Pressing the Play button displays the last recorded frame. You can navigate through stored images by using the Arrow Pad/4-way controller or rotating the Control Dial allows you to use the Index or Magnify options (shown below).

The INFO button controls the amount of detailed information that is displayed for an image. Above you can see an animation of the available options. Press this button repeatedly until the desired information is superimposed on top of the photo.

Info 1, which displays the image size (4032x3024), aspect/image quality mode (4:3, Large/Fine JPEG), file number (100-070), image number (67), and the time and date of capture; note the time and date will only show up if you have set the internal clock, which we had not during the above screen capture.

Info 2 moves the image to a thumbnail in the upper left and displays all the shooting information (Shutter speed, Aperture, Focal length, ISO, etc.) on the right of the screen and 4 tiny histograms on the lower left.

Info 3 clears all information off the screen, displaying only the image itself; perfect for when sharing pictures with friends and family.

The Index/Calendar Display mode lets you show several images on the LCD monitor at the same time. During single-frame playback, press the Index button to enter the thumbnail mode. This allows you to quickly search through stored images. Pressing this button again brings up the Calendar display mode. With the Calendar display on the screen, you can choose images by the date they were shot.

Magnify, also know as the Zoom playback function, allows you to closely inspect images by zooming in up to 14x in several steps. You activate this option by pressing the Magnify button on the back of the E-PL1. Once an image is enlarged, you can move around inside of it by using the Arrow Pad/4-way controller.

Playback menu options:

• Slide show - Begin automated slide show playback changing every 5 seconds with 1 up, 4 up, 9up, 16 up or 25 up at a time
• Edit - Enters the Edit menu, shown below
• DPOF - Store print reservation information (# of prints, date/time) to send images to a DPOF-compatible photo lab or DPOF-compatible printer
• Reset Protect - Protect images from accidental erasure

Movie files are played back full screen. Once playback starts, you can pause, fast-forward, rewind, and play frame-by-frame. To adjust the volume you rotate the control dial that is mounted around the 4-way controller. Note: the above screen was taken from the E-P2.

JPEG Edit menu options:

• Shadow Adjustment - Helps brighten dark backlight objects
• Redeye Fix - Remove occurrences of Redeye in you portrait images
• Crop - Crop a section of an image and save as a new file
• Aspect - Convert the image aspect ratio (3:2, 16:9, 6:6)
• Black&White - Convert an image to black&white
• Sepia - Convert an image to sepia tone
• Saturation - Adjust the color depth of an image
• Resize - Save an image to a smaller size (1280x960, 640x480, 320x240)

• e-Portrait - Saves an image as a new MSF image with adjustments to enhance skin tones

You can also edit RAW files in-camera. It will automatically perform image processing (white balance, sharpness adjustment, etc.), and then saves the new file in Large/SuperFine JPEG format.