Olympus PEN E-PL1

The Olympus PEN E-PL1 is a mirrorless camera launched on 17/05/2010.

Technically speaking, the Olympus PEN E-PL1 ranks well below the category average, scoring 48 overall. The Olympus PEN E-PL1 weights 334 gr and spans 115 x 72 x 42 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-PL1 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 64, ranks among the worst 28% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 66, ranks among the worst 45% 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 41, ranks 15% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 39, ranks 12% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Suboptimal, score 42, ranks 24% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1 is not the best choice for Sport photography; if Sport is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 56, ranks 20% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1 is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 57, ranks 23% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1 does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.

Last but not least, the price. You can find the Olympus PEN E-PL1 sold on Amazon for a price comprised between 481.95 GBP and 481.95 GBP, which is in the average for this camera category.

Overall, Olympus PEN E-PL1 is not the best value for money. Unless you have specific reasons to go for it, we suggest you to consider available alternatives. Click here to see alternative options.