Olympus E-P2 Specification Guide

E-P2 Specifications

Type
Body material

Metal

Lens mount

Micro Four Thirds

Image Sensor
Type

4/3‘‘ Hi-Speed Live MOS sensor

Effective pixels

12.3 Megapixels

Aspect ratio & area

4:3 / 17.3 x 13.0mm

Full resolution

13.1 Megapixels

Engine
Type

TruePic V

Image Stabiliser
Type

Sensor shift

Modes

Two-dimensional or one-dimensional

activation

Effective Compensation

Range

Up to 4 EV steps

Shutter speed range

2 - 1/4000 s (not available when Bulb is

selected)

Live View
AF type

Contrast detection system

Displayed information

100% field of view, exposure adjustment

preview, white balance adjustment preview,

gradation setting preview (SAT), face

detection preview, Perfect Shot Preview,

gridline displayable, 7x/10x magnification

possible, MF/S-AF, AF frame display,

AF point display, Shooting information,

Histogram

Level Gauge
Detection

2-axis

Display

Rear LCD monitor

LCD
LCD type

HyperCrystal LCD

Monitor size

7.6cm / 3.0‘‘

Resolution

230,000 dots

Brightness adjustment

+/- 7 levels

Colour balance

A-B: +/-7 levels, G-M: +/-7 levels

Focusing System
Method

Contrast Detection AF system (when non

high-speed contrast AF compatible lens is

used, it works as MF assist)

Focus areas

11 points / Automatic and manual selection
Almost all points / Auto selection with Face

Detection ON
225 points / Manual selection in Magnified

View Mode

AF lock

Yes

Modes

Continuous AF, AF Tracking

Light Metering
Method

TTL open aperture light metering

Zones

324 zones Multi-pattern Sensing System

Detection range

0 - 18 EV (50mm, 1:2, ISO 100)

Exposure System
Exposure compensation

+/- 3 EV (1, 1/2, 1/3 steps )

Exposure bracketing

3 frames (+/- 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1 EV steps )

ISO bracketing

3 frames (1/3, 2/3, 1 EV steps )

Modes

Programme automatic, i-Auto, Aperture

priority, Shutter priority, Manual, Scene

Modes

Art Filters

Pop Art, Soft Focus, Pale & Light Colour,

Light Tone, Grainy Film, Pin Hole, Diorama,

Cross Process

Multi-Exposure
Max. number of frames

2 frames (shooting)
3 frames (editing)

Auto gain control

Yes

Sensitivity
Auto

ISO 200 - 6400 (customisable, default ISO

200 - 1600)

Manual

ISO 100 - 6400

Shutter
Shutter type

Computerised focal-plane shutter

Self timer

12s / 2s

Shutter Speeds
Shutter speed range

1/4000 - 60s

Bulb mode

1/4000 - 60s Up to 30 minutes (selectable

longest time in the menu, default: 8 minutes)

White Balance
AUTO WB system

Advanced detection system with Live MOS

sensor

Manual White balance (One-

Touch)

Yes

White balance bracketing

3 frames / +/- 2, 4, 6 mired steps

One-touch white balance

1 custom settings can be registered

White balance adjustment

+/- 7 in each A-B / G-M axis (in Auto WB,

preset WB mode & one-touch WB)

Custom WB

1 setting can be registered at Kelvin

temperature (2000K - 14000K)

Recording Formats
RAW

12 bit

RAW & JPEG

Yes parallel recording

JPEG

Yes

Aspect ratio

4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 6:6

Sequence Shooting
Speed (H)

Approx. 3 fps

RAW Mode

10 frames

JPEG Mode

Depends on compression ratio or number

of pixels (Large normal mode: approx. 12

with Toshiba Super High Speed type „Class

6“ 4GB)

Image Processing
Colour space

sRGB / AdobeRGB

Sharpness + Contrast

5 levels

Saturation

5 levels

Black & White filter

Yellow, Orange, Red, Green

Image Editing

RAW data edit, Red-eye reduction, Sepia,

Black & White, Resize, Correction of

saturation, Shadow Adjustment, Trimming,

e-portrait

Voice Appendage
Recording format

Stereo PCM/16bit, 44.1kHz, Wave Format

Base

Recording length

30s

Movie Recording System
Recording format

AVI Motion JPEG®

Movie mode

HD 1280 x 720 (16:9) / SD 640 x 480 (4:3)

Frame rate

30fps

Max. recording time

14min (SD) 7 min (HD)

Max. file size

2GB

Compression ratio

1/12

Sound recording

Yes, , format: Stereo PCM/16bit, 44.1kHz,

WAV

Sensitivity

ISO 200 - 1600

External Flash Control
X-sync speed

1/180s / 1/4000s (Super FP Mode)

Type

TTL AUTO, AUTO, MANUAL, FP TTL AUTO,

FP MANUAL

Modes

Auto, Red-eye reduction, Slow

synchronisation, 2nd curtain and slow

synchronisation, Fill-in for exclusive flash

Intensity

+/- 3 EV ( 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps )
Note: Some functions are only available if

they are supported by the external flash.

Size
Dimensions (W x H x D)

120.5 x 70 x 35mm

Weight

335g (body only)

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