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Updated 12/23/08: The 10.1-megapixel E3, the top dog in Olympus's line of digital single-lens-reflex (DSLR) cameras, is an attractive package for both pros and serious amateurs. You have to be serious about your photography--and have plenty of arm stre...
Rotating, swiveling LCD with live view, Very quick autofocusing...
Very heavy...
This big, heavy, rugged camera has extensive advanced controls, fast burst-shooting speed, and can autofocus very quickly...
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buy-n-shoot.com Updated:
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There’s no point denying the stronghold that Nikon and Canon currently have over the high-end enthusiast and professional digital SLR market, but that’s not to say it will stay that way forever - especially when Olympus can produce a competiti...
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The Olympus E-3 is certainly the most capable 4/3 DSLR to date. It has plenty of pro-features: a viewfinder with 100% coverage, built-in image stabilization, a weather-proof body and 5 FPS continuous drive. It is certainly as good as several Excelle...
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maclife.com Updated:
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Olympus’s Four Thirds sensor limits your lens choices, but the E-3 takes excellent pictures. The Olympus E-3 is a beefy, 10-megapixel, semipro DSLR aching to beat up on the competition. But at $1,700 for its magnesium-muscled body and another $900...
Solidly built, weatherproof, excellent picture quality, Live View with articulating LCD screen.
JPEG images a bit noisy above ISO 800; requires expensive Supersonic Wave Drive lenses for maximum focusing speed.
Olympus’s Four Thirds sensor limits your lens choices, but the E-3 takes excellent pictures. The Olympus E-3 is a beefy, 10-megapixel, semipro DSLR aching to beat up on the competition. But at $1,700 for its magnesium-muscled body and another $900...
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Howstuffworks.com Updated:
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If youre going to purchase the Olympus E-3 advanced digital camera, youll want to be sure your interests match with the cameras strengths. First, the E-3 works well in poor weather conditions, thanks to its waterproof body. Second, the cameras imag...
Good image quality, weatherproof camera body, LCD can swivel away from camera, fast auto-focus, good response times...
Price is a little high, LCD could be bigger, some softness in large images, some image issues in low light and extreme light...
If youre going to purchase the Olympus E-3 advanced digital camera, youll want to be sure your interests match with the cameras strengths. First, the E-3 works well in poor weather conditions, thanks to its waterproof body. Second, the cameras ima...
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THE E3 is a more complicated camera than the Canon 40D to use. Frequently used functions like setting the focusing point or changing the camera mode require a two-hand action.I like the serious look and feel of the camera and find the free angle swivel...
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The Olympus E-3 is the flagship DSLR of the Four Thirds standard. Officially announced in October 2007, it comes four and a half years after its predecessor, the E-1. The original E-1 was the camera which launched the Four Thirds standard back in mid...
Tough build quality, dust and splash-proof, Effective built-in anti-shake and anti-dust, Live View with fully-articulated screen, Quick handling and broad customisation.
Higher noise above 800 ISO than rivals, AF system fast but often searched, Some controls illogically placed, Very tough rival in the Nikon D300.
If you’re an existing Four Thirds owner looking for a top-end body, the E-3 is a fantastic choice, especially if you’re coming from the original E-1 – it’s a significant upgrade in every respect. It’ll also appeal to owners o...
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The Olympus E-3 is a very good camera and one that deserves serious consideration. More than any other mid-range DSLR on the market right now, though, you need to handle the E-3 before buying. Its size and weight are formidable enough that you’l...
Very good image quality; full environmental seals; tilt/shift LCD screen with live view; fast auto-focus.
Not as good as the competition at high ISO; control layout is a little cumbersome; lacks customizability; menus are too complex.
The Olympus E-3 is a very good camera and one that deserves serious consideration. More than any other mid-range DSLR on the market right now, though, you need to handle the E-3 before buying. Its size and weight are formidable enough that you’l...
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Video Review: Are you a friend to the Earth? Then check out GCycle... its G4s new initiative to try and get you to be a better person and recycle tech stuff!Olympus E-3 DSLRRubber grip makes it comfortable Only weighs about 2 lbs. So you wont get ti...
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It's taken Olympus over 4 years to update its professional model the E-1 and release the E-3, which is a long time in digital camera terms. Although Olympus and Panasonic were the pioneers of Live View systems, the feature is now almost a standard fixture...
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thinkcamera.com Updated:
2022-10-17 18:56:23
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The Olympus E-3 balances up its pros and cons into something of an equilibrium - to the point where excellent features are weighed down by standards that ought to be higher. Primarily its the tricky layout, interface and buttons that are off-putting...
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The past few years we have seen a lot of DSLRs from Olympus passing by but it took a long time before the successor to the E1 arrived. Apparently Olympus wanted to test a few things before surprising the professional photographer. And the new Olympus E...
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Olympus E-3 – A Second Opinion By Mark Pinder The last six months in the digital SLR world have been very interesting. Just as I thought that technological development would start to level off, the big players, Canon and most notably Nikon, started...
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wired.com Updated:
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Olympus has been the avant-garde of a few notable DSLR trends like dust removal, live view and the articulating LCD. Initially poo pooed, the first two are now seen on nearly all the usual suspects these days. And in those three areas the big "O" still...
