Product of the Year WINNER
Ebocfki ;#F' Taking the Product of the Year title is no mean feat, but then again the Olympus E-P1 is not your average camera. Innovation is always welcome in any product line, but for photography the E-P1 brings to the table a new breed of DSLR. The PEN, as it’s known, uses a 12.3MP FourThirds sensor. This is the same quality of chip that the brand uses in its range of E-System DSLRs, but the PEN is considerably smaller in design. This is where the camera differs from a traditional DSLR, as the prism viewfinder is missing in favour of a Live View 3in LCD screen. The camera also has a Micro FourThirds lens mount, so lenses are much smaller but still at the quality you’d expect from a DSLR. In short, the E-P1 gives you DSLR quality images but in a much more compact package. The PEN is very intuitive in use and offers full manual control alongside a wide range of pre-set programme modes, including some creative filters. With HD video capture and an impressive 3fps drive speed, the E-P1 offers superb value for money.
@K:=;I½ 9ECC;DJI Olympus E-P1 PEN is “theThemost exciting camera to come out this year and is undoubtedly Product of the Year 2009. The PEN heralds a whole new class of compact style DSLR
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