Quick facts
Full name: Olympus PEN E-P1
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 2009 · Released about 17 years ago
- Sensor
- 17.3 × 13 mm CMOS
- Effective resolution
- 12.3 MP
- Lens
- —
- Zoom
- —
- Weight
- 355 g
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion BLS-1 rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
- Storage
- SD/SDHC card
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What to check before buying used
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 21.64 mm
- Surface area
- 225 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 4.28 µm
- Pixel area
- 18.28 µm²
- Pixel density
- 5.47 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
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17.3 × 13 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 12.3 MP
- Total pixels
- 13.1 MP
- Sensor
- 17.3 × 13 mm CMOS
- Calculated resolution
- 4,046 × 3,040
- Maximum image
- 4,032 × 3,024
- Crop factor
- 2
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 100–6,400
- Viewfinder
- None
- Display
- 3 in / 230,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- SD/SDHC card
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion BLS-1 rechargeable battery Li-ion battery
Body
- Weight
- 355 g
- Dimensions
- 121 × 70 × 36 mm
- Release year
- 2009
Wikidata
- Aperture Priority
- Yes
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion BLS-1 rechargeable battery
- Brand
- Olympus
- Built In Flash
- —
- Crop Factor
- 2
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- No
- Dimensions
- 121 x 70 x 36 mm
- Effective Megapixels
- 12.30
- Exposure Compensation
- ±3 EV (in 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- External Flash
- ✓
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- —
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- Auto, (200 - 3200), 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
- Macro Focus Range
- —
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- —
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- n/a
- Max Image Resolution
- 4032 x 3024
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/4000 sec
- Metering
- Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- Min Shutter Speed
- 60 sec
- Model
- PEN E-P1
- Normal Focus Range
- —
- Optical Zoom
- —
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 230,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 3"
- Sensor Resolution
- 4045 x 3041
- Sensor Size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CMOS
- Shutter Priority
- Yes
- Storage Types
- SD/SDHC card
- Total Megapixels
- 13.10
- Usb
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- None
- Weight
- 355 g
- White Balance Presets
- 5
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 2009
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