Just few weeks ago since I bought my Olympus EP1, my brother got poised by its great features and eventually got himself a Olympus Pen EPL-1, a younger brother of Olympus EP1. One new member added to our Olympus family.
I must give big applause for Olympus on tremendous upgrade from older EP1. Aside of its plasticky body and lighter feel, there are so many new features added. The Video Recording Button is simply amazing, you can easily record video immediately with one click. Another great stuff about is video can be recorded in the modes including in Art Filter mode. It is cool you can record video in LOMO feel. Thumbs up and like 1000x! The iAuto mode is damn intelligent which it will change the setting based on situation. There are two additional filter added in Art Filter Mode which are dioroma effect and Sepia effect. The Sepia effect brings really antique feel to the pictures, I like Olympus color tone so so much! The most significant upgrade will be built-in flash added. How I wish EP1 could have it, shooting in the dark cause lots of pain.
The front of the charm
Not forgetting, my brother too bought the Olympus Pancake 17mm f2.8. Below is the pic of it mounted on my Olympus EP1. It is light in weight, really useful for walkaround lens. It enhance the color of pictures too. However, my only concern is the bokeh is less obvious although it's f2.8 constant aperture, perhaps due to sensor size.
Taken with Olympus EPL1 with flash. The flash is useful, unlike built-in flash in other camera often harshly flashed on the objects, it's equally flashed on.
Here are the 2 effects I meant of the upgrade in Art Filter mode.
1) Sepia Effect (unedited pic)
2) Diorama Effect (unedited pic)
Some pictures taken with Olympus EP1 and Pancake Lens at f2.8, very sharp lens indeed!
I really get poised too and looking forward for upgrade to Olympus EP3 and Panasonic G 20mm f1.7, that's enough! =)
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