Olympus PEN E-P5

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Olympus PEN E-P5
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Overview
Maker Olympus Corporation
Type Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
ReleasedOctober 2013
Lens
Lens Interchangeable
Sensor/medium
Sensor typeLive MOS
Sensor size Four Thirds (13x17.3mm)
Recording medium SD card
Focusing
FocusSupports autofocus lenses
Exposure/metering
Exposure metering TTL
Flash
Flash Built-In+supports external flashes through the hot shoe
Shutter
Frame rate 9 fps
Viewfinder
Viewfinder Optional external OVF or EVF
General
LCD screen3" 1.03m pixel resolution
Weight 420g
Chronology
Predecessor Olympus PEN E-P3

The Olympus PEN E-P5 is a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera in the micro four thirds system released in October 2013. This is, despite its number, the fourth model in the PEN E-P range. It remained the latest model in the E-P series until the introduction of the E-P7 in the summer of 2021. It includes the same 16 MP sensor as the Olympus OM-D E-M5. The E-P5 comes in three colour schemes; black, silver and white. [1]

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Specifications:

Compared to its predecessor Olympus PEN E-P3

Compared to the Olympus OM-D E-M5

In 2012, Olympus started the OM-D series with the E-M5 as their more professional line compared to their PEN series, which had been running for a few years. Back in the day, the main criticism for the PEN series was the lack of built-in viewfinder, the lack of weather-sealing and the weird ergonomics for some. Olympus worked on fixing these when they made the E-M5, and some of its features slid down into the E-P5.

There were features where the E-P5 was even better than the E-M5:

However, the E-M5 had a major feature, the built-in electronic viewfinder, which the PEN series lacked until the PEN F's digital version, which was released in 2016. The EVF became a mainstream feature in the lower categories of mirrorless cameras as well, so the PEN series went to a decline, and a new camera in the main PEN series was not seen again until the E-P7 in 2021.

References

  1. Butler, Richard; Andy Westlake (2013). "Olympus PEN E-P5 Review". DPReview. Retrieved 5 May 2014.