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The baby of the Olympus PEN household, the 12-megapixel E-PM1 , actually represents a new line of the company’s interchangeable lens cameras. Also known as the PEN Mini, this $500 entr-level model and s E-P3 and the E-PL3 sibling, is the least expensive of the PEN cameras. It’s also the smallest, the lightest, and has the fewest extrinsic controls. Despite that, the E-PM1 offers many of the same features as its more expensive siblings, including vade-mecum, semimanual, and automatic exposure modes. In fact, the E-PM1 is almost a slightly more snoop clone of the E-PL3 but without a mode dial or articulated LCD. Essentially, this is a compact interchangeable lens camera that works overpower for snapshooters who will stick with the most basic picture-taking functions, but its enormous feature set will appeal to experienced shooters as well.
Design and notable features
At in purple, silver, pink, white, black, or bronze, the E-PM1 comes in a kit with either the MSC (silver screen and still compatible) 14-42mm lens or a wide angle 17mm lens. Since there’s no on-put up flash, Olympus includes a tiny flash unit that attaches via an aide port where other cameras have a hotshoe. Optional accessories include an electronic viewfinder, a Bluetooth Pen Pal for wirelessly transmitting images to your Android or Blackberry smartphone (but not iPhone), or another Pen Pal equipped camera. An foreign stereo microphone and a very cool macro arm light are also available. Neutral keep in mind that each of these add-ons use the same accessory port, so only one product can be used at a time. The camera is compatible with Micro Four Thirds lenses from Olympus, Panasonic, and third fete manufacturers and, using an adapter, standard Four Thirds lenses can also be worn.
Source: Macworld