OLYMPUS E-PM1 1442 Kit Brown User Manual

: June 4, 2024
: Olympus

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OLYMPUS E-PM1 1442 Kit Brown
INSTRUCTION
Specifications
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OLYMPUS E-PM1 1442 Kit Brown

INSTRUCTION

Extremely fast high‑speed contrast AF
Live Guide for stills and movies, offering a full intuitive and easy‑to‑use interface
Powerful TruePic VI image processor.
Full HD Movie with stereo sound, depth of field and integration of Art Filters
12.3 Megapixel Live MOS sensor
Reduced button interface with simple shortcuts to most frequently used functions
Six different Art Filters for direct creative enhancement of photos
Widened creative scope with an Accessory Port, plus many lenses and accessories

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Specifications

Type

Body material Metal
Lens mount Micro Four Thirds

Image Sensor

Type 4/3” Live MOS sensor
Effective pixels 12.3 Megapixels
Filter array Primary colour filter (RGB)
Aspect ratio & area 4:3 / 17.3 x 13.0mm
Full resolution 13.1 Megapixels

Engine

Type TruePic VI
Filter
Dust reduction filter Supersonic Wave Filter

Live View

Displayed information Aperture
- Shutter speed
- Auto bracket
- AE lock
- Focus mode
- Shooting mode
- Battery check
- My Mode
- IS activating mode
- Internal temperature warning
- Face / Eye detection mode
- Record mode
- ISO
- Sequential shooting mode
- White Balance
- Metering mode
- Exposure compensation value
- AF frame display
- AF confirmation mark
- Shooting information
- Spot metering area
- Super FP
- Flash status
- Focal length
- Eye-Fi condition
- Flash mode
AF type Contrast detection system
100% field of view Approx. 100%
Magnification levels 5 / 7 / 10 / 14x

Image Stabiliser

Type Sensor shift
Modes Two‑dimensional, vertical or horizontal activation
Shutter speed range 2 ‑ 1/4000s (not available when Bulb is selected)

Focusing System

Method Contrast Detection AF system (when non high‑speed contrast AF compatible lens is used, it works as MF assist)
Focus areas 35 points / Automatic and manual selection
AF lock Yes; Locked by first position of shutter release button in single AF mode, AE/AF lock button (customised)
Modes Manual focus Single AF Continuous AF Single AF + MF AF Tracking
AF illuminator Yes
Face Detection Eye Detect AF: Off
extension Left side priority
- Near side priority
- Right side priority
Full time AF Yes
Manual focus Yes; With enlarged focusing area

Exposure System

Modes Programme automatic
- i-Auto
- Aperture priority
- Shutter priority
- Manual
- Scene Modes
- Art Filter
Exposure +/‑ 3 EV (1, 1/2, 1/3 steps)
compensation
Exposure bracketing 2 / 3 / 5 frames (+/‑ 1/3, 2/3, 1 EV steps) 7 frames (+/‑ 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 EV steps)
ISO bracketing 5 frames (1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps)
AE lock Yes (Fn1/Rec button)
My Mode 4 settings storable

Enhancement function Shadow Adjustment Technology

Scene Modes

Number of scene 24
modes
Modes Portrait
- e-Portrait
- Landscape
- Landscape with Portrait
- Macro
- Sports
- Night Scene
- Night Scene with portrait
- Children
- High key
- Low key
- Digital Image Stabilisation
- Nature Macro
- Candle
- Sunset
- Documents
- Panorama
- Fireworks
- Beach and Snow
- Fisheye converter
- Macro converter
- 3D
- Underwater Wide
- Underwater Macro

Multi-Exposure

Max. number of frames 2 frames (shooting) 3 frames (editing)
Auto gain control Yes
Frame assistance Live View

Light Metering

Method TTL open aperture light metering
Zones 324 zones Multi‑pattern Sensing System
Detection range 0 ‑ 20 EV (17mm f2.8, ISO 100)
Modes ESP light metering
- Spot metering
- Center-weighted metering
- Highlight
- Shadow

