SLR Image Quality that’s truly portable
Imagine being able to take pictures with the outstanding quality of a professional SLR camera, with a camera that’s just slightly larger than your usual compact model. That’s the Olympus PEN promise: all the quality of a powerful SLR camera, without the fuss, and bulky weight.

The unnecessary and bulky components of an SLR, like the prism and flip-up mirror, have been eliminated in the PEN, retaining only its important ‘performance’ essentials: The large sensor, high speed image processor, and high-performance interchangeable lenses.

Touch AF Shutter
Apart from the usual shutter button, easily take a picture on a PEN camera with a simple touch of the viewing screen.

Touch AF Shutter works near instantly so that focusing and shooting seem to meld into one with minimal delay. Olympus’ capacitive touchscreen technology makes this system super sensitive.

Focus Precisely
Many SLR cameras by default use wide area focusing that may misfocus on parts of the scene you don’t intend to be sharp. With the ability to focus exactly where you finger points, Touch AF Shutter gives you control over the exact part of the picture you want in sharp focus.

Faster than SLR focusing speed

• The new Frequency Acceleration Sensor Technology (FAST) auto-focus system in every PEN model gives you faster focusing than SLR cameras, even professional ones

• FAST-AF combines the speed of Olympus' MSC equipped PEN lenses, the high frame rate LiveMOS sensor, dedicated AF processor and a very short shutter-release lag time

• A 35-point AF grid with continuous focus-tracking capability in every PEN model makes capturing fast moving subjects easy

After taking amazing pictures with your PEN, share them easily with everyone on social sites, no matter where you are with the wireless Image Share system.

With a FlashAir* card inside the PEN E-PL5 or PEN E-PM2, conveniently browse the contents of your camera through your smartphone or tablet using the free OI.Share app. Select the pictures your wish to send out to the Twitterverse or Facebook, hit send, and you’re done!

The OI.Share app is so versatile that you can even apply Art Filters to jazz up your images on your phone before you send them. Use the Art Filters to transform any normal picture into something that will truly earn you creative kudos! Choose from retro Grainy Film, funky Pop Art, mysterious Pin Hole, romantic Soft Focus, impressive Dramatic Tone, amongst a large choice of cool filter effects.

 

Advanced Digital Optics

• Every PEN system lens incorporates Olympus' advanced digital lens design and cutting-edge optical glass technology for razor sharp pictures

• PEN lenses make use of high performance optics typically found only in professional grade lenses

• Olympus' technological edge in advanced optical R&D allows it to exclusively manufacture unique lenses such as Dual Super Aspherical (DSA), Dual Aspherical (DA) and Aspherical Extra-low Dispersion (ASPH ED) elements, which not only improve picture sharpness, but enable lenses to be small and compact

 

Built For Speed

• Like the CPU in a modern computer, Olympus' TruePic VI multi-processor inside every PEN camera has dedicated 'brains' that do specific tasks really quickly, all at once
• This means every PEN camera is super-responsive, enabling you to snap away at will. There is no waiting on the camera and black-out times are minimal
• Art Filters work quicker than ever before. The new image processor is so fast that with Art Filter bracketing enable, you can get as many filtered shots as you want in one snap, all processed before your eyes