I have considered the 4/3 digital SLR system more than once while it has been available since 2003, shrugged my shoulders and gone in to Nikon or Canon. Frankly, My partner and i about abadndoned 4/3, but Olympus dropped the E 3 for us a few weeks ago and demonstrated it may be all they promised with 4/3 when it was first introduced over 4 rice.

ANY DSLR product is about lenses naturally, and Olympus 4/3 is blessed with superb optics. To have a concept of how excellent the newest Olympus glass is you want to use most of the top lenses, or read a number of the big photo sites like dpreview, imaging resource, or DCRP. They may have all finally acknowledged in reviews of the E 420/410 and E 520/510 that Olympus has got the best suited kit lenses of any camera maker, and therefore the Olympus claim that lenses created for digital produce better quality images is proving to be true. www.slrgear.com even went in terms of to examine most of the current Olympus lens line after being so impressed together with the kit lenses relating to the 510/410.

Olympus 4/3 is by design an all electronic lens mount like Canon. Reviewers through the internet can be so Canon and Nikon biased that they often forget really basic things like this. The 4/3 system has all motor driven lenses, as well as lenses counseled me devised for photo digital portrait photography. What i'm frankly sick and tired with seeing reviews that talk of Canon almost like they may be the sole company effortlessly motor lenses. You will find 3 Canon, 4/3, and Sigma although some people might of Sigma's fridge / freezer are archaic and purchasers are really low so most just ignore them. Sony/Minolta and Nikon usually are not similarly blessed by having an all electronic lens mount, and quite a few lenses will still be noisily driven by screws relating to the lens mount in both systems. In fairness, Nikon was moving rapidly to motor driven lenses, but Sony seems stuck as part of their noisy and slower screw drive AF however they need used lens motors in any rare few long telephotos. The purpose is of the fact that 4/3 mount as a minimum matches the most beneficial, and it's much better than most.

The Olympus issue never been glass or lens mount , it includes really been an experience you experienced (in other words didn't have) in camera bodies to make use of in such a excellent Olympus glass by using an all electronic mount. As great because current E 410 and E 510 may be, they can indeed be still saddled with a ancient and not particularly low light sensitive 3 point autofocus system. Shooting in truly low light was almost impossible with your Olympus sought after focus while Canon, Nikon, and Sony locked on focus. There just wasn't either anything better from Olympus. That is definitely prior to E 3.

The E 3 takes Olympus AF from Sigma territory to state of the art, so when soon since the new 11 point, all cross sensor, dual plane AF module makes its way down the food chain, normally will ignore Olympus further. Hopefully Olympus also can find a way to move the terrific E 3 feature of AF with manual touch up down your meals chain also since other big Olympus issue tends to be that stupid "Manual focus by wire" feature and Manual Focus select by menu and is particularly mostly fixed inside the E 3.

This time around I acquired an E 3 together with a 12 60mm and therefore the tiny little excellent quality kit lenses when ever the 12 60mm weighs a lot and i also can compromise only a bit of on quality. May possibly added other Olympus equipment to my E 3 system quickly, for instance the unique 70 300mm (140 to 600mm equivalent with 1:1 Macro), the superbly sharp little 35mm f3.5 Macro that does equivalent TWICE life size macro right as they are, along with E 3 grip.

I am completely and totally impressed using the E 3. Most of the lenses are made for 4/3 mount plus best performance on your 4/3 camera they're not 35mm film designs. Not one other camera supplies the mixture of effective live view, built in image stabilization, the best auto sensor cleaning you should buy, an articulating LCD that are able to fold away for protection (Plus a top LCD for basic data), a built in pop up flash, effective dust and splash sealing on the camera Along with lenses, a popularly priced zoom that covers very similar to 140mm to 600mm and does Macro around equivalent life size (70 300mm), MUCH improved noise reduction that would travel to ISO 3200, user programmable Auto ISO which could cover the entire ISO range (Canon still stubbornly won't fully offer excessive), and the best number of available lenses Planned for a digital camera system.

The E 3 rrs really a bargain to get a true PRO grade camera as well as being easily built in addition to the Nikon D3 or top Canons that are $5000 or further. You'll receive real value in the $1699 you spend for the E 3 body matched against any competing system from any company. However, most may find the E 3 expensive unless these are serious photo hobbyists or Pros, and Olympus really ought to move the E 3 refinements as a result of E 510 price levels you'd like they may.

The E 3 is an excellent piece of creative engineering, a zone Olympus enjoys. Of course they invented auto sensor cleaning and live view that is definitely now finding its solution to every DSLR. The best Olympus camera EVER, as soon as you possess used it you'll certainly be hooked.