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Olympus E-3 User Reviews

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Olympus E-3
alaSCORE 82

423 reviews

November, 2009

84 / 100

122 Experts

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94 / 100

301 Users

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alaTest collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from cnet.com. The average user rating from cnet.com is 86 out of 100.

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"Great camera and excellent performance"

After having used many DSLR's from different ...  Excellent viewfinder, dust & weather sealed, articluated LCD,fast AF,very well designed navigation ...

Olympus E-3 (w/ 12-60mm lens) review

After having used many DSLR's from different ...  Despite some interface quirks and a slightly awkward design, the Olympus E-3 fares quite well agains...

Average Rating

86

2 Users positive
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alaTest collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from become.com. The average user rating from become.com is 100 out of 100.

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Olympus Evolt E-3 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Mechanical Image ...

this is an awesome camera great upgrade for me to my first DSLR excellent camera and excellent lenses great manual controls not too heavy- wasn't sure...

Olympus Evolt E-3 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Mechanical Image ...

This camera is everything it has been said to be. I could not be happier with this camera. From macro to portrait to landscape to time exposures, you ...

Olympus Evolt E-3 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Mechanical Image ...

First , I will say if you love the 4/3rds system then you will love this camera, it is by far the best camera to date in the system. Secondly, I must ...

Olympus Evolt E-3 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Mechanical Image ...

After a lot of research and considering the 40d and the d300, who claim to perform a little better (?), this camera has something they don't have: Ima...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from cameraworld.com. The average user rating from cameraworld.com is 100 out of 100.

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Great Upgrade!

Great camera and definietly a step up. Can compete with any other brand. I am super inpressed with this camera. "Great Pictures Reliable","Strong Con...

Great Camera

great for studio work.. live view manual focus mode works great with 10x magnification... I have already tried it in 2 degree farenheit conditions wit...

Olympus does it again

The E3 does it all fast focus strong construction. "Bright LCD","Comfortable Controls","Strong Construction","Quiet","Small Lag Time" "None"

Professional everything

My experience with National Geographic, and Wilderness (EU) magazines require a rugged, water-resistant, hardy construct, and fast capture. I used the...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 19 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from ciao.com. The average user rating from ciao.com is 89 out of 100.

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Olympus E3

E3 provides speed and flexibility, and the camera, it offers spades. Tested against my now aging Canon 30D and the new Nikon D300, E3, the quick-flash...

Olympus flagship one-hander

...the flagship model, system SLR Olympus 3 - E have more excellent image quality and more rapid response speed of tricks, and can satisfy the fuselag...

Olympus E-3

Advantages: E3 airframe capacity of the Anti-shake compensation is extremely well, can rotate the screen with Live viewfinder function, although for m...

Peoples attention flagship example of the new Olympus SLR E-3

Early in 2007, when the Olympus E410/510 released at the same time, they played the "SLR-year" slogan, with the end of the new flagship E-3 launch of ...

Average Rating

89

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alaTest collected and analyzed 70 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from dpreview.com. The average user rating from dpreview.com is 94 out of 100.

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Olympus E-3

-Sharp image with nice colour reproduction -Very effective image stabilizer, can handheld to shoot at 1/8 -Superb Zuiko optic (Sharp and no vignette...

Olympus E-3

Great camera. After E10 and E1 a logical choice. I like the image quality and the speed of the autofocus which is way better than the E1. The white ba...

Olympus E-3

Drop Test! E-3 slid off roof of Infiniti G37 w/ 18-180 lens to concrete...slight black removal on edge of lens UV filter, but that was it--incredible!...

Olympus E-3

Great camera, build outstanding, best yet, optics are the best with the 12-60mm lens. Easy to use for a pro camera and a joy to use. Highly recommende...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from epinions.com. The average user rating from epinions.com is 100 out of 100.

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Olympus gets back in the game with the E-3 SLR Digital Camera.

Introduction For a couple years now, Olympus has been showing that they are still a reputable camera manufacturer that can produce quality gear with i...

Olympus gets back in the game with the E-3 SLR Digital Camera.

Introduction For a couple years now, Olympus has been showing that they are still a reputable camera manufacturer that can produce quality gear with i...

Olympus gets back in the game with the E-3 SLR Digital Camera.

Very rugged body with good ergonomics, decent high ISO performance, fast and accurate autofocus. A little too expensive for what it offers.

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from photographyreview.com. The average user rating from photographyreview.com is 100 out of 100.

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 8 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from pricegrabber.com. The average user rating from pricegrabber.com is 90 out of 100.

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Impressive

I'm not a pro, but I sure feel like one with the E-3 in hand. This was an upgrade from the E-300 and after 1 month I am very pleased. Auto focus is qu...

Initial review from an Oly fan

A longtime Oly fan I had to buy a Nikon D200 a while back because Olympus did not have anything comparable in same price range. Now that the E-3 is ou...

A Worthy Successor to the E-1

2008-04-03 08:08:41 I am a photography enthusiast, not a professional, so please take my remarks accordingly. This camera more than meets my personal ...

Great camera

This camera has the fastest auto focus I have ever seen. It has many options for the focus. It also has dust reduction that works and is built like a ...

Average Rating

90

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alaTest collected and analyzed 9 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from shopping.yahoo.com. The average user rating from shopping.yahoo.com is 98 out of 100.

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Great camera!

I love this thing. Everything Nothing

T100 black

i got this expensive camera and im a beginner for using this, its so small than my P&S kodak cx7430(phased out in my country). nice lcd..photo editin...

Beautiful Camera

I bought the DSCT100 Red mid August 2007. 5X Optical Zoom, 3.0" Lcd screen, Good battery life, Beautiful design Overall Image Quality could be alittl...

Too Good

i have used T50 and T100 both and find T100 very cute and fantastic. stylish looks, x5 zoom, great speed of shots, clear video would have liked a tou...

Average Rating

98

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alaTest collected and analyzed 53 user reviews of the Olympus E-3 from amazon.com. The average user rating from amazon.com is 91 out of 100.

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Seems to be a great camera.

Seems to be a great camera. I have not had the opportunity to used my new camera very much. Most my time so far has been spent reading the camera man...

Seems to be a great camera.

Seems to be a great camera. I have not had the opportunity to used my new camera very much. Most my time so far has been spent reading the camera man...

Beware of caps falling

Beware of caps falling On my first day of field use the lens cap fell and broke. The second day of field use, the flash hotshoe cover was missing. On ...

Beware of caps falling

Beware of caps falling On my first day of field use the lens cap fell and broke. The second day of field use, the flash hotshoe cover was missing. On ...

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