The comfiest eyepiece. Onetouch menu access to nearly 20 functions. The quickest focusing. Articulating LCD makes Live View a real asset, instead of an afterthought.
The back of the camera is a jumble. The 2.5inch LCD is smallish compared with competitors. Employs Olympuss XD memory card format, instead of SD, as the second memory card slot. Presently only two superfast focusing lenses in the quiver.Camera Resolution:...
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Four years is a very long time in the digital camera market, and four years in the digital SLR market is virtually a lifetime. In the four-odd years between the launch of the Olympus E-1 - the camera that heralded the first all-new SLR system for over...
Excellent build quality, weatherproofing, 150,000 shot shutter life, Big, bright viewfinder with 100% view, Articulated screen, Effective sensor-shift image stabilization, Very fast focus with new SWD lenses (less impressive with other lenses, however), I...
Resolution not as good as best in class (stronger AA filter?), though you wont see it in JPEGs, Highlight dynamic range not quite as good as competitors (better than other E-Series cameras):, Some highlight clipping on bright days unless you reduce exposu...
If youve taken the trouble to read every page of this review youll already have a good idea where this conclusion is likely to go. To start with theres no doubt that the E-3 is, without a shadow of a doubt the best Four-Thirds camera ever made and...
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Shop & Save Support us by shopping online for the E-3 here! Price range: $1699 - $1799View all prices for this product Your donation is also greatly appreciated.The E-3 ($1699) is the flagship camera in Olympus digital SLR lineup. It is the long-aw...
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and have dominated the professional DSLR market since the beginning of the digital imaging revolution, effectively condemning , Leica, and Sony DSLRs to second-tier status. Olympus and a consortium of other second-tier manufacturers introduced...
In spite of the dominance of offerings from Nikon and Canon in the semi-pro and professional markets, the Olympus E-3 should have a lot of appeal for professionals not already invested in one of these systems. This camera is built like a tank and feat...
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The Olympus E-3 is the new flagship of the Four Thirds Standard-based Olympus E-System. This long-awaited replacement for the original E-1 model offers a plethora of advanced features to tempt the professional photographer away from the competition...
Speaking both literally and figuratively theres a lot to get to grips with on the Olympus E-3. I was surprised at its bulk given the inherent – and much boasted about – properties of the Four Thirds system allowing for smaller and lighter cons...
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Since the announcement of Olympuss last pro camera, the E-1, the iPod has taken over the world, Saddam Hussein has been caught, tried and hung, Newcastle have changed managers four times and Led Zeppelin reformed.This long gap has lead some to questio...
Solid pro build. Great images at lower ISO. Simple to use...
A little noisy at high ISO...
Worth the wait. The E-3 matches pro SLR capabilities with the ease of use of an entry-level cam...
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whatdigitalcamera.com Updated:
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It’s been a long time coming but finally the wait is over. The Olympus E-3 is Olympus’s first ‘professional’ model since the 5MP Olympus E-1, which arrived in 2003. In that time, Olympus has been busy updating its consumer DSLRs, w...
Build, interface, stabilisation, detail, LCD screen...
Slowish frame rate, noise at high ISO...
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Olympus Makes Its Move A Field Review on the Olympus E3 Photos and story by Douglas Brown With the release of the new professional grade E3, Olympus has signaled their re-entry into the pro market after allowing their last top-pro body, the E1, to beco...
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The E-3, the flagship of Olympus Digital SLR line, combines speed and durability in a splash-proof magnesium alloy body. Early to embrace Live View and Dust Reduction features in a dSRL, Olympus now appears to offer the fastest autofocus in the world...
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When you look at the many functions and options the Olympus E-3 has, you will agree that for a novice, the choices to be made can be rather daunting. What to do with all these white balance settings? Would I need all the bracketing options (white bala...
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The 10.1-megapixel Olympus E-3 is a high-end professional digital SLR with an exceptionally fast auto-focus system, built-in image stabilization, Live View and excellent image quality. It’s a part of the Four Thirds digital SLR system, which has a s...
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This week Best4Reviews was whisked off (well actually we travelled by tube) to a top secret West London location to get our first hands on with Olympus' new flagship digital SLR, the E-3, which upgrades the ages-old E-1 - in...
Solid feel to the rugged magnesium alloy body, image stabilisation appears to deliver an unprecedented number of sharply in focus shots when shooting at extreme telephoto...
AF hunts around a bit when presented with busy scenes, rotational angle of LCD could be a bit more flexible and the screen itself could be enlargd to 3-inches if we're being picky, white balance occasionally delivers colours a little on the cool side...
The Olympus E-3 looks good, feels good and is capable of taking some nicely crisp images into the bargain. We'll bring you a more detailed report in due course. Stay tuned to Best4Reviews for more. Login or register to post comments Digital Cameras E...
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Directly competing against the Canon EOS 40D and the Nikon D300 the Olympus E-3 is one big, bad shooter: Even for a D-SLR, its pretty huge. But with girth comes superb image quality and a hearty assortment of features, such as a swiveling LCD, live...
Articulating LCD. Live view. Mechanical image stabilization. Fast autofocus. Excellent image quality in nearly all environments. Well-placed buttons.
Large body. Small LCD. Unintuitive menu system. Flash shots slightly underexposed at times.
The Olympus E-3 is a fine midrange D-SLR thats a less-expensive alternative to competing models...
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