Art Filter

Modes Pop Art
- Soft Focus
- Grainy Film
- Pin Hole
- Diorama
- Dramatic Tone

Sensitivity

Auto ISO 200 ‑ 12800 (customizable,default ISO 200 ‑ 1600)
Manual ISO 200 ‑ 12800

Shutter

Shutter type Computerised focal‑plane shutter
Self timer 2s / 12s

Shutter Speeds

Shutter speed range 1/4000 ‑ 60s (in 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps)
Bulb mode Up to 30 minutes (selectable longest time in the menu, default: 8 minutes)

White Balance

AUTO WB system Advanced detection system with Live MOS sensor
Manual White balance Yes
(One-Touch)
White balance 3 frames / +/‑ 2, 4, 6 mired steps
bracketing
One-touch white 2 custom settings can be registered
balance
Custom WB 1 setting can be registered at Kelvin temperature (2000K ‑ 14000K)
Preset values Tungsten
- Flourescent 1
- Sunlight
- Flash
- Overcast
- Shade
Auto Flash adjustment Off / Auto WB / Flash
Keep warm colour On / Off

Sequence Shooting

Speed (H) Approx. 4.1fps
Approx. 5.5fps (when I.S. is switched off)
Max. number of frames 9 frames (RAW) 15 frames (JPG / Large Normal mode)
Conditions Memory card: Toshiba SDXC UHS‑I card R95 W80 model Premiugate series “Class 10” 8GB
Note: Depending on shooting conditions, the sequential shooting speed may reduce speed during shooting.

Image Processing

Colour space sRGB / AdobeRGB
Sharpness + Contrast 5 levels
Contrast 5 levels
Saturation 5 levels
Black & White filter Yellow, Orange, Red, Green
Black & White toning Sepia, Blue, Purple or Green in Black & White mode
Picture mode i‑Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Portrait,Muted, Monotone, Art Filter
Gradation 4levels (auto, high key, normal, low key)
Engine TruePic VI
Art Filter bracketing Available
Tele converter effect 2x

Internal Flash

Modes AUTO
- Manual
- Manual (Full, 1/4, 1/16, 1/64)
- Red-eye reduction
- Slow synchronization with red-eye reduction
- Slow synchronisation
- Slow synchronisation 2nd curtain
- Fill-in
- Off
Type Detachable flash (bundled)
Flash compensation +/‑ 3 EV / 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps
Guide number 10 (ISO 200)
Manual settings Full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64
X-sync speed 1/160s

External Flash Control

X-sync speed 1/160s / 1/4000s (Super FP Mode)
Type TTL AUTO, AUTO, MANUAL, FP TTL AUTO, FP MANUAL
Modes Auto
- Red-eye reduction
- Slow synchronisation
- 2nd curtain and slow synchronisation
- Fill-in for exclusive flash
- Manual
Intensity +/‑ 3 EV (1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps)
Note: Some functions are only available if they are supported by the external flash.

Wireless Flash Control

Number of channels 4 channels
Compatible external FL‑50R, FL‑36R, FL‑300R
flash
zControl method Triggered and controlled by built‑in flash light
Group setting 3 groups
Available when used together with cameras compatible with the Olympus wireless RC flash system.

