Olympus E-3

usability, performance, zoom, focus, image quality

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, usability, portability, lens, image quality

94% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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. ; Watch the Olympus E-3 Video Review!

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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.

The comfiest eyepiece. One-touch 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 2.5-inch LCD is smallish compared with competitors. Employs Olympus’s XD memory card format, instead of SD, as the second memory card slot. Presently only two super-fast focusing lenses in the quiver

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)...

Resolution not as good as best in class (stronger AA filter?), though you won't 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...

If you've taken the trouble to read every page of this review you'll already have a good idea where this conclusion is likely to go. To start with there's no doubt that the E-3 is, without a shadow of a doubt the best Four-Thirds camera ever made and a...

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...

Speaking both literally and figuratively there's a lot to get to grips with on the Olympus E-3. I was surprised at its bulk given the inherent â?? and much boasted about â?? properties of the Four Thirds system allowing for smaller and lighter...

Olympus has finally announced their long-awaited flagship DSLR camera, the E-3. Billed as a pure pro camera, the Olympus E-3 is really more comparable to the cameras by Olympus's competitors that we've been categorizing as semi-pro, such as the Pentax...

Excellent photo quality in most situations (see issues below) ; Optical image stabilization for every lens you attach ; Superb build quality; body is sealed against dust and moisture ; Supersonic Wave Filter "shakes" dust off sensor ; Live view on a...

Camera tends to underexpose ; Low light / high ISO performance not as good as some of the competition; banding visible at highest sensitivities ; Too many buttons on camera body + poorly located front command dial makes E-3 more difficult to use than...

All things considered, the Olympus E-3 is a solid midrange digital SLR, in more ways than one. It does almost everything well, with just a few weaknesses, most of which have easy workarounds. If you're an enthusiast looking for a powerful D-SLR that...