Olympus PEN E-P3 prices and specs
The PEN E-P3 was produced on Jun 30, 2011 and is sold in USA for $435.00
The PEN E-P3 is a rangefinder style mirrorless camera. It means that the device has smaller size than DSLR cameras but nevertheless captures high quality pictures and has different kinds of taking pictures options.
The Olympus PEN E-P3 can make pictures at 12 megapixels max resolution. But if you want to get better picture quality the more important specification is a sensor size. The PEN E-P3 has a Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor. The camera with such sensor size is the optimal choice if you want to produce pictures of a satisfactory quality but don't want to carry large inconvenient DSLR cameras. And if you want to shoot pictures of the best quality pay attention to Leica SL (Typ 601).
The PEN E-P3 has max shutter speed of 1/4000 sec. It is an average shutter speed that will be enough for taking action pictures of a satisfactory quality. The PEN E-P3 captures high quality videos in Full HD resolution.
The PEN E-P3 is an interchangeable and has Micro Four Thirds lens mount. If the event demands special photography conditions, you can switch lens to a more appropriate to produce the best quality images.
The PEN E-P3 battery life will be enough to shoot about 330 pictures.
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- Jun 30, 2011
- Rangefinder-style mirrorless
- 12 megapixels
- 4032 x 3024
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- CMOS
- TruePic VI
- 4:3
- 3200 x 2400, 2560 x 1920, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480
- 13 megapixels
- Auto (200 - 1600), 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800
- 12
- Yes (1)
- Sensor-shift
- RAW
- 60 sec
- 1/4000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes (Pop-up)
- 10.00 m (@ ISO 200)
- Yes (Hot-shoe)
- Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Fill-in, Slow Sync, Wireless, Manual (3 levels)
- 3.0 fps
- Yes (2 or 12 sec)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±3 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 1 EV steps)
- (2, 3, 5, 7 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV, 2/3 EV, 1 EV steps)
- Yes (3 frames in 2, 4, 6 steps selectable in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis)
- Fixed
- 3″
- 614,000
- Yes
- 3:2 OLED with Anti-Fingerprint Coating
- Yes
- Electronic (optional)
- 1920 x 1080 (60 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- AVCHD, Motion JPEG
- Stereo
- None
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Multi-area
- Selective single-point
- Tracking
- Single
- Continuous
- Touch
- Face Detection
- Live View
- No
- Yes
- 35
- Micro Four Thirds
- 2×
- 369 g (0.81 lb / 13.02 oz)
- 122 x 69 x 34 mm (4.8 x 2.72 x 1.34″)
- No
- Battery Pack
- Lithium-Ion BLS-5 rechargeable battery & charger
- 330
- SD/SDHC/SDXC card
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- Yes (Optional (RM-UC1))
- Yes
- No
- None
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