Olympus PEN E-PL3

Olympus Pen E-PL3
Overview

Type	Micro Four Thirds, interchangeable lens camera
Lens
Lens	Micro Four Thirds System mount
Sensor/Medium
Sensor	Four Thirds System 17.30 × 13.00 mm Live MOS
Maximum resolution	4032×3024 (12.3 megapixels)
ASA/ISO range	ISO 200–12800
Storage	Secure Digital card; SDHC; SDXC
Focusing
Focus modes	Single, continuous, manual
Focus areas	35 area contrast detect auto-focus, selectable
Exposure/Metering
Exposure modes	Program, shutter-priority, aperture-priority, manual
Exposure metering	Digital ESP metering, Centre weighted average metering, Spot metering
Metering modes	TTL ESP multi patterned (324-area multi pattern metering), Center-weighted average, Spot (1%)
Flash
Flash	No built-in flash, but has Clip-on flash included, TTL, GN 10m equivalent (ISO200 · m); hotshoe for external flash attachment
Shutter
Shutter	1/4,000 to 60 s, up to 30 minutes bulb
Continuous shooting	4.1 frames/s (5.5 frames/s in case of "I.S. OFF"
Viewfinder
Viewfinder	live preview, optional electronic viewfinder VF-2; optional electronic viewfinder VF-3; optional optical viewfinder VF-1
General
Rear LCD monitor	3" 460,000 pixel TFT LCD on screen with live preview
Battery	Olympus BLS-5 Lithium-ion battery
Dimensions	109.5 × 63.7 × 37.3 mm (4.31" × 2.51" × 1.47")
Weight	265 g (9.3 oz) (body only) 313 g (11.0 oz) (body, battery and SD memory card)

The Olympus PEN E-PL3 announced on June 30, 2011^[1] is Olympus Corporation's seventh camera that adheres to the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system design standard. The E-PL3 succeeds the Olympus PEN E-PL2, and was announced in concert with two other models, the Olympus PEN E-P3 (the flagship version), and the Olympus PEN E-PM1 (a new "Mini" version of the PEN camera line with similar features to the E-PL3). The E-PL3 is commonly said to be the "Lite" (less full featured) version of the E-P3, much as the E-PL1 and E-PL2 were "Lite" versions of the E-P1 and E-P2, respectively.

Technology

The E-PL3 addresses some of the concerns that critics had about previous PEN models, notably, slow handling, due to slow autofocus speed and difficulty seeing the LCD panel under certain (e.g., bright, sunny) conditions.

The E-PL3 increases autofocus speed through use of a 120 Hz refresh rate for its sensor, similar to the technology used in the recently released Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 and G3 cameras. Olympus claims, based on in-house testing, that the E-PL3, along with its E-PM1 cousin, have similar characteristics to the flagship E-P3, which according to Olympus has the world's fastest autofocus speed of any camera as of the product announcement date.^[2] The benefits of the 120 Hz refresh rate also provides the ability for continuous autofocus tracking during bursts of exposures, a faster shutter response (less lag) and less blackout time between exposures.

The E-PL3 lacks the E-P3 capacitive touchscreen for creative camera control, and the E-P3 OLED type display that is supposed to vastly improve performance in sunny conditions, and off-angle viewing. Instead, the E-PL3 has a tiltable LCD, which allows easy above the head, waist level, or low off the ground viewing. The E-PL3 continues with the proprietary Accessory Port, a power and communication port, which allows the use of various accessories, such as an external stereo microphone for HD video recording, LED macro lights, and a bluetooth communications adapter. The accessory port continues to be compatible with the high resolution, optional hotshoe mounted VF-2 electronic viewfinder (EVF).

The VF-2 had a flip angle eyepiece, allowing viewing from 0–90 degrees. The VF-2 had been criticized for being very expensive and for not having a locking device, with some users reporting easy dislodgement of the VF-2 from the hotshoe. To address these criticisms, in July 2011, Olympus announced the introduction of an optional VF-3 EVF, which has a lower resolution and a locking device.

Differences over Olympus PEN E-P1

Addition of an Accessory Port that can be used for an electronic viewfinder or external microphone
Two new Art filters-simulating Diorama and Cross process in camera
Black finish widely available
Auto focus tracking
Colour boosting function named i-Enhance

