優點:
-Sharp image with nice colour reproduction
-Very effective image stabilizer, can handheld to shoot at 1/8
-Superb Zuiko optic (Sharp and no vignette at wide open for ZD 12-60SWD)
-Slash proof body
-Adjustable LCD screen with live view
-5 frame per second
-Dual memory card slots. You can put another 2 gb xD card and You can keep
shooting even the main CF card is full but you don’t have time to change the CF.
-Very fast Auto focus for SWD lens
-Good ISO performance from 100-400
缺點:
-Dynamic range not as good as Nikon or Canon
-ISO performance at 800 or above is poor than Nikon or Canon
-Poor indoor White Balance
-low resolution LCD screen. When you compare it to D90 or 50D 3 inch LCD, it is
really one generation behind
評價:
I am a Nikon user for about 10 years. I own both FX and DX format Nikon DSLR, so I can compare the different between Olympus and Nikon. The reason to invest in 4/3 is simply because of two zoom lenses: ZD 12-60 and ZD 50-200 SWD. These lenses combine with light weigh, large aperture (f2.8), fast auto focus and water
proof. Only 4/3 format can offer you all of these at the same time.
Honestly, Nikon provide better Dynamic range and ISO performance than E3.
However, the Zuiko 12-60 SWD can narrow the gap for ISO. For example, you can only shoot at 3.5 at wide and 5.6 at 85 for Nikon 16-85 AFS. But you can shoot at 2.8 to 4 with E3 which provide one stop advantage. This mean if you need ISO 800 for Nikon at f3.5, you only need ISO 400 for E3 at f2.8. Due to the smaller sensor of E3, the deep of field are the same for f3.5 at Nikon DX and f2.8 for E3.
Moreover, you can always use a tripod to avoid low ISO shoot. The major problem of the E3 is the Dynamic range. When you shoot in some
extreme lighting condition, the highlight area will easily blowout. There are two
ways to avoid it. You can shoot one more shoot at lower EV (-0.5 or -1) and check the LCD. (There is a function show highlighted section) Or you can use the COKIN ND filter to avoid highlight blowout. This filter provide ND8 on the top half and normal exposure at the bottom half.
In conclusion, E3 is a very good landscape camera combine with ZD12-60 and 50-200SWD. But if you primary shooting Portrait and like the sharp front and blur
background effect, it is not the choice for you due to limitation of the small 4/3
sensor.