The
Olympus Pen E-P2 announced on 5 November 2009
is Olympus Corporation's second camera that adheres to the
Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system design standard. The E-P2 succeeds the
Olympus Pen E-P1
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.
Features
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a little over five months after the introduction of the EP-1.
Features
The EP-2 addresses some of the concerns that critics had about the EP-1: slow autofocus speed and difficulty seeing the LCD panel under certain (e.g., bright, sunny) conditions.
The autofocus speed was addressed with a firmware update, and the introduction of new lenses, although critically, the autofocus speed does not improve much with the originally issued 14–42 mm ƒ/3.5–5.6 kit zoom lens (28–90 mm equivalent), or the 17 mm ƒ/2.8 (34 mm equivalent) pancake lens.
The EP-2 added an Accessory Port, a power and communication port, which allowed the use of various accessories, such as an external stereo microphone for HD video recording. However, the principal use of the accessory port was a new, high resolution, optional
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mounted VF-2 electronic viewfinder (
EVF). The VF-2 had a flip angle eyepiece, allowing viewing from 0–90 degrees. The high resolution VF-2 had specifications that matched the highly acclaimed built-in EVF on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1, the first MFT camera ever introduced.
In the United States the E-P2 MSRP with 14–42 mm kit zoom lens, and VF-2 EVF, was US$1,100. The accessory VF-2 EVF was also available separately for $280.00. Available body colors were black and silver.
Differences from predecessor
The primary differences between the E-P2 as compared to the E-P1 which it replaced are:
* Addition of an Accessory Port that can be used for an
electronic viewfinder
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or external microphone
* Two new Art filters-simulating
Diorama
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and
Cross process in camera
* Black finish widely available, silver finish available in Japan
*
Auto focus
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tracking
* Colour boosting function named i-Enhance
Successor Model
The E-P2 was replaced in Olympus' PEN line by the
Olympus PEN E-P3 which was announced in June 2011.
See also
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Olympus PEN E-PL1
The Olympus PEN E-PL1 is a digital camera made by Olympus announced on 3 February 2010 and replaced in 2011. It was Olympus's third camera using the Micro Four Thirds system after the Olympus PEN E-P1 and Olympus PEN E-P2, and the first camera ...
References
External links
Olympus PEN EP-2 Product Site
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PEN E-P2
Live-preview digital cameras
Cameras introduced in 2009