Olympus PEN E-PL1s

The Olympus PEN E-PL1s is a mirrorless camera launched on 16/11/2010.

Technically speaking, the Olympus PEN E-PL1s ranks well below the category average, scoring 48 overall. The Olympus PEN E-PL1s 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-PL1s 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 47% 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 16% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1s is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 39, ranks 13% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1s is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Good, score 42, ranks in the best 76% of its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1s works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 56, ranks 20% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1s is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 57, ranks 24% in its category. Olympus PEN E-PL1s does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.