Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
PEN E-P5
Olympus
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 16 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 4608 x 3456
- ISO
- Auto (200 - 1600), 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 16000, 20000, 25600
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 100
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 35
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
- Image stabilization notes
- '5-axis' IS
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 9.0 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
- Yes
- External flash
- Yes
- Timelapse recording
- Yes (.AVI, 1280 x 720, 10fps)
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (30p), 1280 x 720 (30p)
- Format
- H.264
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic (optional)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,036,800
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 330
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 420 g (0.93 lb / 14.82 oz)
- Dimensions
- 122 x 69 x 37 mm (4.8 x 2.72 x 1.46″)
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional RM-UC1)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →