As seems to be the case with most new DSLRs these days (regardless of manufacturer), there was
quite a bit of
buzz behind the
E-3. On paper, Olympus' latest big boy was fairly impressive, but we all know it's the real-world results that matter. Thankfully, the kind folks over at
PhotographyBLOG grabbed hold of the admittedly hefty shooter and put it through a few paces to see how it stacked up. Design wise, it was deemed a "chunky monkey," and if too many buttons have a tendency to overwhelm you, we'd suggest stopping here and looking elsewhere. Performance wise, however, the E-3 seemed to be a winner. The built-in image stabilization, Supersonic Wave Filter and general speed of operation were all highly praised, and the "true-to-nature" image results were also smiled upon. Overall, we'd say the 4.5 out of 5 star rating pretty much sums it up, but we noticed enough quirks to recommend that you still give the read link a look before buying blind.
posted Jan 12th 2008 12:21PM
The engadget team could use one of these considering the pics they usually put out...
Endorsed..
Ew...
They did a great job with the latest round of dSLR's
The E-410 was great, the E-510 even better. Now with this one, they have made a great affordable alternative to Canon and Nikon upper-midrange offerings. I would take this over a 40D any day.
Always love worthy competitors to the Canikon world. Pentax and Sony put out impressive offerings as well. Sony just released the A700 and Pentax is about to release the K20D. It's a good time to be in the market. That said, Panasonic and Olympus can be annoying as hell because the 4/3 lenses with constant 2.8 or lower apertures are either impossible to find or absurdly expensive compared to the competition.
I bought one of these cameras last month and did a fashion shoot with it the other day. All I can say is that I am wildly impressed with it. Image quality and usability is superlative and the optics are even better.....I am sounding like an oly fanboy now (if there is such a thing? )
Here is a Chinese Review on E-3, it is great if you know Chinese~~
http://digital.xy.hk/news/?postid=478