Touch Selfie

If you want to take better selfies, the E-PL8 is for you. Simply flip down the monitor to easily capture next-level selfies that cannot be taken with a smartphone. Also, with selfie movies you can communicate a richer message.

Beautiful selfies even at night

With the E-PL8 you never have to worry about selfies turning out poorly even in backlit or night scenes. The camera automatically detects the scene for shooting, so each and every shot results in a beautiful selfie.

• General smartphone: Image is dark overall and the ambiance is lost.
• E-PL8: The subject in the foreground and the nightscape in the background are both captured beautifully, conveying the ambiance.

Selfie movies let you capture yourself speaking and moving

With selfie movies, you can capture yourself speaking and moving. The new selfie mode for movies makes it easy to capture everything from your travels to everyday life.

Features to make your selfies better and more fun

Art Filter

This popular feature provides you with an array of visual effect options to make your selfies special. You can see the effects on the monitor before you release the shutter so you know exactly how your selfie will turn out.

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• Soft Focus
• Vintage

Photo Story

This feature combines multiple shots into a single photo. Shoot a selfie as one of the images for a unique and stylish collages.

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Aspect Ratio

This function lets you change the aspect ratio to suit your subject or theme. Changing the aspect ratio can give your selfie a different character.

Interval Shooting

Capture a variety of poses and select the best shot of the bunch with Interval Shooting. The count-down display makes it easier to see the shooting timing and easier to strike a pose. Set the number of seconds until the shot is captured, the shooting interval, and the number of shots, to your preference.

Features that support comfortable Touch Selfie operation

Flip-down touchscreen

Since the E-PL8's touchscreen flips down rather than up, touch control is made much easier and the flash (when attached) does not obstruct your view of the screen. And the camera's powerful image stabilisation helps minimise any blurring caused by single-handed shooting.

Dedicated Selfie Mode

When the touchscreen isflipped down, the camera automatically switches to Selfie Mode.

• Selfie Mode for photos:Photo is taken one second after the shutter button at the bottom of the screen is touched. Touch buttons for e-Portrait, which makes skin look smooth, and brightness control are positioned on the screen.
• [NEW] Selfie Mode for movies:Touch buttons for Clips, which lets you shoot video clips and combine them into a short movie, and various movie effects have been positioned on the screen.

Show more of where you are with a wide-angle lens

A wide-angle lens is best for capturing wider scenes in selfies. The separately available BCL-0980 Fisheye Body Cap Lens can capture wider scenes than the average smartphone. It is perfect for selfies that show where you are.

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• General smartphone
• BCL-0980 Fisheye Body Cap Lens
  Equivalent to 18mm (35mm film camera)