Olympus PEN E-PL1 prices and specs
The PEN E-PL1 was produced on Feb 3, 2010 and is on sale in USA for $438.25
The PEN E-PL1 is a rangefinder style mirrorless camera. It means that the PEN E-PL1 has smaller size than DSLR cameras but however produces perfect pictures and has different kinds of shooting modes.
The Olympus PEN E-PL1 can take photos at 12 megapixels highest resolution. But for better image quality the more important thing is a sensor size. This camera has a Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor. The camera with such sensor size is the optimal choice if you want to produce photos of a satisfactory quality but don't want to use heavy inconvenient DSLR cameras. But if you want to produce photos of the best quality pay attention to Canon EOS 5DS R.
The camera has max shutter speed of 1/2000 sec. It is an average shutter speed which will be enough for making action photos of a very good quality. The owner of the PEN E-PL1 will be able to capture HD videos that guarantees a good image quality.
The PEN E-PL1 is an interchangeable and uses Micro Four Thirds lens mount. If the event needs special photography conditions, the photographer can change lens to a more suitable to take the best quality pictures.
The PEN E-PL1 battery life will be enough to shoot about 290 photos.
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GPS
- Feb 3, 2010
- Rangefinder-style mirrorless
- 12 megapixels
- 4032 x 3024
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- CMOS
- Truepic V
- 4:3, 3:2, 16:9
- 3200 x 2400, 2560 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480
- 13 megapixels
- Auto ISO (200 - 3200), Manual ISO (100 - 3200), 1/3 or 1 EV steps
- 8
- Yes (1)
- Sensor-shift
- RAW
- 60 sec
- 1/2000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes (Pop-up)
- 10.00 m
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Fill-in, Slow Sync, Manual (3 levels)
- 3.0 fps
- Yes (2 or 12 sec)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±3 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- ±3 (3 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Yes (3 frames in 2, 4, 6 steps selectable in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis)
- Fixed
- 2.7″
- 230,000
- No
- HyperCrystal LCD AR (Anti-Reflective) coating
- Yes
- Electronic (optional)
- 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Motion JPEG
- Stereo
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Multi-area
- Selective single-point
- Tracking
- Single
- Continuous
- Face Detection
- Live View
- No
- Yes
- 11
- Micro Four Thirds
- 2×
- 334 g (0.74 lb / 11.78 oz)
- 115 x 72 x 42 mm (4.53 x 2.83 x 1.65″)
- No
- Battery Pack
- Lithium-Ion BLS-1 rechargeable battery & charger
- 290
- SD/SDHC card
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- No
- No
- No
- None
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