The OM SYSTEM PEN Mirrorless Camera packs the creative power of a full-featured mirrorless camera into a compact body with a high-resolution Micro Four Thirds sensor, fast autofocus, and a wide variety of unique art filters, enabling you to capture personal moments with a creative twist. Designed for both new photographers looking for their first interchangeable lens camera and professionals in search of a truly portable everyday camera, the PEN is equally suited for street photography in the city, a day at the skatepark, or a night out with friends. Its compact design lets it disappear in your hand, making it easier to catch candid moments and beautiful scenes.
A Redesigned Classic
From the first PEN film camera to the first digital PEN in 2009, PEN cameras have been on the leading edge of combining power with portability.
The new PEN carries that legacy into the modern day, utilizing a Micro Four Thirds mirrorless system that allows the camera body and lenses to remain smaller and lighter than full-frame counterparts while still offering crisp detail, wide dynamic range, and vibrant colors.
Extreme Portability
Designed to go wherever you do, the PEN allows you to capture scenes where you would otherwise be wishing you had your camera or struggling with your smartphone to create a decent image. With a low-profile ergonomic grip and slim body, it fits comfortably in your hand or bag, out of the way until you need it. Whether it's a long hike or a full shooting day, the camera remains comfortable in your hand or on your shoulder thanks to its extremely lightweight design.
Built for Adventure
Use your PEN in a variety of weather conditions with confidence, thanks to its IPX1 water resistance rating when paired with separately available splashproof OM SYSTEM lenses. This allows the camera to resist vertically falling water, such as light rain, enabling you to bring it along in more than just sunny weather.
A fully charged battery lasts for roughly 400 shots, allowing you to keep photographing all day without carrying extra batteries.
Beginner-Friendly, Pro-Ready
With a powerful in-body image stabilization system, accurate autofocus, and specialized scene settings, it's incredibly simple to create beautiful, sharp images with your PEN whether it's your first camera or your hundredth. Interchangeable lenses and a larger image sensor than comparably sized cameras provide strong low-light performance and crisp subject separation for beautiful images in any situation.
An easy-to-navigate user interface and conveniently placed buttons and dials allow you to spend your time experimenting and developing your personal photographic style, not buried in menus.
As you grow as a photographer, the PEN grows with you thanks to a host of pro-level features:
Continuous shooting up to 30 fps makes it easy to capture the perfect moment everywhere from sports in the stands to birds in your backyard.
Focus stacking and in-camera or bracketed HDR make it easy to capture stunning landscapes and starry skies with just your PEN and a tripod.
In-camera multiple exposures allow you to create uniquely blended images without any post-processing.
A hot shoe enables flash mounting and supports synchronization up to 1/250 second with front and rear curtain sync, allowing you to experiment with artificial light to unlock even greater creative potential.
Thanks to its 20.4MP sensor, images from the PEN can be printed large without compromising on quality. However, when even greater image fidelity is needed, the PEN's High Res shooting mode allows you to combine multiple exposures in camera to create ultra-detailed frames for massive prints or extreme crops.
Programmable Profiles
Switch between multiple color and monochrome image profiles in a second using the PEN's profile control menu. Create sets of color profiles, curves, sharpness, and other settings for different shooting purposes and switch between them as needed to minimize post-processing.
The Profile Control switch allows you to change image profiles without even looking, ensuring you don't miss the moment while clicking through a menu.
For even greater creative control with no editing needed, the PEN also offers a wide range of unique Art filters. Quickly go from grainy black-and-white street photography to soft, dreamy portraits of your friends, then find a scenic point and create a miniature-style video, all with just the press of a button.
The available filters include Pop Art, Soft Focus, Pale & Light Color, Light Tone, Grainy Film, Pin Hole, Diorama, Cross Process, Gentle Sepia, Dramatic Tone, Key Line, Watercolor, Vintage, Partial Color (18 Color), Bleach Bypass, and Instant Film.
Video on the Go
Sometimes a single image isn't enough to record a moment. Capturing everything from travel videos to home movies to high-quality social media content has never been easier thanks to the PEN's power and portability.
Face/Eye detection autofocus with human and animal recognition keeps focus sharp on your subject, even with the camera turned on you. If you prefer manual focus for cinema-style shooting, focus peaking and magnification are available to ensure precise focus.
The PEN is able to record in OM-Log400 with 4:2:2 8-bit color, allowing the image to be color graded extensively with minimal banding and artifacts for more professional needs.
Connect an external microphone via the 3.5 mm port to record crystal-clear 24-bit audio in-camera, making it easier to create well-produced multimedia content with minimal editing.
All you need is a USB-C cable to use your PEN as a webcam for improved image quality in video calls, livestreams, and more.
With the ability to record in crystal-clear 4K at 24 fps or ultra-slow motion at 120 fps, the PEN is the pocket video camera you didn't know you needed.
OM Image Share App
Use the OM Image Share app to remotely control your PEN camera. Adjust camera settings and activate the shutter while seeing a preview of your frame with Live View, or use the remote shutter mode for a simpler wireless experience with no frame preview.
Through the app, it's possible to quickly transfer photos straight to your phone and lightly edit them, enabling you to start sharing your work before you even get home.
Develop a distinctive style by creating your own library of editing profiles in the Image Share app, then share them with others for a collaborative creative process.
GPS information can be recorded while connected to the app, allowing you to keep a detailed record of where your favorite images were made.
Why Choose the PEN?
The OM SYSTEM PEN redefines what can be expected from a portable camera. Fast and accurate enough for daily professional use, yet accessible and compact enough to be an ideal first camera, all in a Micro Four Thirds body with interchangeable lenses, the PEN stands alone. It offers portability without sacrificing power and is an excellent camera for daily visual experimentation as you capture all of life's moments.
Covering a versatile zoom range in a compact package, the M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 III Lens from OM SYSTEM is a 28-84mm equivalent lens for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. The optical design uses three aspherical elements to correct for distortion and spherical aberration, providing sharpness and clarity in a portable form factor. A rounded 7-blade diaphragm contributes to beautiful, soft bokeh with smooth focus falloff.
Compact Barrel Design
A collapsible locking barrel allows the lens to measure only 5.1 cm long when not in use for extreme portability. In order to start photographing, the lens must be extended to reach the 14 mm minimum focal length.
Weighing only 125 g, this lens won't add significant weight to your camera setup, making it easy to bring with you for a long day of shooting.
Additional Details
A 13 cm minimum focusing distance allows you to focus on very small and extremely close subjects, greatly expanding your range of potential subjects.
IPX1 weather-resistant construction paired with an OM SYSTEM weather-resistant body enables you to use the lens in inclement weather.
