Olympus PEN E-PM2

portability, usability, lens, image quality, performance

durability, screen

92% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, portability, price, image quality, usability

96% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Leistung, Design, Portabilität, Bildschirm, Größe

Sensor, Preisleistungsverhältnis

95% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

83% des avis sur Amazon.fr donnent une note favorable à ce produit.

lens, performance, usability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

100% di recensioni su Amazon.it attribuiscono a questo prodotto una valutazione positiva.

86% de los comentarios en Amazon.es otorgan a este producto una calificación positiva.

Both cameras performed well and gave us crisp, focused photos. We were finding it difficult to justify the $100 to spring for the E-PL5 over the E-PM2. But then we started tilting the screen out to review photos or framing the best angle for a shot,...

OM-D image quality in smaller, lighter, cheaper body ; Excellent JPEG color and exposure ; Suprising level of customizability with several user-assigned function buttons ; Raw shooting and in-camera processing ; Smallbut functional handgrip ; Flash...

Flash competes with other potential accessories for single accessory port ; Image on LCD is difficult to see in bright sunlight ; No external dials for exposure mode/shooting parameter setting ; Sparse controls and compact layout may be too cramped for...

The Olympus PEN-EPM2 is a point-and-shoot mirrorless camera which does exactly what a novice will need it to. For more adventurous users, there's a lot of functionality hidden beneath the skin (including the image quality of the OM-D) making the E-PM2...

Sharp kit lens. Good high ISO performance. Fast shot-to-shot time and focus. Live Guide mode. Optional EVF available. In-camera art filters.

Fixed rear display. No built-in flash.

There's no Wi-Fi here—if that's a must-have feature, consider the Samsung NX1000, it has the best Wi-Fi implementation we've seen in a mirrorless camera. Olympus recommends the use of a Toshiba FlashAir memory card, which is similar to an Eye-Fi card,...

OM-D sensor ; Touchscreen ; Lots of art filters

No aperture/shutter speed dial ; Fixed screen

Olympus launched both the new PEN Mini E-PM2 and the PEN Lite E-PL5 at Photokina 2012. Both share a lot of similarities, most notably the same 16.1 million pixel sensor and TruePic VI processor that have been taken from the highly acclaimed Olympus...

Outstanding image quality ; High-quality widescreen LCD is great ; Touch screen option on LCD is nice for beginners ; Various control buttons give you a second option if you choose not to use the touch screen ; Small camera design versus DSLRs is...

Menu structure can be a little tough to master ; Doesn't quite have the image quality you'd find in a DSLR camera ; May require investment in additional lenses in the future ; No built-in or popup flash option means you have to carry the included...

The latest camera in the line of the ILC PEN family of cameras from Olympus, the PEN E-PM2 has a desirable combination of features and performance; at a good starting price. This is one of the better ILC models on the market, offering quite a few...

Affordable, good image quality, fast single autofocus, art filters have plenty of use, touchscreen, hotshoe and accessory port

Kit lens is a bit soft, no built-in flash, front grip is plasticky, few function buttons, can't use included flash and optional electronic viewfinder together, continuous autofocus not up to scratch

If it's value you're looking for then the E-PM2 sure does lay out an attractive spread of features for its £500 asking price.

Super compact and lightweight; Excellent image and print quality that rivals much more expensive CSCs and DSLRs; Solid low-light (high ISO) performance; Touchscreen LCD responsive and useful once you get used to it; Speedy and accurate AF on still...

Maddening menu system; No physical Mode dial; Motion AF not quite up to par; Mediocre HD video quality; No built-in flash (but a small external flash is included)

The Olympus E-PM2 is an exceptional upgrade of the company's entry-level offering. And that's saying a lot, since we've been very pleased with the image quality and overall speedy performance of the Olympus PEN compact system camera line over the past...