Olympus E-PL7 Review - With a compact body and 16.1MP sensor, as well as a tilting LCD screen, the E-PL7 is targeted towards the 'selfie' generation who are looking to travel light.

Solid metal build; Touchscreen is certainly responsive; 16MP sensor delivers solid results

Small size means sacrifices have been made with usability; Tilting screen design is poor

This latest offering from Olympus features the 16.1-million-pixel sensor that has proved popular in the OM-D E-M5, but as well as the sensor, the E-PL7 shares many of the features of the OM-D E-M10, minus a viewfinder and built-in flash.

Good-quality; 16.1-million-pixel Live MOS sensor; Metal frame with stylish design; Responsive touchscreen

Vulnerable and fiddly tilting screen; Small and tightly packed controls; No viewfinder

Olympus continues its charge as one of the leaders in the ILC (interchangeable lens camera) market with the incredibly compact and surprisingly powerful E-PL7. The newest addition to the Pen Lite collection gives us a compact classic rangefinder look and feel with the all of the great features that...

iAuto shooting mode is accurate and easy in all situations; Camera produces excellent overall image quality; Very compact and lightweight; easy to carry and operate; 3-axis IS is very handy and effective; High Res 3.0-inch LCD is great for shooting and viewing images; Screen tilts a full 180° for...

No built-in flash; Possible to forget external unit at home, No built-in OVF/EVF, although there is an optional EVF, Occasionally iAuto produced unreliable exposures with face detection

The Olympus PEN E-PL7 ($599.99 body only) sets itself apart from the crowd with a unique front-facing screen that flips down below the camera for selfies. That's a little gimmicky, but the PEN E-PL7 is just as serious a mirrorless camera as others in the company's PEN lineup.

Compact; Quick focus; 8.4fps burst rate; Micro Four Thirds lens system; In-body image stabilization; Tilting touch-screen display; Accessory port for optional EVF; Wi-Fi

Sometimes slow to start and shoot; No support for 60fps video; Lacks standard mic input; Lacks built-in flash; Single control dial

Entry-level retro-style system camera with selfie-enabled screen

Quality metal construction; Consistent imaging performance; Classic retro styling

No eye-level viewfinder; no built-in flash; tiny controls

The Olympus PEN Lite E-PL7 is the latest PEN camera from Olympus and features built in Wi-Fi, tilting "selfie" touch-screen, updated Art Filters, along with a 16 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor.

Good noise performance; Great image quality; Built in Wi-Fi; Wide range of Micro Four Thirds lenses; Stylish metal body; Dual axis electronic level; Excellent 3inch touch-screen; Live Bulb / Live Time feature; A large number of Art filters and effects available

Panoramic auto-stitching not available; Menu system could be daunting for new users

The Olympus E-PL7 (also known as the Olympus PEN Lite) is a new mid-range compact system camera. The Olympus PEN E-PL7 is a Wi-Fi enabled, 16-megapixel compact system camera with a 180-degree downward tilting touchscreen, 8fps continuous shooting, 1080p HD video recording in mov format, a maximum...

Olympus' new mid-range mirrorless camera, the PEN Lite E-PL7, is all but made for the selfie lover.The E-PL7's display flips downwards 180 degrees and provides an unobstructed view, and you can mount the bundled external flash for a fill-in flash. The display can also be flipped up 80 degrees.

One mighty PEN.

The new Pen E-PL7 doesn't introduce anything fundamentally different or novel; there's a screen that flips down (yes, down rather than up) through 180 degrees to facilitate selfies for example, and a couple of new Art Filters: Vintage and Partial Colour.