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 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, notably, 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 14â€"42 mm Æ'/3.5â€"5.6 kit zoom lens (28â€"90 mm equivalent), or the 17 mm Æ'/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 hotshoe mounted VF-2 electronic viewfinder (EVF). The VF-2 had a flip angle eyepiece, allowing viewing from 0â€"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 14â€"42 mm kit zoom lens, and VF-2 EVF, was USD 1,100. The accessory VF-2 EVF was also available separately for USD 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 or external microphone
- Two new Art filters-simulating Diorama and Cross process in camera
- Black finish widely available, silver finish available in Japan
- Auto focus 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
- Olympus PEN E-PL1
References
External links
Media related to Olympus E-P2 at Wikimedia Commons
- Olympus PEN EP-2 Product Site