Olympus PEN E-PL1 User Manual (English)

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Getting the Lay of the Land

In This Chapter

▶ Taking a tour of external controls

▶ Looking at lenses and memory cards

▶ Using the optional electronic viewfinder

▶ Selecting from menus

▶ Customizing your display

▶ Viewing and adjusting picture-taking settings

▶ Customizing basic operations

t first glance, the Olympus PEN E-PL1 could easily be mistaken for just

another digital point-and-shoot camera. But don’t be fooled by your

camera’s diminutive size or the simplicity of its outward design:

Under that small, sexy exterior lies a lot of photographic

muscle.

This chapter covers the basics you need to start

enjoying all the E-PL1 has to offer, introducing you to

its external features, showing you how to work with

interchangeable lenses, and explaining how to navi-

gate menus and select camera settings. In addition,

the last part of the chapter details options that

enable you to customize basic camera operations.

Taking a Quick Tour

If you’ve used a digital camera before, some external con-

trols on the E-PL1 may be familiar to you. The button that you

press to erase pictures, for example, is marked with the universal

delete symbol — a trash can. But some features are unique to the E-PL1, so

the next three sections provide an overview of the function of each external

control. (I discuss these controls in more detail later in this book.)

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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 %