Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
PEN E-P2
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 12 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4032 x 3024
- ISO
- Auto (200 - 3200), 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 11
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 3.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Format
- Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Stereo
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic (optional)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC card
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion BLS-1 rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 300
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 355 g (0.78 lb / 12.52 oz)
- Dimensions
- 121 x 70 x 36 mm (4.76 x 2.76 x 1.42″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional (RM-UC1))
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
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