More OM-3 info from testers

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A couple of people who tested the new OM-3 told me this:

Tester 1:

Hello Andrea, I will place my order of the brand new Om-3! 😉 Immediately after the presentation on February 6th. The beautiful Om-3 contains all the last and the best technology currently available from Om System. But technology and high construction quality have a price, it is better to accept it (so start putting some money aside).

Tester 2:

Besides the looking, really nothing get exciting.

Tester 3:

Yeah, its bigger than the OM-5 but it still feels light.. What’s surprising are the colors and filters…like them more than the Fuji!

Tester 4:

It has some minor new features over the OM-1II…so there are improvements especially in autofocus.

 

Soon those preorder links will show the new camera:
OM-3 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama

OM-3 specs:

  • 20MP sensor (same of OM-1II)
  • Different coating on the cmos sensor to prevent dust
  • 5.76m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder (same of OM-1II)
  • 3.0″ 1.62m-Dot Swivel Touchscreen LCD (same of OM-1II)
  • It has a front dial as the PEN-F to adjust the color saturation
  • Overall build quality just like PEN-F
  • Price around or slightly above 2000 Dollars/Euro

Three new UPDATED lenses coming:

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New OM-3 will start to ship out by end of February

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Soon those preorder links will show the new camera:
OM-3 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama

OM-3 specs:

  • 20MP sensor (same of OM-1II)
  • Different coating on the cmos sensor to prevent dust
  • 5.76m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder (same of OM-1II)
  • 3.0″ 1.62m-Dot Swivel Touchscreen LCD (same of OM-1II)
  • It has a front dial as the PEN-F to adjust the color saturation
  • Overall build quality just like PEN-F
  • Price around or slightly above 2000 Dollars/Euro
  • Shipment start end of February

Three new UPDATED lenses coming:

 

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Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
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These were the ten best-selling cameras in Japan in 2024

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2024 is over and BCN finally shared the accurate data showing the top 10 best selling cameras of this year:

  1. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 – 16.0% market share
  2. Canon EOS R50 – 11.6% market share
  3. Canon EOS R10 – 6.7% market share
  4. Sony α6400 – 5.8% market share
  5. Sony α7C II – 4.9% market share
  6. Nikon Z50  – 4.3% market share
  7. OM Digital OLYMPUS PEN E-P7 – 3.9% market share
  8. Nikon Zf 40mm f/2 (SE) Lens Kit – 3.4% market share
  9. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II – 3.2% market share
  10. Panasonic LUMIX G1000 – 3.1% market share

As you can see two MFT cameras made it into the top!

Reminder: BCN collected the real sale data of nearly half the Japanese Store.

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OM-5 vs OM-3 size comparison

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Our reader Crusoe (Thanks!) attempted to male a size comparison between the OM-3 and the OM-5. He writes:

I took the dimensions of the flash shoe as a guide. A whole lot bigger than the OM-5:

Soon those preorder links will show the new camera:
OM-3 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama

OM-3 specs:

  • 20MP sensor (same of OM-1II)
  • Different coating on the cmos sensor to prevent dust
  • 5.76m-Dot OLED Electronic Viewfinder (same of OM-1II)
  • 3.0″ 1.62m-Dot Swivel Touchscreen LCD (same of OM-1II)
  • It has a front dial as the PEN-F to adjust the color saturation
  • Overall build quality just like PEN-F
  • Price around or slightly above 2000 Dollars/Euro

Three new UPDATED lenses coming:

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