Reviews of the Olympus E-P1 (silver, with silver 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 lens)
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CNET Review
The Good: Striking design; excellent build quality; impressive photo quality; interchangeable lens support.
The Bad: Sluggish autofocus; short battery life; low-resolution LCD; lacks on-camera flash and viewfinder.
The Bottom Line: The Olympus E-P1 is an otherwise excellent enthusiast compact camera hampered by some performance problems and the lack of a viewfinder and built-in flash.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 78/100 and users 82/100. Comparing these reviews to 128960 other Digital SLR Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 98/100 = Excellent.
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dpexpert.com.au
Review Summary: : We fell in love with the E-P1 the moment we took it from the box. So we bought one! We know that for years we have been advising readers not to buy cameras without proper viewfinders, and now look what we've done. Well, we were right - an LCD is no ...
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pdngearguide.com
Review Summary: Someday somebody's going to create a compact digital camera that's capable of meeting the needs of pro photographers and when that happens, that somebody-or, more accurately, that company-is going to get very, very rich. How do I know this? It's not ...
Manufacturer: Olympus America Inc.
Part number: 262818
General
- Product Type Digital camera - Prosumer
- Width 4.8 in
- Depth 1.4 in
- Height 2.8 in
- Weight 11.8 oz
- Enclosure Color Silver
- Body Material Metal
Main Features
- Resolution 12.3 megapixels
- Color Support Color
- Optical Sensor Type High speed Live MOS
- Total Pixels 13,100,000 pixels
- Effective Sensor Resolution 12,300,000 pixels
- Field of View Crop Factor 2
- Sensor Dust Reduction Yes
- Sensor Features Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF)
- Light Sensitivity ISO 100-6400, ISO auto (200-1600), ISO auto (200-6400)
- Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
- Shooting Programs Macro, Candle, Sunset, Low key, Children, High key, Documents, Fireworks, Landscape, Anti shake, Beach/snow, Night scene, Sports mode, Nature macro, Portrait mode, Panorama assist, Landscape-portrait, Night scene with portrait
- Special Effects Muted, Sepia, Vivid, Natural, Pop Art, Monotone, Pin Hole, Portrait, Light Tone, Soft Focus, Grainy Film, Pale & Light Colour, Black & White Red filter, Black & White Green filter, Black & White Orange filter, Black & White Yellow filter
- Image Stabilizer Optical (image sensor shift mechanism)
- Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 60 sec
- X-sync Speed 1/180 sec
- Exposure Metering Spot, Multi-segment, Center-weighted
- Exposure Modes Bulb, Manual, Program, Automatic, Shutter-priority, Aperture-priority
- Exposure Range EV 0-18 ( ISO 100 )
- Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 EV steps
- Exposure Metering Zones 324
- Face Detection Yes
- White Balance Custom, Presets, Automatic
- White Balance Presets Flash, Shade, Cloudy, Daylight, 2000K - 14000K, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (daylight), Fluorescent light (cool white), Fluorescent light (warm white)
- White Balance Bracketing Yes
- Digital Video Format AVI, MJPEG
- Still Image Format RAW, JPEG, RAW + JPEG
- TV Tuner None
- Video Capture AVI - 1280 x 720, AVI - 640 x 480
Memory / Storage
- Supported Flash Memory SD Memory Card
- Image Storage RAW 4032 x 3024, JPEG 4032 x 3024, JPEG 2560 x 1920, JPEG 1024 x 768, JPEG 3200 x 2400, JPEG 1600 x 1200, JPEG 1280 x 960, JPEG 640 x 480
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - 14 mm - 42 mm - F/3.5-5.6 Micro Four Thirds
- Focal Length 14 mm - 42 mm
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 28 - 84 mm
- Focus Adjustment Automatic
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) 225
- Min Focus Range 9.8 in
- Max View Angle 75 degrees
- Lens Aperture F/3.5-5.6
- Optical Zoom 3 x
- Zoom Adjustment Manual
- Lens Construction 8 group(s) / 9 element(s)
- Filter Size 40.5 mm
- Lens System Mounting Micro Four Thirds
- Lens Manufacturer M.Zuiko
- Features ED glass, Aspherical lens
Additional Features
- Self Timer Yes
- Self Timer Delay 2 sec, 12 sec
- Flash Terminal Hot shoe
- Additional Features DPOF support, Face detection, Audio recording, Contrast control, Cropping an image, Histogram display, Resizing an image, Sharpness control, PictBridge support, Saturation control, Full-time Live View, PRINT Image Matching, Shadow point display, In-camera red-eye fix, USB 2.0 compatibility, Digital image rotation, 720p HD movie recording, Highlight point display, RGB primary color filter, Display brightness control, Camera orientation detection, Shadow Adjustment Technology, Digital image stabilization (video mode)
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in - Color
- Display Form Factor Built-in
- Display Format 230,000 pixels
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Type None
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
- Microphone Operation Mode Stereo
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x HDMI output
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Software
- Software Olympus Master, Drivers & Utilities
Miscellaneous
- Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
- Included Accessories Body cap, Dust cap, Lens cap, Shoulder strap
- Cables Included 1, A/V cable, USB cable
Power
- Power Device Battery charger - External
Battery
- Supported Battery Olympus BLS-1
- Supported Battery 1 x Olympus BLS-1 Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )
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%
User Opinions
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