Olympus PEN E-P7 Camera Kit, 20 MP Sensor, 5-axis image stabilisation, tilt HD LCD, 4K, Wi-Fi, color and monochrome profile control, silver incl. M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm EZ black

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As with the Art Filters, you can shoot JPEG and raw, meaning that if you don’t like any of the effects created you can always go back to the raw file and re-process the image to get back to the original. There are 8 profiles available for selection when the Color/Monochrome switch is flicked in the right direction, four monochrome and four colour. Based on the Micro Four Thirds standard jointly developed by Olympus and Panasonic, it has a 16 Megapixel CMOS sensor and access to the broadest range of native lenses of any mirrorless system.

The E-P7 eschews the E-PL series' more modern look and two-tone grip for a vintage-inspired design and textured leatherette finish.

With MF assist activated, or by assigning the magnify function to one of the Fn buttons, manual focusing is surprisingly easy, and the addition of focus peaking makes it even easier. It also features USB charging carried over from the latest OM-D cameras, albeit via a micro USB connection.

Photo story is a composite mode that combines several images into a multi-frame layout using art filters. Following this he joined ePHOTOzine in 2011 as Technical Editor where he was in charge of reviews, and setting up a detailed test system.

There are two connection options, one-time, which uses a unique password for when you just want to share a few selected images with friends, and Private, which allows you to connect using the same password each time. Although this is the first Olympus camera to be released under the brand's new OM Digital Solutions owners, it seems likely it was in development long before.