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Manufacturer: Olympus Part number: 262911
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- Bottom Line:
- A great interchangeable-lens model if you're looking for better photo quality and/or a more advanced feature set than your current point-and-shoot offers, the Olympus PEN E-PL2 still doesn't satisfy for photographing active kids and pets.
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CNET editors' review
Olympus E-PL2 (with 14-42mm lens, Silver) price range: $499.99
- Reviewed by: Lori Grunin
- Reviewed on: 03/02/2011
- Released on: 01/25/2011
The good: The E-PL2 delivers excellent photo quality, with an extremely customizable interface.
The bad: Performance has improved, but the E-PL2 still couldn't be classified as fast overall.
The bottom line: A great interchangeable-lens model if you're looking for better photo quality and/or a more advanced feature set than your current point-and-shoot offers, the Olympus PEN E-PL2 still doesn't satisfy for photographing active kids and pets.
User reviews
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Great versatile, easy-to-carry camera!
by tonglongtzu on January 24, 2012
Pros: fast start-up
manual focus
decent built-in flash
easy-to-navigate interfaceCons: no built-in view finder
Summary: This guy (or gal, if you prefer) is a good size for an ILC, it straddles the boundary between fits-in-a-large-pocket and need-an-extra-bag, depending on which lens you use. A 17mm ...
Summary: This guy (or gal, if you prefer) is a good size for an ILC, it straddles the boundary between fits-in-a-large-pocket and need-an-extra-bag, depending on which lens you use. A 17mm pancake or similar lens will let you put this is a coat pocket, whereas anything LARGER than the 14-42mm will require another bag. Using the 14-42mm, I usually put this into my coat pocket comfortably...but comfort is relative, i guess.
Focusing time is good. Not great, but good. Certainly is awesome for everyday picture taking, but maybe a little on the slow side for fast-moving subjects. I never use it in that way so I wouldn't know. I like that this has an option for manual focus, which seems to be a dying things as newer m4/3 ILC lenses are doing away with this ability in order to make them more compact.
This thing starts up quickly and is fairly easy to understand and use. I've played around with the NEX-5/5n and was instantly turned off by the tiresome and annoying interface. Also, the EPL2 lenses are much more compact than for the NEX cameras. You can re-program most of the buttons if you have a mind too. Everything's within a comfortable finger-reach.
The flash is pretty good; it's also positioned so that you can easily pull it back and point it up towards the ceiling with your trigger finger to get a pretty good flash bounce. I don't know if they did this on purpose, but it works!
Image quality is excellent! I've printed out some great highest-res jpegs to 8x10. Haven't messed around with the raw format too much, but it can only be better, right?
The ONLY flaw in this camera I've found is the lack of a view-finder. Some people would use it, some people don't. It would've been nice to have a built-in one, but I know that the EPL2 is more compact because of its absence. Just budget in the separate VF-2 viewfinder if you can. The more I shoot with this camera, the more I feel like I could really use one. That being said, I've taken this camera on international vacations without a viewfinder and my pictures came out just fine!
The official Cnet review for the EPL2 wasn't exactly glowing, but this really is a great camera! -
Best Price on 6/14/2011
by ddealer27 on June 14, 2011
Pros: Ordered the Black pl2 plus the 2 lens kit from Olympus for $549. The price only applies to the Black model.
