lenses. ...
The EVF is a cut above any other we have used but it still falls short on showing true-to-life brightness and contrast. It is like looking at a very small television very close up but at least in this case it is a high-definition TV. ...
The Olympus twins are wonderful cameras. We took our E-P1 to the tennis and used it with an old lens, attached with an official adaptor, and it gave good results without being ostentatious. The E-P2 is just that little bit better. You're the only pe...
Electronic viewfinder. Image stabilisation for third-party lenses. Full manual control in movie mode. It's now black
Looks identical to E-P1 (except it's black). Specifications too similar to E-P1. Cannot use viewfinder and flash at the same time
Sharing a host of similarities to the E-P1, the E-P2 just doesn't have that wow-factor anymore. But if you can forgive it for this, you will find that it's a great Micro Four Thirds camera....
Excellent clarity, no noticeable chromatic aberration, excellent for macros, useful Art and scene modes, very good low-light performance
Electronic viewfinder has different colour temperature to LCD screen, no built-in flash, mode dial can be difficult to change
The addition of an electronic viewfinder makes the Olympus Pen E-P2 a marvellous camera for enthusiasts and professionals. It's small, has advanced controls and is capable of taking super-clear images...
Abstract: Olympus is hoping the improvements provided in the new Pen E-P2 will attract new buyers to its MFT System. However, there have been few major changes since the Pen E-P1. A stylish black finish differentiates the new model from its predecessor. The AF s...
The Olympus twins are wonderful cameras. We took our E-P1 to the tennis and used it with an old lens, attached with an official adaptor, and it gave good results without being ostentatious. The E-P2 is just that little bit better. Ad Feedback Top 10...
Abstract: The E-P1 is already an excellent little camera, delivering outstanding DSLR image quality from a compact body and with interchangeable lenses..
Abstract: Now Olympus, back from obscurity in ever more style, has released an improved E-P1, the all-black E-P2. You won't have to throw away your E-P1, as it does 95 per cent of what the E-P2 does. But if you're getting into the Pen world, then you might as well ...
The E-P2 is a great and versatile little camera, if a touch expensive. Olympus was fast to act on the concerns raised by the release of the E-P1 and the result is a much better camera than the original digital PEN ever was. Having addressed some if no...
