Built-in Optical Stabilization

Built-In Image Stabilization

Optical Image Stabilization

The E- 7 Is a Fantastic Camera

Kit Lens Is Versatile

Many Customizable Features

Easy Pancake Zoom

Menu System Is Complicated

Video Quality Is Limited

Lack of Built-In Flash

Improved Low Light Performance

Higher Quality Video

Zoom Lens Takes Great Pictures

New Camera First Test: Olympus E-PL6

The E-PL6 is a mirrorless digital camera in the Olympus Pen Lite lineup. It has a 16-megapixel sensor and uses Micro 4/3 interchangeable lenses.

I purchased the 2-lens package: a 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 and a 40-150mm f4.0-5.6. A detachable hot-shoe flash is included with the camera.

Still photos with 14-42mm, various focal lengths.

Video taken with 14-42mm, set at 14mm, hand-held. Listen for my attempts to blow mosquitoes off my hands.

Video with 14-42mm set at 14mm, on cheap, light tripod with sticky pan head.

Video with 14-42mm set about 30mm, on same tripod.

Photos taken with 40-150mm lens, hand held, various focal lengths.

Video taken with 40-150mm, hand held, focal length not recorded.

New Camera Second Test: Olympus E-PL6

For second test, color balance was changed from default "vivid" to "natural." For stills, camera was set to "P" auto setting. All sound via internal stereo mics, "wind noise reduction" turned on.

Stills shot with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 standard kit lens.

Video shot with 14-42mm lens. "Movie" setting with default auto-focus setting. Manual pan & zoom, camera on tripod.

Stills shot with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f4-5.6 lens.

Video shot with 40-150mm lens. "Movie" setting with default auto-focus setting. Camera hand-held.

Intro

Size and Build Quality

Lens Options

14-42mm Zoom Lens

Image quality

LCD Screen

Touch Screen

Charger

Autofocus

Conclusion

Shoot 16 megapixel raw photos

Comes in at a weight of 325 grams

Adapt vintage manual lenses

This is an absolutely tiny camera