Cons: https://us.buyolympus.com/digital-cameras/micro-four-thirds-pen/e-pl2-black-with-14-42-ii-black-and-ed-40-150mm-black-m-zuiko-lenses.html
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Olympus
- Part number: 262911
- Description: The PEN E-PL2 continues the PEN family's legacy of a small, light and simple design, intuitive interface and DSLR image quality and expands your creative potential with lens technology, live guide, in-camera creative features, auxiliary lenses, a close-up spotlight accessory for macro photography and the Olympus PENPAL Bluetooth accessory. And the newly designed E-PL2's ergonomic body makes capturing amazing still images and HD video more fun than ever before. The E-PL2 comes with the Movie and Still Compatible (MSC) ED m14-42mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens. This kit lens has a smooth, silent and quick inner focus mechanism to make it exceptionally fast and nearly silent when recording high-definition movie. The PEN E-PL2's live guide system takes the guesswork out of great photography and videography by allowing you to preview effects at the touch of a button. Want more vivid or muted color in your shot? Want warmer or cooler color? Want a brighter or darker subject, or a sharper or softer background? Simply select live guide and turn the wheel on the back of the camera to slide through numerous photographic and videographic effects. Make adjustments and watch the LCD as the effects are made live - before the image is captured! The E-PL2 provides an overall excellent user experience with a large, easy-to-view 3.0-inch 460,000-dot high-resolution LCD monitor and a control dial. Olympus appreciates that you may not have hours to spend retouching your images on the computer. The E-PL2 has improved art filters with art filter variations that allow users to customize each filter with different moods and effects and an art effect function to add various composition effects to the picture. Six art filters are incorporated including the dramatic tone filter. With the E-PL2's multiple exposure you can shoot one shot, then another and combine them in real time, or capture both shots separately and combine them within the camera later. At the heart of the E-PL2 is a large-size image sensor. This big sensor is inside the much smaller body of the E-PL2. This high-performance 12.3-megapixel live MOS image sensor delivers excellent dynamic range, accurate color fidelity, and state-of-the-art technology to reduce noise and capture fine image details in both highlight and shadow areas. Recording HD movies with the E-PL2 is simple thanks to an easy-to-reach one-touch record button on the back of the camera body. If you're about to snap a photo and you realize a video would capture the spirit of the scene even better, simply press the record button and instantly you're capturing videos! Easily toggle back and forth between capturing stills and video by using your index finger to press the shutter button or your thumb to press the red record button. Having the ability to shoot still images and videos opens up a world of imaging possibilities.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Product Type Digital camera - Mirrorless system
- Enclosure Color Silver
- Resolution 12.3 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type High speed Live MOS
- Total Pixels 13,100,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 12,300,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 13.0 x 17.3mm
- Field of View Crop Factor 2
- Sensor Dust Reduction Yes
- Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
- Optical Zoom 3 x
- Image Processor TruePic V
- Image Stabilizer Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 225
- Digital Video Format AVI,
MJPEG - Image Recording Format JPEG,
RAW,
RAW + JPEG - Max Video Resolution 1280 x 720
- AV Interfaces HDMI,
Composite video/audio Exposure & White Balance
- Light Sensitivity ISO 200-6400,
ISO auto (200-6400) - Exposure Metering Multi-segment,
Center-weighted,
Spot - Exposure Metering Zones 324
- Exposure Modes Program,
Bulb,
Automatic,
Shutter-priority,
Manual,
Aperture-priority - Shooting Programs Candle,
E-portrait,
Sports mode,
Sunset,
Beach/snow,
Night portrait,
Landscape-portrait,
Anti shake,
Panorama assist,
Night scene,
Low key,
High key,
Fisheye converter,
Wide converter,
Macro converter,
Fireworks,
Children,
Macro,
Document,
Nature macro,
Portrait mode,
Landscape - Special Effects Portrait,
Saturation,
Purple,
Blue,
