Olympus EVOLT E-3 Hands On Review

Biofos.com have had a hands on look at the new Olympus E-3 Digital SLR. The new top of the range professional Olympus Digital SLR camera features a 10 megapixel LiveMOS / Live view sensor, "World's fastest autofocus* for quick and precise image capture", 5fps sequential shooting with 19 image RAW buffer, built-in image stabiliser, 2.5" swivel screen, Shadow Adjustment Technology, dust reduction system (Supersonic Wave Filter), Splashproof body and lens system, High sensitivity (ISO 100-3200), and 11 point AF. The E-3 will be available from November from £1099 body only. Olympus have also announced four new lenses.

"I took the E-3 into the busy Pub bar – it was a Saturday night! Difficult lighting to say the least, but with the E-3 set on 1600 ISO and then 3200 ISO, I snapped away in both B&W and colour at somewhere between 1/13 and 1/60 second. Hard to be objective about the level of noise as the images need to be looked at, but to me, noise seemed to be very acceptable."

Olympus E-3 Reviews / Previews: Imaging Resource