Review
Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
PEN E-PL5
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
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Micro Four Thirds
- Number of focus points
- 35
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- Sensor-shift
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 8.0 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 (bundled external flash)
- External flash
- Yes (Clip-on FL-LM1 included, Hot-shoe)
- Timelapse recording
- No
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (30 fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- Format
- MPEG-4, H.264, Motion JPEG
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic (optional)
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 460,000
- Articulated LCD
- Tilting
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion BLS-5 rechargeable battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 360
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 325 g (0.72 lb / 11.46 oz)
- Dimensions
- 111 x 64 x 38 mm (4.37 x 2.52 x 1.5″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- Wireless
- Eye-Fi Connected
- Remote control
- Yes (Optional RM-UC1)
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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