The corresponding values for the Olympus E are For many cameras, data on sensor performance has been reported by DXO Mark. The following table provides an overview of the physical sensor characteristics, as well as the sensor quality measurements for a selection of comparators. Apart from body and sensor, cameras can and do differ across a variety of features. The E-3 and the E are similar in the sense that both have an optical viewfinder.
The latter is useful for getting a clear image for framing even in brightly lit environments. In addition, the viewfinder of the E-3 has a higher magnification 0. The table below summarizes some of the other core capabilities of the Olympus E-3 and Olympus E in connection with corresponding information for a sample of similar cameras. While being, of course, smaller than the rear screen, the control panel conveys some of the essential shooting information and can be convenient for quick and easy settings verification.
Concerning the storage of imaging data, both the E-3 and the E write their files to Compact Flash or xD Picture cards. Both cameras feature dual card slots , which can be very useful in case a memory card fails. For some imaging applications, the extent to which a camera can communicate with its environment can be an important aspect in the camera decision process.
The table below provides an overview of the connectivity of the Olympus E-3 and Olympus Evolt E and, in particular, the interfaces the cameras and selected comparators provide for accessory control and data transfer. Studio photographers will appreciate that the Olympus E-3 unlike the E features a PC Sync socket , so that professional strobe lights can be controlled by the camera.
Both the E-3 and the E have been discontinued , but can regularly be found used on eBay. Further information on the two cameras e. So what conclusions can be drawn? Which of the two cameras — the Olympus E-3 or the Olympus E — has the upper hand?
Is one clearly better than the other? Below is a summary of the relative strengths of each of the two contestants. If the count of relative strengths bullet points above is taken as a measure, the E-3 is the clear winner of the match-up 13 : 4 points. However, the relevance of individual strengths will vary across photographers, so that you might want to apply your own weighing scheme to the summary points when reflecting and deciding on a new camera.
A professional wedding photographer will view the differences between cameras in a way that diverges from the perspective of a travel photog, and a person interested in cityscapes has distinct needs from a macro shooter.
Hence, the decision which camera is best and worth buying is often a very personal one. How about other alternatives? Do the specifications of the Olympus E-3 and the Olympus E place the cameras among the top in their class? In any case, while the specs-based evaluation of cameras can be instructive in revealing their potential as photographic tools, it remains incomplete and does no justice, for example, to the way the E-3 or the E perform in practice.
At times, user reviews, such as those published at amazon , address these issues in a useful manner, but such feedback is on many occasions incomplete, inconsistent, and unreliable. Many cameras differ slightly in sensitivity and that could make the difference between having to use ISO or This test is achieved using the same shots as are used to measure ISO noise levels, we simply compare the exposure for each shot to the metered light level using Sekonic L , middle gray matched.
The Olympus E turned out to be about a third of a stop 0. This in contrast to the E and E which both proved to be the same as their indicated sensitivity. To measure noise levels we take a sequence of images of a GretagMacBeth ColorChecker chart controlled artificial daylight lighting. The exposure is matched to the ISO ie. The image sequence is run through our own proprietary noise measurement tool version 1.
Click here for more information. Note that noise values indicated on the graphs here can not be compared to those in other reviews. For the E higher sensitivities are only accessible once the 'ISO boost' has been enabled.
Hence outside the recommended sensitivity range. The same is true for some of the other cameras here. We first explored Olympus's Noise Filter option on the E and weren't terribly impressed. It turned out that even with the Noise Filter option switched off with ISO Boost set to 'On' the camera was already applying quite a lot of noise reduction, enabling the noise filter simply increased this and softened the image even further.
We haven't included noise filter crops below but have plotted the measurement on our graphs. Below ISO it's difficult to distinguish much of a difference between these three Olympus digital SLR's, except for the slight resolution disadvantage the E carries. At ISO the E's gray patch looks cleaner but a look at the detail crop reveals why, softening due to noise reduction.
At ISO the E's gray and black patches do appear noticeably cleaner but we've lost considerable amounts of detail, and this with the 'Noise Filter' option switched off. Similar results as we observed in the Olympus comparison above, the E looks clean and almost as detailed as the EOS D up to ISO but beyond that the blurring effect of the cameras noise reduction has a seriously detrimental effect on detail. It's hard to believe that PIX is a few days away!
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All size dimensions are rounded to the nearest millimeter. The D can be obtained in two different colors black, red , while the E is only available in black. If the front view area width x height of the cameras is taken as an aggregate measure of their size, the Olympus E is somewhat larger 3 percent than the Nikon D However, the E is markedly lighter 5 percent than the D In this context, it is worth noting that neither the D nor the E are weather-sealed. The above size and weight comparisons are to some extent incomplete since they do not consider the interchangeable lenses that both of these cameras require.
A larger imaging sensor will tend to go along with bigger and heavier lenses, although exceptions exist. The table below summarizes the key physical specs of the two cameras alongside a broader set of comparators. If you want to switch the focus of the display and review another camera pair, you can move across to the CAM-parator tool and choose from the broad selection of possible camera comparisons there.
Any camera decision will obviously take relative prices into account. The two cameras under review were launched at the same price and fall into the same market segment. Normally, street prices remain initially close to the MSRP, but after a couple of months, the first discounts appear.
Later in the product cycle and, in particular, when the replacement model is about to appear, further discounting and stock clearance sales often push the camera price considerably down. The size of the imaging sensor is a crucial determinant of image quality. A large sensor will tend to have larger individual pixels that provide better low-light sensitivity, wider dynamic range , and richer color-depth than smaller pixel-units in a sensor of the same technological generation.
Further, a large sensor camera will give the photographer additional creative options when using shallow depth-of-field to isolate a subject from its background. On the downside, larger sensors tend to be more expensive and lead to bigger and heavier cameras and lenses. The sensor area in the E is 37 percent smaller. As a result of these sensor size differences, the cameras have a format factor of, respectively, 1.
The sensor in the D has a native aspect ratio, while the one in the E offers a aspect. With However, the D is a much more recent model by 6 years and 6 months than the E, and its sensor will have benefitted from technological advances during this time that enhance the light gathering capacity of its pixels. The resolution advantage of the Nikon D implies greater flexibility for cropping images or the possibility to print larger pictures.
The maximum print size of the D for good quality output dots per inch amounts to The corresponding values for the Olympus E are
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