Monitor

Monitor type LCD
Monitor size 7.6cm / 3.0” (16:9)
Resolution 460000 dots
Brightness adjustment +/‑ 7 levels
Colour balance A‑B: +/‑7 levels, G‑M: +/‑7 levels

Recording Formats

RAW 12bit
RAW & JPEG Yes; parallel recording
JPEG Yes
Aspect ratio 4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 6:6 / 3:4
MPO (3D) Yes

Image Size

RAW 4032 x 3024 compressed / 13.8MB / frame
- 4032 x 3024 Fine (compression:
- 1/4) / 5.9MB / frame
- 4032 x 3024 Normal (compression:
- 1/8) / 2.7MB / frame
- 2560 x 1920 Normal (compression:
- 1/8) 1.1MB / frame
- 1024 x 768 Normal (compression:
- 1/8) / 0.3MB / frame

Still Image Recording

EXIF 2.2
PIM III
DPOF Yes
DCF Yes

Movie Recording System

Recording format AVCHD / AVI Motion JPEG®
Image Stabilisation Yes; Digital Image Stabilisation
Mode
HD Movie quality Full HD 1920 x 1080 (16:9) 60i,
- 17Mbps (AVCHD)
- Full HD 1920 x 1080 (16:9) 60i,
- 13Mbps
- HD 1280 x 720 (16:9) 60p, 17Mbps
- HD 1280 x 720 (16:9) 60p, 13Mbps
- HD 1280 x 720 (16:9) / 30fps (AVI
- Motion JPEG®)
Movie quality 640 x 480 / 30fps (AVI Motion JPEG®) 14min.
Max. recording time 14min (SD) / 7min (HD) (AVI Motion JPEG®)*
29min (HD) (AVCHD)
Max. file size 2GB (Motion‑JPEG) 4GB (AVCHD)
Exposure Modes Aperture priority
- Art Filter
- Manual
- Programme automatic
- Shutter priority

Sound Recording System

Internal microphone Stereo
External microphone Optional
Recording format Dolby Digital (AVCHD)
- Stereo PCM/16bit, 48kHz, Wave
- Format Base (Motion‑JPEG)
Image footage 30s
Speaker Yes

View Images

Modes Index
- Calendar
- Zoom
- Slide show
- Movie
- Single
Light box Yes
Histogram in playback Yes
mode
Shooting information Off / On

Erase / Protect / Copy Function

Erase modes Single, All, Selected
Image protect mode Single frame, Selected frames, All
- Frames, Release protect (Single/All selected)

Menu

Menu languages in English, French, German, Spanish,
camera
- Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch,
- Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish,
- Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian,
- Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek,
- Slovak, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian,
- Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian

Customisation Options

My Mode 4 settings storable

Interface

Media SD Memory Card (SDHC, SDXC,
- UHS‑I compatible) Class 6 is recommended for Movie shooting
HDMI™ Yes; Micro connector (Type D) *
USB 2.0 High Speed Yes
Combined V & USB Yes; NTSC or PAL selectable
output
Wireless connectivity Eye-Fi Card compatible
- Bluetooth®
Connection Accessory Port 2
- “HDMI”, the HDMI logo and “High‑Definition Multimedia Interface” are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.

Power Supply

Battery Lithium‑Ion Battery
Sleep mode 1, 3, 5, 10 min. and off selectable.
Live View shooting Approx. 330images (50% with Live View) /

Environment

Temperature 0 ‑ 40°C Operating temperature / ‑20 ‑ 60°C storage temperature
Humidity 30 ‑ 90% operation humidity / 10 ‑ 90% storage humidity

Size

Dimensions (W x H x D) 109.5 x 63.7 x 34.0mm (without protrusions)
Weight 265g (including battery and memory card)
- 217g (body only)

Exterior

Available Colours Black
- Silver
- White
- Brown
- Purple
- Silver-Rose

Super Control Panel

Displayed information Contrast compensation value
- Aperture value
- Exposure mode
- Metering mode
- Exposure level view
- Colour saturation compensation value
- Noise reduction
- Exposure compensation indicator
- Face detection
- White balance compensation value
- Record mode
- Shutter speed
- AE bracketing
- Sharpness compensation value
- White balance
- AF frame
- Battery indicator
- Flash mode
- Internal temperature warning
- Drive mode
- Focus mode
- Gradation
- AEL notification
- Histogram
- ISO
- Flash compensation value
- Number of storable frames
- Colour space