| key specs | 
| Camera Type | Digital Camera | DSLR Camera | 
| Effective Pixels | 16.1 MP | 16.1 MP | 
| Sensor Type | CMOS | MOS | 
| Display Type | LCD | - | 
| Display Size | 3 inch | 3 inch | 
| Battery Type | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | 
| general | 
| Brand | Olympus | Olympus | 
| Model | Pen E-PL9 16.1MP Digital Camera | OMD EM10 Mark 2 16.1MP DSLR Camera | 
| Model Name | Pen E-PL9 | OMD EM10 Mark 2 | 
| Series | Pen | OMD | 
| Color | Gold | Black | 
| Type | Digital Camera | DSLR Camera | 
| Effective Pixels | 16.1 MP | 16.1 MP | 
| Dimensions(WxHxD) | 30.5 x 25.4 x 20.3 cm | 119.5 x 83.1 x 46.7 mm | 
| Weight | 1.81 KG | 399 GM | 
| Face Detection | Yes | Yes | 
| Wide Angle | Yes | - | 
| Temperature | 0 to 40 | 0 to 40 | 
| Model Number | - | EM10 Mark 2 | 
| Minimum Illumination | - | Available | 
| Accessory Shoe | - | Hot Shoe | 
| sensor features | 
| Sensor Type | CMOS | MOS | 
| Sensor Size | - | 17.3 x 13.0 mm | 
| Sensor Technology | - | 4/3 Live MOS Sensor | 
| lens features | 
| Lens Type | Single | - | 
| Digital Zoom | 4x | - | 
| Optical Zoom | 1x | - | 
| Manual Focus | Yes | - | 
| Color Filter | Yes | - | 
| Lens Mount | - | Micro Four Thirds Mount | 
| Dust Reduction | - | Yes | 
| focus features | 
| Focus Mode | Yes | Single AF S-AF / Continuous AF C-AF / Manual Focus MF / S-AF + MF / AF tracking C-AF + TR | 
| Auto Focus | Yes | - | 
| White Balancing | - | Auto WB, 7 Preset WBs, 4 Capture WBs, Custom WB Kelvin setting | 
| shutter features | 
| Self-timer | Yes | Yes | 
| Shutter Type | - | Focal-plane shutter | 
| Shutter Speed | - | 1/4000 - 60 sec. | 
| Continuous Shots | - | Approx 8.5 fps | 
| flash features | 
| Built-in Flash | Yes | Yes | 
| External Flash | Yes | Yes | 
| Flash Modes | - | Flash Auto, Redeye, Fill-in, Flash Off, Red-eye Slow sync.1st curtain, Slow sync.1st curtain, Slow sync.2nd curtain, Manual1/1FULL~1/64 | 
| Flash Compensation | - | Up to 3 EV in 0.3, 0.5, 1 EV steps selectable | 
| image features | 
| Image Format | JPG | RAW 12-bit lossless compression, JPEG, RAW+JPEG, MPO3D still | 
| Aspect Ratio | - | 43 Default / 32 / 169 / 11 / 34 | 
| Gross Pixel | - | 17.2 MP | 
| Image Stabilizer | - | Yes | 
| Image Sizing | - | 4608 x 3456 | 
| Still Image Size | - | 640 x 480 | 
| Live View Shooting | - | Yes | 
| HDR Support | - | HDR1, HDR2 Painting-like | 
| display features | 
| Display Type | LCD | - | 
| Display Size | 3 inch | 3 inch | 
| LCD Display | Yes | Tilt | 
| Display Resolution | - | Approx.1040k dots | 
| LCD Display Image Resolution | - | Approx 1040k dots | 
| storage and power features | 
| Card Type | SD | SD Memory Card SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I/II compatible, Eye-Fi Card compatible* | 
| Battery Type | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | 
| Batteries Included | - | Yes | 
| Battery Life | - | Approx. 150 minutes* When zoom and other operational functions are not used | 
| viewfinder features | 
| View Finder Type | - | Eye-level OLED viewfinder | 
| Viewfinder Coverage | - | 100% | 
| Viewfinder Magnification | - | Approx. 1.08x[1] - 1.23x[2] -1m-1, 50mm lens, Infinity | 
| Viewpoint Dioptric Adjustment | - | -4 ~ +2m-1 | 
| Viewfinder Eye Point | - | 19.2 mm | 
| exposure features | 
| Exposure Mode | - | i Auto, P Program AE Program shift can be performed, A Aperture priority AE, S Shutter priority AE, M Manual, Bulb, Time, Scene select  AE, Art Filter, Underwater wide / macro* , My Set | 
| AE Lock/Exposure Lock | - | Yes | 
| Exposure Compensation | - | Still photo | 
| Manual Exposure | - | Yes | 
| connectivity features | 
| HDMI | - | Yes | 
| USB | - | Yes | 
| Wifi | - | Yes | 
| Wireless Connectivity | - | Built-in IEEE 8.02.1 b / g / n | 
| audio and video features | 
| Microphone | - | Stereo | 
| Speaker | - | Mono | 
| Video Resolution | - | 1920 x 1080 | 
| Video Quality | - | Full HD | 
| Video Format | - | MOV MPEG-4AVC / H.264 , AVI Motion JPEG |