


The camera carved for itself a cozy market niche of enthusiastic followers, especially after it started selling heavily discounted, and was (still is) capable of most pleasing results.įour years is, however, a long time in the digital camera world, and a new model addressing the expectations and needs of professionals and advanced amateurs seemed somewhat overdue. The E-1, introduced back in 2003, was the first camera of the Olympus E-System line of SLRs designed, from ground up, as digital, and not as digital modifications of film SLRs (we remember those times, when the "old" and "new" parts of a camera even had separate power supplies!).
NETDRIVE 3 REVIEW ISO
Image shot with an E-510 and 14-54 mm ZD aperture priority: 1/3 s at F/11, ISO 200 reference WB (two daylight fluorescent panels), sharpness and contrast at N-2.Ĭlick on the picture to see it in XGA size, or, if your monitor has UXGA or higher resolution, click here. Minor additions or corrections may still be added from time to time, but I do not expect anything important.Īs always, any corrections and suggestions from Readers are most welcome they really help.

NETDRIVE 3 REVIEW UPDATE
A shorter write-up on this subject, Olympus E-3: The First (and Second) Look can be recommended as a quick read before digging into this one (and, possibly, after).Īs of this update (January, 2009) the article is complete. This is a technical, detailed write-up of the new Olympus SLR flagship, the E-3. My other articles related to the Olympus E-System cameras.
