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In the digital era, Olympus PEN series cameras have alway

Olympus PEN E-PL1

s been representative of a single electric camera, available from the E-P1 has been subject to a user’s attention, also can change the concept of digital camera lens, by more people understanding. Micro 4 / 3 Frame Olympus PEN series cameras, SLRs have Obama’s large size sensor, image quality comparable to SLR. Compact fashion, compared with the rigid bulky SLR, slim cute. Interchangeable lenses, flexible. However, the high price point, so many people feel that Obama PEN series of flashy camera. The new Olympus E-PL1, with a universal mission of electricity from a single, outstanding value for money, let alone electricity will become closer.
* A long history, retro shape

Olympus PEN camera that can be traced back to the distant 50′s last century. Olympus camera has a glorious history PEN, using semi-lattice film, as its name, as portable as a pen. Prices cheap, carrying “D-ZUIKO” fixed focus lens, not only for life, photography, popular photographer is the best choice for popular backup machine. After entering the digital age, especially crazy retro wind blowing in recent years, Olympus cameras follow the classic concept of PEN, PEN designed a new series of interchangeable lens digital camera. Following the E-P1, E-P2 after, E-PL1 lower price, the brilliant writing a PEN.

E-PL1 is the latest Olympus PEN series models. Machine with the E-P1, E-P2 than the biggest difference, reflected in the appearance of the above, the aircraft in order to reduce costs, plastic material body, but work is still fine, light weight, and more certain. In addition, the machine is first built-in flash PEN series models, making available a wider E-PL1, night use is no longer embarrassed.
Show details * body (1)

I try to be a white Olympus E-PL1, white body and silver decorative articles with, more elegant. Body with a small front handle, above the skin feel good rubber material, can slip. Plastic materials in the body, metal body really no older luxury, however, willing willing so, strip the metal materials, get the cheapest price, I think many of my friends were willing to accept.
Body positive and not too many design elements, it is simple. In the back of the fuselage is a 2.7-inch 230,000 pixel LCD screen, showing good results, but when the call up the menu, you can see the fonts displayed some rough. In addition to the conventional control buttons, the Olympus E-PL1 is also equipped with a red button on the video shoot, press this button, camera, video capture mode is entered, and directly start recording 720p HD video, responsive, very convenient .
Pop-up flash switch in the back of the upper left corner, right clicked the black lever, hidden flash will pop up, small size, I feel a little like the side of the robot WALL. Flash pop-up height of the ideal, do not appear to be blocked to the situation fingers. Flash does not automatically recover, depending on you press it with your fingers into.
More elements of the fuselage at the top of the left is the hidden flash, flash top, is the camera’s LOGO. By the middle is hot shoe, works very fine, interpolation with a black protective cap, open the lid, you can see hidden below the external hot shoe attachment interface, through this interface, you can connect an external electronic viewfinder.
Olympus E-PL1 of the mode dial a bit tight, just to force call for action. Mode dial-chip, the most prominent is iAUTO mode, that is, intelligent auto mode, this mode, the camera will help you automatically select the best shooting mode, pressing the shutter to get a satisfactory picture, does not require complex settings, especially for new to the camera’s friends.
Olympus E-PL1 not too many elements on both sides of the fuselage, near the handle side is the data interface, covered by this piece of gray plastic lid, open lid, which has a USB interface and an HDMI interfaces. From the side, we can see that although the Olympus E-PL1 SLR to compact than many, but compared with the card machine, or there are gaps, and no way into the jeans pocket, or hung around the neck more appropriate.
Olympus E-PL1 with a size of 17.3 × 13mm, 1230-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS sensor. 4:3, maximum shooting 4032 x 3024 pixels. Photoreceptor surface covered with red SSWF ultrasonic dust filter, dust can be an effective place. Lens mount type micro 4 / 3 system mount.
The charm of a single electronic camera body is compact SLR-class picture quality can be provided, you can change lenses to suit shooting requirements, often concerned about the online digital video channels news Zhongguancun friends may have been found recently there have been many micro 4 / The new lens release 3 system, with the micro 4 / 3 single power system continues to mature, the system will use the camera more and more.
Functional characteristics of the display: Art Filter

