Olympus has just officially announced a new PEN camera: Olympus PEN E-PL8. This is a new PEN camera for those why enjoy camera and photography in their own unique way. It features a 16MP CMOS sensor with in-body image stabilization, a fast 81-point AF system, and 8 fps continuous shooting, a 3″ LCD, Wi-Fi, Art Filter and more. Olympus E-PL8 costs $549 and will start shipping on Oct 5th, 2016. 
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Product Type
| Product type | Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens system camera |
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| Memory | SD Memory Card (SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I compatible, Eye-Fi Card compatible[*])
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| Screen size | 17.3 mm (H) x 13.0 mm (V) |
| Lens mount | Micro Four Thirds Mount |
Image Pickup
| Product type | 4/3 Live MOS Sensor |
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| Number of pixels / Aspect ratio | Number of effective pixels: Approx. 16.1 million pixels (Total number of pixels: Approx. 17.2 million pixels) Aspect ratio: 1.33 (4:3) |
| Dust reduction | Supersonic Wave Filter (image sensor dust reduction system) |
Recording (Still)
| Recording format | DCF 2.0, Exif 2.3 |
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| File format | RAW (12-bit lossless compression), JPEG, RAW+JPEG, MPO (3D still) |
| Recording image size | [RAW] 4608 x 3456 pixels [JPEG] 4608 x 3456 pixels – 640 x 480 pixels |
Image Stabilisation System
| Type | Built-in 3-axis (yaw/pitch/roll) sensor-shift image stabilisation for still photos |
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| Mode | 4 modes (S-IS AUTO, S-IS1, S-IS2, S-IS3), Off |
| IS for Live View image | Activation by half-pressing shutter button or enlarging view |
| Focal length setting | With |
| Lens IS priority | With |
| Stabilisation performance | 3.5 EV
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Finder
| Finder type | Compatible with separately available VF-2, VF-3 and VF-4 electronic viewfinders |
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Live View
| Live View | Approx. 100% field of view, exposure compensation preview, WB adjustment preview, gradation preview, face detection preview (up to 8 faces), grid line, magnification display (x5/x7/x10/x14), Display modes: Standard, Histogram, Highlight & Shadow, Level Gauge, Off (Image Only) |
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| Preview | Preview with depth of field preview lock (must be assigned to a button to activate) |
| Live View Boost | With (does not reflect certain adjustments such as exposure compensation) |
Monitor
| Monitor type | 3.0-inch tilting electrostatic capacitance type touch panel with Approx.1037k dots (3:2) |
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| Touch control | Shutter release, magnification, AF area selection, AF area size adjustment, frame forward/backward, magnified playback, Live Guide, Super Control Panel, Art Filter mode selection, scene mode selection, Wi-Fi connection, clips, movie effect, movie teleconverter When in Selfie Mode: Shutter release, e-Portrait, custom self-timer, movie, exposure compensation |
| Tilting capability | Upward tilting angle: up to 80 degrees Downward tilting angle: up to 180 degrees
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| Brightness / Colour temperature control | ±7 levels / ±7 levels |
| Colour tone select | Vivid / Natural |
Focusing
| AF system | High-speed imager AF |
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| Focusing point Focusing point selection mode |
81-area multiple AF All target, group target area (9-area), single target (standard), single target (small) |
| Focus mode / Full-time AF |
Single AF (S-AF), Continuous AF (C-AF), Manual Focus (MF), S-AF + MF, AF tracking (C-AF + TR) With Full-time AF (Automatic activation when shooting selfie movies) |
| Magnified AF | ｘ5, x7, x10, x14 Can autofocus while magnified. Push magnification button to switch between ON, OFF, and magnify. Selectable from over 800 AF points. |
| Super Spot AF | With (using contrast AF center screen when magnified) Compatible only with Micro Four Thirds lenses |
| Face detection AF / Eye detection AF | With Eye Detection AF mode: off, nearer-eye priority, right-eye priority, left-eye priority |
| Manual focus assist | Focus ring rotation activates Live View image magnification and/or focus peaking when in S-AF+MF or MF mode |
| Focus peaking | With (Colours: black, white) Activate with Fn button or focus ring |
| AF illuminator | With |
Exposure Control (Still)
| Metering system (TTL Image sensor metering) |
Digital ESP metering (324-area multi pattern metering), centre-weighted average metering, spot metering, spot metering with highlight control, spot metering with shadow control |
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| Metering range | EV -2 – 20 (using 17mm F2.8, ISO 100) |
| Exposure mode / Shooting mode | iAuto (Live Guide can be performed), P: Program AE (Program shift can be performed), A: Aperture priority AE, S: Shutter priority AE, M: Manual (Live Bulb, Live Time and Live Composite), Photo Story, Scene select AE, Art Filter, Underwater wide/macro[1], Custom Mysets 1-4[2]
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| Scene select AE | Portrait, e-Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Sport, Hand-held Starlight[1], Night scene, Night + Portrait, Children, High Key, Low Key, DIS mode, Macro, Nature Macro, Candle, Sunset, Documents, Panorama, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Fisheye Conv., Wide Conv., Macro Conv., Panning, 3D[2]
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| Live Guide | Colour Saturation / Colour Image / Brightness / Background Blur / Motion Expression / Shooting Tips Multiple effects can be applied simultaneously.
