Olympus PEN E-PM2

You can’t complain about the lack of variety in the current crop of mirrorless interchangeable lens compact cameras! This one will sure fit many people right down to the ground. Although I have to admit it’s not my style of camera, mainly due to the lack of external controls — it’s mostly menu driven — […]

Olympus PEN E-PM2 Score Details “The PEN E-PM2 costs less than the similar PEN E-PL5. Performance and features are near identical minus a few things.” Fast autofocusing system Takes very good photos Special effects and filters allow you to take fun pictures A slightly more affordable option to the similar E-PL5 Requires playing around to […]

Review posted 02/26/2013Quick TakeProsOutstanding image qualityHigh-quality widescreen LCD is greatTouch screen option on LCD is nice for beginnersVarious control buttons give you a second option if you choose not to use the touch screenSmall camera design versus DSLRs is appealing, yet camera remains

Olympus was one of the instigators of the mirrorless uprising, having formulated the Micro Four Thirds standard with Panasonic. At first it looked like Olympus might be overshadowed by Panasonic's technical prowess but a combination of its class-leading JPEG processing and pretty heritage-inspired designs meant they were able to offer something interesting. With the first PEN Mini it was also able to offer the least-expensive mirrorless model on the market, but the camera that really made us sit up was the Olympus OM-D.

Olympus's entry-level PEN camera is updated with touch screen controls and a higher-resolution Live MOS sensor.

Olympus introduced the first Pen 'Mini', the E-PM1 in late 2011. Where most interchangeable lens cameras fall somewhere on the spectrum between a point-and-shoot and a full-fledged DSLR, the E-PM1 skewed decidedly toward the compact camera side of the scale. Unlike its Digital PEN predecessors, it offered no external mode dial and relatively few physical controls, exchanging these features for the smallest and lightest footprint of any Olympus ILC.

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The brand new Olympus E-PM2 is one of the smallest compact system cameras on the market. Also known as the PEN Mini, the svelte EPM2 has exactly the same image sensor and processing engine as the flagship OM-D E-M5. It also boasts the World's fastest autofocus system, a 3 inch LCD touchscreen display, full 1080p HD movies, and an extensive range of creative filters. Read our Olympus E-PM2 review to find out if it's the perfect upgrade from a compact camera.

Olympus PEN E-PM2 Review

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Introduced in mid September, the Olympus PEN E-PM2 is the second generation of Olympus’ entry-level Micro Four Thirds hybrid camera. It sports a newly updated design with a useful, fixed grip and a touch-screen interface among other updates, but the big news is that it has inherited the sensor of the much-admired Olympus OM-D E-M5, the current top-of-the-line Micro Four Thirds camera.

The Olympus EPM2 is the successor to the EPM1: a camera that was very much the barebones of the Olympus PEN system. With the upgrade to the EPM2 though, the camera is in many ways the EP3 but even better in many aspects. Targeted at the user that wants something very simple, it can indeed be that type of a camera providing that you don't go digging through the menus. Once you do that, you subject yourself to a couple of user problems that might not be the easiest to deal with.

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