Olympus PEN Lite E-PL3

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PEN Lite E-PL3

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Lowest Price: £369.00

Over the last couple of years, Olympus PEN has made a name for itself with retro-styled, easy-to-use, compact system cameras that take very high-quality pictures. The new PEN Lite (E-PL3) does that and more. It gives you all the creativity and interchangeable lenses of an SLR camera, but with none of the hassle - and none of the bulk.
Availability
Discontinued No Edit
Year announced 2011 Edit
General
Lens Mounts
  • Olympus Micro Four Thirds
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Image Sensor
CCD pixels 12.3Mp (Megapixels) Edit
Pixels (W) 4032 Edit
Pixels (H) 3042 Edit
Sensor Type Live MOS Sensor Edit
Sensor Size Micro / Four Thirds Edit
Sensor Size (width) 17.3mm Edit
Sensor Size (height) 13mm Edit
Aspect Ratio
  • 4:3
  • 3:2
  • 16:9
  • 1:1
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LCD Monitor
LCD Monitor 3in Edit
Brightness adjust Yes Edit
Tilting screen Yes Edit
Live view Yes Edit
Screen resolution 460k dots Edit
Touch Screen No Edit
Focusing
Focusing modes
  • Autofocus
  • Manual
  • Spot
  • Face Detection
  • Multi
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Exposure Control
Shutter speeds shortest 1/4000sec Edit
Shutter speeds longest 60sec Edit
B-setting Yes Edit
Self Timer Yes Edit
Exp modes
  • Program
  • Aperture-Priority
  • Shutter-Priority
  • Manual
  • Scene modes
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AE lock Yes Edit
Metering
  • Centre-weighted
  • Spot
  • ESP Light Metering
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ISO sensitivity 200 - 12800 Edit
White balance
  • Auto
  • Manual
  • Bracket
  • Outdoors/Daylight
  • Cloudy
  • Incandescent
  • Fluorescent
  • Shade
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Digital filter Yes Edit
Exposure Comp +/-3 Edit
Auto Exposure Bracketing Yes Edit
Viewfinder
Viewfinder field of view 0% Edit
Depth of field preview Yes Edit
Viewfinder Resolution No Data Edit
Shooting Options
Continuous shooting 5.5fps Edit
Multiple exposure Yes Edit
Sound recording Yes Edit
Video
Movie mode Yes Edit
Video Resolution
  • 1920x1080
  • 1280x720 720p
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Video FPS No Data Edit
Stereo Sound Yes Edit
Optical Zoom with Video Yes Edit
Flash
Hot Shoe Yes Edit
Other Features
Number of Custom Functions 0 Edit
Dust removal Yes Edit
Image Stabilisation Yes Edit
Histogram Yes Edit
Thumbnail / Index view Yes Edit
Video out Yes Edit
Slide show mode Yes Edit
Zoom playback 0x Edit
GPS enabled No Edit
Interface
HDMI Yes Edit
USB USB 2 Edit
Firewire No Edit
Platform
  • PC
  • MAC
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Wi-Fi No Data Edit
Ethernet No Data Edit
Storage
Card Type
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • SDXC
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File Type
  • RAW
  • JPG
  • RAW + JPG
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Internal Memory No Data Edit
Power Source
Battery Type Lithium Ion Edit
CIPA Rating 330 Edit
Box Contents
Box Contents Flash, flash case, strap, basic manual (multi language), full manual on cd/dvd, camera, battery, battery charger, AV cable, USB cable, Warranty Card Edit
Dimensions
Weight 265g Edit
Width 109.5mm Edit
Height 63.7mm Edit
Depth 37.3mm Edit

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