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Olympus PEN-F

The Olympus PEN-F is a svelte mirrorless camera with a retro chic design that delivers superb image quality, but could do better in terms of video capture and subject tracking.

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The Olympus PEN-F is a svelte mirrorless camera with a retro chic design that delivers superb image quality, but could do better in terms of video capture and subject tracking.

Angle

The Olympus PEN-F is a premium mirrorless camera that puts style and ergonomics first.

Front

The PEN-F has a slim design that pairs well with compact primes in Olympus's M.Zuiko Micro Four Thirds lens system.

Rear (Closed LCD)

Olympus paid close attention to detail in designing the PEN-F. Even the rear of the LCD is covered in a textured leatherette, giving the modern camera a chic retro look.

Rear

The rear touch-screen LCD is large and sharp.

Rear Angle

The screen is mounted on a hinge and can swing out from the body to face all the way up, forward, and down.

Profile

When paired with a small prime lens like the Olympus 17mm f/1.8, the PEN-F is a svelte shooter.

Top

There are plenty of controls on the top plate, including a dedicated EV compensation dial.

Studio Scene

I shot our standard studio scene using the PEN-F and a Leica 50mm Summilux lens, stoppping down to maximize its resolution.

Studio Scene (Crop)

This crop shows you the level of detail that you can expect from the PEN-F. Its sensor omits an optical low-pass filter (OLPF) for maximum resolution.

ISO 200 (Crop)

The following crops are from out of camera (OOC) JPGs with default noise reduction settings enabled.

ISO 400 (Crop)

The crops show both the level of noise and amount of detail that the PEN-F manages at each full-stop ISO setting.

ISO 800 (Crop)

ISO 1600 (Crop)

Even fine detail remains strong through ISO 1600.

ISO 3200 (Crop)

Very fine detail takes a hit at ISO 3200.

ISO 6400 (Crop)

ISO 6400 is the top setting at which the PEN-F keeps noise under 1.5 percent.

ISO 12800 (Crop)

Lines are smudged at ISO 12800.

ISO 25600 (Crop)

ISO 25600 shows a significant loss of fidelity.

ISO 200 (Raw Crop)

Raw images were converted using Adobe Lightroom CC with default develop settings enabled.

ISO 400 (Raw Crop)

ISO 800 (Raw Crop)

ISO 1600 (Raw Crop)

ISO 3200 (Raw Crop)

Detail is strong and noise is well controlled through ISO 3200.

ISO 6400 (Raw Crop)

Images shot at ISO 6400 and ISO 12800 show more detail than JPG counterparts, but also have a grainy quality.

ISO 12800 (Raw Crop)

ISO 25600 (Raw Crop)

Pushing the camera to its ISO 25600 limit nets a photo that is quite grainy, to the point where it overtakes very fine details, but it is much clearer than a JPG.
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