Introduced earlier with the Olympus E-P1, E-P2, like, E-PL1 comes with six kinds of artistic filters, these filters can be seen as different art is a computer repair map made of different late effects, so you pictures, different, more artistic. E-PL1 artistic filters applied not only to photo shoots, but also to the use of the video shoot. Very convenient. These six artistic filters are: gentle nostalgia effect, rich color effects, soft focus effect, nostalgic photos particle effects, pinhole camera effect, three-dimensional effect. Here, we use the same scene through different art photos to compare filters.

* Resolution and lens distortion test

Olympus E-PL1 with a size of 17.3 × 13mm, 1230-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS sensor. 4:3, maximum 4032 x 3024 pixels shooting pictures, picture quality comparable to SLR, far superior to the ordinary consumer card machine. Here we look at the Taiwan E-PL1 with 14-42mm zoom, resolution, and lens distortion test. From the above resolution test can be seen, Fengyun 14-42mm lens at the wide angle end of the time, and the Olympus E-PL1 match pretty well. Up 2750LW/PH more satisfactory results. However, when the lens in the 42mm (equivalent 84mm), the resolution appeared in obvious decline, especially in horizontal resolution, almost to below 2000. If you use a higher quality lens, I believe the Olympus E-PL1 scores in the resolution, there is upside potential.
* Lens distortion test
And the Olympus E-PL1 with the stone 14-42mm lens, is hedging, the lens focal lengths equivalent to 28-84mm, both wide-angle and in telephoto, landscape and portrait will be proficient, but, after all, set first, the quality is certainly not particularly good, from the above resolution test shows that performed well in the wide-angle end of the resolution, the resolution telephoto end of its test, or storm drain deficiencies. However, the daily trial, fully competent.
· Sensitivity test: ISO 800 available

Previous resolution and distortion tests, mainly examine the lens optical quality, and the next sensitivity test, the test is totally Olympus E-PL1 of the body image quality of the. SLR-class machine with a sensor, a larger area of photoreceptor can get much better than the card machine, the image quality on a high sense of imaging, also to maintain the same level of entry-level SLR. Let us look at the Olympus E-PL1 sensitivity test of actual performance. Olympus E-PL1 imaging in sensitivity, indeed to maintain SLR in the same grade, low sensitivity, the screen clean, detail rich, accurate color reproduction. In sensitivity up to ISO 800, most of the consumer card machine has become a decoration, but the performance of the Olympus E-PL1 is still tough, a little noise, however, no significant drop in quality, detail and color remains a good . ISO1600 is a threshold, noise increased significantly, by definition greater impact. However, even in light sensitivity up to ISO 3200, the Olympus E-PL1, the image quality is still more than most of the time card machines in the performance of sensitivity ISO800. I also satisfied. Everyday shooting, the proposed ISO 800 to shoot the following to get a better picture quality.
Summary: micro 4 / 3 of a single call for universal

Olympus E-PL1 with a size of 17.3 × 13mm, 1230-megapixel High-Speed Live MOS sensor, 4:3, maximum 4032 x 3024 pixels, shoot pictures, picture quality comparable to SLR, machine body anti-shake system with photoreceptor displacement and dust control system, 6 has added many interesting artistic filters. Machine built-in flash, night shoot more comfortably. Body has a separate video capture button, and can shoot 720p HD video. Compared with Obama PEN series predecessor, this machine uses plastic body, a relatively low price, it is learned, Olympus E-PL1 set price of about 4,000 yuan machine is one of the users of high-value choice.
* Advantages: Large size sensor, picture quality not bad
        Body comes with flash
        Body image stabilization, dust sensors
        Six kinds of high artistic filters available
Cost-effective

* Less than: Plastic Material
        Slightly cumbersome manual transmission operation
Specifications LCD screen is not high