Olympus PEN E–PL1 For Dummies

This book is extensive and covers all the topics on how to use you EPL1 camera properly. I find Olympus has a difficult user interface compared to Canon and Nikonk, so I really needed this book to help me use my EPL1 to its full potential. It is so great to really know your camera inside and out, and this book helped me do that. Excellent buy if you own and EPL1 and aren't sure how to perform or set some functions within your camera's user interface.

Utilissimo per dissipare dubbi sulle opzioni della fotocamera, della quale spiega in dettaglio ogni funzione, fornisce anche utili consigli fotografici per i principianti. Personalmente lo consiglio a tutti quelli che hanno una e-pl1

I have an Olympus PEN E-PL3. It's my first digital SLR camera and I wanted to learn to utilise as much of its capability as possible beyond Auto setting!There didn't seem to be any 'How To' books specifically aimed at my particular version of the PEN Lite. So I took a chance and ordered this, hoping there were not too many differences between the E-PL1 and the E-PL3 to make the book unusable.As it is, the book is just perfect. The differences are not too difficult to overcome - mostly the E-PL3 is an upgrade of the same operating system. Julie Adair King is a superb teacher. She is encouraging, humorous, has a very plain way of explaining things and her enthusiasm makes you feel like you should never let your camera be anywhere else but within reach in your bag or forever hanging around your neck.If I could give this book more than five stars I would. Having full colour pages and a plethora of screenshots and sample pictures makes the book an essential companion for the photographer stepping up from the instant compact and wanting to get a little more creative and professional with photography. I purchased a 'Dummies' book before - to help understand InDesign - yet this blows that one out of the water. All 'For Dummies' books are not quite the same and this one shines out as a 10/10 example.

After purchasing my Olympus E-PL1 and reading the included user guide several times over, as an experienced semi-pro photographer with a wide-range of camera experiences, ranging from the all-manual ones (circa 1956) through today's modern full-auto DSLR's (Canon 40D, etc.), I came away still having a few vague misgivings and uncertainties which left me uncomfortable.Even though the manual is technical and not a tutorial, I felt that I should have been able to easily glean the most important necessary information on how to set up and customize the camera's menu system and understand and use the camera's subtleties effectively - in fact, I thought I had.Nevertheless, I felt that there was a chance that I had overlooked or misunderstood some important menu settings, given the shear complexity and extensive customization the camera is capable of and so I ordered this book after seeing the excellent reviews and high opinions submitted by other readers.After it arrived I immediately read it from cover to cover with camera in hand and was amazed and shocked as to the level and degree of misinformation I had come away with by only studying the user manual cold. I say shocked, because, with my level of experience and equipment understanding, one would naturally assume that even the most obtuse manual would not be that difficult for both basic and critical settings to be mastered. Was I wrong!After reading this book for only a few minutes, it became obvious to me that I had completely overlooked many of the co-dependent and subtle modes of advanced operation the many menu settings can employ, none of which were clearly spelled out in the highly condensed manual. Although the author has rightfully (given the title) kept the discussion level geared toward beginners, she has at the same time remained so precise and complete in her explanations that I consider this book a model of technical writing clarity for both amateur and professional readers alike.During my photographic years I have read hundreds of technical manuals and over 1,000 equipment user guides and this book ranks into the upper 1 percent for clarity, completeness, and engaging personal style, which is a welcome relief for such otherwise dry material.In addition to the Olympus E-PL1 specific material, I consider this to be one of the very best summary introductions to photography in general, and modern digital cameras in particular, that I have ever come across. The author seems to have a real talent for focusing upon the important while clearly explaining the complex, and avoiding the usual tangents into the irrelevant and/or trivial details many technical writers commonly fall victim to.The book is well-laid out with appropriate charts, tables, illustrations, and color photos and, with the author's personal suggestions, tips, and observations, the volume provides a wealth of succinct but not too brief material on both the camera and common photographic techniques.In my opinion, this book is a "must have" for the Olympus E-PL1 owner and for owners of other cameras having similar capabilities - the later models such as the E-PL2, PL3, etc. Hopefully, the author will find the time to update and extend this book to include these later cameras.

Is a very simple and explicative book about all the sweeties you have obtained with you Olympus E-PL1 camera, I bought it from 175 bucks (body only) and I paired it with my old lens md minolta - my old X700 died