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Excellent image stabilization and strong picture quality, coupled with a chassis that’s easy to pocket and long battery life, add up to a compelling option for the photographer who wants DSLR-style flexibility in a highly mobile package. quote


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7.8
5 reviews
  • Image quality
    8.6
  • Video quality
    8.5
  • Battery life
    10
  • Design and form factor
    7.1
  • Durability
    6.5
  • Speed (start-up time, lag)
    8.0
  • Ease of use
    7.2

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8.0
Engadget Apr 1, 2010

Overall? We just love the results. You can gripe about manual controls all you want, but at the end of the day the E-PL1 has well-exposed, intuitive controls for making great photos with natural and artificial light, and its video mode is equal parts high quality visuals and dirt-simple controls.

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7.0
Digital Photography Review May 17, 2010

Olympus adds point-and-shootability to its retro mirrorless PEN range. A vast array of custom options don't undermine its out-of-the-box capability. Only compact-camera-like controls and build prevent it being a PEN for everyone.

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8.0
Pocket-Lint Mar 5, 2010

Small-ish and easy-ish to use, Olympus is claiming "big camera" results from its latest Pen. Pictures from it are invariably a match for its acclaimed predecessors if they're not quite, to our eyes, as sharp as a similarly priced mid-range DSLR with a physically larger lens can achieve.

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8.0
SlashGear Jul 6, 2010

Excellent image stabilization and strong picture quality, coupled with a chassis that’s easy to pocket and long battery life, add up to a compelling option for the photographer who wants DSLR-style flexibility in a highly mobile package.

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8.0
roberto

I was looking for a camera with better picture quality Ghana point and shoot, yet not as high end as a DSLR. The Olympus pen is great for someone like me, who is casual and very amateur photographer looking to learn more about photography and improve my picture-taking skills.

9.0
2Cool

All the manual settings are hard to get to so it might not be best for a fan of DSLRs who wants a more compact camera. However, if you are tired of horrible results from your point and shoot camera but are not proficient in using all the settings a DSLR offers then this is a great camera. Note...

9.0
Roswellien

Completely love this camera. Has become my goto camera for everything, it travels with me 100% of the time. Amazing photo and video quality with passable auto focus speeds in a body not much larger then a far less capable point&shoot. This camera has won my heart entirely.

9.0
tonedef

A really great starter camera. Wonderful image quality, great performance, fast focusing, good image stabilization Powerful customization settings with two reassignable buttons. The camera has NO dials to adjust settings, which is a bummer, but pushing buttons to change aperture/shutter/exposure...

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