What helps is to keep the LCD on/off to the fn button. The Pens do get warm but there is an overheat icon that will pop up on the screen. If that comes on, turn it off, remove the battery wait just a minute and then load the battery and turn it back on....

Mine does that a lot in the hot sun but I do the above if I see the icon.
The issue with the EVF on the Pen2 is that you can't toggle the lcd on/off...that's on or the evf is always on.....

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I always use the EVF which switches on when I start looking through it.
The screen is not in use when I take pictures.
Does that mean that I'm a "green photographer" ?

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I noticed only once that my E-P2 is warmer than usual. And this is after extended time shooting with the LCD screen on. Doing street stuff as I walk along in a very humid and hot climate (96 degrees).

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if your E-P2 gets too hot, just dunk it in some soya milk ...

I had an E-PL1 for a total of 24 hours and returned it because it got hot after taking about 4 pictures.

I bought an E-P2 and have only had it about a week but have not noticed it getting hot.

I have noticed my epl1 is the warmest camera I've ever had. The closest thing I can compare it to is the Canon G9, which is about the same size, has a bigger LCD, and never gets warm like that. It doesn't seem to affect the functioning so far but it does seem strange.

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I live in Australia and our winter is can sometimes be as hot as your summer. Summer temperatures of mid to high 30 C are common and days over 40 C not considered unusual. 38 C is 100 F in the old measurement. Add to that humidity often over 80% and it isn't fun.

Never had an issue with my E-P1.

I've always tended to switch my cameras on only when I need to. Startup time is pretty slick and not a problem for my style of shooting. When anticipation of the 'right moment' is needed it stays on.

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My E-P2 does get extremely hot, so hot in fact that I have to force myself to hold it in my right hand and continue taking pictures.
I use the camera for concert photography almost exclusively. This means I have to carry on and cannot stop to let it cool down. The musicians simply would´nt comply. On average I end up with 200 to 400 pics in one hour.
So far I have not suffered slight burns as indicated in the manual and the E-P2 keeps on working as usual.
The icon streetshooter has referred to has´nt shown itself yet. I take it has gone into hiding. After all the heating up may not be a real problem as nobody so far has reported on an E-P gone on fire.
For me a camera is a tool and not a gem around my neck. In case it packs up it will not find a place on the shelf, but…..
A Panasonic FZ-50 I use for classical concerts just gets lukewarm so I have a comparison.

That is quite extreme. I wonder if in the future cameras which will be serving more and more capacity as video recorder also would have some cooling system built in them?

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