Specifications

29th of March 2011

Outstanding new specs compared to prior PENs are marked in red.

Yellow cell shows the changed part from this version.

PEN E-P3

Product Type

Product type

Interchangeable Lens Type Live View Digital Camera

Memory

SD Memory Card(SDHC, SDXC, UHS-I compatible), Eye-Fi, Class 6 is recommended for Movie shooting

Screen size

17.3 mm (H) x 13.0 mm (V)

Lens mount

Micro Four Thirds Mount

Effective Pixels numb

Effective Pixels number

12.3 million pixels

Image Pickup Unit

Product type

High speed Live MOS Sensor

Total no. of pixels

Approx. 13.1 million pixels

Aspect ratio

1.33 (4:3)

Filter array

Primary color filter (RGB)

Dust reduction

Supersonic Wave Filter (dust reduction system for image sensor)

Recording(Still)

Recording format

DCF, DPOF compatible/Exif, PRINT Image Matching III

File format

RAW (12-bit lossless compression), JPEG, RAW+JPEG, MPO (3D still)

Recording image size

[RAW] 4032 x 3024 pixels

[JPEG] 4032 x 3024 pixels - 640 x 480 pixels

File Size

RAW: 4032(H)x3024V) (approx. 1/1.5 lossless compressed) Approx. 13.8MB

Set1(LF): 4032(H)x3024(V) (1/4 compressed) Approx. 5.9MB

Set2(LN): 4032(H)x3024(V) (1/8 compressed) Approx. 2.7MB

Set3(MN): 2560(H)x1920(V) (1/8 compressed) Approx. 1.1MB

Set4(SN): 1024(H)x768(V) (1/8 compressed) Approx. 0.3MB

Recording(Movie)

Recording format

AVCHD
AVI Motion JPEG

Movie Mode

AVCHD Format
FullHD Fine : 1920(H)x1080(V), 60i Recording, 17Mbps, Aspect 16:9
FullHD Normal : 1920(H)x1080(V), 60i Recording, 13Mbps, Aspect 16:9
HD Fine : 1280(H)x720(V), 60p Recording), 17Mbps, Aspect 16:9
HD Normal : 1280(H)x720(V), 60p Recording, 13Mbps, Aspect 16:9
* Frame rate of image sensor output is 30fps
Motion-JPEG Format
HD: 1280(H)x720(V), 30fps (Some Artfilters are exceptional), Aspect 16:9
SD: 640(H)x480(V), 30fps (Some Artfilters are exceptional), Aspect 4:3(VGA)

Compression Ratio

Motion-JPEG Format : 1/12(HD), 1/8(SD)

File Size

AVCHD Format : Max 4GB
Motion-JPEG Format : Max 2GB

Maximum Recording Time

AVCHD Format : 29min
Motion-JPEG Format : HD: 7min, SD: 14min (Some Artfilters are exceptional)

Recording(Sound)

Recording format

AVCHD Format : Dolby Digital
Motion-JPEG Format / Picture with Sound : Wave Format Base (Stereo PCM/16bit, 48kHz)

Maximum Recording Time

Picture with Sound: 30sec
Movie: depend on Movie Recording Time

Mic/Speaker

Stereo/Mono

Tele-converter effect

(digital zoom)

Live View

Type

Image Sensor(High Speed Live MOS) type

Field of view

100%

Display Mode

Normal Mode

Grid Line Mode(4 types)

Histogram Mode

Magnified View Mode

Comparable View Mode

Level Gauge

OFF Mode

Magnification Ratio

x5, x7, x10 (Default), x14

Monitor information

Aperture value, Shutter speed, Auto Bracket, AE Lock, AF mode, IS, Shooting Mode, Battery Check, Myset, Internal Temperature Warning, Face / Eye Detection, Histogram, Number of storable still pictures, Record mode, ISO, Sequential shooting, Self-timer, White Balance, Metering Mode, AF confirmation mark, Exposure Compensation Value, Spot metering Area
Flash Mode, Flash Status, Flash intensity Control, Super FP
Touch panel condition, Focusing length, Tone control, Eye-Fi condition

