Olympus PEN E-PM2

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Mirrorless camera

A mirrorless camera by Olympus with a 16.1-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, announced in 2012. The smallest PEN, with few controls and the 16MP sensor of the first E-M5.

MakerOlympus
MountMicro Four Thirds
SensorMicro Four Thirds, 17.3 x 13mm, crop factor 2.0
Resolution16.1 megapixels
Stabilisationin the body
Announced2012
Typemirrorless camera

Sensor size

Micro Four Thirds17.3 × 13 mmFull frame36 × 24 mmCrop factor 2×
Micro Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) against full frame.

Focal lengths on it

Lenses frame like 2.0 times their focal length on full frame: 12mm like 24mm, 18mm like 35mm, 25mm like 50mm, 42mm like 85mm. Use the focal length converter for any other.

Lenses for it

Adapting lenses

Its short flange takes almost any old manual lens through a cheap adapter, at twice the focal length in full-frame terms.

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