Olympus E-3
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Specifications
- Body Type
- Mid-size SLR
- Lens Mount
- Four Thirds
- Sensor Type
- CMOS
- Sensor Size
- Four Thirds (17.3 x 13 mm)
- Effective Pixels
- 10 megapixels
- Image Stabilization
- Sensor-shift
- Focus Points
- 11
- Max Resolution
- 3648 x 2736
- Screen Size (inch)
- 2.5
- Announced
- 2007-10-16
Olympus E-3 Price
Olympus E-3 is only available used, starting at $249 on Amazon and $112 on eBay.
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Olympus E-3 vs other cameras
Percentiles show how this camera ranks versus the dataset for each spec (higher = better relative rank).
Overall
23th
Low • 5 metrics
Strengths
Top 3Number of Focus Points
54th
Continuous Drive (fps)
42th
Autofocus Types
14th
Where it lags
Bottom 3Effective Pixels
1th
Announced
2th
Autofocus Types
14th
All metrics
Sorted by percentile (high → low)Number of Focus Points
54th
Continuous Drive (fps)
42th
Autofocus Types
14th
Announced
2th
Effective Pixels
1th
Note: “Announced” represents the camera’s announcement date, ranked across all cameras. Newer releases are considered better for this comparison.
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| OM System | M.Zuiko Digital 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS II | Micro Four Thirds | f/5-6.3 | 100–400 mm | 2025-02-06 | |
| OM System | M.Zuiko Digital 25mm F1.8 II | Micro Four Thirds | f/1.8 | 25 mm | 2025-02-06 | |
| OM System | 150-600mm F5.0-6.3 | Micro Four Thirds | f/5-6.3 | 150–600 mm | 2024-01-30 | |
| OM System | 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 II | Micro Four Thirds | f/4-5.6 | 9–18 mm | 2024-01-30 | |
| Panasonic | Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 35-100mm F2.8 Power OIS | Micro Four Thirds | f/2.8 | 35–100 mm | 2023-09-12 | |
| OM System | M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS Pro | Micro Four Thirds | f/3.5 | 90 mm | 2023-02-08 | |
| Panasonic | Leica DG Summilux 9mm F1.7 ASPH | Micro Four Thirds | f/1.7 | 9 mm | 2022-05-17 | |
| OM System | 40-150mm F4.0 PRO | Micro Four Thirds | f/4 | 40–150 mm | 2022-02-15 |
152 lenses found.