Olympus PEN E-P1 vs Olympus PEN-F

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PEN E-P1 compared with PEN-F

	OlympusPEN E-P1	OlympusPEN-F
Overview
Released
Released	July 2009	February 2016
Image and sensor
Camera type
Camera type	Mirrorless	Mirrorless
Sensor format
Sensor format	Four Thirds	Four Thirds
Sensor type
Sensor type	High-speed Live MOS	Live MOS
Sensor dimensions
Sensor dimensions	17.3 × 13 mm	17.4 × 13 mm
Effective resolution
Effective resolution	12.3 MP	20.3 MP
Largest image
Largest image	4032 × 3024	5184 × 3888
RAW recording
RAW recording	Yes	Yes
Standard ISO range
Standard ISO range	100–6400	200–25600
Sensor detail
Sensor detail	4/3-type Live MOS; approximately 13.1 million total photosites, 4:3 aspect ratio; Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction	Approximately 21.77 total megapixels; no optical low-pass filter; Supersonic Wave Filter dust reduction
Image formats
Image formats	12-bit losslessly compressed RAW, JPEG and RAW+JPEG; sRGB and Adobe RGB. Aspect options 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 and 6:6; JPEG cropped to selected ratio while RAW records aspect metadata	JPEG, 12-bit losslessly compressed ORF RAW and RAW+JPEG; High Res Shot combines eight shifted exposures into 8160×6120 JPEG or 10368×7776 RAW, separately from ordinary native-resolution photographs
ISO detail
ISO detail	Manual ISO 100–6400 in 1/3 or 1 EV steps; automatic ISO 200–6400 customisable, default 200–1600	ISO 200–25600; expanded LOW equivalent to ISO 80
Image processor
Image processor	TruePic V	TruePic VII
Lens and shooting
Lens mount
Lens mount	Micro Four Thirds	Micro Four Thirds
Stabilisation
Stabilisation	Sensor shift	Sensor shift
Maximum continuous burst
Maximum continuous burst	3 fps	20 fps
Lens detail
Lens detail	Lens kit includes M.Zuiko Digital ED 14–42mm F3.5–5.6; pancake kit 17mm F2.8 and VF-1 optical finder. These interchangeable kit lenses are not built-in camera specifications	–
Autofocus
Autofocus	Eleven-area contrast-detection High-Speed Imager AF; single AF, continuous AF, manual focus and single AF plus manual override. Live View magnification 7× or 10×. Adapted Four Thirds lenses operate single AF when continuous AF is selected	81-area contrast detection; single, continuous and tracking AF, manual focus, face and near-eye priority; touchscreen AF targeting pad, magnification and four-colour focus peaking
Shutter
Shutter	Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter, 60–1/4000 second; Bulb up to 30 minutes, default eight minutes. Optional RM-UC1 wired remote supports Bulb control; Anti-Shock delay 1/8–30 seconds	Mechanical 1/8000–60 seconds; electronic 1/16000–60 seconds; electronic first curtain 1/320–60 seconds, switching to mechanical at faster speeds; Bulb/Time up to 30 minutes and Live Composite up to three hours
Burst detail
Burst detail	Maker continuous rate approximately 3 fps. Buffer approximately 10 RAW or 12 large-normal JPEG under maker conditions with Toshiba Super High Speed Class 6 4 GB card; JPEG count depends on resolution and compression	Silent H+ electronic shooting up to 20 fps; mechanical high up to 10 fps with focus and exposure fixed at the first frame and stabilisation off; low up to 5 fps with continuous autofocus. Maker mechanical-high buffer approximately 39 RAW or 45 large-normal JPEG with specified Toshiba UHS-II card and lens
Stabilisation detail
Stabilisation detail	Sensor shift for stills, with normal and horizontal/vertical panning modes and manual focal-length input for adapted lenses. Maker claims up to 4 EV depending on lens and shooting conditions. Movie mode uses electronic correction with a slight crop	Five-axis sensor shift, rated up to 5 CIPA stops with M.Zuiko Digital ED 14–42mm F3.5–5.6 EZ at 42 mm; compatible with Sync IS lenses. Movie M-IS1 adds electronic correction and a crop; M-IS2 uses sensor shift alone
Flash
Flash	No built-in flash; hot shoe supports FL-50R, FL-36R, FL-20 and FL-14. Flash synchronisation 1/180 second or slower; external flash compensation ±3 EV	No built-in flash; supplied camera-powered FL-LM3 bounce flash, guide number 9.1 at ISO 100 or 12.9 at ISO 200; mechanical synchronisation up to 1/250 second and electronic up to 1/20 second; hot shoe and wireless RC flash control
Exposure controls
Exposure controls	iAUTO, Program with shift, aperture priority, shutter priority, Manual, scene modes and six Art Filters. 324-zone digital ESP, centre-weighted and spot metering with highlight/shadow options; ±3 EV compensation. Two-axis level gauge; two My Mode settings	P/A/S/M, four custom mode-dial positions, HDR, exposure and focus bracketing, Live Composite and Live Time; front Creative Dial accesses monochrome profiles, colour profiles, Art Filters and Color Creator; no in-camera focus stacking
