Hands on: Olympus Pen E-PL7 review

Olympus is pinning its hopes for the E-PL7 on a tilting screen and Art Filters, but its image quality promises to be good too

What is a hands on review?
Olympus Pen E-PL7
The E-PL7 is compact and solid feeling

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Olympus Pen E-PL7

The E-PL7 is all about selfies. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

And Art Filters. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

The Partial Color option was set to red here. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

Switching to continuous shooting makes it easier to capture moving subjects. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

Partial Color needs to be used with care. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

The Partial Colour effect was moved towards pink rather than red for this shot. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

And now blue. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

Taken at ISO 1600. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

Noise is controlled well at ISO 6400. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

And ISO 12,800. Click here to view the full resolution image.

Olympus Pen E-PL7

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Olympus Pen E-PL7

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Olympus Pen E-PL7

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Olympus Pen E-PL7

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What is a hands on review?

Hands on reviews' are a journalist's first impressions of a piece of kit based on spending some time with it. It may be just a few moments, or a few hours. The important thing is we have been able to play with it ourselves and can give you some sense of what it's like to use, even if it's only an embryonic view. For more information, see TechRadar's Reviews Guarantee.