Green,
I-Enhance,
Muted,
Black & White Green filter,
Vivid,
Diorama,
Soft Focus,
Monotone,
Sepia,
Black & White Orange filter,
Black & White Yellow filter,
Black & White Red filter,
Grainy Film,
Pop Art,
Pin Hole,
Dramatic Tone,
Natural - White Balance Automatic,
Presets,
Custom - White Balance Presets Daylight,
Tungsten light,
Shade,
Cloudy,
Fluorescent light (daylight),
Fluorescent light (warm white),
Fluorescent light (cool white),
Flash,
2000K - 14000K - Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 60 sec
- Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
- Auto Exposure Bracketing 7 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 or 1 EV steps
- White Balance Bracketing Yes
- X-sync Speed 1/2000 sec,
1/180 sec - Exposure Range EV 0-20 ( ISO 100 )
Lens System
- Type 3 x x Zoom lens - 14 mm - 42 mm - F/3.5-5.6 Micro Four Thirds
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 28 - 84 mm
- Focus Adjustment Manual,
Automatic - Min Focus Range 9.8 in
- Max View Angle 75 degrees
- Zoom Adjustment Manual
- Lens Construction 7 groups / 8 elements
- Filter Size 37 mm
- Lens System Mounting Micro Four Thirds
- Features Aspherical lens,
ED glass Camera Flash
- Camera Flash Pop-up flash
- Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 7
- Flash Modes Rear curtain sync,
Fill-in mode,
Slow synchro,
Auto mode,
Flash OFF mode,
Red-eye reduction - Features Wireless off-camera control,
Flash +/- compensation Additional Features
- Continuous Shooting Speed 3 frames per second
- Self Timer Delay 2 sec,
12 sec - Flash Terminal Hot shoe
- Additional Features Digital image rotation,
Display color control,
Display brightness control,
In-camera red-eye fix,
Scene Detection Technology,
Audio recording,
PRINT Image Matching,
Resizing an image,
Cropping an image,
Shadow Adjustment Technology,
Saturation control,
In-camera RAW processing,
Exif Print support,
720p HD movie recording,
DPOF support,
Face detection,
RGB primary color filter,
Built-in speaker,
Auto power save,
Digital noise reduction,
Histogram display,
Highlight point display,
Camera orientation detection,
PictBridge support,
Digital image stabilization (video mode),
Shadow point display,
Built-in help guide,
Sharpness control,
Contrast control,
USB 2.0 compatibility,
Eye Detect AF,
Direct print Display
- Type 3 in LCD display
- Display Features Built-in
Microphone
- Microphone Operation Mode Mono
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Hi-Speed USB,
1 x Composite video/audio output,
1 x HDMI output
Software
- Software Olympus Viewer 2,
Drivers & Utilities,
[ib] software System Requirements for PC Connection
- Peripheral Devices USB port,
CD-ROM drive Miscellaneous
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
- Included Accessories Battery charger,
Video cable,
USB cable,
Lens cap,
Shoulder strap,
Dust cap,
Body cap - Body Material Aluminum,
Plastic Battery
- Supported Battery Olympus BLS-5
- Supported Battery 1 x Olympus BLS-5 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1620 mAh ( Included )
Memory / Storage
- Memory Card Slot SD card
- Supported Memory Cards SDHC Memory Card,
SD Memory Card,
SDXC Memory Card - Image Storage RAW 4032 x 3024,
JPEG 4032 x 3024,
JPEG 2560 x 1920,
JPEG 1024 x 768 - Video Capture AVI - 1280 x 720,
AVI - 640 x 480 Dimensions & Weight
- Width 4.5 in
- Depth 1.7 in
- Height 2.9 in
- Weight 11.2 oz
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 °F
- Min Storage Temperature -4 °F
- Max Storage Temperature 140 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 30 - 90%
- Humidity Range Storage 10 - 90%
Product series
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Olympus E-PL2 (with 14-42mm lens, Black)
Manufacturer: Olympus
Specs: Compact,
12.3 megapixels,
2 x,
28 - 84mm F/3.5,
13.0 x 17.3mm,
Live MOS,
Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) -
Olympus E-PL2 (with 14-42mm lens, White)
Manufacturer: Olympus
Specs: Compact,
12.3 megapixels,
2 x,
28 - 84mm F/3.5,
13.0 x 17.3mm,
Live MOS,
Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) -
Olympus E-PL2 (with 14-42mm lens, Silver)
Manufacturer: Olympus
Specs: 12.3 megapixels,
3 x,
28 - 84mm F/3.5,
13.0 x 17.3mm,
High speed Live MOS,
Optical (image sensor shift mechanism) -
Olympus E-PL2 (with 14-42mm and 40-150mm lenses, Black)
Manufacturer: Olympus
Specs: 12.3 megapixels,
3 x,
28 - 84mm F/3.5,
13.0 x 17.3mm,
High speed Live MOS,
Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
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