Better photographs with no fuss and a beautiful camera to take them on. Take your photography to a new level with the Olympus PEN E-PL9 and share your favorite shots with ease thanks to the built-in WiFi that links seamlessly to your smartphone. It’s your turn: Stop taking snaps. Start taking photos.
CREATIVE EXPANSION
People tell me I am creative and I need a camera that lets me express what I feel. I love the intuitive feel of the E-PL9 which has allowed me to grow in confidence. Auto took the strain to start with as the camera is so clever but now I use the touchscreen to access the many creative options. I can produce large prints of my paintings as the quality is more than a match for much bulkier models.
PERFECT MATCH
No matter how beautiful an outfit looks – if it doesn't feel good, it's not the one. The same applies to cameras. I focus on details and noticed how the leather feel materials have been molded to the camera in real harmony, giving the simple yet classic design a highly sophisticated look. It has to work too: simple things like touching the subject on the screen to focus or take a shot, so easy. The controls of the E-PL9 feel great and are in all the right places, plus I can choose a color to suit my style.
EXPRESS YOURSELF
I am keen to learn more about what makes a great image and the E-PL9 helps me. What used to be buried in menus are now a touch away thanks to AP mode that lets me create dreamy multiple exposures or beautiful night shots. Additional lenses help my images stand out from the crowd. My portraits now have that professional background blur that is so much more authentic than the results from my phone thanks to the 45mm F1.8. There are even video “how to guides” accessible through the free OI.Share App.
SHARE LIFE
If I get a great photograph of a friend I have to share it – now! That is easier than ever thanks to the WiFi connection between my E-PL9 and smartphone. I can even retrieve images from my camera when it is in my bag and post them via the free App. The outstanding image quality has helped my blog and Instagram channel grow.
LEARN TO LOVE LENSES
Do things with your camera your phone can only dream about – from allowing you to capture the tiniest details with close up lenses like the 30mm F3.5 Macro to the most beautiful portraits with the 45mm F1.8 for outstanding bokeh – that out of focus background effect. The right lens also affects the perspective and "flattens" the face for a more flattering effect than the distorted view you see in many phone selfies.
MAKE FLASH YOUR FRIEND
Flashlight often gets a bad reputation but it can really make a good photograph in challenging lighting conditions. Shooting someone in front of a window or against sunlight? Use fill-in flash to caress a subject’s face. Flash can freeze movement when the overall situation is too dark to allow a faster shutter speed or it can highlight a subject in a night scene. The E-PL9 lets you control the amount of flash precisely to get the effect you want and becomes a real photo-saver.
Specifications
Type
Lens mount: Micro Four Thirds
Image Sensor
Type: 4/3" Live MOS sensor
Effective pixels: 16.1 Megapixels
Filter array: Primary colour filter (RGB)
Aspect ratio & area: 4:3 / 17.3 x 13.0mm
Full resolution: 17.2 Megapixels
Engine
Type: TruePic VIII
Filter
Dust reduction filter: Supersonic Wave Filter
Live View
Displayed information: Face detection preview
Field of view: Approx. 100%
Magnification levels: 3 / 5 / 7 / 10 / 14x
Image Stabiliser
Type: Sensor shift
Modes: Three‑dimensional, vertical or horizontal activation, automatic
Live View stabilization: Yes
Effective Compensation Range: Up to 3.5 EV steps (CIPA)
Focusing System
Method: Contrast Detection AF system
Focus areas: 121 points / All target, Group target (9‑areas), Single target (normal), Single target (small)
Modes:
Manual focus
Single AF
Continuous AF
Single AF + MF
AF Tracking
AF Illuminator: Yes
Manual focus: Yes; With enlarged focusing area or focus peaking
Face Detection AF: Yes
Face Detection extension:
Eye Detect AF: Off
Near side priority
Predictive AF: Yes
AF tracking: Yes; Available in continuous AF mode
C‑AF and AF tracking only with Micro Four Thirds lenses!
Exposure System
Modes:
Programme automatic
Aperture priority
Shutter priority
Manual
Auto
Bulb
Time
Scene Modes
Art Filter
Movie
Exposure compensation: +/‑ 5 EV (1, 1/2, 1/3 steps) - Note: Movie shooting, monitor, and EVF displays only up to ±3 EV.
AE lock: Yes
Advanced Photo Modes
Modes:
Live Composite
Live Bulb
Panorama
Silent
Multiple Exposure
AE bracketing
HDR Backlight
AE bracketing
Keystone Compensation
Scene Modes
Number of scene modes: 23
Modes:
Portrait
e-Portrait
Landscape with Portrait
Night Scene with portrait
Children
Hand-held Starlight
Night Scene
Fireworks
Light trails
Sports
Panning
Landscape
Sunset
Beach and Snow
Backlight HDR
Panorama
Candle
Silent mode
Macro
Nature Macro
Documents
Multi-Focus
Light Metering
Method: TTL open aperture light metering
Zones: 324 zones Multi‑pattern Sensing System
Detection range: ‑2 ‑ 20 EV (17mm f2.8, ISO 100) 0 ‑ 20 EV when the frame ratio is set at high speed