Specifications not in the infobox

1080 Full HD video at 60i frames per second in AVCHD format with Fine and Normal modes (frame/s)^[3]

Micro Four Thirds Camera introduction roadmap

Item	Model	Sensor	Electronic View Finder (EVF)	Announced
1	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effective)	EVF; 1.4x magnification; 1.44M dots	2008, October^[4]
2	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1	4:3; 3:2; 16:9 (multi-aspect); 14.0 mp (12.1 mp effect)	EVF; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2009, April^[5]
3	Olympus PEN E-P1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	optional hotshoe optical VF-1; 65 degree AOV	2009, July^[6]
4	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF LVF1; 1.04x mag; 202K dots	2009, September^[7]
5	Olympus PEN E-P2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2009, November^[8]
6	Olympus PEN E-PL1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2010, February^[9]
7	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	EVF; 1.04x magnification; 202K dots	2010, March^[10]
8	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	EVF; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2010, March^[11]
9	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2	4:3; 3:2; 16:9 (multi-aspect); 18.3 mp (16.0 mp effect)	EVF; 1.42x mag; 1.53M dots	2010, September^[12]
10	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF; 1.04x mag; 202K dots	2010, November^[13]
11	Olympus PEN E-PL1s	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2010, November^[14]
12	Olympus PEN E-PL2	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, January^[15]
13	Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3	4:3 / 16.6 mp (15.8 mp effect)	EVF; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, May^[16]
14	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.1 mp effect)	N/A	2011, June^[17]
15	Olympus PEN E-P3	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, June^[18]
16	Olympus PEN E-PL3	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, June^[19]
17	Olympus PEN E-PM1	4:3 / 13.1 mp (12.3 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF VF-2; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, June^[20]
18	Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1	4:3 / 16.6 mp (16.0 mp effect)	opt hotshoe EVF LVF2; 1.4x mag; 1.44M dots	2011, November^[21]
19	Olympus OM-D E-M5	4:3 / 16.9 mp (16.1 mp effect)^[22]	EVF; 1.15x mag; 1.44M dots	2012, February^[23]

References

↑ Thursday, 30 June 2011 05:06 GMT (2011-06-30). "Olympus PEN E-P3 announced and previewed: Digital Photography Review". Dpreview.com. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
↑ "OLYMPUS | News Release: "OLYMPUS PEN E-P3" New generation System Camera". Olympus-global.com. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
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External links

Media related to Olympus E-PL3 at Wikimedia Commons

Olympus PEN E-PL3 Product Site
Olympus PEN E-PL3 Review - dpreview.com
Olympus PEN E-PL3 Review - imaging-resource.com
Olympus PEN E-PL3 Review - photographyblog.com

Preceded by Olympus PEN E-PL2	Olympus PEN E-PL3 Micro Four Thirds System Camera Autumn 2011–present	Succeeded by Olympus PEN E-PL5

DSLR, SLT and MILC cameras with HD video (uncompressed – 4K resolution) mode (comparison)

Canon
EOS

High-end	5D Mark II^w (2008) 7D^gw (2009) 1D Mark IV^w (2009) 1D X^gw (2012) 5D Mark III^Hgw (2012) 1D C^gw (2012) 6D^HGW (2012) 7D Mark II^THGw (2014) 5Ds/5DsR^THw (2015) 1D X Mark II^THGw (2016) 5D Mark IV^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	500D (2009) 60D^w (2010) 550D^w (2010) 600D^w (2011) 650D^gHw (2012) EOS M^Hwg (2012) 700D^gHw (2013) 70D^gHW (2013) EOS M2 (2013) 750D^gHW (2015) 760D^gHW (2015) EOS M3^HW (2015) 80D^gTHW (2016) EOS M5^THW (2016)

Entry-level	1100D^w (2011) 100D^H (2013) 1200D^gw (2014) EOS M10^HW (2015) 1300D^gW (2016)

Nikon
D / 1 series

High-end	D300S^Tgw (2009) D3S^Tgw (2009) D800/D800E^THgw (2012) D4^THgw (2012) D600^THgw (2012) D610^THgw (2013) D4S^THgw (2014) D810^THgw (2014) D750^THgW (2014) D810A^THgw (2015) D500^THgW (2016) D5^THgw (2016)

Mid-range	D90^gw (2008) D5000^Tgw (2009) D7000^Tgw (2010) D5100^THgw (2011) 1 V1^TSFgw (2011) 1 V2^SFgw (2012) D5200^THgw (2012) D7100^THgw (2013) D5300^THGW (2013) 1 V3^SFHPgW (2014) D5500^THgW (2015) D7200^THgW (2015) D5600^THgW (2016)

Entry-level	D3100^gw (2010) 1 J1^SFw (2011) D3200^gw (2012) 1 J2^SFHPw (2012) 1 S1^SFHPw (2013) 1 J3^SFHPw (2013) 1 AW1^SFHPGw (2013) D3300^Pgw (2014) 1 J4^SFHPW (2014) 1 J5^TSFHPW (2015) D3400^gw (2016)

Olympus
Micro 4/3

Mid-range	E-M5 (2012) E-P5^W (2013) E-M1^HW (2013) E-M10^THW (2014) PEN-F^THW (2016) E-M1 Mark II^THW (2016)

Entry-level	E-PL1 (2010) E-P1 (2010) E-P2 (2010) E-PL2 (2011) E-PL3 (2011) E-P3 (2011) E-PM1 (2011) E-PL5^W (2012) E-PM2 (2012) E-PL7^W (2014) E-PL8^W (2016)