Display of Face Detection

Max 8 frames of face detection can be displayed

High speed imager AF

Image stabilizer

System

Built in (Imager shift image stabilizer)

Mode

3 modes (IS1:2 dimensional activation, IS2:1 dimensional activation in landscape frame to vertical direction moving, IS3:1dimensional activation in portrait frame to vertical direction moving ), OFF

Manual Function

input focal length 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 24, 28, 30, 35, 40, 48, 50, 55, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 105, 120, 135, 150, 180, 200, 210, 250, 300, 350, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000

Effective compensation range

Approx.3EV steps　(in maximum effect with 50mm lens)

Shutter speed range

2 - 1/4000 sec. (Not available when Bulb is selected)

IS for Movie

Shifting electronic image (so called Digital IS, IS1 mode only)

Monitor

Product type

OLED, AF(Anti-Fingerprint) coating, Touch Panel

Size

3.0 inches 3:2

Total no. of pixels

Approx. 614,000 dots

Playback field of view

100%

Brightness control

+2 levels and -2 levels

Colour temperature

+3 levels and -3 levels

Monitor colour

VIVID (Default) / NATURAL

Focusing

AF system

Imager Contrast Detection AF system
When non High-speed imager AF compatible lens is used, it works as AF assist.

Focus mode

Single AF (S-AF) / Continuous AF (C-AF) / Manual Focus (MF) / S-AF + MF / AF tracking (C-AF + TR)
C-AF and AF tracking are not available with non-mFTS lenses.
This is can be set in both recording mode, still and movie, separately.

Advance AF

Available

Focusing point

35-area multiple AF with the contrast detection system (Auto, selectable in option)

Focusing point selection

Auto from all 35 area, Single area from 35 area, Group Target area (9 area) from 35 area
Auto from almost all area when Face detection is ON
Free selection when Magnified View Mode is selected

AF illuminator

Available

AF lock

Locked at first position of Shutter button in Single AF mode

Focus tracking

Available

Maginified Spot AF

Available

Face priority AF/Eye Detect AF

Available
Eye Detect AF : OFF / Near side eye priority mode / Right side eye priority mode / Left side eye priority mode

Manual Focus Assist

When rotation of focus ring is detected under S-AF+MF or MF mode, LV is magnified automatically

Exposure Control

Metering system

TTL Image Sensor metering system

(Still)

(1) Digital ESP metering (324-area multi pattern metering) (2) Center weighted average metering

(3) Spot metering (approx. 1% for the viewfinder screen. Highlight / shadow bases are available)

Metering range

EV 0 - 20 (Digital ESP metering, Centre weighted average metering, Spot metering)

(At normal temperature, 17mm f2.8, ISO 100)

Exposure mode

(1) i Auto (2) P: Programme AE (Programme shift can be performed) (3) A: Aperture priority AE

(4) S: Shutter priority AE (5) M: Manual (6) Scene select AE (7) Art Filter

Scene select AE

Portrait, e-Portrait, Landscape, Landscape + Portrait, Macro, Sport, Night Scene, Night + Portrait, Children, H

Low Key, DIS mode, Nature Macro, Candle, Sunset, Document, Panorama, Fireworks, Beach & Snow,

Fisheye Conv, Wide Conv, Macro Conv, 3D

ISO sensitivity

AUTO: ISO 200 - 12800(customizable, Default 200-1600) / Manual ISO 200 - 12800, 1/3 or 1 EV steps,

Exposure compensation

±3 EV in 1/3, 1/2, 1 EV steps selectable

AE lock

Available (Using Fn1/Rec button is available)

Exposure bracketing

2, 3, 5frames in 0.3,0.5, 0.7, 1EV steps selectable, 7frames in 0.3, 0.5, 0.7EV steps selectable

Metering standard value adjustmen

1/6 EV step, +/- 1EV range

Exposure Control

Exposure mode

(1)P: Programme AE (2) A: Aperture priority AE (3) S: Shutter speed priority AE (4)M:Manual (5) Art Filter

(Movie)

* S mode and M mode : Shutter speed is limited in more than 1/30 sec.

