Mirrorless OM System OM-3

£1,699/$1,999 (body only)

A camera that makes you fall in love with photography again explore.omsystem.com

1 The OM-3 sports an external design inspired by the looks of classic Olympus cameras.

2 Use the Creative Dial to access four film-like colour profiles and four monochrome profiles.

3 The Micro Four Thirds stacked back-side illuminated sensor has a 20.4MP resolution.

Specifications

Sensor: 20.4MP Micro Four Thirds, stacked, BSI, Live MOS (2x crop)

Processor: TruePic X

Lens mount: Micro Four Thirds

ISO range: 200-25,600 (exp 80 to 102,400)

Autofocus: Quad Pixel, 1,053 cross-type hybrid phase detect

Max image size: 5184 x 3888px

Video: Up to 4K 60p (High-Speed Full HD 240p)

Max burst speed: 120fps with S-AF, 50fps with C-AF

Viewfinder: 2.36 million dot OLED, 100% coverage

LCD: 3-inch, 1.62 million dot, vari-angle touchscreen

Memory card: 1x SD UHS-II

Connectivity: USB-C, Micro HDMI, mic jack, headphone jack, remote shutter, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Battery: BLX-1

Dimensions (W x H x D): 139.3 x 88.9 x 45.8mm

Weight: 413g (body only)

There’s a lot to say about the OM System OM-3, but the two most pertinent things are that it’s the PEN-F successor Olympus fans have been waiting nearly a decade for, and also that this camera out-Fujifilms Fujifilm. The OM-3 has the flagship firepower of the OM-1 Mark II, with its cutting-edge computational photography. It has the handcrafted creativity of the Olympus PEN-F, with the ahead-of-its-time Creative Dial. And it has the iconic shape and silhouette of its namesake, the Olympus OM-3, with its timeless design by Yoshihisa Maitani. It’s the PEN-F sequel we’ve been waiting for since 2016, and a camera that gives Fujifilm’s finest a run for their money. Film simulations, computational photography, algorithmic autofocus… the OM-3 is a potent creative tool.

Naysayers will decry the Micro Four Thirds sensor, but the OM-3 does things that no other camera is capable of.

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