Olympus PEN E-PL2 Review

The Olympus E-PL2  is different in the previous PL1 product in many essential methods. The body styling may be adjusted, providing an even more perfectly sized grip, and includes a recessed power button, direct movie button, and also the familiar rear-panel control wheel observed on the P1 and P2 versions.
Olympus E-PL2

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The rear-panel LCD screen on the Olympus E-PL2 has been improved to a larger 3. 0-inch type with twice the quality of that on the PL1, at some 460, 000 dots. There is a new Live Guide function showing the result of adjustments to shutter velocity, aperture, exposure payment, white balance, and vividness adjustments during structure, and this now works not just for stills, also for film capture.

A new Dramatic Tone art filter have been added, simulating the style of a contrast HER image, and these day there are post-capture filter variations open to tweak the look of any particular filter effect. Filter results may also now be mixed, such as to make use of both pin hole and soft focus effects on one image.

The quickest shutter velocity on the Olympus PL2 has been increased from 1/2, 000 to 1/4, 000 second, making it simpler to freeze fast subject motion, and the optimum ISO sensitivity bending from ISO 3, 200 to ISO 6, 400 equivalent, though base ISO has additionally doubled to 200.

Olympus E-PL2

There is a new cable launch option, and the item port above the LCD screen has been improved to provide for new accent types not suitable for previous PEN digital cameras. Including the modern PP-1 PENpal Bluetooth accessory which allows wifi image transfer to other Bluetooth gadgets.

Face diagnosis in the Olympus E-PL2 has also been upgraded, and now means that the digital camera will set focus especially on your subject’s nearest eye, instead of possibly focusing on another area of the face, departing the eyes unfocused. This will yield much more pleasing results, since your subject’s eyes are usually the most crucial part of the picture.

Olympus E-PL2

Other changes in the Olympus PL2 include assistance for the most recent technology SDXC cards, plus the previous SD and SDHC types, plus three added vocals selections for slideshows, three new scene select settings, and a new battery power type, the BLS-5 lithium-ion pack which is CIPA rated at 280 pictures per cost.

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The Olympus PEN E-PL2 ships from January 2011, costing about US$599 with the new 14-42mm kit lens. New components for the Olympus E-PL2  includes a PT-EP03 underwater housing for use at up to 40 meters (130 feet), Fish-eye Lens Converter (FCON-P01), Wide-angle Lens Converter (WCON-P01), Macro Lens Converter (MCON-P01), Macro Arm Light (MAL-1), and PENpal PP-1 Communication Device.

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