White Balance

Auto WB system

High speed Live MOS sensor

Preset white balance

6 settings (3000K - 7500K)
Lamp (3000K), Fluorescent (4000K), Daylight (5300K), Flash (5500K), Cloudy (6000K), Shade (7500K)

Flash + WB

OFF / AWB priority / Flash WB priority

AWB Keep Warm Color

ON/OFF

White balance compensation

±7 steps in each A-B/G-M axis (in Auto WB / Preset WB mode / One touch WB)

CWB (Kelvin setting)

1 setting can be registered at Kelvin temperature (2000K - 14000K)

One-touch white balance

2 custom settings can be registered

White balance bracketing

3 frames in 2, 4, 6 steps selectable in each A-B/G-M axis.

Colour Mode

Colour space

sRGB, Adobe RGB

Picture Mode

Mode

i-Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Portrait, Muted, Monotone, Art Filter

Adjustment parameter

Contrast, Sharpness and Saturation level available in 5 steps for i-Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Portrait and Muted

Contrast and Sharpness level available in 5 steps for Monotone.

3 effect levels are available in i-Enhance

Filter effect

Yellow, Orange, Red or Green filter available for Monotone

Picture tone

Sepia, Blue, Purple or Green tone available for Monotone

Gradation

4 levels (Auto, High key, Normal, Low key)

Art Filter bracketing

Available

Noise Filter

at High ISO setting

OFF, LOW, STANDARD, HIGH

Noise Reduction

at Slow shutter speed

OFF, ON, AUTO

ON (effective when shutter speed is slower than 1sec)

AUTO (effective when shutter speed is slower than 4sec(at ISO 200 or higher) or 8sec(at lower than ISO200)

Shutter

Product type

Computerized focal-plane shutter

Shutter speed

60 - 1/4000 sec.

Bulb: up to 30 min. (selectable longest time in the menu. Default: 8 min)

1/3, 1/2, or 1EV steps selectable.

Self-timer

Operation time: 12 sec., 2 sec. (cancel available)

Remote cable release

Available (Optional RM-UC1)

Wireless remote control

Not Available

Drive

Drive mode

Single-frame shooting, Sequential shooting, Self-timer

Sequential shooting speed

Approx. 3 frames/sec. in sequential shooting

Max. recordable pictures

RAW mode: Max. 17 frames ( with Toshiba SDHC UHS-I card R95 W80 model Premiugate series "Class 10" 8GB)

on sequential shooting

JPEG(LN) mode: Until limitation of the memory capacity ( with Toshiba SDHC UHS-I card R95 W80 model Premiugate series "Class 10" 8GB)

Flash

Built-in flash

Available

G.No

10(Fno/m) at ISO200, 7(Fno/m) at ISO100 but ISO100 is not available

Mode

TTL-Auto, Manual(Full, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64)

Colour Temperature

5500 ±400°K

Wireless Flash Control

Available(4ch, 3Groups+Built-in Flash)
Built-in flash is usable as a center flash in case of wireless flash control.

Compatible external flash

E-system Flash(FL-50R, FL-36R, FL-50, FL-36, FL-20, FL-14, FL-300R)

External Flash control mode

TTL Auto, Auto, Manual, FP-TTL-AUTO, FP-MANUAL

Flash mode of External Flash

Auto, Red-eye reduction, Red-eye reduction slow sync., Slow sync at 1st curtain, Slow sync at 2nd curtain, Fill-in, Off.

Synchronization speed

1/60-1/180

Super FP 1/125-1/4000 with External Flash

Flash intensity control

Up to ±3 EV in 0.3, 0.5, 1 EV steps

Art Filter

Mode

Pop Art, Soft Focus, Pale & Color, Light Tone, Grainy Film, Pin Hole, Diorama, Gentle Sepia, Cross Process, Dramatic Tone

Variation / Effect

Available

Multi Exposure

Number of picture

2 frames

Functions

Auto gain, Live View, Exposing on Recorded picture

Multi Aspect

Aspect Ratio

4:3(Default)／3:2／16:9／6:6／3:4

Process

RAW: Aspect ratio is recorded as Exif data, JPEG: JPEG image is produced based on the aspect ratio

Level Gauge

Detection

Available (H & V)

Display

Level Gauge

Color Universal desig

approved

Super control panel

Information (shooting)

