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PopArt.
SoftFocus.
Pale and Light Color.
Light Tone.
Grainy Film.
Pinhole.
CrossProcess.
alright, so this is a preview review of EP-2..i believe i bore a lot of people from my previous post. lol, so i’ll not really try to put any technical writings, but just describe the capabilities of the camera.
DigitaLomography. if you are into lomo and films, Oly Pen is a great choice if you go digital because you won’t miss the antics of films so much.. the camera has built-in art filters, many of which are effects and techniques that can be achieved in film photography. several Oly dslrs have art filters too. EP-2 has 8 filters, and 4 of these, i consider, are film adaptations:
1) PopArt, shots will be overly saturated. this is similar when i use my favorite colored film, Kodak PortaProVC;
2) Pinhole, which is the typical vignette found in lomos;
3) Grainy Film, a black and white processing with extra grains, similar to using a high-ISO B/W film;
4) Cross-process, to me, this is more a cross process of slide E-6 film into C-41 chemistry.
too bad they don’t have red-scale filter, maybe they could add this in newer versions or to a firmware update. other art filter includes: soft focus, pale and light, light tone, and diorama. the last one is a very effective technique of deceiving the picture to look like a diorama, or a small model version of a real world. the ability to take pictures in 6:6 aspect, meaning square shots, is a bonus because this is exactly what i get when using a medium-format holga 120GCFN! it is also possible to take multiple exposures..and allows up to 3 raw files to put on top of each other, making a multiple exposed effect. however, multiple exposure can only be activated when art filter is disabled, or on raw files.
VideoCapability. i’m not very much informed about videos, but it is nice to say the EP-2 is capable of taking HD quality videos. i’m pretty sure this is not a replacement to a full-time dedicated camcorder, but i’m just starting to learn more in motion picture and films, so i guess this one will suffice for now. all the film art filters i mentioned above can be applied when taking videos (really cool!), although the frame rate drops big time in pinhole and grainy film. i’ve yet to try the video maximum duration, but an 8GB card is definitely just sub 30 minutes of HD shooting.
Custom B/W. if you enjoy taking monotone pics, EP-2 will satisfy your options. not only it has the normal b/w mode, you can shoot your monotones with filters of red, green, neutral, yellow or orange. picture tone can be set to sepia, blue, purple, green or neutral. experimenting with combinations of these settings. it could give an extra color hint of your ordinary b/w shot.
HighISO. the maximum possible ISO being 6400 makes up for the lack of built-in flash. i’m not saying it’s no-noise at high ISO. they are very obvious actually. to be quite honest, i think i won’t be using the ISO at 6400 at all..maybe at some very very rare occasions. i undoubtedly think that ISO handling in my old 400D/Tamron is much better. even at the highest ISO at 1800, noise are almost untraceable. however, i take it that the pan lumix 20mm f/1.7 is fast enough in low lights. i’ve used the tamron f/2.8 for the 3 years or so, and it is fast enough for me. with the lumix at f/1.7, this is the biggest aperture lens i’ve had.
i’ll post some sample pics in the next post. 
