Olympus Pen E-P1′Digital Pen Camera’ preview

Olympus officially launched first MIcro Four Thirds camera called E-P1 ‘digital pen’, cameras those are smaller than their competitors without sacrificing quality or functionality, and if you pay attention the image, it’s amazing, Actually Olympus has engraving on the chrome edge of the top plate since 1959, then famous by the name of Olympus Pen camera.

As far as we see the digital camera now is the time to presenting with a smaller body; they’ve been working hard under the hood too, and the 12.3 MP sensor has a bit of an upgrade to increase resolution and sharpness with TruePic V image processing, ISO 100-6400 sensitivity, a 3-inch LCD, 20 shooting modes.

More feature is an SDHC slot, and HDMI TV-out for playback of 720p recorded video at 30fps, and the 14-42 lens kit retracts into the barrel when not in use and Olympus’ Supersonic Wave Filter helps keep dust under control when swapping-out the lens for Micro Four Thirds, Four Thirds, or OM lenses.