Olympus PEN E-PL1 User Manual

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Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps
Topside controls
As shown in Figure 1-1, the top of the camera sports a couple features:
Hot shoe Mode dial Shutter buttonFocal plane marker
Figure 1-1: Use the Mode dial to choose a basic exposure mode.
✓ Power button: I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you what this
button does. But see the section “Exploring setup options on the Custom
menu,” near the end of this chapter, to find out about the Sleep setting.
That setting enables you to specify how quickly you want the camera to
automatically shut off to save battery power.
✓ Shutter button: I’m sure you also figured out this one. But see Chapter
2 to find out how to specify whether you want the camera to record a
single shot, a continuous series of shots, or a self-timer shot each time
you press the button.
✓ Mode dial: You select the shooting mode, or exposure mode, via this
dial. Chapter 3 explains the simplest, most automatic modes — iAuto
and Scene (SCN) — as well as Movie mode. Chapters 6 and 7 cover the
more advanced photography modes (P, S, A, and M). For help with ART
mode, check out Chapter 9.
✓ Flash hot shoe: Hot shoe is the traditional photography term for “con-
tact on top of the camera for mounting an external flash.” But on the
E-PL1, the electrical contacts on the hot shoe also enable the camera to
communicate with the optional electronic viewfinder. See the upcoming
sidebar “Awesome add-on: The VF-2 electronic viewfinder,” later in this
chapter, for some additional information.
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Olympus PEN E-PL1 Specifications

General

Megapixel	12.3 MP
Camera type	Compact camera
Sensor type	Live MOS
Image stabilizer	Yes
Image sensor size	- \
Supported aspect ratios	4:3
Still image resolution(s)	640 x 480, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 960, 1600 x 1200, 2560 x 1920, 3200 x 2400
Digital zoom	7 x
Optical zoom	14 x
Focal length range	14 - 42 mm
Digital SLR	No
Dimensions (WxDxH)	114.6 x 41.5 x 72.2 mm
Aperture range (F-F)	-
Camera shutter speed	0.0005 - 60 s
Effective sensor resolution	13100000 pixels
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)	- mm
Auto focusing (AF) modes	Continuous Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
ISO sensitivity	100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, Auto
Light exposure modes	aperture priority AE, auto, manual, shutter priority AE
Flash modes	Auto, Fill-in, Flash off, Manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Internal memory	- MB
Compatible memory cards	SD, SDHC
Motion JPEG frame rate	30, 10 fps
Maximum video resolution	1280 x 720 pixels
Field of view	100 %
Display diagonal	2.7 \
Display resolution (numeric)	230000 pixels
USB version	2.0
Scene modes	Beach, Candlelight, Children, Documents, Fireworks, Night portrait, Panorama, Portrait, Snow, Sports, Sunset, Landscape (scenery)
Image editing	resizing, trimming
Photo effects	Muted, Vivid
White balance	Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent, Shade
Camera playback	movie, single image, slide show
Product color	Silver, White
Battery type	BLS-1
Battery life (CIPA standard)	290 shots
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 60 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 40 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	30 - 90 %

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	41.5 mm
Width	114.6 mm
Height	72.2 mm
Weight	296 g
Dimensions (W x D x H) (imperial)	4.51 x 1.63 x 2.84 \