Overview | |
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Type | Micro Four Thirds, interchangeable lens camera |
Lens | |
Lens | Micro Four Thirds System mount |
Sensor/Medium | |
Sensor | Four Thirds System 18.00×13.50 mm Live MOS |
Maximum resolution | 4032×3024 (12.3 megapixels) |
Storage | Secure Digital card |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | Single, continuous, manual |
Focus areas | 11 area contrast detect auto-focus, selectable |
Exposure/Metering | |
Exposure modes | Program, shutter-priority, aperture-priority, manual |
Metering modes | ESP multi patterned, Center-weighted average (60%), Spot (2%) |
Flash | |
Flash | hot shoe allows for external flashes |
Shutter | |
Shutter | 1/4,000 to 60 s, 30 minutes bulb |
Continuous shooting | 3 frame/s |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | live preview, optional optical viewfinder |
General | |
Rear LCD monitor | 3" 230,000 pixel TFT LCD on screen with live preview |
Battery | Olympus BLS-1 Lithium-ion battery |
Dimensions | 121 × 70 × 36 mm (4.7" × 2.8" × 1.4") |
Weight | 335 g (11.8 ounces) |
Footnotes | |
The Olympus Pen E-P1 announced on 16 June 2009 is Olympus Corporation's first camera that adheres to the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system design standard. The first camera to use the Micro Four Thirds mount was Panasonic's G-1 camera.
The design of the camera is reminiscent of the Olympus Pen half frame film cameras and is marketed as the Olympus digital PEN. The model presented on 16 June 2009 was very similar in looks to the Olympus Pen F. Initially, two micro 4/3 lenses were available from Olympus, one 14–42 mm f/3.5–5.6 zoom and a 17 mm f/2.8 pancake prime lens. Remarkably, with the exception of the optical viewfinder, the E-P1 seemed to fit most of the features found on the Olympus E-620, a larger Four Thirds system DSLR, into the small, compact MFT form factor.
In addition to Micro Four Thirds lenses, Olympus offers adapters allowing the use of Four Thirds lenses, or OM Zuiko lenses originally manufactured for use on the classic OM series of film SLR cameras that Olympus was famed for years ago.
The E-P1 does not have a built-in optical or electronic viewfinder, but instead uses the large 3-inch (76 mm) inch color "HyperCrystal" LCD on the back of the camera. The fixed LCD panel with anti-reflective coating presents a 100% live preview of the image as seen by the sensor. Olympus did offer an optional accessory hotshoe mounted optical viewfinder, the VF-1, that provided for a 17 mm lens angle of view
The E-P1 auto focuses using contrast-detection.
Other features include 720P30 video recording with the ability to process the video in camera with different effects.