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Testseek.co.uk have collected 82 expert reviews of the Olympus E-P2 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Olympus E-P2.
Award: Recommended January 2010
January 2010
 
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The editors liked

  • Excellent quality viewfider
  • Solidly buily with retro styling
  • Small
  • Especially with the 17 mm lens
  • General handling
  • Electronic viewfinder
  • AF tracking
  • Manual movie mode
  • Good features
  • Good pictures
  • Nice retro styling
  • Impressive images from kit lens Tank-like build
  • Retractable lens mechanism Unusually easy to use
  • Metal build means camera feels built to outlast most competitors in its new-ish class
  • Excellent image quality and evenly exposed results
  • Sturdier than other hybrids
  • Excellent image quality
  • Evenly exposed results
  • Everything that made the E-P1 so easy to recommend remains on its successor. The black metal body will delight fans of retro camera style
  • But it’s about more than looks. The 14-42mm lens which comes as part of the basic bundle is great and gives it a DSLR style feel.Images look stunning
  • With the chance to take pin-hole and diorama shots using the on-board art filters. This is a camera aimed str
  • Striking design
  • Excellent build quality
  • Very good photo quality
  • Design
  • Accessories port
  • Great imaging quality
  • Excellent video controls
  • So much fun to use
  • EVF

The editors didn't like

  • Screen resolution still low
  • Viewfinder takes up the hot shoe
  • Menus are complicated
  • Battery life not good enough
  • Awkward mode dial
  • Slow autofocus
  • Pricey
  • High price
  • No built-in flash
  • Pricey for anyone buying into the new system from scratch
  • Occasional white balance issues
  • Retractable lens has to be unfurled before powering the camera up to prevent error message
  • Kit lens has to be unfurled before powering the camera up
  • At £899 for the basic package
  • You’ll need a lot of spare cash to get involved. That doesn’ tinclude the viewfinder which you’ll need to pay extra for. Also
  • The added features are barely different to the E-P1. That’s not to say this isn’t a stunning
  • Sleek camera that takes truly luscious and detailed shots
  • Just that it costs a tad too much for our liking.
  • Sluggish autofocus
  • Short battery life
  • Low-resolution LCD
  • Lacks on-camera flash
  • No onboard flash
  • Focusing can be a little unreliable
  • Price

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  Published: 2010-02-08, review by: itreviews.com

  • Abstract:  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. Olympus - PEN E-P2 price Buy Olympus PE...

 
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  Published: 2010-02-04, review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Design, accessories port, great imaging quality, excellent video controls, so much fun to use, EVF
  • No onboard flash, focusing can be a little unreliable, price
  • The range of options is impressive, whether you are a novice attracted to the design, or an enthusiast looking for a more compact camera with plenty of creative control. Whichever you are, the E-P2 is immense fun to use, if a little priceyKey specs12 m...

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  Published: 2010-01-26, review by: digitalversus.com

  • Excellent quality viewfider, Solidly buily with retro styling, Small, especially with the 17 mm lens, General handling
  • Screen resolution still low, Viewfinder takes up the hot shoe, Menus are complicated, Battery life not good enough

 
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  Published: 2010-01-26, review by: techadvisor.co.uk

  • 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 fu...

 
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  Published: 2010-01-20, review by: electricpig.co.uk

  • Electronic viewfinder, AF tracking, manual movie mode
  • Awkward mode dial
  • Everything the PEN E-P1 should have been...

 
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  Published: 2010-01-01, review by: techradar.com

  • Small, Good features, Good pictures, Nice retro styling
  • Slow autofocus, Pricey

 
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  Published: 2010-01-01, review by: amateurphotographer.co.uk

  • There are many things to like about the Pen E-P2, and most of these are the same features that appear in the E-P1. This is because, besides the EVF, there is little in the way of a ‘giant leap forward’. The EVF is impressive, and when combined with the...

 
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  Published: 2009-01-01, review by: practicalphotography.com

  • Abstract:  When Olympus released the E-P1 it was greeted with wide acclaim but for one thing – the lack of a viewfinder. The brand has addressed this and added yet more features with the Olympus E-P2. ...

 
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  Published: 2011-07-20, review by: digital-photography-school.com

  • Abstract:  Just as this camera arrived on the reviewing desk another PEN was announced: the PEN E-PL1. With three PENs now out there, I could almost hear the old song … ‘Every time it rains, it rains PEN-Es from heaven.” Sorry for the corn!Olympus first broke aw...

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  Published: 2010-11-18, review by: layersmagazine.com

  • Image quality; new EVF
  • No custom mode setting; no built-in flash

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