Before you get confused with a digital camera being a PEN, let me details things first. The E-P1 isn’t a surveillance image and video capture gadget that spy agents use. It is rather an addition to the PEN Series of Olympus. The PEN Series is aimed for camera users who are mature enough to have the image quality and superior functionality of a DSLR(Digital Single Lens Reflex) but isn’t willing to give up the convenience and ease of use of a point and shoot. As what their tagline says, “Not a Point and Shoot. Not an SLR. It’s a PEN”.
The E-P1 has different accessories such as external flash and lenses that are suitable for it and other PEN devices. These accessories are miniaturized and especially designed for these “compact SLRs” as I call them to ensure portability yet superior quality. The quality optics from M.ZUIKO DIGITAL is paired with a TruePic V processor that ensures reality like reproduction of image in the camera.
This camera promises to have an SLR like image quality, A/V quality of an HD camcorder, and high quality audio capture device too. The price of $799
portability. With 12.3 megapixels, it is the smallest interchangeable lens system camera. However, its durability and quality does not go away even with its small size. It creates vivid photos, clear audio, and quality videos.
