The Olympus PEN E-P5 is a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera in the micro four thirds system released in October 2013. This is, despite its number, the fourth model in the PEN E-P range. It remained the latest model in the E-P series until the introduction of the E-P7 in the summer of 2021. It includes the same 16 MP sensor as the Olympus OM-D E-M5 . The E-P5 comes in three colour schemes; black, silver and white.
4-568: Specifications: In 2012, Olympus started the OM-D series with the E-M5 as their more professional line compared to their PEN series, which had been running for a few years. Back in the day, the main criticism for the PEN series was the lack of built-in viewfinder , the lack of weather-sealing and the weird ergonomics for some. Olympus worked on fixing these when they made the E-M5, and some of its features slid down into
8-548: The E-P5. There were features where the E-P5 was even better than the E-M5: However, the E-M5 had a major feature, the built-in electronic viewfinder , which the PEN series lacked until the PEN F 's digital version, which was released in 2016. The EVF became a mainstream feature in the lower categories of mirrorless cameras as well, so the PEN series went to a decline, and a new camera in
12-486: The future. It is the resuscitation of the OM series from the 1970s and 1980s, implementing the same kind of design language , but equipped with technology that meets the standards of the 2010s, like a digital image sensor or video recording capabilities. The OM-D series is currently the highest-end line of Olympus cameras, categorized above PEN mirrorless and Stylus point and shoot cameras. There are three main categories in
16-562: The main PEN series was not seen again until the E-P7 in 2021. No Video | Weather Sealed | All the Rest Olympus OM-D series The Olympus OM-D series is a series of Micro Four-Thirds digital Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras started by Olympus Corporation . Olympus's camera division was acquired by Japan Industrial Partners in 2021 and they will continue the OM-D series in
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