Video
Highest video resolution
Highest video resolution	1280 × 720 at 30 fps	1920 × 1080 at 60 fps
Video detail
Video detail	AVI Motion JPEG at 30 fps: 1280 × 720, 16:9, or 640 × 480, 4:3. Maximum individual recording approximately seven minutes HD or fourteen minutes VGA. Certain Art Filters lower the frame rate	MOV H.264 Full HD 60/50/30/25/24p; 60p is 59.94 fps. ALL-I Full HD up to 30p at approximately 77 Mbps; maximum MOV clip approximately 29 minutes. 4K 5 fps is assembled time-lapse output, not ordinary 4K video; VGA high-speed capture up to 120 fps
Audio
Audio	Built-in stereo microphone and mono playback speaker. Stereo linear PCM, 16-bit 44.1 kHz, WAVE format; still-photo audio recording up to thirty seconds	Built-in stereo microphone, 16-bit 48 kHz linear PCM, recording-level control and wind-noise reduction
Screen and viewfinder
Viewfinder
Viewfinder	None	Electronic
Screen size
Screen size	3″	3″
Screen dots
Screen dots	230,000	1,040,000
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	–	Yes
Tilting screen
Tilting screen	No	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	Fixed HyperCrystal LCD with 100% Live View coverage, ±7-step brightness and colour-temperature adjustment	Vari-angle display with forward-facing selfie position; Japanese maker table rounds resolution to 1.04 million dots, while both reviews specify 1.037 million
Viewfinder detail
Viewfinder detail	No built-in finder; optional VF-1 optical finder supplied with the 17mm pancake kit uses the hot shoe, so cannot be fitted simultaneously with a shoe-mounted flash	Approximately 2.36-million-dot OLED, 100% coverage; 1.08× magnification in styles 1/2 or 1.23× in style 3 with a 50 mm lens at infinity; simulated optical-viewfinder display remains electronic
Connections and design
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	–	Yes
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	300 photographs	330 photographs
Body weight
Body weight	335 g (better)	373 g
Release detail
Release detail	Olympus support dates E-P1 to July 2009. The Japanese 16 June announcement schedules lens and pancake kits for 3 July, and made-to-order body-only versions for late July; month precision represents the model rather than assigning the kit day to every configuration	Maker announcement scheduled Japan sale for 26 February 2016. The Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan's retrospective records actual February 2016 release; month precision retained because a worldwide first-sale day is not established
Recording media
Recording media	SD and SDHC memory cards	One SD slot; SDHC/SDXC and UHS-I/UHS-II support
Ports
Ports	Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and selectable NTSC/PAL analogue AV through proprietary multi-connector; same connector accepts RM-UC1 wired remote. Mini HDMI Type C provides HD video and stereo audio; flash hot shoe	USB 2.0 Hi-Speed proprietary multi-connector for USB, AV and optional RM-UC1 remote; micro-HDMI Type D and hot shoe. Photography Blog's mini-HDMI wording differs from the maker's Type D specification
Wireless connections
Wireless connections	–	Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n; smartphone remote shooting, image transfer and location tagging through Olympus Image Share
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	BLS-1 rechargeable lithium-ion battery. Maker CIPA claim approximately 300 photographs using BLS-1 and Toshiba Class 6 4 GB SDHC card	BLN-1 rechargeable battery; approximately 330 CIPA photographs with stabilisation on and specified Toshiba SDHC card. Movie life approximately 80 minutes under JEITA conditions or 140 minutes without zoom and other operations, repeatedly recording maximum-length clips
Charging
Charging	–	Supplied BCN-1 external battery charger
Dimensions
Dimensions	120.5 × 70 × 35 mm (width × height × depth), excluding protrusions	124.8×72.1×37.3 mm, excluding protrusions
Weight detail
Weight detail	Approximately 335 g body only, excluding battery, card and lens	Approximately 373 g body only or 427 g with supplied battery and memory card
Materials
Materials	Metal exterior; silver version has hairline finishing	Magnesium top and front covers, aluminium bottom cover and machined dials; synthetic leather covering. No weather sealing, reported by Photography Blog; plastic rear buttons, reported by Digital Camera World
Colours
Colours	Silver and white	Silver with black covering or black
In the box
In the box	–	Body, FL-LM3 flash, BLN-1 battery, BCN-1 charger, USB cable, shoulder strap, software and documentation