Olympus PEN E-PL2

Olympus Pen E-PL2
Overview
Olympus PEN E-PL2 with a legacy lens OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8
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	Yes, also hot shoe allows for a variety of external flashes
Shutter
Shutter	1/4,000 to 60 s – 30 minutes bulb
Continuous shooting	3 frame/s Jpeg
Viewfinder
Viewfinder	live preview, optional optical viewfinder (Olympus VF-1) and electronic viewfinder (Olympus VF-2)
General
Rear LCD monitor	3" 460,000 pixel TFT LCD on screen with live preview
Battery	Li-ion 7,2V 1150mAh
Dimensions	120 × 70 × 35 mm
Weight	335 g (0.739 lb) body only
Made in	China

The Olympus PEN E-PL2, was announced in early January 2011 at the CES. This is Olympus Corporation's fourth camera that uses the Micro Four Thirds mount after the Olympus PEN E-P1, Olympus PEN E-P2 and Olympus PEN E-PL1. At the time it was announced, it had a US dollar MSRP of $599.99. As with earlier PEN models, the E-PL2 is aimed in between the point-and-shoot (compact camera) and D-SLR markets.

Noteworthy changes from the Olympus PEN E-PL1 model include:

Arguably slightly improved in-body Image Stabilisation (IS) at 4EV equivalent.
Bulb (long exposure) with cable-release option (RM-UC1 remote cable) up to 30m
3" LCD higher resolution 460,000 pixel screen
1/4000s shutter speed

Micro Four Thirds Camera introduction roadmap

Item	Model	Sensor	Electronic View Finder (EVF)	Announced
1	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effective)	EVF; 1.4x magnification; 1.44M dots	2008, October ^[1]
2	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1	4:3; 3:2; 16:9 (multi-aspect); 14.0 mp (12.1 mp effect)	EVF; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2009, April ^[2]
3	Olympus PEN E-P1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	optional hotshoe optical VF-1; 65 degree AOV	2009, July ^[3]
4	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF LVF1; 1.04x mag; 202K dots	2009, September ^[4]
5	Olympus PEN E-P2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2009, November ^[5]
6	Olympus PEN E-PL1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2010, February ^[6]
7	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	EVF; 1.04x magnification; 202K dots	2010, March ^[7]
8	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	EVF; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2010, March ^[8]
9	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2	4:3; 3:2; 16:9 (multi-aspect); 18.3 mp (16.0 mp effect)	EVF; 1.42x mag; 1.53M dots	2010, September ^[9]
10	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF; 1.04x mag; 202K dots	2010, November ^[10]
11	Olympus PEN E-PL1s	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2010, November ^[11]
12	Olympus PEN E-PL2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, January ^[12]
13	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3	4:3 / 16.6 mp (15.8 mp effect)	EVF; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, May ^[13]
14	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	N/A	2011, June ^[14]
15	Olympus PEN E-P3	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, June^[15]
16	Olympus PEN E-PL3	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, June^[16]
17	Olympus PEN E-PM1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, June^[17]
18	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1	4:3 / 16.6 mp (16.0 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF LVF2; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, November^[18]
19	Olympus OM-D E-M5	4:3 / 16.9 mp (16.1 mp effect)^[19]	EVF; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2012, February^[20]

References

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DSLR, SLT and MILC cameras with HD video (uncompressed – 4K resolution) mode (comparison)

Canon
EOS

High-end	5D Mark II^w (2008) 7D^gw (2009) 1D Mark IV^w (2009) 1D X^gw (2012) 5D Mark III^Hgw (2012) 1D C^gw (2012) 6D^HGW (2012) 7D Mark II^THGw (2014) 5Ds/5DsR^THw (2015) 1D X Mark II^THGw (2016) 5D Mark IV^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	500D (2009) 60D^w (2010) 550D^w (2010) 600D^w (2011) 650D^gHw (2012) EOS M^Hwg (2012) 700D^gHw (2013) 70D^gHW (2013) EOS M2 (2013) 750D^gHW (2015) 760D^gHW (2015) EOS M3^HW (2015) 80D^gTHW (2016) EOS M5^THW (2016)

Entry-level	1100D^w (2011) 100D^H (2013) 1200D^gw (2014) EOS M10^HW (2015) 1300D^gW (2016)

Nikon
D / 1 series

High-end	D300S^Tgw (2009) D3S^Tgw (2009) D800/D800E^THgw (2012) D4^THgw (2012) D600^THgw (2012) D610^THgw (2013) D4S^THgw (2014) D810^THgw (2014) D750^THgW (2014) D810A^THgw (2015) D500^THgW (2016) D5^THgw (2016)

Mid-range	D90^gw (2008) D5000^Tgw (2009) D7000^Tgw (2010) D5100^THgw (2011) 1 V1^TSFgw (2011) 1 V2^SFgw (2012) D5200^THgw (2012) D7100^THgw (2013) D5300^THGW (2013) 1 V3^SFHPgW (2014) D5500^THgW (2015) D7200^THgW (2015) D5600^THgW (2016)

Entry-level	D3100^gw (2010) 1 J1^SFw (2011) D3200^gw (2012) 1 J2^SFHPw (2012) 1 S1^SFHPw (2013) 1 J3^SFHPw (2013) 1 AW1^SFHPGw (2013) D3300^Pgw (2014) 1 J4^SFHPW (2014) 1 J5^TSFHPW (2015) D3400^gw (2016)

