It’s here: The new flagship of the Four Thirds Standard-based Olympus E-System. The E-3 gives photographers a high-performance tool that is primed for any assignment and satisfies the most stringent demands for D-SLR photography.

It represents the ultimate choice for the professional photographer and provides the highest levels of speed and image quality as well as Live View capabilities and the ultimate in reliability.

The E-3 has the world's fastest autofocus* for quick and precise image capture with a fully-biaxial high-speed 11-point AF system 1/8000th sec. high-speed and high-precision shutter control, X: 1/250, 5fps sequential shooting with 19 image RAW buffer.

• High-performance built-in image stabiliser to stabilise all lenses (up to 5 EV steps) with two modes
• High Speed 10 Megapixel Live MOS sensor
• Qualified image processing with new TruePic III
• High image quality with a variety of bright dedicated-to-digital ZUIKO DIGITAL lenses
• 2.5”/6.4cm multi-angle HyperCrystal LCD for greatest flexibility
• Real-time effect monitoring
• Pre-control over white balance and exposure compensation
• Preview of Shadow Adjustment Technology (SAT)
• 5x/7x/10x magnified view for precise focusing - especially for macro shots
• Large viewfinder with professional-level coverage of 100% and 1.15x magnification for accurate image control
• Spotless photography with most effective dust reduction system (Supersonic Wave Filter)
• Splashproof body and lens system
• Professional quality shutter life of 150K operations
• Four Thirds Standard
• Built-in flash and wireless flash control from the camera body
• Ergonomic design
• AF / AE lock functionality
• High sensitivity (ISO 100-3200)
• Accurate White Balance with two sensors
• High-speed data writing
• Second super control panel display
• Optional power grip
• Hi-speed USB 2.0
• RAW & JPEG
• Dual slot for CF and xD-Picture Cards

• BLM-1 Battery
• BCM-2 Battery Charger
• USB Cable
• Video Cable
• Shoulder Strap
• Instruction Manual
• Warranty Card
• BC-1 Body Cap
• OLYMPUS Master 2.0

• Body material - Magnesium alloy body
• Lens mount - Four thirds mount

• Type - 4/3 '' Hi-Speed Live MOS sensor
• Effective pixels - 10.1 Megapixels
• Filter array - Primary colour filter (RGB)
• Aspect ratio & area - 4:3 / 17.3 x 13.0 mm
• Full resolution - 11.8 Megapixels

• Dust reduction filter - Supersonic wave filter
• IR cut filter - Hybrid type
• LPF filter - fixed type

• LCD type - Multi-angle HyperCrystal LCD(semi-transmissive TFT colour LCD)
• Monitor size - 6.4 cm / 2.5"
• Pixel number - 230,000 pixels
• BrightCapture - Yes
• Brightness adjustment - 15 steps

• Viewfinder type - eye-level
• Field of view - Approx. 100%
• Magnification - Approx. 1.15 x with a 50mm lens set to infinity at -1 dioptres
• Depth of field preview -Yes Preview button
• Eye point - 20 mm
• Diopter adjustment - Yes -3.0 - +1.0 diopter / built-in type
• Focusing screen - Interchangeable type
• Viewfinder Information - Yes
• Eye piece shutter - built-in type

• Method - TTL phase difference detection system
• Focus areas - 11 points / fully biaxial, automatic and manual selection
• AF illuminator - Yes Built-in flash (external flash available)
• AF Lock - Yes Locked by first position of shutter release button in single AF mode, AE/AF lock button (customised)
• Focus tracking - Yes Available in continuous AF mode
• Manual focus - Yes Available by rotating focus ring, available for setting manual focus operation in AF mode (customised)
• Single AF - Yes
• Single AF + MF - Yes
• Continuous AF - Yes
• Continuous AF + MF - Yes
• Detection range - -2 - 19 EV (ISO 100)

• Method - TTL open aperture light metering
• Zones - 49 zones Multi-pattern Sensing System
• Detection range - 1 - 20 (50mm, 1:2, ISO 100)
• ESP light metering - Yes
• Spot metering - Yes
• Centre weighted metering - Yes
• Highlight - Yes
• Shadow - Yes

• Auto - Yes
• Programme automatic - Yes
• Aperture priority - Yes
• Shutter priority - Yes
• Manual - Yes

• Exposure compensation - +/- 5 EV / 1, 1/2, 1/3 steps
• Exposure bracketing - 3 / 5 frames / +/- 1/3, 2/3, 1 EV steps
• ISO bracketing - 3 frames / 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps

