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Olympus E-P2 Pro Reviews

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ITreviews‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Olympus has listened to its customers and kept all that is best in the PEN E-P1 whilst adding a much needed electronic viewfinder and a range of enhancements to focusing, movie mode, filters and colour-boosting.

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Feb 08, 2010

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reghardware‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The E-P2 is a great and versatile little camera, if a touch expensive. Olympus was fast to act on the concerns raised by the release of the E-P1 and the result is a much better camera than the original digital PEN ever was. Having addressed some if not all the main issues afflicting the E-P1, this new PEN can be a real alternative to a conventional DSLR.

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Jun 25, 2010

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ephotozine‘s review Edit Like Unlike

I think the Olympus did better in the performance tests because it has more metering options, handles noise better and gives a better balance of colour, although if you prefer deep colour, then it's the Panasonic. The Olympus also has more options for white-balance, although the manual setting on the Panasonic is very easy-to-use.

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Feb 11, 2010

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PC Advisor‘s review Edit Like Unlike

At £849, the Olympus Pen E-P2 is also significantly more expensive than an entry-level DSLR, and with a DSLR you get a true optical viewfinder, a bigger sensor, and a wider array of lens options. To put it bluntly, however, this is one of the most fun-to-use cameras we've ever picked up.

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Jan 26, 2010

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TechRadar UK‘s review Edit Like Unlike

There's a lot to like about the Olympus PEN E-P2. It's stylish, well built, relatively easy to use and takes great pictures out of the box, thanks to its Micro Four Thirds technology and quality lenses. The ISO performance is impressive, which is just as well considering the lack of flash. If you're looking for an SLR backup, but are keen to keep costs down while gaining benefits of a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, this seems a wiser buy.

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Feb 22, 2010

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The Imaging Resource‘s review Edit Like Unlike

As an evolution of the E-P1, the Olympus E-P2 retains much of what is great about its predecessor, while building on feedback from the E-P1 to offer some important new features. Key among these features is the accessory port, whose design bears more than a passing resemblance to that of the Panasonic GF1. Impressively, this has been added without any increase to the Olympus E-P2's weight versus that of the E-P1, and with a negligible difference in size.

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Apr 19, 2010

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Pocket-lint‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The Olympus Pen E-P2 is a wonderful little camera and you can't help feeling that this is the camera the E-P1 should have been. Even though we loved the E-P1, the additions to the E-P2 make it even more compelling; those who have invested in the E-P1 are probably now kicking themselves that they didn't wait around a little longer.

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Feb 04, 2010

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Steve's Digicams‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The E-P2 is a welcomed addition to Olympus' extremely popular Digtial PEN line. The added options on the E-P2 are a great improvement over the E-P1, however these come with an additional cost of about $300.

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Nov 04, 2009

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DP Review‘s review Edit Like Unlike

It's not a vastly different camera to the E-P1 but the changes that have been made have been well focused on making a really good camera into a better one.

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Apr 22, 2010

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LetsGoDigital‘s review Edit Like Unlike

We did enjoy shooting with the Olympus PEN E-P2. And although we did not come across any surprises, shooting with the Olympus PEN P2 does seem to add that little bit of extra, like a special dimension to photography. I'm still not quite sure what it is, but the fact remains that I experience photography in a different way compared to shooting with a full-frame DSLR. Perhaps it is all the little details together that create such an experience. Anyway, the Olympus E PEN-P2 is a valuable addition to the Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera range. A camera that lets you enjoy digital photography even more!

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Camera Labs‘s review Edit Like Unlike

while the E-P2 is a really nice camera to use and one we can recommend, you've got to really want its bigger screen and more sophisticated controls to buy it over the E-PL1. It'll certainly be interesting to see how many E-PL1's end up being bought by enthusiasts and fitted with VF-2's.

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Feb, 2010

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DigitalCameraReview‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The E-P2 and its predecessor the E-P1 were designed to meet the needs of a remarkably broad demographic. The E-P2 should appeal to pro and semi-pro shooters looking for a pocketable back-up camera with lots of creative potential, casual shooters looking for a stylish and easy to use camera with lots of automatic capability, and amateur photographers looking to move up from their consumer and prosumer point and shoots.

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Feb 16, 2010

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PhotographyBLOG‘s review Edit Like Unlike

With the tweaks and refinements to the Olympus E-P2 being relatively modest, existing E-P1 owners shouldn't feel the need for an upgrade. To sum up, chief 'improvements' are the newly included EVF and port for such, (slightly) enhanced functionality for video makers, and the two new Art Filters, out of which Diorama was the one we deployed most often for its otherworldly and at times painterly effects.

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Feb 04, 2010

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CNET Reviews‘s review Edit Like Unlike

For some, an elegant shooter's design and high-quality low-ISO photos may more than adequately compensate for the Olympus E-P2's sluggish performance.

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Mar 17, 2010

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PC Magazine‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The E-P2 Micro Four Thirds camera has all the benefits and shortfalls of the less expensive E-P1, but it also includes a detachable electronic viewfinder.

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Feb 12, 2010

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PC World‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The $1100 Olympus' Pen E-P2 is the newest entry in the company's interchangeable lens line of Micro Four-Thirds cameras. Senior Editor Tim Moynihan expecially liked its selection of art modes and its crisp 720p HD video capability.

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Jan 23, 2010

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