Olympus
Micro 4/3

Mid-range	E-M5 (2012) E-P5^W (2013) E-M1^HW (2013) E-M10^THW (2014) PEN-F^THW (2016) E-M1 Mark II^THW (2016)

Entry-level	E-PL1 (2010) E-P1 (2010) E-P2 (2010) E-PL2 (2011) E-PL3 (2011) E-P3 (2011) E-PM1 (2011) E-PL5^W (2012) E-PM2 (2012) E-PL7^W (2014) E-PL8^W (2016)

Panasonic
Lumix

Mid-range	GH1 (2009) GH2 (2010) GH3^THW (2012) GX7 (2013) GM1^THW (2013) GH4^THW (2014)

Entry-level	GF1 (2009) G10 (2010) G2 (2010) GF2 (2010) G3 (2011) GX1 (2011) GF3 (2011) GF5 (2012) G5 (2012) G6 (2013)

Pentax
645 / K /
Q series

High-end	645Z^THgw (2014) K-1^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	K-7^TH (2009) K-5^THg (2010) K-30^THg (2012) K-5 II/K-5 IIs^THg (2012) K-50^THg (2013) K-3^THgw (2013) K-3 II^THGw (2015) K-70^THgw (2016)

Entry-level	K-x^H (2009) K-r^THg (2010) Q^T (2011) K-01^THg (2012) Q10^T (2012) K-500^THg (2013) Q7^T (2013) Q-S1^T (2014)

Samsung
NX series

High-end	NX1 (2014)

Mid-range	NX5^Pg (2010) NX10^Pg (2010) NX11^Pg (2010) NX20^PgW (2012) NX30 (2013) Galaxy NX^PgW (2013) NX500 (2015)

Entry-level	NX100^Pg (2010) NX200^Pg (2011) NX1000^PgW (2012) NX210^PgW (2012) NX300^PgW (2013) NX1100^PgW (2013) NX2000^PgW (2013)

Sony
α

High-end	α99V^HPG/α99^HP (2012) α7/α7R^HPgW (2013) α7S^SHPgW (2014) α7II^HPgW (2014) α7RII^SHPgW (2015) α7SII^SHPgW (2015) α99 II (2016)

Mid-range	α580^HP (2010) α560^HP (2010) α55V^HPG/α55^HP (2010) α77V^HPG/α77^HP (2011) NEX-7^HP (2011) NEX-6^HPW (2011) α65V^HPG/α65^HP (2011) α57^HP (2012) α58^HP (2013) α6000^HPW (2014) α77 II^HPW (2014) α6300^SHPgW (2016)

Entry-level	NEX-3/NEX-3C^HP (2010) NEX-5/NEX-5C^HP (2010) α33^HP (2010) α35^HP (2011) NEX-5N^HP (2011) NEX-C3^HP (2011) NEX-F3^HP (2012) α37^HP (2012) NEX-5R^HPW (2012) NEX-5T^HPW (2013) α3000 (2013) α5000 (2014)

Leica M
Fujifilm X

High-end	Leica M (2012) Leica S (2014) Fujifilm X-Pro2^W (2016) Fujifilm X-T2^PTW (2016)

Mid-range	Fujifilm X-Pro1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E2^W (2013) Fujifilm X-T1^W (2014) Fujifilm X-T10^W (2015)

Entry-level	Fujifilm X-M1^W (2013) Fujifilm X-A1^W (2013) Fujifilm X-A2^W (2015) Fujifilm X-A3^PW (2016) Fujifilm X-A10^W (2016)

Hasselblad XCD

High-end	Hasselblad X1D-50c^GW (2016)

Timelapse^T — Slow motion^S — Fast fps^F — HDR^H — Panorama^P — GPS^G(opt.)^g — WiFi^W(opt.)^w

Micro Four Thirds cameras timeline

System	Form	Class	2008		2009				2010				2011				2012				2013				2014				2015				2016				2017
			3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

Olympus	SLR style OMD	High-end																						E-M1												E-M1 II
		Advanced																E-M5											E-M5 II
		Mid-range																							E-M10						E-M10 II
	Rangefinder style PEN	Mid-range				E-P1		E-P2						E-P3								E-P5												PEN-F
		Upper-entry							E-PL1				E-PL2		E-PL3					E-PL5		E-PL6					E-PL7									E-PL8
		Entry-level												E-PM1						E-PM2
	remote																																		Air

Panasonic	SLR style	High-end			GH1						GH2								GH3						GH4													(GH5)
		Mid-range	G1						G2					G3					G5			G6									G7					G85/G80
		Entry-level							G10
	Rangefinder style	Advanced														GX1							GX7								GX8
		Mid-range																																GX80
		Upper-entry																						GM1				GM5
		Entry-level					GF1					GF2		GF3				GF5				GF6							GF7					GF8
	Camcorder	Professional															AG-AF104

Kodak	Rangefinder style	Entry-level																								S-1

YI	Rangefinder style	Entry-level																																		M1

Z Camera		Entry-level																														E1

JVC	Camcorder	Professional																											GY-LS300

SVS-Vitek	-	Industrial																	EVO Tracer

Video is not available on this device
Weather sealed
in-body stabilization (5-axis)
Touchscreen (italic)

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