• Auto - in 1/3 and 1 EV ISO steps
• Manual - ISO 100 - 3200 in 1/3 and 1 EV ISO steps

• AUTO WB system - Hybrid detection system with High-speed Live MOS sensor and dedicated external sensor
• Manual white balance - yes
• AUTO WB system - Hybrid detection system with High-speed Live MOS sensor and dedicated external sensor
• Manual white balance (one touch) - yes
• Selectable steps in Kelvin - 7 steps (3000 - 7500 K)
• Overcast - Yes
• Shade - Yes
• Tungsten - Yes
• Sunlight - Yes
• Flourescent 1 - Yes
• Flourescent 2 - Yes
• Flourescent 3 - Yes
• White balance adjustment - Yes +/- 7 in each R-B / G-M axis (in Auto WB and preset WB mode)
• Custom WB - 1 setting can be registered at Kelvin temperature (2000K - 14000K)
• One-touch white balance - 4 custom settings can be registered
• White balance bracketing -3 frames / +/- 2, 4, 6 mired steps

• Guide number - 13
• Flash compensation - +/- 3 EV / 1/3 EV steps
• AUTO - Yes
• Red-eye reduction - Yes
• Slow synchronisation - Yes
• Slow synchronisation 2nd curtain - Yes
• Fill-in - Yes
• Slow synchronisation with red-eye reduction - Yes
• Off - Yes
• Bracketing - 3 frames / 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps

• X-sync speed - 1/250 s / 1/8000 s
• Type - TTL AUTO, AUTO, MANUAL, FP TTL AUTO, FP MANUAL
• Synchronisation modes - Auto, Manual, Red-eye reduction, Slow syncro with red-eye reduction, Slow syncro, 2nd curtain and slow syncro, Fill-in for exclusive flash
• Intensity - +/- 2 EV / 1, 1/2, 1/3 steps

• Compatible external flash - FL-50R, FL-36R
• Control method - Triggered and controlled by built-in flash light
• Modes - TTL Auto (TTL pre-flash mode), Auto, Manual, FP TTL Auto, FP Manual
• Number of channels - 4 channels
• Group setting - 3 groups

• Sequential shooting mode (high speed) -5 fps / 16 frames RAW buffer
• Sequential shooting mode -5 fps / Up to card capacity in normal mode with SanDisk Extreme III

• Colour space - sRGB / AdobeRGB
• TruePic III - Yes
• Sharpness + Contrast - 5 levels
• Saturation - 5 levels
• Contrast - 5 levels
• Black & White filter - Yellow, Orange, Red, Green
• Black & White toning - Yellow, Orange, Red, Green in Black & White and Sepia mode.
• Picture mode - Vivid, Natural, Portrait, Muted, Monotone, Custom (default setting: Natural)
• Gradation - 4

• RAW data edit - Yes
• Red-eye reduction - Yes
• Sepia - Yes
• Black & White - Yes
• Resize - Yes
• Correction of saturation - Yes
• Shadow Adjustment Technology - Yes

• EXIF - yes
• PIM - yes
• DPOF - yes
• DCF - yes

• RAW - 12 bit
• RAW & JPEG - Yes
• JPEG - Yes
• JPEG compression - 1/2.7, 1/4, 1/8, 1/12 SHQ 1/2.7, 1/4, 1/8, 1/12 HQ 1/2.7, 1/4, 1/8, 1/12 SQ

• Media - Dual slot for CompactFlash card (Type I and II), Microdrive and xD picture card
• USB 2.0 High Speed - Yes
• Video out - Yes NTSC or PAL selectable
• Infrared - Yes
• DC input - Yes
• Synchro socket - Yes

• Menu languages in camera - English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish
• Menu languages by download - Additional one language from 15 further languages by download via the internet.

• Battery - BLM-1 Li-Ion battery (included)
• Battery life - Approx. 610 shots with BLM-1 under CIPA testing standard (optical viewfinder).
• Sleep mode - Available ( 1, 3, 5, 10 min., off)

• Temperature - 0 - 40 °C operating temperature -20 - 60 °C storage temperature
• Humidity - 30 - 90 % operation humidity 10 - 90 % storage humidity

• Dimensions (WxHxD) - 142.5 x 116.5 x 74.5 mm (without protrusions)
• Weight - 810 g (body only)