| Announced: | 03 Oct 2013 |
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| Sensor Resolution: | 16Mp |
| Sensor Type: | 4/3 CMOS |
| ISO: | 100-25600 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Physical Dimensions: | 122 x 69 x 37 mm |
| Viewfinder: | Electronic (optional) |
| Screen Type: | 3" Tilting |
| Video Resolutions: | 1920 x 1080 |

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The Olympus PEN E-P5 is a mirrorless camera launched on 03/10/2013.
Technically speaking, the Olympus PEN E-P5 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 54 overall. The Olympus PEN E-P5 weights 420 gr and spans 122 x 69 x 37 mm. This means that it is particularly light and small, indeed one of the most handy options within its category.
Going into details, the Olympus PEN E-P5 behaves better than average in its category for:
On the contrary, the performance of Olympus PEN E-P5 is below the category average in:
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:
Sensor Type
CMOS
Sensor Size
4/3
Sensor Dimensions
17.3 x 13.0 mm
Sensor Area
224.9 mm2
Sensor Resolution
16 Mp
Max Image Resolution
4608 x 3456
Max Native ISO
25600
Min Native ISO
100
RAW Support

Manual Focus

Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds
Number of Lenses
90
Focal Length Multiplier
2
Screen Type
Tilting
Screen Size
3.0"
Screen Resolution
1037Kdot
Live View

Touch Screen

Viewfinder
Electronic (optional)
Viewfinder Resolution
None
Viewfinder Coverage
Viewfinder Magnification
None
Min Shutter Speed
60s
Max Shutter Speed
1/8000s
Continuous Shooting
9fps
Shutter Priority

Aperture Priority

Manual Exposure Mode

Exposure Compensation

Custom White Balance

Image Stabilization

Built-in Flash

Flash Range
7.0
Max Flash Sync
1/320s
Flash Modes
Auto On Off Red-Eye Fill-in Slow Sync (1st or 2nd curtain) Manual (1/1 - 1/64)
External Flash

AE Bracketing

WB Bracketing

DxO Overall Score
72
DxO Color Depth
22.8
DxO Dynamic Range
12.4
DxO Low Light ISO
895
Multi-Segment

Average

Spot

Partial

AF-Area

Center Weighted

AF Touch

AF Continuous

AF Single

AF Tracking

AF Selective

AF Center

AF MultiArea

AF Live View

AF Face Detection

AF Contrast Detection

AF Phase Detection

Number of Focus Points
35
Number of Cross Focus Points
0
Video Resolutions
1920 x 1080 (30p) 1280 x 720 (30p)
Max Video Resolution
1920x1080
Video Formats
H.264
Microphone Port

Headphone Port

Wireless Connectivity
Built-in
HDMI

USB
USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
Environmental Sealing

Water Proof

Dust Proof

Shock Proof

Crush Proof

Freeze Proof

Weight
420g
Physical Dimensions
122 x 69 x 37 mm
Battery Life
330
Battery Type
Battery Pack
Battery Model
Self Timer
Yes (2 or 12 sec)
Timelapse Recording

GPS

Storage Type
SD SDHC SDXC
Storage Slots
1
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