Olympus E-PL5 Review

4.5
October 29, 2012 | Mark Goldstein |
  1. Ease
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    Quality
  3. Sample
    Images
  4. Product
    Images
  5. Product
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  6. Rating &
    Conclusion
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  8. Review
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Buy a E-PL5 Black Digital Camera Kit w/ 14-42 mm + 40-150 mm Lens (16.1 MP, SD/SDHC/SDXC Card Slot)

Lowest Price: £649.00

Buy a PEN E-PL5 16.1 Megapixel Mirrorless Camera Body with Lens Kit - 14 mm - 42 mm - Black (3" Touchscreen LCD - 3x Optical Zoom - Optical, Electronic IS - 4608 x 3456 Image - 1920 x 1080 Video - HDMI - PictBridge - HD Movie Mode)

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Sample Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Olympus E-PL5 camera, which were all taken using the 16 megapixel Fine JPEG setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

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1/4 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

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1/8 sec
f/8 | ISO 400

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1/20 sec
f/8 | ISO 800

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1/40 sec
f/8 | ISO 1600

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1/60 sec
f/8 | ISO 3200

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1/125 sec
f/8 | ISO 6400

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1/320 sec
f/8 | ISO 12800

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1/640 sec
f/8 | ISO 25600

Sample Image

15/1 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

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1/80 sec
f/3.5 | ISO 400

Sample Image

1/100 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 800

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/8 | ISO 1600

Sample Image

1/125 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/15 sec
f/11 | ISO 1600

Sample Image

1/40 sec
f/11 | ISO 1600

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/11 | ISO 1250

Sample Image

1/500 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/1000 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/8 | ISO 250

Sample Image

1/320 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/125 sec
f/4 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/60 sec
f/16 | ISO 500

Sample Image

1/60 sec
f/16 | ISO 250

Sample Image

1/500 sec
f/3.5 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/640 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/160 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/125 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 800

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/8 | ISO 640

Sample Image

1/250 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/400 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/160 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/100 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 500

Sample Image

1/400 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/160 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/160 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/800 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/1600 sec
f/3.5 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/100 sec
f/16 | ISO 320

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/16 | ISO 250

Sample Image

1/160 sec
f/16 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/320 sec
f/3.5 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/4000 sec
f/5.6 | ISO 25600

Sample Image

1/100 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/200 sec
f/8 | ISO 12800

Sample Image

1/250 sec
f/8 | ISO 6400

Sample Image

1/125 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/800 sec
f/11 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/160 sec
f/6.3 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/320 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/80 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample Image

1/60 sec
f/8 | ISO 200

Sample RAW Images

The Olympus E-PL5 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Olympus RAW (ORF) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative).

Sample RAW Image

1/4 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 200

Sample RAW Image

1/8 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 400

Sample RAW Image

1/20 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 800

Sample RAW Image

1/40 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 1600

Sample RAW Image

1/60 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 3200

Sample RAW Image

1/125 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 6400

Sample RAW Image

1/320 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 12800

Sample RAW Image

1/640 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 25600

Sample RAW Image

1/80 sec
f/3.5 | 28mm | ISO 400

Sample RAW Image

1/100 sec
f/5.6 | 84mm | ISO 800

Sample RAW Image

1/15 sec
f/11 | 28mm | ISO 1600

Sample RAW Image

1/40 sec
f/11 | 84mm | ISO 1600

Sample RAW Image

1/500 sec
f/3.5 | 28mm | ISO 200

Sample RAW Image

1/400 sec
f/8 | 84mm | ISO 200

Sample RAW Image

1/160 sec
f/11 | 28mm | ISO 200

Sample RAW Image

1/160 sec
f/16 | 84mm | ISO 200

Sample RAW Image

1/320 sec
f/3.5 | 28mm | ISO 200

Sample RAW Image

1/4000 sec
f/5.6 | 44mm | ISO 25600

Sample RAW Image

1/200 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 12800

Sample RAW Image

1/250 sec
f/8 | 28mm | ISO 6400

Sample Movie

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 20 second movie is 46.9Mb in size.

View the sample movie.

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