Olympus E-3

The Olympus E-3 is a DSLR camera launched on 20/02/2008.

Technically speaking, the Olympus E-3 ranks well below the category average, scoring 41 overall. The Olympus E-3 weights 890 gr and spans 142 x 116 x 75 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, whatever the technical specification to be considered, the performance of Olympus E-3 is below the category average:

• Image Quality - Score 41, ranks among the worst 6% of its category.
• Speed Performance - Score 39, ranks among the worst 49% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 48, ranks among the worst 22% of its category.
• Versatility - Score 37, ranks among the worst 34% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Suboptimal, score 37, ranks 8% in its category. Olympus E-3 is not the best choice for Portrait photography; if Portrait is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Landscape - Suboptimal, score 36, ranks 7% in its category. Olympus E-3 is not the best choice for Landscape photography; if Landscape is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Sport - Good, score 43, ranks in the best 72% of its category. Olympus E-3 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Suboptimal, score 46, ranks 20% in its category. Olympus E-3 is not the best choice for Street photography; if Street is your priority, you should definitely look for alternatives.
• Everyday - Suboptimal, score 46, ranks 25% in its category. Olympus E-3 does not work well for daily photography, you may want to consider some alternatives.