Olympus PEN E-P1

The Olympus PEN E-P1 is a mirrorless camera launched on 29/07/2009.

Technically speaking, the Olympus PEN E-P1 ranks well below the category average, scoring 45 overall. The Olympus PEN E-P1 weights 355 gr and spans 121 x 70 x 36 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.

Going into details, whatever the technical specification to be considered, the performance of Olympus PEN E-P1 is below the category average:

• Image Quality - Score 41, ranks among the worst 13% of its category.
• Speed Performance - Score 26, ranks among the worst 13% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 66, ranks among the worst 34% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 49, ranks among the worst 23% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Suboptimal, score 39, ranks 8% in its category. Olympus PEN E-P1 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 38, ranks 10% in its category. Olympus PEN E-P1 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Suboptimal, score 40, ranks 14% in its category. Olympus PEN E-P1 is not the best choice for Sport photography; if Sport is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 53, ranks 12% in its category. Olympus PEN E-P1 is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 52, ranks 10% in its category. Olympus PEN E-P1 does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.