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| ISO sensitivity | AUTO ISO: customizable, LOW (approx.100) ‐ 25600 (default: LOW – 1600) Manual ISO: LOW (approx.100), 200 – 25600 (1/3, or 1 EV steps selectable) |
| Exposure compensation | Still photo ±5 EV, movie ±3 EV, with selectable EV adjustment steps (1/3, 1/2, 1)
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| AE lock | Locks with a half-press of the shutter button (can be set to Fn button as well) |
Shutter
| Shutter type / Shutter speed | Focal-plane shutter[1]: available from 1/4000 to 60 sec. shutter speeds and for Live Bulb, Live Time, and Live Composite Electronic first curtain shutter[2]: 1/320 – 60 sec.
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Drive
| Sequential shooting maximum speed | Sequential shooting H mode[1]: approx. 7.4 fps approx. 8.5 fps[2]
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| Max. Recordable pictures on sequential shooting[*] | [RAW] Max. 20 frames (in 3.7 seq. shooting L) Max. 16 frames (in 8.5 seq. shooting H) [JPEG] Max. ∞ frames (in 3.7 seq. shooting L) Max. 64 frames (in 8.5 seq. shooting H)
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| Self-timer | Operation time: 12 sec., 2 sec., custom (Wait time: 1-30sec., Shot interval: 0.5/1/2/3sec., Number of shots: 1-10, Every time AF: Off/On) |
Flash
| Flash intensity control method | TTL Auto, Auto[*], Manual, Super FP[*](FP-TTL AUTO, FP-MANUAL)
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| Bundled flash | FL-LM1 TTL Flash with GN= 7 (ISO100•m) / GN= 10 (ISO200•m)
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| Flash mode | Flash Auto, Redeye, Fill-in, Flash Off, Red-eye Slow sync.(1st curtain), Slow sync.(1st curtain), Slow sync.(2nd curtain), Manual(1/1(FULL) ~ 1/64) |
| Synchronisation speed | Differs by flash unit and mode. FL-LM1: 1/250 sec., FL-50R: 1/180 sec., Other: 1/200 sec. Super FP: 1/125 to 1/4000 sec., RC: 1/160 sec. |
| Flash intensity control | Up to ±3 EV in 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps selectable |
| Compatible external flash | FL-600R, FL-300R, FL-50R, FL-36R, FL-20, FL-14 |
Wireless Flash Control
| Compatible external flash | FL-900R, FL-600R, FL-300R, FL-50R, FL-36R |
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| Control method | Triggered and controlled (Olympus Wireless RC Flash system) Commander flash: FL-900R, FL-600R, FL-LM1 |
| External Flash intensity type | TTL Auto, Auto, Manual, FP-TTL-AUTO, FP-MANUAL |
| Channel | 4 channels |
| Group No. | 4 groups (External flash 3 groups + commander flash) |
White Balance
| White balance mode | Auto WB, 7 Preset WBs, 4 Capture WBs, Custom WB(Kelvin setting) |
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| White balance compensation | ±7 steps along A-B / G-M axis
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Colour Mode
| Colour matrix | sRGB, Adobe RGB |
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Picture Mode
| Mode | i-Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Muted, Portrait, Monotone, Custom, e Portrait, Underwater, Art Filters |
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| Gradation | Auto, Normal, High Key, Low Key [except when using i-Enhance, Underwater, Art Filters] |
| Hilight and shadow control | ±7 steps each for highlight, shadow |
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