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| Olympus PEN E-PL2 Micro 4/3 Digital Camera A new way to shoot and share your stills and movies. The PEN E-PL2 continues the PEN familys legacy of a small light and simple design intuitive interface and DSLR image quality and expands your creative potential with its lens technology Live Guide in-camera creative features and numerous optional accessories. And the E-PL2s ergonomic body makes capturing amazing still images and HD video more fun than ever before. The PEN E-PL2s Live Guide system takes the guesswork out of great photography and videography by allowing you to preview effects at the touch of a button. Want more vivid or muted color in your shot. Want warmer or cooler color. Want a brighter or darker subject or a sharper or softer background. Simply select Live Guide and turn the wheel on the back of the camera to slide through numerous photographic and videographic effects. Make adjustments and watch the LCD as the effects are made live - before the image is captured! Olympus appreciates that you may not have hours to spend retouching your images on the computer. The E-PL2 has improved Art Filters with selectable Art Filter variations that allow users to customize each filter with different moods and effects and an Art Effect function to add various composition effects to the picture. Six Art Filters are incorporated including the Dramatic Tone filter. With the E-PL2s Multiple Exposure you can shoot one shot then another and combine them in real time or capture both shots separately and combine them within the camera later. Choose from one of six background music tracks when playing an in-camera slideshow. The E-PL2 provides an overall excellent user experience with a large easy-to-view 3.0-inch 460 000-dot high-resolution LCD monitor and a control dial. This camera body was originally packaged as a camera and lens outfit. You will receive the complete Olympus manufacturers outfit box with only the lens removed. It includes ALL original camera accessories (Olympus America Warranty Card battery cables instruction manual etc.). This camera body is 100% BRAND NEW and has NEVER been used. At the heart of the E-PL2 is a large-size image sensor thats the same sensor as the one inside the Olympus E-30 and E-620 Digital SLR models. The only difference between this sensor and what the pros use is that this big sensor is inside the much smaller body of the E-PL2. This high-performance 12.3-megapixel Live MOS image sensor (8 times larger than the average point-and-shoot camera sensor) delivers excellent dynamic range accurate color fidelity and state-of-the-art technology to reduce noise and capture fine image details in both highlight and shadow areas. Recording HD movies with the E-PL2 is simple thanks to an easy-to-reach one-touch record button on the back of the camera body. If youre about to snap a photo and you realize a video would capture the spirit of the scene even better simply press the record button and instantly youre capturing videos! Easily toggle back and forth between capturing stills and video by using your index finger to press the shutter button or your thumb to press the red record button. Having the ability to shoot still images and videos opens up a world of imaging possibilities. Key Features: 12.3 Megapixels The E-PL2s powerful 12.3 megapixel Live-MOS sensor packs a powerful high-quality imaging punch for such a compact camera allowing you to capture more detail than ever before. The Live MOS image sensor delivers excellent dynamic range accurate color fidelity and fine image details in both highlight and shadow areas. HD Movie With Manual Control Art Filter Movie and new Direct Movie Button: Shoot movies at 30 frames per second with high-quality sound in 720p with available manual control over aperture and shutter speed. This new level of control allows you to express your vision exactly how you want in your HD videos. A Direct HD Movie Button switches you from still to movie mode with the press of a button. You can also capture HD video (720p) using one of the six Art Filters for more creative shooting options. Easy-to-Use Live Guide Control Seeing the results before you shoot can change the way you take a picture. Want more vivid or muted color in your shot. Want warmer or cooler hues. Want a brighter or darker subject or a sharper or softer background. Or maybe you want to capture the fast-moving action of your subject with a little artistic blur or perhaps freeze the action. Simply set the camera to iAuto press OK to engage Live Guide then press the up and down arrows on the back of the E-PL2 to easily slide through numerous photographic effects. Make adjustments and watch the LCD as the effects are made live -- before the image is captured! Live Guide also features a Tips section on how to compose a shot or shoot kids pets flowers and more. Built-in Pop-Up Flash Use the built-in pop-up flash to easily illuminate low-light subjects. Set the built-in pop-up flash to auto or control the amount of light the flash emits. iAuto With iEnhance iAuto automatically identifies the scene youre shooting - portrait landscape night portrait macro or sport - and adjusts the settings to optimize results. iEnhance can be used in any mode and automatically engages when using iAuto to enrich color in any subject just as the human eye sees it. In-Body Image Stabilization Say goodbye to blurry images. In both still and movie modes - the E-PL2 Image Stabilization excels. The E-PL2s three-mode In-body Image Stabilization system compensates for up to three shutter speed steps in the still shooting modes with any of its interchangeable lenses: Mode 1 for general shooting Mode 2 for creative high-speed horizontal capture and Mode 3 for high-speed vertical capture. The cameras Mechanical Image Stabilization automatically compensates for camera shake in low-light situations or when using a telephoto lens. In the Movie Modes the advanced Electronic Image Stabilization tracts the images both vertically and horizontally to achieve clear sharp movies matching the performance of the in body IS. Compact Size Interchangeable Lenses Olympus has packed a big sensor into a small camera. This high-performance 12.3-megapixel Live MOS image sensor (8 times larger than the average point-and-shoot camera sensor) delivers excellent dynamic range accurate color fidelity and state-of-the-art technology to reduce noise and capture fine image details in both highlight and shadow areas. The stylish design of the Olympus PEN E-PL2 is much more compact than a traditional DSLR but it still provides the option of interchangeable lenses. TruePic V Image Processor In addition to more detail the image sensor combined with the next-generation TruePic V Image Processor delivers excellent dynamic range accurate color fidelity and reduced noise all the way up to 3200 ISO. 22 Automatic Scene-Select Modes From portraits to sunset shots the E-PL2 is equipped with 22 Scene-Select modes for effortless picture taking including Fireworks Sunset Children Macro and Panorama to name a few. Capturing beautiful portraits is easy with the ePortrait Mode that enables you to smooth your subjects complexion. There are even three scene modes that are specific to shooting with the new conversion lenses to optimize the performance of those lenses. Face Detection A Face Detection function reduces the chance of blurry faces when shooting groups of people up to eight subjects at once even if theyre moving while youre pressing the shutter button. Dust Reduction System A Dust Reduction System assures spot-free images. Every time you turn on the camera the patented Supersonic Wave Filter silently vibrates flinging and collecting dust so that it cannot interfere with the picture imaging at any time. AF Live View with AF Tracking AF Live View works as seamlessly as a point-and-shoot to display subjects in focus on the LCD the instant the sh |