Battery information, Shooting mode, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Exposure compensation value, ISO sensi

Exposure compensation indicator, Exposure indicator, Flash intensity compensation indicator, Date, Auto BK

NR setting, WB, WB compensation value, Record mode, Flash Status, Record mode, Image size,

Drive mode, Flash intensity compensation value, Metering mode, Recordable still image number, Focusing

AF frame, Colour space, Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation, Internal Temperature Warning

Gradation, IS activating mode, Face detection, My Mode, Multi Exposure, Aspect Ratio, Super FP

Live control

Information (shooting)

Battery information, Shooting mode, Shutter speed, Aperture value, Exposure compensation value, ISO sensi

Exposure compensation indicator, Exposure indicator, Flash intensity compensation indicator, Date, Auto BK

NR setting, WB, Record mode, Flash Status, Image size,

Drive mode, Flash intensity compensation value, Metering mode, Recordable still image number, Focusing

AF frame, Internal Temperature Warning, IS activating mode, Face detection, My Mode, Multi Exposure, Aspe

Live Guide

Setting Menu

Color saturation, Color image, Brightness, Blur Background, Express Motion, Shooting Tips

Playback

Playback mode

Single-frame

Information Display

Index Display(4/9/25/100 frames, Calendar)

Close-up (2 - 14X)

Movie (w/sound, FF/REW/Pause)

Picture rotation (manual),

Slideshow(Still/Movie/Still+Movie, Slide show w/BGM/BGM+Sound/Sound)

When a camera is connected to HDTV with HDMI cable, 2 new slideshow effect can be selectable. (Still)

Information display

Histogram (independent luminance / RGB available),

Highlight / Shadow point warning, AF frame, Shooting information

Languages

Japan: Japanese, English
Others: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croat, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovakian, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Indonesian, Malay, Thai

Reset & custom settin

My mode

Full Reset / Standard Reset / 4 setting recordable

Image Editing

Erasing function

Single frame, All, Selected frames(from Index)

Protect function

Single frame, Selected frames, All Frames, Release protect (Single/All)

RAW picture editing

RAW development based on settings of the camera(including Art Filter)

JPEG editing

Shadow adjustment, Red-eye fix, Trimming, Aspect. Monotone, Sepia, Saturation (colour depth), Resize (producing another file, 1280x960, 640x480, 320x240), e-portrait

Image Overlay

Up to 3 RAW images

Print function

Print reservation (DPOF), Direct print (PictBridge compatible)

Input/Output

PC interface

USB 2.0 High Speed for storage through Multi-connector(MTP mode is available)

TV interface

HDMI(HD/Mono or Stereo Sound), VIDEO-OUT(SD/Mono Sound)

USB/Video connector

Dedicated multi-connector (Video: NTSC/PAL selectable, Optional Remote cable RM-UC1, USB cable is avai

HDMI

Mini HDMI type-C(1080i/720p/576p/480p)

Flash attachment

Hot shoe

DC-in

Accessory attachment

Accessory port (AP2) works with VF-2, SEMA-1, Macro Arm Light MAL-1 and Communication Unit Olympus PENPAL

Power Requirements

Battery

BLS-5 Li-ion battery (included)

Sleep mode

Available (1, 3, 5 min., selectable)

No. of recordable pictures

Approx. 330 shots (CIPA test standard)

(with 50% flash light)

(with BLS-1/BLS-5 and Toshiba Class 6 SDHC 4GB card under CIPA testing standard)

Power battery holder

Not Available

Dimensions/Weight

Dimensions

122.0 mm (W) x 69.1mm (H) x 34.2mm (D) (excluding protrusions)

Weight

321g (body only), 369g(including Battery and Memory card)

Operating Environme

Temperature

0 - 40℃ (operation) / -20 - 60℃ (storage)

Humidity

30 - 90% (operation) / 10 - 90% (storage)

Exterior

Material

Metal

Grip

Removable

Box contents

Body, Li-ion battery BLS-1/BLS-5, Li-ion battery charger BCS-1/BCS-5, USB/Video Multi cable, Shoulder strap, OLYMPUS Viewer 2/ib CD-ROM, Instruction manual, Warranty card.