Olympus PEN E-PL3 prices and specs
The Olympus PEN E-PL3 was released on Jun 30, 2011 and is on sale in USA for $299.00
The Olympus PEN E-PL3 is a rangefinder style mirrorless camera. It means that the device is smaller than DSLR cameras but nevertheless takes perfect photos and has a variety of taking photos options.
The camera can shoot images at 12 megapixels highest resolution. But for better picture quality the more important specification is a sensor size. The PEN E-PL3 has a Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm) sensor. The camera with such sensor size is the optimal choice if you want to take images of a good quality but don't want to use heavy DSLRs. And if you want to shoot images of the professional quality check Nikon D810.
The Olympus PEN E-PL3 has max shutter speed of 1/4000 sec. It is an average shutter speed that is rather good for taking action images of a very good quality. The Olympus PEN E-PL3 has tilting LCD that will let the owner to capture images from any interesting perspective easily. The Olympus PEN E-PL3 shoots perfect videos in Full HD resolution.
The Olympus PEN E-PL3 is an interchangeable and uses Micro Four Thirds lens mount. If the scene demands special shooting conditions, the photographer can change lens to a more appropriate to make the best quality images.
The Olympus PEN E-PL3 battery life will be enough to capture about 300 images.
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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), 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800
- 8
- Yes (2)
- Sensor-shift
- RAW
- 60 sec
- 1/4000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- Yes (Clip-on FL-LM1 included, Hot-shoe)
- Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Fill-in, Slow Sync, Manual (3 levels)
- 5.5 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)
- Tilting
- 3″
- 460,000
- No
- HyperCrystal LCD AR(Anti-Reflective) 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
- Face Detection
- Live View
- No
- Yes
- 35
- Micro Four Thirds
- 2×
- 313 g (0.69 lb / 11.04 oz)
- 110 x 64 x 37 mm (4.33 x 2.52 x 1.46″)
- No
- Battery Pack
- Lithium-Ion BLS-5 rechargeable battery & charger
- 300
- SD/SDHC/SDXC
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes (Mini HDMI type-C)
- Yes (Optional RM-UC1)
- No
- No
- None
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