Olympus Pen-F Digital Camera with 20MP Micro Four Thirds Sensor and 5-axis image Stabilization Officially Launched

Olympus Pen-F Digital Camera with Mirrorless Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens has been officially launched; the camera is designed in its retro-style based on Olympus Pen Film cameras. This new version has all-metal body with leather-grained designs. Inside the compact body of the Pen-F also has a series of the latest technology.Olympus Pen-F Camera with completely new 20.3-megapixel Live MOS Micro Four Thirds sensor, 2.36 million-dot EVF provides 100 percent field of view lets you keep your eye on every subject. Especially the 5-axis image stabilization system helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake by up to 5 stops with any lens in use. The camera chassis is made ​​from magnesium alloy combined with aluminum. Olympus said, our design team has gone to great lengths to make the PEN-F a potential style icon worthy of the original F series.

The most valuable and notable thing to the Pen-F from inside; the camera comes equipped with a TruePic VII Processor along with Micro Four Thirds sensor (taking over the cameras such as E-M1 or E-M5 II). New sensor with this processor to enable high-resolution stills shooting and Full HD video recording, along with a wide dynamic range and smooth color.Olympus also integrated 5-axis image stabilization system into the compact body of the Pen-F, ensures a blur-free display, enables longer exposure times at low ISO settings. Thanks to the ability to move the sensor, Olympus Pen-F bumps High resolution up to the equivalent of 50 Megapixels. With new hardware, Pen-F with electronic shutter function can be used for completely silent performance, and also provides fast shutter speed times up to 1/16,000 sec. for working in bright conditions.

Pen-F with electronic viewfinder that delivers the rangefinder-style shooting experience, high resolution 2.36 million-dot including focusing assistance with focus peaking, 100 percent coverage and image magnification of 0.62x. EVF also has the simulator OVF mode to expand the viewing dynamic range to better simulate working with an optical viewfinder.

Olympus Pen-F Digital camera also has 3.0-inch touch screen LCD display, 1.037m-dot resolution and can flip and rotate up to 270 degrees. The Olympus Pen-F Micro Four Thirds Camera is available in Black and Silver color options. It is already up for pre order, you can buy Olympus Pen-F camera from Amazon and B&Hphotovideo store has been priced at $1,199 USD.

In addition, Olympus has also unveiled some accessories for Pen-F including Premium Leather Camera Bag, Leather Body Jacket, Leather Wrapping Cloth, Leather Shoulder Strap and External Metal Grip.

Olympus Pen-F Specifications:

• Dimensions of 124.8 x 72.1 x 37.3 mm
• Weight of 427g
• Touch Screen LCD Display of 3.0-inches, 1,037,000 pixels
• EVF Viewfinder coverage of 100%
• 20.3 megapixels Live MOS Sensor
• Maximum resolution of 5184 x 3888 pixels
• TruePic VII Image Processor
• Micro Four Thirds System
• Auto 200-25600 (Extended Mode: 80-25600)
• Video recording: 1920 x 1080 at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, 50 fps, 60 fps / 1280 x 720 at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, 50 fps, 60 fps
• Shutter speed – Min. 60 sec. Max. 1/8000 sec
• Continuous Shooting Speed – 10 fps
• Connectivity of Wi-Fi, Micro-USB 2.0, SD/SDHC/SDXC card, mini HDMI D port
• BLN-1 1220mAh Battery

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