E3 Review By -F. Haynes-
Olympus Evolt E-3 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera with Mechanical Image Stabilization with ED 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 Lens and FL-50R Flash
White Balance
The balance of this camera is definitely the best I’ve ever seen, is already an automatic system that works well and easily deceived, then the possibilities of manual settings are endless.
I believe that such precision is derived from the external sensor specially dedicated to that function.
It can take a neutral gray card reference, or select the most appropriate balance using the Kelvin (3000-7500), there is a preset shade, cloudy, tungsten, sunny, three types of fluorescent lamps, set for each axis RB and GM store 4 custom settings, and make with the bracketing 3 frames in steps of + – 2, 4 or 6 mired!
So a white balance all round. About bracketing, you can do on the flash bracketing also very useful for people who can not adjust to this strange beast (actually built-in flash can cause a few headaches).
View Finder
The viewfinder is a show, guarantees 100% coverage of framed and a magnification of 1.15 x
Great attention Olympus reserves despite the use of targeted investment in the Monitor, so that there are two new eye-cups (DE-P3 and DE-N3). These are for those who can not find the standard offer diopter adjustment (3m-1) sufficient to get them to a range of settings ranging from-6m-1 to +4 m-1. Excellent.
It can also mount a screen that provides a focus fund and ground grid for classical composition.
Flash
In addition to built-in flash (guide number 13), there is the wireless flash control with the new flash Olympus FL-36R and FL-50R.
For those who fear that there are available as targets for Nikon and Canon, reports that more than 30 targets used, although those in the range designed for digital ZUIKO DIGITAL I have no more than 15. Also begin to be available several focal converters.
I found very commendable Technology Shadow Adjustment Technology that helps to improve the exposure in dark images thanks to a sensor dedicated to dark parts of the scene.
Ultimately it is early to give a real full review, partly because the system 4 / 3 is quite unknown to me and I still have not sent any photos to print poster size, will let you know how it behaves as grain!
What I can say is that scares some idea of switching to a system very different from the others and where the objectives that you already know that you can not buy them again easily when you decide to return to an “old” systems (nikon canon etc ).
Price : $3,150
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