Olympus Pen E-P2 review

Wasting no time at all, Olympus has updated its Pen E-P1 camera just five months after it was released. Richard Sibley tests the Olympus Pen E-P2 to find out what has been changed

Dynamic range

The dynamic range of the E-P2 is on a par with that of the Olympus E-P1, which has a range of around 11.5EV.This allows a good selection of tones to be reproduced by the camera. Saving images as raw files provides the most information to be recovered from highlight and shadows.

I found that the shadow areas were quite dense, suggesting a fairly smooth curve in the shadow areas. These dark areas can be brightened when shooting raw, though noise did become marginally more visible.

Overview

Wasting no time at all, Olympus has updated its Pen E-P1 camera just five months after it was released. Richard Sibley tests the Olympus Pen E-P2 to find out what has been changed

Dynamic range