Panasonic
Lumix

Mid-range	GH1 (2009) GH2 (2010) GH3^THW (2012) GX7 (2013) GM1^THW (2013) GH4^THW (2014)

Entry-level	GF1 (2009) G10 (2010) G2 (2010) GF2 (2010) G3 (2011) GX1 (2011) GF3 (2011) GF5 (2012) G5 (2012) G6 (2013)

Pentax
645 / K /
Q series

High-end	645Z^THgw (2014) K-1^THGW (2016)

Mid-range	K-7^TH (2009) K-5^THg (2010) K-30^THg (2012) K-5 II/K-5 IIs^THg (2012) K-50^THg (2013) K-3^THgw (2013) K-3 II^THGw (2015) K-70^THgw (2016)

Entry-level	K-x^H (2009) K-r^THg (2010) Q^T (2011) K-01^THg (2012) Q10^T (2012) K-500^THg (2013) Q7^T (2013) Q-S1^T (2014)

Samsung
NX series

High-end	NX1 (2014)

Mid-range	NX5^Pg (2010) NX10^Pg (2010) NX11^Pg (2010) NX20^PgW (2012) NX30 (2013) Galaxy NX^PgW (2013) NX500 (2015)

Entry-level	NX100^Pg (2010) NX200^Pg (2011) NX1000^PgW (2012) NX210^PgW (2012) NX300^PgW (2013) NX1100^PgW (2013) NX2000^PgW (2013)

Sony
α

High-end	α99V^HPG/α99^HP (2012) α7/α7R^HPgW (2013) α7S^SHPgW (2014) α7II^HPgW (2014) α7RII^SHPgW (2015) α7SII^SHPgW (2015) α99 II (2016)

Mid-range	α580^HP (2010) α560^HP (2010) α55V^HPG/α55^HP (2010) α77V^HPG/α77^HP (2011) NEX-7^HP (2011) NEX-6^HPW (2011) α65V^HPG/α65^HP (2011) α57^HP (2012) α58^HP (2013) α6000^HPW (2014) α77 II^HPW (2014) α6300^SHPgW (2016)

Entry-level	NEX-3/NEX-3C^HP (2010) NEX-5/NEX-5C^HP (2010) α33^HP (2010) α35^HP (2011) NEX-5N^HP (2011) NEX-C3^HP (2011) NEX-F3^HP (2012) α37^HP (2012) NEX-5R^HPW (2012) NEX-5T^HPW (2013) α3000 (2013) α5000 (2014)

Leica M
Fujifilm X

High-end	Leica M (2012) Leica S (2014) Fujifilm X-Pro2^W (2016) Fujifilm X-T2^PTW (2016)

Mid-range	Fujifilm X-Pro1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E1 (2012) Fujifilm X-E2^W (2013) Fujifilm X-T1^W (2014) Fujifilm X-T10^W (2015)

Entry-level	Fujifilm X-M1^W (2013) Fujifilm X-A1^W (2013) Fujifilm X-A2^W (2015) Fujifilm X-A3^PW (2016) Fujifilm X-A10^W (2016)

Hasselblad XCD

High-end	Hasselblad X1D-50c^GW (2016)

Timelapse^T — Slow motion^S — Fast fps^F — HDR^H — Panorama^P — GPS^G(opt.)^g — WiFi^W(opt.)^w

Micro Four Thirds cameras timeline

System	Form	Class	2008		2009				2010				2011				2012				2013				2014				2015				2016				2017
			3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

Olympus	SLR style OMD	High-end																						E-M1												E-M1 II
		Advanced																E-M5											E-M5 II
		Mid-range																							E-M10						E-M10 II
	Rangefinder style PEN	Mid-range				E-P1		E-P2						E-P3								E-P5												PEN-F
		Upper-entry							E-PL1				E-PL2		E-PL3					E-PL5		E-PL6					E-PL7									E-PL8
		Entry-level												E-PM1						E-PM2
	remote																																		Air

Panasonic	SLR style	High-end			GH1						GH2								GH3						GH4													(GH5)
		Mid-range	G1						G2					G3					G5			G6									G7					G85/G80
		Entry-level							G10
	Rangefinder style	Advanced														GX1							GX7								GX8
		Mid-range																																GX80
		Upper-entry																						GM1				GM5
		Entry-level					GF1					GF2		GF3				GF5				GF6							GF7					GF8
	Camcorder	Professional															AG-AF104

Kodak	Rangefinder style	Entry-level																								S-1

YI	Rangefinder style	Entry-level																																		M1

Z Camera		Entry-level																														E1

JVC	Camcorder	Professional																											GY-LS300

SVS-Vitek	-	Industrial																	EVO Tracer

Video is not available on this device
Weather sealed
in-body stabilization (5-axis)
Touchscreen (italic)

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